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LOT 2942
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1960-1984 A.D. AND EARLIER
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (1.97 kg total, 14.5 x 9 - 21.7 x 14 cm).
Comprising: G. Evans - The Observer's Book of Birds' Eggs - London, 1969, hardcover, 224 pp, colour illustrations; Miklos D.F. Udvardy - The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds. Western region - New York, 1977, card covers, 855 pp, colour images; W. Swaysland - Familiar Wild Birds, part 12 - booklet, colour and monochrome illustrations; W. Swaysland - Familiar Wild Birds, part 13 - booklet, colour and monochrome illustrations; Foreign Birds. The Magazine of the Foreign Bird League. Volume 26, number 4, July/August 1960, colour and monochrome illustrations; E.D. Cuming - The Bodley Head Natural History. Volume I British Birds. Passers - hardcover, 122 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; Lars Svensson - Identification Guide to European Passerines - Stockholm, 1984, card cover, 312 pp, monochrome illustrations; A. Rutger - The Handbook of Foreign Birds in Colour. Their Care in cage and Aviary - London, 1968, hardcover, 262 pp, colour illustrations. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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Books on Amber and Fossils - 4 Titles
1999-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 3.32 kg total, 21.5 x 14 - 25.5 x 19.6 cm
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. -
Books on British Birds - 5 Titles
1909-1979 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: T.A. Coward F.Z.S. - The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs. A Handy Pocket Guide With Descriptive Text - London and New York, 1919, hardcover, 376 pp, colour and monochrome plates; S. Vere Benson - The Observer's Book of British Birds - London and New York, hardcover, 224 pp, colour and monochrome images; S. Vere Benson - The Observer's Book of British Birds - London, 1972, hardcover, 222 pp, colour and monochrome images; M.K.C. Scott - Birds Shown to the Children - London & Edinburgh, hardcover, 112 pp, colour illustrations, with a handwritten dedication from 1909 to the front page; F.B. Kirkman - British Birds. Descriptions of all but the rarest species, their nests and eggs - 1929, hardcover, 130 pp, monochrome illustrations. 1.43 kg total, 14.6 x 9 - 17 x 11.8 in.
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Frogs, Reptiles and Amphibians - 5 Titles
1976-1989 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Joachim Blum - European Reptiles and Amphibians. A Pocket Identification Guide - Somerset, 1976, hardcover, 64 pp, monochrome and colour illustrations; Jay Pyrom - A Complete Guide to Frogs and Toads - 1987, hardcover, 93 pp, colour images; Helmut Zimmerman - Tropical Frogs - 1979, hardcover, 93 pp, colour and monochrome images; Trevor Beebee - Frogs & Toads - London, 1985, hardcover, 121 pp, monochrome illustrations; Chris Mattison - Frogs 7 Toads of the World - London, 1989, hardcover with dustjacket, 191 pp, colour and monochrome images. 1.61 kg total, 17 x 11.5 - 24 x 16 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
