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LOT 2237
Animal Life - Described and Illustrated by E.P. Wright, M.D. F.L.S.
APRIL 1898-SEPTEMBER 1898 A.D.
10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (1.79 kg, 27 x 19 cm).
E. Perceval Wright - Animal Life: Being a Series of Descriptions of the Various Sub-Kingdoms of the Animal Kingdom - London, Paris 7 New York, illustrated hardcover, 610 pp, monochrome illustrations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s
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LOT 2237
Animal Life - Described and Illustrated by E.P. Wright, M.D. F.L.S.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Group of Various Novels and Other Books - 8 Titles
Circa 1919-1935 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: Dorothy M. Macardle (ed.) - Selections from Le Morte D'Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory - London, 1922, card cover, 116 pp; William Le Queux - The Under Secretary - London, hardcover, 320 pp; Ernest Rhys (ed.) - Poetry and The Drama. Ben Jonson's Plays with an Introduction by Prof. Felix E. Schelling, volume two - London, hardcover, 738 pp; S. L. Loney - Mechanics and Hydrostatic for Beginners - Cambridge, 1935, hardcover, 309 pp; James Oliver Curwood - Kazan, The Wolf-Dog - 199, hardcover, 246 pp; Mrs Rundell - Domestic Cookery by a Lady - London, hardcover, 350 pp; Miss Braddon - Vixen - London and Edinburgh, hardcover, 565 pp; Robert Louis Stevenson - Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - London and Glasgow, hardcover, 175 pp. 2.09 kg total, 16.1 x 11 - 17.8 x 12.3 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on War including The Battle of Britain - 4 Titles
1978-1989 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Philip Caputo - A Rumour of War - London, 1977, hardback with dustjacket, 346 pp; John Ellis - The Fighting Man in World War II. The Sharp End of War - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 396 pp, monochrome illustrations; Len Deighton - Battle of Britain - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 224 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; The World at Arms. The Reader's Digest Illustrated History of World War II - London, 1989, hardcover, 480 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations. 4.13 kg total, 22.4 x 14.5 - 28.5 x 22.2 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Kelly's Sussex Directory - 1930
1930 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Kelly's Directory of Sussex, London and East Kent, London, 1930, hardback, 913 pp, black and white illustrations, good condition. 1.75 kg, 26.7 x 18.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
