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DAY ONE
Travel & Exploration 1-36
The Library of David & Tamara Talbot-Rice 37-77
British Topography 78-100
Fine Bird Books from the Library of David Clugston: Part I 101-151
Natural History 152-165
Antiquarian History & Literature 166-334
Witchcraft, Spiritualism & Esoterica 335-357
Art & Design Books from the Library of Oliver Messel 358-366
Art Reference & Architecture 367-410
DAY TWO
Maps 411-506
Decorative Prints 507-588
Cookery Books: A Private Collection 589-605
General Literature 606-661
General Stock 662-729
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Lot 97 - Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Stowe: A Description of the Magnificent House and Gardens, 1768
Lot 98 - Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum, 2nd edition, 1776
Lot 102 - Booth (Edward Thomas). Rough Notes on the Birds Observed..., 3 vols., 1881-87
Lot 103 - Booth (Edward Thomas). Rough Notes on the Birds, part 1, 1881, and Blackburn, Birds, 1862
Lot 105 - Buller (Walter Lawry). A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 1st edition, 1873
Lot 106 - Butler (Arthur Gardiner). Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres, 1907-1908
Lot 107 - * Chapman (Abel, 1851-1929). A group of 27 original bird drawings, c. 1895-1924
Lot 108 - Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1836
Lot 110 - Dresser (Henry Eeles). A Monograph of the Coraciidae, 1st edition, 1893, presentation copy
Lot 112 - Gould (John, 1804-1881). Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Stevenson, January 11th 1868
Lot 113 - * Gould (John, 1804-1881). Falco Candicans. Greenland Falcon..., 1862-63
Lot 114 - * Gould (John, 1804-1881). Oidemia Perspiceillata (Surf Scoter)..., 1862-1873
Lot 115 - * Gould (John, 1804-1881). Scops Pennata (Indian Scops Owl), 1862
Lot 116 - * Gould (John, 1804-1881). Two birds inspecting an insect on a branch, 1849
Lot 117 - Graves (George). British Ornithology, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1821
Lot 119 - Gray (George Robert). Zoology of the Voyage of HMS of Erebus and Terror, Birds, 1846-1875