A large collection of hardcover non-fiction volumes comprising multiple series from prominent publishers. The collection includes multiple volumes from the Time-Life Books “The Great Cities” series, with titles including Athens, Amsterdam, Dublin, Vienna, Istanbul, London, and Tokyo, featuring multi-coloured cloth spines with silver-tone lettering. A substantial group of volumes from the Time-Life “The World’s Wild Places” series is present, bound in uniform brown cloth with white lettering; titles include The Sahara, The Rocky Mountains, The Great Barrier Reef, The Himalayas, The Amazon, and New Guinea. Also included are several volumes from the Time-Life Books “Great Ages of Man” series, bound in grey and tan cloth with gilt lettering, covering historical topics such as Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, and the Age of Enlightenment. Completing the collection is an assortment of blue cloth-bound volumes published by Reader’s Digest, with titles including The Challenge of Africa, The Great Age of Exploration, and Secrets of the Sea. All volumes are in publisher’s cloth bindings, primarily in quarto format.
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