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Lot 326: A Collection of Natural History, Marine Biology, and Geographical Reference Books (DJ)
An assortment of non-fiction hardback volumes, predominantly focused on natural history, marine biology, and global geography. Key works include David Attenborough’s Discovering Life on Earth, The Random House Atlas of the Oceans featuring an introduction by Jacques Cousteau, and multiple specialist titles regarding sharks and marine mammals such as Giants of the Sea by Gaetano Cafiero and Maddalena Jahoda and Andrew Cleave’s Sharks: A Portrait of the Animal World. General reference is represented by Jean Stroud’s The Hamlyn Boys’ and Girls’ Encyclopedia, Purnell’s Illustrated Nature Atlas, and cartographic works including The Times Atlas of the World Concise Edition and the Reader’s Digest Great World Atlas. The group also contains technological and historical titles such as Aircraft: An Illustrated History by David Mondey and Jorge Lewinski’s The Camera at War. Most volumes are heavily illustrated with colour photographs, diagrams, and maps.
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