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Conditions good or very good, presentable and well preserved for age, all books are clean, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, securely bound. Books are free of foxing and age-spotting. There are corner creases, some traces of erased pencil price, gentle signs of regular wear. The set consists of 21 titles across 4 different series for learners of English. Nearly all are Hong Kong editions, most are hard to come by these days. No ISBNs. Combined weight over 2.3kg. -- Longman Simplified English Series: -- 1. Shaka Zulu by E.A. Ritter, illustrated by Roger Payne. Simplified and abridged, October 1969, vii + 119 pages // 2. Further Detective Stories (by Michael Innes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, E.C. Bentley, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Edgar Wallace), illustrated by Michael Jackson. Simplified and abridged, 1973, vii + 143 pages // 3. The Stars Look Down by A.J. Cronin, illustrated by Terence Greer. Simplified and abridged, 1974, vi + 137 pages [price in pen inside the rear cover] // 4. The King Must Die by Mary Renault, illustrated by Doreen Roberts. Simplified and abridged, March 1972, viii + 153 pages; -- [as Longmans' Simplified English Series:] -- 5. Barlasch of the Guard by H. Seton Merriman, illustrated by Helen McKie. Edited and abridged, 1962, ix + 117 pages // 6. Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope, illustrated by Maria Ambosta. Simplified, 1964, ix + 116 pages // 7. The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope, illustrated by Daphne B. Rowles. Simplified, 1966, x + 118 pages; -- The Bridge Series -- 8. The Journeying Boy by Michael Innes, illustrated by Roger Payne. Simplified and abridged, December 1968, viii + 149 pages // 9. Christmas at Candleshoe by Michael Innes, illustrated by Robert Micklewright. Simplified and abridged, May 1967, viii + 135 pages // 10. The Mysterious Universe by Sir James Jeans, with illustrations. Adapted and edited, December 1964, xv + 86 pages // 11. The Hopkins Manuscript by R.C. Sherriff, illustrated by Bruce Drysdale. Simplified and abridged, 1963, xi + 148 pages // 12. The Loss of the Jane Vosper by Freeman Wills Crofts, illustrated by Richard Kennedy. Simplified and abridged, 1961, viii + 175 pages // -- New Method Supplementary Reader -- 13. King of the Undersea City by Georges-G. Toudouze, illustrated by Roger Payne. Stage 3, 1963, 93 pages // 14. The Money-Lender and Other Stories: Guess the Endings, illustrated by Harry Green. Stage 4, 1963, vii + 85 pages // 15. The Deeerslayer by J. Fenimore Cooper, illustrated by J.S. Goodall. Stage 4, 1962, 79 pages // 16. Vice Versa: [A Play] by F. Anstey, illustrated. Stage 5, 1964, viii + 72 pages // 17. Typee by Herman Melville, illustrated by Drake Brookshaw. Stage 5, March 1969, viii + 136 pages // 18. The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay, illustrated by Terence Freeman. Stage 5, 1962, vi + 113 pages // 19. Thelma by Marie Corelli, illustrated by W. Browning White. Stage 5, 1962, viii + 119 pages // 20. A Message from Mars: [A Play] by Richard Ganthony, illustrated by Harry Green. Stage 5, 1963, x + 51 pages; -- Pleasant Books in Easy English -- 21. Small Beginnings: Small Events Which Had Great Results by G.C. Thornley, illustrated by Peter Kesteven. Stage 4, 1963, vii + 87 pages. -- Carefully graded across Stages 3 to 5, these readers adapt classic and modern works for learners of English, using clear, natural language and controlled vocabulary. Sentences are simplified but stylistically faithful to the originals, offering progressive practice from intermediate to upper-iintermediate level. Most include a glossary and a set of comprehension questions at the back. Together they provide engaging, accessible stories that preserve the tone and character of the source texts while developing reading fluency and confidence in English.
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