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LOT 2948
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1945-1977 A.D.
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 - 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (2.78 kg total, 17 x 13.4 - 29.5 x 24 cm).
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. [8, No Reserve]
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From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2948
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
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