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Lot 6 Bird Ornithology Books Agassiz Burgess

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Lot of 6 books about birds: Burgess Bird Book for Children, 1919, first edition / British Waders by Arnold, 1924 / Fine Bird Books 1700-1900 by Sitwell, 1900, second edition / Louis Agassiz Fuertes and the Singular Beauty of Birds, 1971 / Pictures of Bird Life drawn by Giacomelli, c1890 / Menaboni's Birds, 1950. All profusely illustrated and in original bindings.

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