The Magnificent Seven! That's how many copies of The Observer's Book of British Birds are up for auction

 

Is this a record? No fewer than seven copies of The Observer's Book of Birds are included within a single lot (number 303a) that is due to go under the hammer at a sale to be conducted by auction house Tennants at their saleroom in Leyburn, North Yorkshire tomorrow Friday January 26.  Also within the 370-volume collection are sister titles  on heraldry, aircraft, geology, furniture and much else, plus one on birds' eggs. Tennants have offered no pre-sale guide price.