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LOT 2603
John Gould's Hummingbirds
1990 A.D.
14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (3.75 kg, 37 x 26 cm).
Secaucus, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 74 pp, 418 colour plates. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1952-1993 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eric Hosking - Owls - London, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 169 pp, colour; Jon Hadwick - Owl Light: The Unique Story of a Boy and his Owl - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 157 pp, colour; Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith - Birds of the World - London, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 416 pp, colour; Len Howard - Birds as Individuals - London, 1952 edition, hardback with cloth covers, 223 pp, monochrome plates; G. Bologna - Macdonald Encyclopedia of Birds of the World - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 511pp, colour plates; Martin Woodcock - Birds of Britain and Europe - London, 1980 reprint, card covers, 96 pp, colour; C.Konig - Birds: Swifts to Finches - London, 1973, hardback, 256 pp, colour; A. Rutgers - Handbook of Foreign Birds in Colour - London, 1964, hardback with cloth covers, 260 pp, colour. 4.03 kg total, 19 x 11.5 - 28.2 x 22 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
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. -
Book - The Pigeon
1957 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wendell Mitchell Levi - Columbia, 1957, hardback with cloth covers, 667 pp, monochrome images. 2.45 kg, 28.9 x 22.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.