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Auction No 394, Category: Natural History

50 Lots (displaying 41 - 50)

Collins New Naturalist series comprising "The Natural History of Pollination" 1996, "Plant Disease" 1999, "Plant Pests" 2011,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £76
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Collins New Naturalist series comprising The Natural History of Pollination 1996, Plant Disease 1999, Plant Pests 2011, and Plant Galls 2011, all First Editions in complete d/jkts, the spine of the Pollination jacket badly faded. Good to Fine. NN 83, 85, 116 and 117. (4)             

Collins New Naturalist series comprising "Grouse" 2008, "Wildfowl" 2009, "Partridges" 2012, "Terns" 2013, "Bird Populations" 2013

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £105
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Collins New Naturalist series comprising Grouse 2008, Wildfowl 2009, Partridges 2012, Terns 2013, Bird Populations 2013 and Owls 2014, all First Editions in complete d/jkts. Fine, Terns still in shrinkwrap. NN 107, 110, 121, 123, 124, 125. (6)

Collins New Naturalist series comprising "Nature Conservation" 2002, "A History of Ornithology" 2007, "Books and Naturalists" 2010,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £40
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Collins New Naturalist series comprising Nature Conservation 2002, A History of Ornithology 2007, Books and Naturalists 2010, and Climate and Weather 2010, all First Editions in complete d/jkts. Fine. NN 91, 104, 112 and 113. (4)   

Guy Mountfort The "Hawfinch", Collins New Naturalist Monograph No.15, 1957, fine First Edition in fair d/jkt

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
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Guy Mountfort The Hawfinch, Collins New Naturalist Monograph No.15, 1957, fine First Edition in fair d/jkt (piece missing from top of spine of jacket). Fine internally

F.O. Morris "A History of British Butterflies", John Nimmo, 1895, 8th Edition, quarto, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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F.O. Morris A History of British Butterflies, John Nimmo, 1895, 8th Edition, quarto, original gilt cloth, VG, uncut on two sides, complete with 79 hand-coloured plates; a few plates loose o/w VG internally.       

A selection illustrated by Charles Tunnicliffe (4), Peter Scott, George Rankin, and Winifred Austen, mostly featuring birds;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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A selection illustrated by Charles Tunnicliffe (4), Peter Scott, George Rankin, and Winifred Austen, mostly featuring birds; includes Thomson Britain’s Birds and Their Nests [1910] with 132 colour plates by Rankin, and Rogerson & Tunnicliffe Both Sides of the Road 1951 in VG d/jkt. Mostly large format. Fair to fine. (7)

R. Bowdler Sharpe "A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain", Edward Lloyd, 1896-97, 4 volumes, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £60
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R. Bowdler Sharpe A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Edward Lloyd, 1896-97, 4 volumes, original gilt cloth, spines evenly faded; fine internally with 124 chromo-litho plates. (4)

W.F. Kirby "A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera", Edward Lloyd, 1896-97, 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, spines evenly faded,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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W.F. Kirby A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, Edward Lloyd, 1896-97, 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, spines evenly faded, small repairs to Volume 1; complete with 157 chromo-litho plates. Fair to VG. (5)

Frederick Warne’s Wayside and Woodland Series, various editions from 1920s, all with original gilt cloth bindings,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Frederick Warne’s Wayside and Woodland Series, various editions from 1920s, all with original gilt cloth bindings, including Birds of the British Isles (3 vols, in d/jkts), The Moths of the British Isles (2 vols, in d/jkts), Dragonflies, and Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects. Very good to fine. (15)

Henry Seebohm "The Birds of Siberia", John Murray, 1901, recased, new endpapers; and a collection of other ornithology.

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Henry Seebohm The Birds of Siberia, John Murray, 1901, recased, new endpapers; and a collection of other ornithology. Fair to fine. (14)