Natural History & Travel Books
Catalog Information: 441 lots
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Lot 1: Andrade (Carlos) Love life of the birds, first
Andrade (Carlos) Love life of the birds, first edition in English, fine colour plates by Axel Amuchastegui, Buenos Aires, 1952 § Fleming (C. A.) George Edward Lodge: Unpublished Bird Paintings, colour plates, 1983, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 1 [...more]
Lot 2: Aplin (O.V.) The Birds of Oxfordshire,
Aplin (O.V.) The Birds of Oxfordshire, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, folding map, Oxford, 1889 § Smith (A.E.) and R.K.Cornwallis. The Birds of Lincolnshire, illustrations, Lincoln, 1955 § Foster (A.H.) The Birds of North Hertfordshire, Hit [...more]
Lot 3: Arnold (E.C.) British Waders, number 20 of 50
Arnold (E.C.) British Waders, number 20 of 50 special copies, signed by the author, coloured plates, original half vellum, small repair to front joint, Cambridge, 1924; and 4 others by the same, 4to (5)
Lot 4: Arnold (E.C.) Memories of Cley, plates (3
Arnold (E.C.) Memories of Cley, plates (3 coloured), cloth, dust-jacket appparently an amateur confection (was the book issued with one?), Eastbourne, Strange, 1947 § Pashley (H.N.) Notes on the birds of Cley, plates, original cloth, 1925; and 6 othe [...more]
Lot 5: Atkinson (John) A Compendium of the Ornithology of
Atkinson (John) A Compendium of the Ornithology of Great Britain, original boards, uncut, spine worn, 1820 § Anecdotes of Birds, wood-engraved illustrations (attributed by the V&A to Bewick, but this is improbable), original printed boards, spine wor [...more]
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