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LOT 2631
Canaries, Hybrids & British Birds in Cage and Aviary
1910 A.D.
10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (2.03 kg, 27.5 x 22.5 cm).
S.H. Lewer - London, 1910, hardback with three-quarter leather binding, gilt edges and titling, 421 pp, Colour plates; front cover detached otherwise in good condition. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2631
Canaries, Hybrids & British Birds in Cage and Aviary
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Bird Book Collection - 5 Titles
1961-1993 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Oliver L. Austin - Birds of the World - Feltham 1983 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 318 pp, colour; Andrew Branson - Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds - Abingdon, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour; Foreign Birds. Magazine of the Foreign Bird League, vol 27, no.4, July-August 1961, paper covers, 40 pp; Francesca Greenoak - All the Birds of the Air - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 325 pp, line drawings; G.T. Dodwell - canary Standards in Colour: An Exhibitor's Guide to the canary Fancy - Liss, 1986, hardback, 151 pp, 25 colour plates. 4.67 kg total, 21.5 x 14.5 - 30.5 x 23.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Bird Migration and Bird Ringing - 9 Titles
1935-1985 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
K.B. Rooke - Observations on the Birds of Newfoundland during the 1934 Expedition of the Public Schools Exploring Society - New York, 1935. offprint, card covers, 25 pp, signed by the author; Thomas Burleigh & Harold Peters - Geographic variation in newfoundland Birds - Washington, June 1948 , offprint, paper covers, 12 pp, signed by Harold Peters; J.W. Aldrich & D.C. Nutt - Birds of Eastern Newfoundland - December 1939 offprint, card covers, 30 pp; BTO Ringers' Bulletin - Vol. 6 no.7, June 1985, paper covers, 8 pp, inserts; Ringing & Migration Vol 6 No.1, June 1985, card covers, 62 pp, maps; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 1: The Genera - October 1976, card covers, 79 pp; Kenneth Williamson - Identification for Ringers 2: The Genus - October 1976, card covers, 88 pp; A.J. Prater et al - Guide to the Identification and Ageing of Holarctic Waders - BTO Guide 17, Tring, 1977, card covers. 168 pp, line drawings; Bird-Banding: Journal of Ornithological Investigation Vol.XI January 1940, offprint- paper covers, 40 pp. 881 grams total, 21 x 15 - 23.5 x 16 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe - Multiple Signed Copy
1974 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
R. Peterson, G. Montfort, P.A.D. Hollom - London, 1974, hardback with dustwrapper, 344 pp, colour plates; signed by all three authors. 463 grams, 19 x 12 cm
Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
