£350
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
comprising:
numbers 13, 17, 46, 54, 61, 63, 64, 68, 69, 89, 94-99, 102-105, 107-111, 115-119, 121-3. London: Collins, 1951- 2013. 33 volumes, first editions, all in original cloth with dust jackets, numbers 13, 17 and 46 dust jackets in variable condition, 54, 63, 64 and 68 retaining Duraseal protectors, 63 and 64 jackets clipped and repriced (£9.50), numbers 97 and 99-123 all unopened in original shrinkwrap, together with 14 further New Naturalists (reprints) (47)
Provenance: Professor Richard G. West FRS FGS (1926-2020), British botanist, geologist and palaeontologist, and co-editor of the New Naturalist series, many with his bookplate.