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LOT 2939
Books on Amber and Fossils - 4 Titles
1999-2011 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 - 10 x 7 3/4 in. (3.32 kg total, 21.5 x 14 - 25.5 x 19.6 cm).
N.D. Clark - Amber: Tears of the Gods - Glasgow, 2010, hardback with dustwrapper, 118 pp, colour; G. Poinar & R. Poinar - The Amber Forest - Princeton, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 239 pp, colour and monochrome plates; R. Fortey - Fossils: The Key to the Past - London, 2002, card covers, 232 pp, colour and monochrome; D.J. batten - English Wealden Fossil - London, 2011, card covers, 769 pp, monochrome. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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