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LOT 2596
Field Guides to the Birds of Columbia and Venezuela - 2 Titles
1978-1986 A.D.
9 x 6 1/8 in. (2.11 kg total, 22.7 x 15.5 cm each).
S.L.Hilty & W.L.Brown - A Guide to the Birds of Colombia - Princeton, 1986, card covers, 836 pp, line drawings; R. Meyer de Schauensee & W.H. Phelps - A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela - Princeton, 1978, card covers, 424 pp, colour and monochrome plates. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2596
Field Guides to the Birds of Columbia and Venezuela - 2 Titles
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Parrots and Parrot-Like Birds
1929 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Marquess of Tavistock - London, 1929, hardback with cloth covers, 298 pp. 923 grams, 25 x 19.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Natural History - 3 Titles
1801-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Revd. J.G. Wood - The Boy's Own Book of Natural History - London, 1884, hardback with full calf library binding, gold titling, marbled endpapers, 378 pp, spine repaired; Oliver Goldsmith - the Vicar of Wakefield - London, 1911, leather covers, gold titling, 305 pp, monochrome; Gilbert White - The Natural History of Selborne - London 1801 edition, hardback quarter-calf binding with gold titling. 380 pp, monochrome, spine repaired. 960 grams total, 15.2 x 9.5 - 18.5 x 12.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
