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LOT 2602
Books on Wild Flowers - 2 Volumes
1855-1856 A.D.
5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (660 grams total, 14.2 x 11.3 cm each).
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. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesProduced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1952-1993 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eric Hosking - Owls - London, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 169 pp, colour; Jon Hadwick - Owl Light: The Unique Story of a Boy and his Owl - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 157 pp, colour; Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith - Birds of the World - London, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 416 pp, colour; Len Howard - Birds as Individuals - London, 1952 edition, hardback with cloth covers, 223 pp, monochrome plates; G. Bologna - Macdonald Encyclopedia of Birds of the World - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 511pp, colour plates; Martin Woodcock - Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1980 reprint, card covers, 96 pp, colour; C.Konig - Birds: Swifts to Finches - London, 1973, hardback, 256 pp, colour; A. Rutgers - Handbook of Foreign Birds in Colour - London, 1964, hardback with cloth covers, 260 pp, colour. 4.03 kg total, 19 x 11.5 - 28.2 x 22 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Birds of the World - 5 Titles
1988-1992 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
J.D. Macdonald - Birds of Australia - Chatswood, 1992 reprint, card covers, 552 pp, colour and monochrome, maps; N. Chaffer - In Quest of Bower Birds - Adelaide, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 108 pp, colour; kevin Wilson - A Guide to Rosellas - Coolangatta, 1988, card covers, 5 pp, colour; M. Pforr & A. Limbrunner - The Breeding Birds of Europe - Sandgrouse to Crows - London, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 394 pp, colour, maps; M. Pforr & A. Limbrunner - The Breeding Birds of Europe - Divers to Auks - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 330 pp, colour, maps. 4.39 kg total, 20.5 x 21.5 - 28.5 x 22 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
The Original Watercolor Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America - 2 Volumes
1966 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £22
M.B. Davidson (ed) - New York, 1966, 2 volumes, hardback with cloth covers in slipcase, colour. 5.5 kg total, 35.5 x 28 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
