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LOT 2628
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1925-1980 A.D.
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 - 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (3.34 kg total, 17.2 x 11.5 - 31.2 x 23.6 cm).
F.K. Truslow - The Nesting Season - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 136 pp, colour and monochrome plates; C.S.Bayne - Getting to Know the Birds - London, 1948 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 102 pp, colour plates; C.P. Staples - Birds in a Garden sanctuary - London, 2nd edition 1946, hardback with cloth covers, 2 pp, monochrome plates; John Gooders - Where to Watch Birds - London, 1975 reprint, hardback with card covers, 343 pp, monochrome plates, line drawings, maps; E.R. Ennion - The British Bird - Oxford, 1949 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 172 pp, line drawings; E.F.M. Elms - Our Resident Birds and How to Know Them - London, 1925 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 126 pp, monochrome; James Fisher - Watching Birds - Harmondsworth, 1946 reprint, card covers, 192 pp, line drawings; J.S. Duris & E. Burke - Spotting Birds - London, 1980 reprint, hardback, 255 pp, colour. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2628
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Parrots and Parrot-Like Birds
1929 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Marquess of Tavistock - London, 1929, hardback with cloth covers, 298 pp. 923 grams, 25 x 19.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
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. -
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.
