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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 Animals, Birds, Insects and Other Wildlife - 6 Titles
1860-1956 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wild Life Illustrated - London, London, 1950, hardback with cloth covers, 512 pp, monochrome; R.L.E. Ford - Eggs and Nests of British Birds - London, 1955 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, monochrome plates; George Hyde - British Insects - London, 1952, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, monochrome plates, line drawings; George Hyde - British Butterflies - London, 1950, hardback with dustwrapper, 96 pp, colour plates, line drawings; David Attenborough - Zoo Quest to Guiana - London, 1956, hardback with dustwrappers, 186 pp, monochrome plates; Andrew Wilson - Sketches of Animal Life and Habits - London, 1880, hardback with cloth covers, gilt edges and titling, 208 pp, monochrome. 2.6 kg total, 17.5 x 12.7 - 23 x 15.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
The Quails, Partridges, and Francolins of the World
1988 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Paul A. Johnsgard - Oxford, 1988, hardback with dustwrapper, 264 pp, colour and monochrome. 1.43 kg, 28.5 x 22.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Bird Book Collection - 5 Titles
1961-1993 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 4.67 kg total, 21.5 x 14.5 - 30.5 x 23.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
