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LOT 2601
Bird Book Collection - 5 Titles
1961-1993 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 3/4 - 12 x 9 1/4 in. (4.67 kg total, 21.5 x 14.5 - 30.5 x 23.5 cm).
Oliver L. Austin - Birds of the World - Feltham 1983 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 318 pp, colour; Andrew Branson - Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds - Abingdon, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour; Foreign Birds. Magazine of the Foreign Bird League, vol 27, no.4, July-August 1961, paper covers, 40 pp; Francesca Greenoak - All the Birds of the Air - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 325 pp, line drawings; G.T. Dodwell - canary Standards in Colour: An Exhibitor's Guide to the canary Fancy - Liss, 1986, hardback, 151 pp, 25 colour plates. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2601
Bird Book Collection - 5 Titles
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Books on African Birds - 5 Titles
1963-1990 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
P.A.D. Hollom et al. - Birds of the Middle East and North Africa - Calton, 1988, hardback, 280 pp, colour; Philip Clancey - The Birds of Mozambique - Westville, n.d., card covers, 312 pp, colour, line drawings, maps; C.W.M. Praed and C.H.B. Grant - African Handbook of Birds, Series 2 - Southern Third of Africa, Volume 2 - London, 1963, hardback with cloth covers, 747 pp, line drawings, maps; Ber van Perlo - Birds of Eastern Africa - London, 1995, card covers, 301 pp, colour; W.J. Serle et al. - Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa - London, 1990 edition, hardback, 351 pp, colour. 3.53 kg total, 19.4 x 12.7 - 22.3 x 15 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on the Birds of the West Indies, Galapagos, and Madagascar - 3 Titles
1982-1998 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
James Bond - Birds of the West Indies - London, 1990 reprint, hardback, 256 pp, colour and line drawings; Michael Harris - Birds of Galapagos - London, 1982 edition, 160 pp, line drawings; P. Morris & F. Hawkins - Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide - Robertsbridge, 1998, hardback, 316 pp, colour. 1.45 kg total, 20 x 13 - 21.6 x 15.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Parrots and Parrot-like Birds - 4 Titles
1959-1995 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A. Weston - Step-by-Step Book About Lovebirds - Neptune City, 1988, card covers, 64 pp, colour; A. Ruggles - Lories and Lorikeets - London, 195, hardback with dustwrapper, 253 pp, colour plates, line drawings; H. Bates and R. Busenbark - Parrots and Related Birds - New York, 1959, hardback with cloth covers, 372 pp, monochrome and colour plates; J. Norton et al. - World Checklist of Threatened Birds - London, 1990, card covers, 274 pp. 2.33 kg total, 21.6 x 13.7 - 29.6 x 21 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
