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Auction No 394, Tag: Birds

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Edward Armstrong "The Folklore of Birds", Collins, 1958, First Edition in a complete d/jkt,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £72
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Edward Armstrong The Folklore of Birds, Collins, 1958, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, few tape stains & foxmarks to jacket & endpapers; together with eight other New Naturalist titles in mostly price-clipped d/jkts comprising Nos.31 to 38, five with tape stains to endpapers from use of old style protective covers. Five titles are first editions. (8)

Eric Simms"Woodland Birds", 1971; Ian Newton "Finches", 1972; Potter & Sargent "Pedigree: Words from Nature", 1973;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £44
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Eric Simms Woodland Birds, 1971; Ian Newton Finches, 1972; Potter & Sargent Pedigree: Words from Nature, 1973; and R.K. Murton Man & Birds, 1971; all Collins New Naturalist series First Editions in VG/VF complete dustjackets. (4)   

Eric Simms "British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails", Collins New Naturalist series No.78, 1992, First Edition, fine in VG complete d/jkt.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Eric Simms British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails, Collins New Naturalist series No.78, 1992, First Edition, fine in VG complete d/jkt.

Eric Simms "British Warblers", Collins New Naturalist series No.71, 1985, First Edition, First State, near fine in VG complete d/jkt

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £450 - £550
SOLD £280
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Eric Simms British Warblers, Collins New Naturalist series No.71, 1985, First Edition, First State, near fine in VG complete d/jkt with Duraseal cover. Spine of jacket a little faded; top edge of text block with some slight tone marks. A scarce title, only 725 printed of the first issue.       

Ian Newton "Bird Migration", Collins New Naturalist series No.113, 2010, First Edition in a complete d/jkt. Fine.

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Ian Newton Bird Migration, Collins New Naturalist series No.113, 2010, First Edition in a complete d/jkt. Fine.

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)

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

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)

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)

Birds collection, very largely coloured art types with many named artists. Mainly VG to VF. (55)

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Aug 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Birds collection, very largely coloured art types with many named artists. Mainly VG to VF. (55)