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LOT 2947
Books on British Birds - 5 Titles
1909-1979 A.D.
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 - 6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (1.43 kg total, 14.6 x 9 - 17 x 11.8 in.).
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. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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