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Lot 78:
Description
An extensive library spanning eight cartons containing a diverse range of subjects, with a particular focus on motor racing, military history, and popular fiction. The motorsport section includes a significant run of Australian Motor Racing Yearbooks (including issues 11 through 17), several volumes of ‘The Great Race’ Bathurst annuals (including 1989/90, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1996, 1997, and 1998), and biographical works such as ‘The Jack Brabham Story’, ‘Murray Walker: Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken’, and ‘Martin Brundle: Working the Wheel’. Technical and team-specific titles include works on Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, McLaren, and ‘The Mechanic’s Tale’ by Steve Matchett. The history and military portion features titles such as ‘The Defeat of Rome’ by Gareth C. Sampson, ‘A People’s Tragedy’ by Orlando Figes, ‘Inside the Third Reich’ by Albert Speer, and multiple works by Max Hastings including ‘Nemesis’ and ‘The Korean War’. Fiction is notably represented by a substantial collection of ‘Conan’ paperbacks published by Sphere, alongside works by John Steinbeck, Mario Puzo, Wilbur Smith, and Leon Uris. The collection comprises a mixture of hardcovers, many with dust jackets, trade paperbacks, and mass-market paperbacks from publishers including Pan, Sphere, Corgi, Penguin, Routledge, and Ian Allan.
Condition report:
Condition is variable throughout the collection. Many mass-market paperbacks exhibit typical signs of age and use, including spine creasing, edge wear, and tanning to the leaves. The hardcovers generally retain their dust jackets, which show varying degrees of shelf wear, bumping to the extremities, and occasional sunning to the spines. A few volumes may contain previous ownership inscriptions or small tears to the jackets. The lot is sold as seen and has not been individually collated for completeness.
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