4th Dec, 2013 9:00 GMT/BST

Book Sale

 
  Lot 85
 

85

New Naturalist Monographs A complete collection of the twenty-two volumes in the series,...

New Naturalist Monographs
A complete collection of the twenty-two volumes in the series, 1948-71, Collins, first editions except no. 19 (1967 reprint), all in dust wrappers (no. 21 is price clipped and has an ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper)

Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

1, Near VG/G, (dw torn at spine and tanned, dusty, pencil name); 2, VG/VG, (pencil name); 3, VG/Near VG (tape repair to head of spine); 4, VG/VG, (pencil name); 5, VG/VG, pencil name; 6, VG/fair, (head of dw spine chipped and torn, spine lightly tanned, small stains to rear, overlaid increased price label); 7, VG+/near VG, (spine faded); 8, VG+/VG (spine yellow faded) 9, VG/Near VG, (several pages with creased oversized edges, dw spine faded with small chip to head; 10, VG/near VG (couple of small edge tears, spine slightly faded; 11, VG+/VG (dw spine head chipped); 12, VG+/VG+ (dw spine white is tanned); 13, VG+/VG (small hole in dw spine with white slightly tanned, small tear to rear edge); 14, VG/ near VG; 15, VG+/VG (hole in dw spine; 16, VG/VG; 17, VG/VG; 18, VG/VG; 19, VG+/VG, back strip of dw and cloth faded; 20, VG+/VG (small tear to top edge of dw); (21, VG+/VG (dw price-clipped, pen inscription to fep); 22, VG+/VG (small tear and small stain to top edge of dw). Almost all have some tanning to inside exposed edges of dust wrappers. Dust wrapper spines are generally duller than the front and rears.

 


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