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LOT 2499
British Wildlife Book Group - 5 Titles
1901-1979 A.D.
7 x 4 3/4 - 10 x 7 5/8 in. (1.28 kg total, 17.7 x 12 - 25.3 x 19.5 cm).
Rev. Prof. G. Henslow - Prof. Henslow's Botany for Beginners- London, 1901, card covers, 103 pp, monochrome plates; R.M. Lockley - Birds of the Sea - London and New York, 1945, card covers, 24pp, colour plates; B. Vesey-Fitzgerald - A Second Book of British Birds and their Nests - Loughborough, 2nd edition, 1954, hardback, colour images; R.L.E. Ford - British Reptiles and Amphibians - London, first published 1954, hardcover with dustjacket, 86 pp, monochrome and colour illustrations; R. Wilson - The Backgarden Wildlife Sanctuary Book - London, 1979, hardcover with dustjacket, 152 pp, monochrome illustrations. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
