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LOT 2617
Bird Books on Crows, Jays, Pheasants and Gamebirds - 4 Titles
1967-1999 A.D.
9 1/4 x 6 1/8 - 10 x 7 1/2 in. (2.96 kg total, 23.5 x 15.6 - 25.5 x 19.1 cm).
S. Madge & H. Burn - Crows & Jays - London, 1994, card covers, 192 pp, colour; S. Madge & H. Burn - Crows & Jays - London, 1994 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp, colour; P. Wayre - A Guide to the Pheasants of the World - London, 1969, hardback with dustwrapper, 176 pp, colour; P.A. Clancey - Gamebirds of Southern Africa - Cape Town, 2nd edition 1967, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, monochrome. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2617
Bird Books on Crows, Jays, Pheasants and Gamebirds - 4 Titles
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Books on Natural History - 3 Titles
1801-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. -
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. -
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.
