28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 73
 

73

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition,...

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923. Folio, original red cloth gilt, 30 colour plates, spotting to endpapers - ibid. British Birds, 4th editions of volumes 1-2, 3rd editions of volumes 3-4, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918. 4 volumes, 4to, original red cloth gilt, 82 colour plates (numbered 1-80B), spines sunned, volume 4 headcap slightly frayed, occasional spotting to text-leaves - ibid. British Mammals, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920. 2 volumes, 4to, original red cloth gilt, 50 colour plates, spines sunned and rubbed, bookplates of Monica E. H. Goldsmith - ibid. A Naturalist's Sketchbook, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919. 4to, original red cloth gilt, 60 plates, binding slightly marked, plates 33, 35 and 59 with small tears to tissue-guards (qty: 8)

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021

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