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Auction No 408, Category: Natural History

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

W.J. Arkell "A Monograph on the Ammonites of the English Corallian Beds", Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1968, the complete text with the plates,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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W.J. Arkell A Monograph on the Ammonites of the English Corallian Beds, Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1968, the complete text with the plates, a reprint of the Palaeontographical Society publication of 1934-1945, here in 11 parts; A4 softbacks, each in printed card wraps. Some mild creasing to the corners at fore-edge o/w fine. (11)

C.W. Wright & W.J. Kennedy "The Ammonoidea of the Plenus Marls and the Middle Chalk", Palaeontographical Society, 1981;

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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C.W. Wright & W.J. Kennedy The Ammonoidea of the Plenus Marls and the Middle Chalk, Palaeontographical Society, 1981; and Wright & Kennedy's The Ammonoidea of the Lower Chalk Parts 1 to 5 complete, 1984-96; quarto, original printed wraps; ex-library with stamps & labels, the text and many plates unaffected. (6)    

"Geologists’ Association Guides, Benham & Co., 1965-84, various editions; A5 softbacks, most with printed card wraps (one is a photocopy). VG/VF (34)

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Geologists' Association Guides, Benham & Co., 1965-84, various editions; A5 softbacks, most with printed card wraps (one is a photocopy). VG/VF (34)     

"John James Audubon: The Watercolours for the Birds of America", The Herbert Press, 1993, large format, cloth bound in d/jkt, VF.

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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John James Audubon: The Watercolours for the Birds of America, The Herbert Press, 1993, large format, cloth bound in d/jkt, VF.  

John Richardson, William Baird and others "The Museum of Natural History" William Mackenzie [1860], in 8 divisions, publisher’s gilt cloth,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
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John Richardson, William Baird and others The Museum of Natural History, William Mackenzie [1860], in 8 divisions, publisher's gilt cloth, one vol. slightly cocked, six of the volumes with plates complete or near complete, the volume on Reptiles and one of the Bird volumes raided. Many of the plates hand-coloured. Also qty of loose plates from another edition. Largely free of foxing.

F.E. Hulme "Familiar Wild Flowers", Cassell & Co.,1902, in the 20 issued parts, covers mostly detached, a few with back cover missing,

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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F.E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers, Cassell & Co., 1902, in the 20 issued parts, covers mostly detached, a few with back cover missing, containing 200 fine colour plates. Together with an earlier bound volume, damaged, containing most of the 40 plates.

F. W. Meyer "The Best Hardy Perennials for producing an abundant supply of Cut Flowers", Blake & Mackenzie, 1901;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £125
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F. W. Meyer The Best Hardy Perennials for producing an abundant supply of Cut Flowers, Blake & Mackenzie, 1901; quarto, original pictorial cloth, VG; complete and very clean internally with the 48 chromo-lithographic plates, one plate loose with some peripheral faults. Gift inscription of 1920 at top of half-title.