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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 Mammals and Dinosaurs - 7 Titles
1931-2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Tim Haines - Walking with Beasts: A Prehistoric Safari - London, 2001, hardback with dustwrapper, 264 pp, colour; Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History - London, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 288 pp, colour; David Attenborough - The Living Planet - London, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 368 pp, colour; The Trials of Life - London, 1990, hardback, 368 pp, colour; Ivan Sanderson - Living Mammals of the World - London, 1959 reprint, hardback with cloth covers, 303 pp, colour plates; Lord Zuckerman - Great Zoos of the World - London, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 231 pp, monochrome plates; W.P.Pyctraft (ed) - The Standard natural History from Amoeba to man - London, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 942 pp, monochrome and colour plates. 10 kg total, 24 x 16 - 29 x 25.5 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Books on Birds of the World - 5 Titles
1988-1992 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
J.D. Macdonald - Birds of Australia - Chatswood, 1992 reprint, card covers, 552 pp, colour and monochrome, maps; N. Chaffer - In Quest of Bower Birds - Adelaide, 1984, hardback with dustwrapper, 108 pp, colour; kevin Wilson - A Guide to Rosellas - Coolangatta, 1988, card covers, 5 pp, colour; M. Pforr & A. Limbrunner - The Breeding Birds of Europe - Sandgrouse to Crows - London, 1982, hardback with dustwrapper, 394 pp, colour, maps; M. Pforr & A. Limbrunner - The Breeding Birds of Europe - Divers to Auks - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 330 pp, colour, maps. 4.39 kg total, 20.5 x 21.5 - 28.5 x 22 cm
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. -
Field Guides to the Birds of Columbia and Venezuela - 2 Titles
1978-1986 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 2.11 kg total, 22.7 x 15.5 cm each
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
