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LOT 2723
Books on Parrots - 4 Titles
1981-1992 A.D.
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 - 9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (1.71 kg total, 21.7 x 16.5 - 23.7 x 17.5 cm).
W. de Grahl - Parrots: Parakeets, Budgerigars, Lovebirds, Lories, Macaws - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 176 pp, colour and monochrome; Singapore's Fabulous Jurong Bird Park - Singapore, 1983, card covers, 48 pp, colour; R. Jordan - Parrot Incubation Procedures - Ontario, 1989, hardback, 142 pp, colour; H. Kremer - Aratingas - Noordbergum, 1992, hardback, 160 p, colour. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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Books on Endangered Parrots - 3 Titles
1988-1994 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
David Day - Vanished Species - New York, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 288 pp, colour; Guy Mountfort - Rare Birds of the World - Lexington, 1988, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp, colour and monochrome; Rosemary Low - Endangered Parrots - London, 1984, card covers, 191 pp, monochrome. 3.14 kg total, 25.4 x 18 - 31 x 24 cm
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Books on African Birds - 5 Titles
1963-1990 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
P.A.D. Hollom et al. - Birds of the Middle East and North Africa - Calton, 1988, hardback, 280 pp, colour; Philip Clancey - The Birds of Mozambique - Westville, n.d., card covers, 312 pp, colour, line drawings, maps; C.W.M. Praed and C.H.B. Grant - African Handbook of Birds, Series 2 - Southern Third of Africa, Volume 2 - London, 1963, hardback with cloth covers, 747 pp, line drawings, maps; Ber van Perlo - Birds of Eastern Africa - London, 1995, card covers, 301 pp, colour; W.J. Serle et al. - Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa - London, 1990 edition, hardback, 351 pp, colour. 3.53 kg total, 19.4 x 12.7 - 22.3 x 15 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1945-1977 A.D.Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
W.D. Campbell - Birds of Town and Village - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 156 pp, colour plates; E.H. Ware - Wing to Wing: Bird-Watching Adventures at Home and Abroad - London, 1946, hardback with cloth covers,159 pp, line drawings, monochrome plates; Reg Jones - Birds of the Norfolk Broads - Norwich, 1977, card covers, 24 pp, colour; E.A.R. Ennion - The British Bird - Oxford, 1945 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 172 pp, monochrome; M.K.C. Scott & J.A. Henderson - Birds - London, n.d., hardback with cloth covers, 112 pp, colour plates; Roger Peterson et al. - A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1959 edition, hardback with cloth covers, 318 pp, colour plates, line drawings; W. Willett & C. Hall - A Pocket Book of Common British Birds - London, 1952, hardback with dustwrapper, 93 pp, colour plates; British Birds Magazine March 1956, paper covers, 31 pp, line drawings. 2.78 kg total, 17 x 13.4 - 29.5 x 24 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
