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LOT 2622
Books on Elephants and Rhinoceros - 4 Titles
1950-1976 A.D.
8 1/8 x 5 3/4 - 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (2 kg total, 20.7 x 14.5 - 22.2 x 16 cm).
P.R. Fenner - Elephants, Elephants, Elephants - London, 1955, hardback with dustwrapper, 239 pp, large print; W.P. Jolly - Jumbo - London, 1976, hardback with dustwrapper, 173pp, monochrome; John Gordon Davis -Operation Rhino - London, 1972, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, monochrome; Lt.Col. J.J. Williams - Elephant Bill - London, 1950, hardback, 320 pp, monochrome. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2622
Books on Elephants and Rhinoceros - 4 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Encyclopaedia of Aviculture - Volumes 1-3
1979-1984 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A. Rutgers & K.A. Norris - Poole, 1979/1979/1984 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 350/308/241 pp, colour plates, line drawings. 4.79 kg total, 30.5 x 22 cm each
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Wild Flowers - 2 Volumes
1855-1856 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Anne Pratt - 2 volumes each hardback with moulded covers, gilt titling to spine; Volume 1: London, 1855, 192 pp, colour plates; Volume 2: London,1856, 190 pp. 660 grams total, 14.2 x 11.3 cm each
Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
Produced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. -
Books on Natural History - 3 Titles
1801-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Revd. J.G. Wood - The Boy's Own Book of Natural History - London, 1884, hardback with full calf library binding, gold titling, marbled endpapers, 378 pp, spine repaired; Oliver Goldsmith - the Vicar of Wakefield - London, 1911, leather covers, gold titling, 305 pp, monochrome; Gilbert White - The Natural History of Selborne - London 1801 edition, hardback quarter-calf binding with gold titling. 380 pp, monochrome, spine repaired. 960 grams total, 15.2 x 9.5 - 18.5 x 12.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
