Pallet Lot of Assorted Books - Used

Condition: Used

Lot Details

Pallet of assorted boxed books spanning a wide range of subjects and publishers. Titles visible across the cartons include:

* Oscar Wilde - Folio edition volumes including "Stories", "Plays and Poems", and "Essays and Letters"
* "The Children's Encyclopedia" - gilt-decorated hardcover volumes
* Clark - "World Prehistory in New Perspective"
* "Dizionario Enciclopedico Moderno" - Edizioni Labor, Volume Terzo (H-Piq) and Volume Quarto (Pira-Z)
* Will Durant - "The Age of Faith" (Simon and Schuster)
* Times House Australian titles including "Such Is Life" by Tom Collins, "Old Bush Songs" by Stewart & Keesing, "Gallipoli" by Jack Bennett, and "Wild Colonial Boys" by Frank Clune - red and gilt decorated bindings
* Holy Bible - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) - blue cover
* Simenon - Maigret titles including "Maigret and the Madwoman", "Maigret and the Killer", "Maigret Hesitates", and "Maigret Takes the Waters"
* "In Spite of All" by Edna Lyall
* "Woman in All Ages and All Countries"
* N.S.W. Weekly Notes - bound legal volumes spanning 1910-1939 including Vols. 27-28, 29-30, 45-46, and 55-56
* "The Australian and New Zealand Greyhound Stud Book" - Vol. 37, 1989
* "Documents on Australian Foreign Policy" - Volume V
* Additional red cloth-bound volumes with gilt triangular motif on covers
* A green cloth-bound volume with gold map of Australia motif

The lot includes a mix of encyclopaedias, literary works, Australiana, legal references, religious texts, fiction and non-fiction. Bindings include gilt-decorated leather-look, cloth and standard hardcover.

Condition Notes

Used condition throughout. Books show age-related wear including toning to pages and minor scuffing to covers and spines, consistent with their age. Some cartons are open-topped and show wear. The pallet contains assorted cardboard cartons of varying sizes. Some cartons are marked "FRAGILE" and "Guala Closures Australia". Carton condition varies, with some showing tears and compression marks.

Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

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