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A superb, private
collection of bird and natural history books with additional
top quality books donated by other BTO supporters, was auctioned
on Friday 20 June to raise funds for the Atlas Appeal.
Over 500 lots
of mainly 20th Century ornithological books were auctioned
including:
A complete
set of Collins New Naturalist series. |
Collection
of Poyser first editions. |
Thomas
Bewick, History of British Birds, 1797-1804, first edition,
two volumes. |
John
Guille Millais, Natural History of the British Surface
Feeding Ducks, 1902, limited edition of 600. |
Henry
Stevenson & Thomas Southwell, History of the Birds
of Norfolk, 1866-90, first edition, three volumes. |
Peter
Olney, The Wildfowl Paintings of Henry Jones, 1987,
limited edition of 350. |
D.A.
Bannerman & G.E. Lodge, The Birds of the British
Isles, 1953-63, first edition, twelve volumes. |
Abel
Chapman, On Safari, 1908, first edition. |
The auction raised an incredible
£35,000
for Bird Atlas 2007-11
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The
Nunnery
Book Sale:
The
Secondhand book sale of hundreds of less expensive bird
and other natural history books
raised nearly £2,500.
Again, all
proceeds have gone towards the Atlas Appeal.
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