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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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Field Guides to the Birds of Columbia and Venezuela - 2 Titles
1978-1986 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
S.L.Hilty & W.L.Brown - A Guide to the Birds of Colombia - Princeton, 1986, card covers, 836 pp, line drawings; R. Meyer de Schauensee & W.H. Phelps - A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela - Princeton, 1978, card covers, 424 pp, colour and monochrome plates. 2.11 kg total, 22.7 x 15.5 cm each
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Falconry and Hunting - 7 Titles
1963-1990 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
M. Brander (ed.) - International Encyclopaedia of Shooting - London, 1972, hardback with dustwrapper, 352 pp, colour and monochrome; R. Upton - A Bird in the Hand - London, 1980, hardback with dustwrapper, 160 pp, colour and monochrome; Aubrey Lang - Eagles - London, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 64 pp, colour and monochrome; Earl Fitzwilliam - Coursing - London, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 304 pp, colour and monochrome; F.H. Salvin & W. Brodrick - Falconry in the British Isles - Leicester, 1980 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 147 pp, colour and monochrome; C. Britcher - An Introduction to British Raptors - Eynsford, n.d., card covers, 24 pp, colour and monochrome; T.M. Smith - The Nature of the Beast - London, 1963, hardback with dustwrapper, 206 pp, monochrome. 5.72 kg total, 21 x 15 - 29 x 22.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Parrots - 4 Titles
1981-1992 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
W. de Grahl - Parrots: Parakeets, Budgerigars, Lovebirds, Lories, Macaws - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 176 pp, colour and monochrome; Singapore's Fabulous Jurong Bird Park - Singapore, 1983, card covers, 48 pp, colour; R. Jordan - Parrot Incubation Procedures - Ontario, 1989, hardback, 142 pp, colour; H. Kremer - Aratingas - Noordbergum, 1992, hardback, 160 p, colour. 1.71 kg total, 21.7 x 16.5 - 23.7 x 17.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
