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LOT 2945
Books on Tigers, Jaguars and the Animal Kingdom - 4 Titles
1962-1987 A.D.
8 7/8 x 6 1/4 - 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (3.69 kg total, 22.5 x 16 - 24.2 x 17 cm).
Arjan Singh - Tiger Haven - London, 1975, hardcover with dustjacket, 237 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; Kailash Sankhala - Tiger! The Story of the Indian Tiger - London, 1978, hardcover with dustjacket, 220 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; V.J. Stanek - Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom - Prague, 1962, hardcover with dustjacket, 614 pp, colour and monochrome images; Alan Rabinowitz - Jaguar. One Man's Struggle to Save Jaguars in the Wild - London, 1987, hardcover with dustjacket, 368 pp, colour images. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2945
Books on Tigers, Jaguars and the Animal Kingdom - 4 Titles
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Books on Wildlife by David Attenborough - 5 Titles
1980-1990 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
David Attenborough - Journeys to the Past. Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar, and the Northern Territory of Australia - London, 1981, hardcover with dustjacket, monochrome images; Life on Earth - A Natural History, London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 319 pp, colour images; The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour, London, 1990, hardcover with dustjacket, 319 pp, colour images; The Living Planet. Reader's Digest Augmented and Enlarged Edition, London, 1984, hardcover with dustjacket, 368 pp, colour images; Life on Earth. Reader's Digest Augmented and Enlarged Edition, London, 1980, hardcover, 368 pp, colour images. 6.86 kg total, 24.2 x 16.5 - 26.2 x 26 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Amber and Fossils - 4 Titles
1999-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
N.D. Clark - Amber: Tears of the Gods - Glasgow, 2010, hardback with dustwrapper, 118 pp, colour; G. Poinar & R. Poinar - The Amber Forest - Princeton, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 239 pp, colour and monochrome plates; R. Fortey - Fossils: The Key to the Past - London, 2002, card covers, 232 pp, colour and monochrome; D.J. batten - English Wealden Fossil - London, 2011, card covers, 769 pp, monochrome. 3.32 kg total, 21.5 x 14 - 25.5 x 19.6 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Expeditions and Natural History Books - 7 Titles
1977-1999 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rosemary Kingsland - A Saint Among Savages - London, 1980, hardcover with dustjacket, 183 pp, colour illustrations; Chris McBride - The White Lions of Timbavati -1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 220 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations; Robert Twigger - Big Snake. The Hunt for the World's Longest Python - London, 1999, hardcover with dustjacket, 319 pp, monochrome illustrations; Pat Barr - Taming the Jungle. The Men who made British Malaya - London, 1977, hardcover with dustjacket, 172 pp, black and white images; Nigel Gifford - Expeditions & Exploration - London, 1983, hardcover with dustjacket, 198 pp, black and white images; Heinrich Gortz - Beyond the River Bend. Life in the West African Bush - London, 1979, hardcover with dustjacket, 159 pp, monochrome illustrations; Franklin Russell - Season on the Plain - London, 1975, hardcover with dustjacket, 313 pp. 3.63 kg total, 22.3 x 14.5 - 24.6 x 17.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
