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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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Books on Captive Bred Birds and Aviculture - 11 Titles
1957 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Neil R. Wood - Taxidermy For You - Clwyd, 1980, hardback with dustwrapper, 138 pp, monochrome, line drawings; Rob Harvey - Practical Incubation - Farnham, 1990, hardback, 135 pp, colour and monochrome, signed and dedicated by the author; B.H. Coles - Avian Medicine & Surgery - Oxford, 1985, card covers, 288 pp; Foreign Birds Magazine Vol 26 nos.1, 3, 6 (1960), Vol 30 no. (1964), paper covers, 40pp; W.E. Brooks - Guide to Canary Breeding & Exhibiting - London, 2nd edition n.d., hardback with cloth covers, 114 pp, colour plates; C.P. Arthur - Budgerigars and Cockateels - London, n.d., card covers, 30 pp; W.J. Roche - The Chaffinch - Biggleswade, 1981, card covers, 12 pp; Tanya Josefowitz - Capinero: A Bird - Lausanne, 1992, hardback with cloth covers, 56 pp, limited print run, no.601, signed and dedicated by the author. 2.62 kg total, 18.5 x 12.5 - 30.5 x 21.7 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Bird Migration and Bird Ringing - 9 Titles
1935-1985 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
K.B. Rooke - Observations on the Birds of Newfoundland during the 1934 Expedition of the Public Schools Exploring Society - New York, 1935. offprint, card covers, 25 pp, signed by the author; Thomas Burleigh & Harold Peters - Geographic variation in newfoundland Birds - Washington, June 1948 , offprint, paper covers, 12 pp, signed by Harold Peters; J.W. Aldrich & D.C. Nutt - Birds of Eastern Newfoundland - December 1939 offprint, card covers, 30 pp; BTO Ringers' Bulletin - Vol. 6 no.7, June 1985, paper covers, 8 pp, inserts; Ringing & Migration Vol 6 No.1, June 1985, card covers, 62 pp, maps; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 1: The Genera - October 1976, card covers, 79 pp; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 2: The Genus - October 1976, card covers, 88 pp; A.J. Prater et al - Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders - BTO Guide 17, Tring, 1977, card covers. 168 pp, line drawings; Bird-Banding: Journal of Ornithological Investigation Vol.XI January 1940, offprint- paper covers, 40 pp. 881 grams total, 21 x 15 - 23.5 x 16 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
The Original Watercolor Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America - 2 Volumes
1966 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £22
M.B. Davidson (ed) - New York, 1966, 2 volumes, hardback with cloth covers in slipcase, colour. 5.5 kg total, 35.5 x 28 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
