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Auction archive: Lot number 322

SEEBOHM, Henry. A History of British Birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs , London: for the author, 1883-85. 4 volumes, 8°, illustrations, 68 coloured plates (occasional spotting), contemporary brown half morocco, spines lettered in gilt ...

Auction 24.03.2000
24 Mar 2000
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$473 - US$789
Price realised:
£483
ca. US$762
Auction archive: Lot number 322

SEEBOHM, Henry. A History of British Birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs , London: for the author, 1883-85. 4 volumes, 8°, illustrations, 68 coloured plates (occasional spotting), contemporary brown half morocco, spines lettered in gilt ...

Auction 24.03.2000
24 Mar 2000
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$473 - US$789
Price realised:
£483
ca. US$762
Beschreibung:

SEEBOHM, Henry. A History of British Birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs , London: for the author, 1883-85. 4 volumes, 8°, illustrations, 68 coloured plates (occasional spotting), contemporary brown half morocco, spines lettered in gilt (rubbed), t.e.g. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 3343; Mullens & Swann p.571; Nissen IVB 851. LILFORD, Lord. Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood , London: R. H. Porter, 1895. 2 volumes, 8°, wood-engraved illustrations and photogravure plates, folding map to volume II (occasional light spotting), contemporary green half morocco, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt (sunfading, a little rubbed). Freeman 2243; Mullens & Swann p.355. CHALMERS, Patrick R. Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore , London: Collins, 1935. 4°, illustrated title and 16 coloured plates, contemporary half green morocco retaining original tan morocco gilt-lettered spine, cardboard box. NO. 82 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST. Together with 5 other works in 6 volumes including Archibald Thorburn's British Birds (2 volumes only of 4, London: 1925), and A. Landsborough Thomson's Britain's Birds and their Nests (London: [ca. 1910]). (12)

Auction archive: Lot number 322
Auction:
Datum:
24 Mar 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

SEEBOHM, Henry. A History of British Birds, with coloured illustrations of their eggs , London: for the author, 1883-85. 4 volumes, 8°, illustrations, 68 coloured plates (occasional spotting), contemporary brown half morocco, spines lettered in gilt (rubbed), t.e.g. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 3343; Mullens & Swann p.571; Nissen IVB 851. LILFORD, Lord. Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood , London: R. H. Porter, 1895. 2 volumes, 8°, wood-engraved illustrations and photogravure plates, folding map to volume II (occasional light spotting), contemporary green half morocco, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt (sunfading, a little rubbed). Freeman 2243; Mullens & Swann p.355. CHALMERS, Patrick R. Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore , London: Collins, 1935. 4°, illustrated title and 16 coloured plates, contemporary half green morocco retaining original tan morocco gilt-lettered spine, cardboard box. NO. 82 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST. Together with 5 other works in 6 volumes including Archibald Thorburn's British Birds (2 volumes only of 4, London: 1925), and A. Landsborough Thomson's Britain's Birds and their Nests (London: [ca. 1910]). (12)

Auction archive: Lot number 322
Auction:
Datum:
24 Mar 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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