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LOT 2940
Exploration and Natural History Books - 5 Titles
1966-1980 A.D.
10 1/4 x 9 - 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (5.69 kg total, 26.1 x 23 - 28.7 x 22.5 cm).
The Amazon - Amsterdam, 1973, hardcover, 183 pp, colour images; Robert Wallace (ed.) - The Grand Canyon - 1973, hardcover, 184 pp, colour images; Craig McGregor - The Great Barrier Reef - Amsterdam, 1974, hardcover, 184 pp, colour images; Reader's Digest. Book of Natural Wonders. A guide to the world's most unforgettable places, 1980, hardcover, 463 pp, colour images; Robert C. Miller - The Sea - London, 1966, hardcover with dustjacket, monochrome and colour images. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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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. -
Expedition and Natural History Books - 7 Titles
1963-1985 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
William Laird McKinlay - Karluk. The great untold story of Arctic exploration - London, 1976, hardcover with dustjacket, 170 pp, monochrome images; Tony Morrison, Ann Brown & Anne Rose - Lizzie. A Victorian Lady's Amazon Adventure - London, 1985, hardcover with dustjacket, 160 pp, colour images; Iain & Oria Douglas-Hamilton - Among the Elephants - London, 1975, hardcover with dustjacket, 285 pp, colour images; Jane van Lawick-Goodall - In the Shadow of Man - London, 1971, hardcover with dustjacket, 256 pp, colour and monochrome images; Robin Hanbury-Tenison - Mulu. The Rain Forest - London, 1980, hardback with dustjacket, 176 pp, monochrome images; Stella Brewer - The Forest Dwellers -London, 1978, hardcover with dustjacket, 254 pp, monochrome images; Sadio Garavini Di Turno - Diamond River - London, 1963, hardcover, 208 pp. 4.43 kg total, 22.3 x 14.5 - 25.5 x 18 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Tigers, Jaguars and the Animal Kingdom - 4 Titles
1962-1987 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 3.69 kg total, 22.5 x 16 - 24.2 x 17 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
