A collection of 1,342 20th-century books, all with inscriptions by the authors, including Lawrence Durrell, Iain Banks, Gore Vidal, August Strindberg, Harold Wilson, Iain Crichton Smith, Melvyn Bragg, Edna O'Brien, Roger McGough, John Mortimer, PD James, Margaret Drabble, Alasdair Gray, Salmon Rushdie and Arthur Miller. The collection was assembled by the late Don Moody of Kent over the course of his lifetime. It consists primarily of works of popular fiction, though there are also around 170 volumes of poetry.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'Moody.'.

Acquisition

The collection was presented to the Library by Don Moody and received in 2001.