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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]
Provenance
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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