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LOT 2944

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]

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

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LOT 2944

Books on Birds - 8 Titles

Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)

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