Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Reference Books

A Collection of Reference Books including Mayer, S. L. Signal. Bison Books, 1976 (DJ) - A collection of non-fiction and reference volumes, primarily hardcovers in quarto and octavo formats. The assortment includes Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine: Signal, edited by S. L. Mayer, published by Bison Books in 1976, which is a quarto volume with a pictorial dust jacket containing reproductions of the WWII-era magazine. Also present is Wainwright on the Pennine Way, authored by A. Wainwright with photography by Derry Brabbs, published by Michael Joseph in 1985; this work is bound in publisher's cloth with an original illustrated dust jacket. The group further contains various collector's guides, such as Miller's Handbags: A Collector's Guide by Judith Miller and Miller's Powder Compacts. Other titles visible in the collection include works concerning Grey Owl. The volumes are generally housed in their original cloth or board bindings with most retaining their illustrated dust jackets.