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LOT 2623
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1932-1969 A.D.
7 3/4 x 4 7/8 - 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (5 kg total, 19.5 x 12.5 - 28.6 x 22.4 cm).
Jean Delacour - Pheasant of the World - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 351 pp, 32 colour plates; Dorothy Yglesias - The Cry of a Bird - London, 1962, hardback with dustwrapper, 168 pp, monochrome plates; A.A. Voitkevich - The Feathers and Plumage of Birds - London, 1966, hardback with cloth covers, 335 pp, monochrom pates, line drawings; British Poultry standards - London, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 348 pp, monochrome plates; Gertrude Hess - The BIrd: Its Life and Structure - London, 1951, hardback with cloth covers, 244 pp, line drawings; Len Howard - Birds as Individuals - London, 1969 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 223 pp, monochrome plates; J. Delamain - Why Birds Sing - London, 1933 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 296 pp; E.F. Dalglish - How to See Birds - London, 1932 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 101 pp, text figures. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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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
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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. -
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1945-1977 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
W.D. Campbell - Birds of Town and Village - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 156 pp, colour plates; E.H. Ware - Wing to Wing: Bird-Watching Adventures at Home and Abroad - London, 1946, hardback with cloth covers,159 pp, line drawings, monochrome plates; Reg Jones - Birds of the Norfolk Broads - Norwich, 1977, card covers, 24 pp, colour; E.A.R. Ennion - The British Bird - Oxford, 1945 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 172 pp, monochrome; M.K.C. Scott & J.A. Henderson - Birds - London, n.d., hardback with cloth covers, 112 pp, colour plates; Roger Peterson et al. - A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1959 edition, hardback with cloth covers, 318 pp, colour plates, line drawings; W. Willett & C. Hall - A Pocket Book of Common British Birds - London, 1952, hardback with dustwrapper, 93 pp, colour plates; British Birds Magazine March 1956, paper covers, 31 pp, line drawings. 2.78 kg total, 17 x 13.4 - 29.5 x 24 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
