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LOT 2609
Books on British Birds - 8 Titles
1956-1984 A.D.
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 - 11 5/8 x 8 in. (3.4 kg total, 14.5 x 9.5 - 29.5 x 20.5 cm).
P. Hayman & P. Burton - The Birdlife of Britain and Europe - London, 1986, hardback with dustwrapper, 272 pp, colour, maps; N. Hammond & M. Everett - Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1980, card covers, 256 pp, colour; R. Whitlock - Bird Watch in an English Village - Dorchester, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 194 pp, monochrome, spine detached; R. Hume - A Birdwatcher's Miscellany - Poole, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp, monochrome; British Birds - January 1956, paper covers, 48 pp, monochrome; May 1956, paper covers, 48 pp, monochrome; C. Britcher - An Introduction to British Owls - Eynsford, n.d., card covers, 24 pp, colour and monochrome; S. Vere Benson - The Observer's Book of Birds - London, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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The Amazon and Madera Rivers
1874 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
By Franz Keller - London, 1874, hardback with cloth covers, library binding with gilt titling 173 pp, line drawings, monochrome. 1.82 kg, 35.5 x 27 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1925-1980 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 3.34 kg total, 17.2 x 11.5 - 31.2 x 23.6 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Bird Book Collection - 5 Titles
1961-1993 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Oliver L. Austin - Birds of the World - Feltham 1983 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 318 pp, colour; Andrew Branson - Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds - Abingdon, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour; Foreign Birds. Magazine of the Foreign Bird League, vol 27, no.4, July-August 1961, paper covers, 40 pp; Francesca Greenoak - All the Birds of the Air - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 325 pp, line drawings; G.T. Dodwell - canary Standards in Colour: An Exhibitor's Guide to the canary Fancy - Liss, 1986, hardback, 151 pp, 25 colour plates. 4.67 kg total, 21.5 x 14.5 - 30.5 x 23.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
