Nine ornithological titles included in Gloucestershire auction's bumper collection of Observer's Books

                                                                  

NO fewer than nine Observer’s titles dedicated to birds are up for bidding at  an auction this week.

They were originally published as The Observer’s Book of British Birds, but later editions appeared as The Observer’s Book of Birds or, in one case, as The Observer’s Book of British Birds’ Eggs.

Such was the popularity of the ornithological title that publishers Frederick Warne extended the range to cover many other subjects - from herbs to canals, from dogs to architecture.

A collection of 100 volumes will go under the hammer - as Lot 454 - at an auction to be conducted by Gloucestershire-based auction house Dominic Winter at its Cirencester saleroom tomorrow  Wednesday March 5.

The pre-sale estimate is that the collection will fetch between £80 and £120.