Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Volumes including

A Collection of Volumes including Literature, Biography, Art, and Royalty. Various Publishers. (DJ) - An assortment of volumes across multiple genres including literature, biography, royalty, and art history, contained within three plastic crates. The collection includes decorative leather-bound editions with gilt-tooled spines, featuring titles such as Vanity Fair and The History of Henry Esmond by W.M. Thackeray, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Notable modern hardcovers with dust jackets comprise a two-volume set of Augustus John by Michael Holroyd, Bloomsbury: A House of Lions by Leon Edel, and The Erotic Arts by Peter Webb published by Secker and Warburg. A selection of quarto and folio format books focuses on British heritage and the Royal Family, including The National Trust Book of Great Houses of Britain by Nigel Nicolson, Royal Silver Jubilee: The Country Life Book of the Royal Wedding by Patrick Montague-Smith, and A Victorian Album by Graham Ovenden. Other titles include The One and Only Bing by Bob Thomas (Michael Joseph) and Anne Hill by Mary Soames (Cassell). The collection also contains multiple matched cloth-bound sets in blue, green, and red with gilt-decorated spines.