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LOT 2605
Zoo Quest Series and Other Books by David Attenborough - 4 Titles
1956-1974 A.D.
8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (2.64 kg total, 22.5 x 14.5 cm).
Quest in Paradise - London, 1960, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest to Guiana - London, 1956, hardback with dustwrapper, 185 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest for a Dragon - London, 1957, hardback with dustwrapper, 174 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Zoo Quest in Paraguay - London, 1959, hardback with dustwrapper, 168 pp, colour and monochrome plates; Clive Rootes - Animals of the Dark - London, 1974, hardback with dustwrapper, 200 pp, colour and monochrome plates. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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LOT 2605
Zoo Quest Series and Other Books by David Attenborough - 4 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Books on Birds - 8 Titles
1925-1980 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
F.K. Truslow - The Nesting Season - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 136 pp, colour and monochrome plates; C.S.Bayne - Getting to Know the Birds - London, 1948 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 102 pp, colour plates; C.P. Staples - Birds in a Garden sanctuary - London, 2nd edition 1946, hardback with cloth covers, 2 pp, monochrome plates; John Gooders - Where to Watch Birds - London, 1975 reprint, hardback with card covers, 343 pp, monochrome plates, line drawings, maps; E.R. Ennion - The British Bird - Oxford, 1949 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 172 pp, line drawings; E.F.M. Elms - Our Resident Birds and How to Know Them - London, 1925 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 126 pp, monochrome; James Fisher - Watching Birds - Harmondsworth, 1946 reprint, card covers, 192 pp, line drawings; J.S. Duris & E. Burke - Spotting Birds - London, 1980 reprint, hardback, 255 pp, colour. 3.34 kg total, 17.2 x 11.5 - 31.2 x 23.6 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. -
Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World
2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox - Robertsbridge, 2001, hardback with dustwrapper, 615 pp, colour plates, maps. 1.67 kg, 24.8 x 18 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
