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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]

Provenance

From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.

CONDITION

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LOT 2942

Books on Birds - 8 Titles

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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