Auction No 401, Category: Natural History

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Thomas Wardle "Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887: Descriptive Catalogue of the Silk Section". John Heywood [1887];

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £44
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Thomas Wardle Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887: Descriptive Catalogue of the Silk Section. John Heywood [1887]; quarto, orig. gilt cloth, front hinge a little worn o/w VG; light browning to title page & final page of plates o/w fine internally. 238pp including 83 full-page plates.

Daltry and Masefield "Macro-Lepidoptera of North Staffordshire and Cannock Chase", J. & C. Mort, Stafford, 1898; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, 29pp;

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Daltry and Masefield Macro-Lepidoptera of North Staffordshire and Cannock Chase, J. & C. Mort, Stafford, 1898; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, 29pp; addendum slip tipped-in. Fine

A. W. Boyd "A Country Parish: Great Budworth in the County of Chester", Collins ‘New Naturalist’ series,1951,1st Edn in VG complete d/jkt;

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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A. W. Boyd A Country Parish: Great Budworth in the County of Chester, Collins ‘New Naturalist' series, 1951, 1st Edn in VG complete d/jkt; minor spotting to edge of text block. Together with two good autograph letters from Boyd 1947 & 1951, one concerning Hoylake, the other the flora of Staffordshire, loosely inserted 

Robert Plot "The Natural History of Staffordshire", E.J. Morten, 1973 facsimile of the 1686 edition; folio, full green morocco style binding, gilt.

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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Robert Plot The Natural History of Staffordshire, E.J. Morten, 1973 facsimile of the 1686 edition; folio, full green morocco style binding, gilt. Spine faded o/w VF with folding pedigree, coats of arms and double-page plates; (16),450,(10)pp

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

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £320
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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. No internal inscriptions. A scarce title, only 725 printed of the first issue. 

R.J. Berry "The Natural History of Orkney", Collins New Naturalist series No.70, 1985, First Edition, First State, near fine in a VG complete d/jkt

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £350
SOLD £310
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R.J. Berry The Natural History of Orkney, Collins New Naturalist series No.70, 1985, First Edition, First State, near fine in a VG complete d/jkt with Duraseal cover. Spine of jacket a little faded and inner flap with few light tone spots; top edge of text block with some slight tone marks. A scarce title, only 725 printed of the first issue