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LOT 2638
Books on Parrots and Parrot-like Birds - 4 Titles
1959-1995 A.D.
8 1/2 x 5 3/8 - 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (2.33 kg total, 21.6 x 13.7 - 29.6 x 21 cm).
A. Weston - Step-by-Step Book About Lovebirds - Neptune City, 1988, card covers, 64 pp, colour; A. Ruggles - Lories and Lorikeets - London, 195, hardback with dustwrapper, 253 pp, colour plates, line drawings; H. Bates and R. Busenbark - Parrots and Related Birds - New York, 1959, hardback with cloth covers, 372 pp, monochrome and colour plates; J. Norton et al. - World Checklist of Threatened Birds - London, 1990, card covers, 274 pp. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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The Birds of South America Volume II: The Suboscine Passerines
1994 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Robert S. Ridgely and Guy Tudor - Oxford, 1994, hardback with dustwrapper, 814 pp, colour, maps. 2.26 kg total, 25.8 x 19 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Zoo Quest Series and Other Books by David Attenborough - 4 Titles
1956-1974 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Quest in Paradise - London, 1960, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest to Guiana - London, 1956, hardback with dustwrapper, 185 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest for a Dragon - London, 1957, hardback with dustwrapper, 174 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest in Paraguay - London, 1959, hardback with dustwrapper, 168 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Clive Rootes - Animals of the Dark - London, 1974, hardback with dustwrapper, 200 pp, colour and monochrome plates. 2.64 kg total, 22.5 x 14.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Large Books on Birds - 6 Titles
1962-1990 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
O.L.Austin - Birds of the World - London, 1962, hardback with dustwrapper, 317 pp, colour; Great Book of Birds - New York, 1990, hardback, cloth covers, 279 pp, colour; H. Aramata - Birds of the World as Painted by 19th Century Artists - New York, 1987, hardback with dustwrapper, 239 pp,colour; keith Brocke - One man's Island - London, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 150 pp, colour; Tony Soper - Birdwatch - Exeter, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 205 pp, colour, monochrome, line drawings; Malcolm Coe (ed) - Oxford Illustrated Encyclopaedia: The Natural World - London, 1985, hardback with dustwrapper, 377 pp, colour. 9.92 kg total, 25.5 x 19.5 - 34.5 x 26.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
