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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]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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Expeditions and Natural History Books - 7 Titles
1977-1999 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rosemary Kingsland - A Saint Among Savages - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 183 pp, colour illustrations; Chris McBride - The White Lions of Timbavati -1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 220 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; Robert Twigger - Big Snake. The Hunt for the World's Longest Python - London, 1999, hardcover with dustjacket, 319 pp, monochrome illustrations; Pat Barr - Taming the Jungle. The Men who made British Malaya - London, 1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 172 pp, black and white images; Nigel Gifford - Expeditions & Exploration - London, 1983, hardcover with dustjacket, 198 pp, black and white images; Heinrich Gortz - Beyond the River Bend. Life in the West African Bush - London, 1979, hardcover with dustjacket, 159 pp, monochrome illustrations; Franklin Russell - Season on the Plain - London, 1975, hardcover with dustjacket, 313 pp. 3.63 kg total, 22.3 x 14.5 - 24.6 x 17.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
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.
