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LOT 2937
Books on Wildlife by David Attenborough - 5 Titles
1980-1990 A.D.
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 - 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (6.86 kg total, 24.2 x 16.5 - 26.2 x 26 cm).
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. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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The Birds of the British Isles - Series 1 - 3
1953 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Three volumes by T.A. Coward comprising: The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, first series, comprising the families Corvidae to Phoenicopteridae, 252 coloured illustrations and 73 photographic illustrations; The Birds of The British Isles and Their Eggs, second series, comprising the families Anatidae to Phasianidae, 203 coloured illustrations and 66 photographic illustrations; The Birds of the British Isles, their migration and habits and observations on our rarer visitants, third series, 68 coloured illustrations and 68 photographic illustrations. 1.73 kg total, 17.5 x 13 cm each
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. -
The Observer's Books on Natural History - 9 Titles
1951-1979 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: Birds, Wild Animals, Mosses and Liverworts, Freshwater Fishes, Sea Fishes, Common Fungi, British Butterflies, Pond Life, and Geology; all hardcover, some with dustjackets. 1.74 kg total, 15 x 9.5 cm each
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
