Lot 46

20 Books on Game Birds and Hunting, Many Signed

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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20 volumes, including: The Natural History of Ducks by John C. Phillips, Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922, four volumes (complete), paper spine labels; and 16 other titles (11 signed by authors) by George Bird Evans, John Alden Knight, John Hightower, Nash Buckingham, Ray Holland, and others (see additional photos of spines for titles)

Provenance: Estate of Barbara F. Chatham, Ronda and Roaring Gap, North Carolina

Condition

light wear to extremities, bumped corners, scattered scuffs and losses to boards, scattered minor areas of dampstaining and light foxing throughout; History of Ducks with heavy losses to paper on front boards

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Estate of Barbara F. Chatham, Ronda and Roaring Gap, North Carolina