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LOT 2600
Books on Animals, Birds, Insects and Other Wildlife - 6 Titles
1860-1956 A.D.
6 7/8 x 5 - 9 x 6 1/8 in. (2.6 kg total, 17.5 x 12.7 - 23 x 15.5 cm).
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. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2600
Books on Animals, Birds, Insects and Other Wildlife - 6 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Walker's Mammals of the World, Fifth Edition - 2 Volumes
1991 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ronald M. Nowak - Baltimore, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 1629 pp total, monochrome. 4.55 kg total, 26 x 18.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
A Monograph of Endangered Parrots
1989 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Tony Silva - Ontario, 1989, hardback with dustwrapper, 356 pp, monochrome. 2.66 kg, 34 x 24 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.
