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Wild Life Illustrated - London, London, 1950, hardback with cloth covers, 512 pp, monochrome; R.L.E. Ford - Eggs and Nests of British Birds - London, 1955 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, monochrome plates; George Hyde - British Insects - London, 1952, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, monochrome plates, line drawings; George Hyde - British Butterflies - London, 1950, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, colour plates, line drawings; David Attenborough - Zoo Quest to Guiana - London, 1956, hardback with dustwrappers, 186 pp, monochrome plates; Andrew Wilson - Sketches of Animal Life and Habits - London, 1880, hardback with cloth covers, gilt edges and titling, 208 pp, monochrome. 2.6 kg total, 17.5 x 12.7 - 23 x 15.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Anne Pratt - 2 volumes each hardback with moulded covers, gilt titling to spine; Volume 1: London, 1855, 192 pp, colour plates; Volume 2: London,1856, 190 pp. 660 grams total, 14.2 x 11.3 cm each
Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
Produced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
Produced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Secaucus, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 74 pp, 418 colour plates. 3.75 kg, 37 x 26 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Quest in Paradise - London, 1960, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest to Guiana - London, 1956, hardback with dustwrapper, 185 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest for a Dragon - London, 1957, hardback with dustwrapper, 174 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest in Paraguay - London, 1959, hardback with dustwrapper, 168 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Clive Rootes - Animals of the Dark - London, 1974, hardback with dustwrapper, 200 pp, colour and monochrome plates. 2.64 kg total, 22.5 x 14.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jon Curson, David Quin and David Beadle - New World Warblers - London, 1994, hardback with dustwrapper, 252 pp, colour plates; Simon Harrap and David Quin - Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 464 pp, colour plates; Robert A. Cheke, Clive F. Mann and Richard Allen - Sunbirds - A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World - hardback with dustwrapper, 384 pp, colour plates. 3 kg total, 24 x 16 - 24.5 x 17.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Revd. J.G. Wood - The Boy's Own Book of Natural History - London, 1884, hardback with full calf library binding, gold titling, marbled endpapers, 378 pp, spine repaired; Oliver Goldsmith - the Vicar of Wakefield - London, 1911, leather covers, gold titling, 305 pp, monochrome; Gilbert White - The Natural History of Selborne - London 1801 edition, hardback quarter-calf binding with gold titling. 380 pp, monochrome, spine repaired. 960 grams total, 15.2 x 9.5 - 18.5 x 12.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
P. Hayman & P. Burton - The Birdlife of Britain and Europe - London, 1986, hardback with dustwrapper, 272 pp, colour, maps; N. Hammond & M. Everett - Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1980, card covers, 256 pp, colour; R. Whitlock - Bird Watch in an English Village - Dorchester, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 194 pp, monochrome, spine detached; R. Hume - A Birdwatcher's Miscellany - Poole, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp, monochrome; British Birds - January 1956, paper covers, 48 pp, monochrome; May 1956, paper covers, 48 pp, monochrome; C. Britcher - An Introduction to British Owls - Eynsford, n.d., card covers, 24 pp, colour and monochrome; S. Vere Benson - The Observer's Book of Birds - London, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour. 3.4 kg total, 14.5 x 9.5 - 29.5 x 20.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox - Robertsbridge, 2001, hardback with dustwrapper, 615 pp, colour plates, maps. 1.67 kg, 24.8 x 18 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Peter Clement and Ren Hathway - London, 2000, hardback with dustwrapper, 463 pp, colour, maps. 1.17 kg, 24.2 x 16.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Neil R. Wood - Taxidermy For You - Clwyd, 1980, hardback with dustwrapper, 138 pp, monochrome, line drawings; Rob Harvey - Practical Incubation - Farnham, 1990, hardback, 135 pp, colour and monochrome, signed and dedicated by the author; B.H. Coles - Avian Medicine & Surgery - Oxford, 1985, card covers, 288 pp; Foreign Birds Magazine Vol 26 nos.1, 3, 6 (1960), Vol 30 no. (1964), paper covers, 40pp; W.E. Brooks - Guide to Canary Breeding & Exhibiting - London, 2nd edition n.d., hardback with cloth covers, 114 pp, colour plates; C.P. Arthur - Budgerigars and Cockateels - London, n.d., card covers, 30 pp; W.J. Roche - The Chaffinch - Biggleswade, 1981, card covers, 12 pp; Tanya Josefowitz - Capinero: A Bird - Lausanne, 1992, hardback with cloth covers, 56 pp, limited print run, no.601, signed and dedicated by the author. 2.62 kg total, 18.5 x 12.5 - 30.5 x 21.7 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
Various authors, all hardback with dustwrapper, published London: British Geology - 1954; Horses and Ponies, 1953; Horses and Ponies, 1968;Cats - 1961; Birds, 1973; Automobiles - 1972; Wild Flowers - n.d.; Wild Animals - n.d.; Birds' Eggs - 1954; The Larger British Moths - 1953; British Grasses, Sedges & Rushes - n.d.; Common Insects and Spiders - n.d.; Trees & Shrubs - n.d. 2.67 kg total, 14.5 x 9.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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K.B. Rooke - Observations on the Birds of Newfoundland during the 1934 Expedition of the Public Schools Exploring Society - New York, 1935. offprint, card covers, 25 pp, signed by the author; Thomas Burleigh & Harold Peters - Geographic variation in newfoundland Birds - Washington, June 1948 , offprint, paper covers, 12 pp, signed by Harold Peters; J.W. Aldrich & D.C. Nutt - Birds of Eastern Newfoundland - December 1939 offprint, card covers, 30 pp; BTO Ringers' Bulletin - Vol. 6 no.7, June 1985, paper covers, 8 pp, inserts; Ringing & Migration Vol 6 No.1, June 1985, card covers, 62 pp, maps; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 1: The Genera - October 1976, card covers, 79 pp; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 2: The Genus - October 1976, card covers, 88 pp; A.J. Prater et al - Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders - BTO Guide 17, Tring, 1977, card covers. 168 pp, line drawings; Bird-Banding: Journal of Ornithological Investigation Vol.XI January 1940, offprint- paper covers, 40 pp. 881 grams total, 21 x 15 - 23.5 x 16 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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