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Ornithological Library of S. Dillon Ripley

280 items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
1C
Lot 1C
Ali (Sálim) The Book of Indian Birds,

third edition, with A.L.s. from the author to Dillon Ripley...

100
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150
2C
Lot 2C
Ali (Sálim) and S.Dillon Ripley. Handbook of the

Birds of India and Pakistan, together with those of Nepal...

200
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300
3C
Lot 3C
Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia,

being the description of most of the old world species, first...

300
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400
4C
Lot 4C
Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia,

being the description of most of the old world species, first...

300
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400
5C
Lot 5C
Alphéraky (Sergius) The Geese of Europe and Asia,

being the description of most of the old world species, first...

300
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400
6C
Lot 6C
american n American Naturalist,

mixed run, original wrappers, 1959-90; and others, similar, 8vo & 4to

60
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80
7C
Lot 7C
Archer (Sir Geoffrey) and Eva M.Godman. The Birds

of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, 4 vol., first edition...

400
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600
8C
Lot 8C
Archey (Gilbert) The Moa: A Study of the Dinornit

hiformes, Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum No...

150
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200
9C
Lot 9C
atoll Atoll Research Bulletin,

42 nos., original wrappers, v.d. ? Aves Zoological Record...

60
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80
10C
Lot 10C
Audubon (John James) The Birds of America, from D

rawings made in the United States and their Territories, 8 vol...

7,000
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9,000
11C
Lot 11C
Audubon (John James) The Birds of America, from D

rawings made in the United States and their Territories, 8 vol...

6,000
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8,000
12C
Lot 12C
Audubon (John James) and Rev. John Bachman. The Q

uadrupeds of North America, 3 vol., 155 hand-coloured tinted...

3,000
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5,000
13C
Lot 13C
Audubon (John James) The Original Water-Color Pai

ntings...for The Birds of America, 2 vol., New York, 1966; The...

100
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150
14C
Lot 14C
auk Auk (The): A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology

, vol. 4, 8 & 13-108 and some later issues and a few duplicates...

300
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400
15C
Lot 15C
avian Avian Periodicals.-

A collection of short runs of ornithological journals including...

60
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80
16C
Lot 16C
avicul Avicultural Magazine, 1937-85,

a consecutive run, cloth, Winchester & Hertford...

100
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150
17C
Lot 17C
Babault (Guy) Mission Babault dans les Provinces

Centrales de l'Inde Région Occidentale de l'Himalaya et Ceylan...

100
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150
18C
Lot 18C
Baird (Spencer F.), John Cassin and George N.Lawr

ence. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most...

100
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150
19C
Lot 19C
Baird (Spencer F.) and others. A History of North

American Birds [comprising]: Land Birds, 3 vol., 64 hand-coloured...

600
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800
20C
Lot 20C
Baker (Edward Charles Stuart) The Indian Ducks an

d their Allies, first edition, one of 1200 copies, additional...

200
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300
21C
Lot 21C
Baker (Edward Charles Stuart) Indian Pigeons and

Doves, 27 colour plates after H.Grönvold and G.E.Lodge, text...

120
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180
22C
Lot 22C
Baker (Edward Charles Stuart) The Game-Birds of I

ndia, Burma and Ceylon, vol. 1-2 only (of 3), additional pictorial...

150
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200
23C
Lot 23C
Baker (Edward Charles Stuart) The Nidification of

Birds of the Indian Empire, 4 vol., first edition, 29 plates, two...

120
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180
24C
Lot 24C
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of West and

Equatorial Africa, 2 vol., first edition, plates and...

80
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120
25C
Lot 25C
Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the Briti

sh Isles, 12 vol., first edition, numerous colour plates after...

120
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180
26C
Lot 26C
Bannerman (David Armitage) Birds of the Atlantic

Islands, 4 vol., first edition, vol.4 signed and inscribed by...

200
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300
27C
Lot 27C
Bannerman (David Armitage and Winifred Mary) Bird

s of Cyprus, first edition, plates, some colour after D.M...

80
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120
28C
Lot 28C
Bannerman (David Armitage) and J.A.Vella-Gaffiero

. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago, first edition, signed and...

60
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80
29C
Lot 29C
Bannerman (David Armitage & Winifred Mary) Handbo

ok of the Birds of Cyprus..., Edinburgh, 1971; Birds of the...

150
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200
30C
Lot 30C
Barbour (Thomas) The Birds of Cuba,

1923; Cuban Ornithology, 1943, together 2 vol., Memoirs of the...

150
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200
31C
Lot 31C
Barrett (Charles) Parrots of Australasia,

Melbourne, 1949 ? Eastman (W.R.) and Alexander C.Hunt. The...

60
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80
32C
Lot 32C
Barrows (Walter Bradford) Michigan Bird Life,

Lansing, 1912 ? Knight (Ora Willis) The Birds of Maine, Bangor...

120
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180
33C
Lot 33C
Bates (Henry Walter) The Naturalist on the River

Amazons, 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces...

200
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300
34C
Lot 34C
Baxter (Evelyn V.) and Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul. T

he Birds of Scotland: Their History, Distribution, and Migration...

80
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120
35C
Lot 35C
Beebe (Charles William) A Monograph of the Pheasa

nts, 4 vol., first edition, number 32 of 600 copies, 90 colour...

2,000
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3,000
36C
Lot 36C
Beebe (Charles William) A Monograph of the Pheasa

nts, vol.2 & 4 only (of 4), limited edition, 47 colour plates...

400
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600
37C
Lot 37C
Beebe (Charles William) Pheasants: Their Lives an

d Homes, 2 vol., plates, many colour after Thorburn, Grönvold...

60
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80
38C
Lot 38C
Bent (Arthur Cleveland) Life Histories of North A

merican Birds, 23 vol. and Index, Bulletins of the Smithsonian...

300
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400
39C
Lot 39C
Berkeley (Grantley F.) The English Sportsman in t

he Western Prairies, modern half rexine, 1861 ? Kennedy (Capt. W.R...

150
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200
40C
Lot 40C
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds,

2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes...

300
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400
41C
Lot 41C
Blaauw (Frans Ernst) A Monograph of the Cranes,

first edition, number 98 of 170 copies signed by the publishers...

1,800
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2,200
42C
Lot 42C
Blanchan (Neltje) Birds that Hunt and are Hunted,

presentation inscription to Dillon Ripley on front free endpaper...

120
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180
43C
Lot 43C
[Blanford (W.T.) and Eugene W.Oates.] The Fauna o

f British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Birds, 4 vol., first...

1,000
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1,500
44C
Lot 44C
[Blanford (W.T.) and Eugene W.Oates.] The Fauna o

f British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Birds, edited by E.C...

300
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400
45C
Lot 45C
Blome (Richard) Hawking or Faulconry,

number 300 of 650 copies, folding frontispiece, plates, original...

100
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150
46C
Lot 46C
Blyth (Edward) The Natural History of the Cranes:

A Monograph... greatly enlarged...by W.B.Tegetmeier, half-title...

80
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120
47C
Lot 47C
Bombay Natural History Society. Journal,

vol.1-97 in 143, plates, some loose, various bindings, some worn...

1,000
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1,500
48C
Lot 48C
book Book of Birds,

chapbook, woodcut illustrations, original yellow printed wrappers...

100
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150
49C
Lot 49C
Brandt (Herbert) Arizona and its Bird Life,

Cleveland, 1951 ? Sprunt, Jr. (A.) and E.Burnham Chamberlain...

300
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400
50C
Lot 50C
Brandt (Johann Friedrich) Spicilegia Ornithologic

a Exotica, Fasciculus I (all published), 5 lithographed plates...

150
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200
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