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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 Elephants and Rhinoceros - 4 Titles
1950-1976 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
P.R. Fenner - Elephants, Elephants, Elephants - London, 1955, hardback with dustwrapper, 239 pp, large print; W.P. Jolly - Jumbo - London, 1976, hardback with dustwrapper, 173pp, monochrome; John Gordon Davis -Operation Rhino - London, 1972, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, monochrome; Lt.Col. J.J. Williams - Elephant Bill - London, 1950, hardback, 320 pp, monochrome. 2 kg total, 20.7 x 14.5 - 22.2 x 16 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Book - The Pigeon
1957 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wendell Mitchell Levi - Columbia, 1957, hardback with cloth covers, 667 pp, monochrome images. 2.45 kg, 28.9 x 22.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Canaries, Hybrids & British Birds in Cage and Aviary
1910 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £22
S.H. Lewer - London, 1910, hardback with three-quarter leather binding, gilt edges and titling, 421 pp, Colour plates; front cover detached otherwise in good condition. 2.03 kg, 27.5 x 22.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
