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NEW NATURALIST The New Naturalist, Main Series, nos. 1-126; Monographs, nos. 1-22, FIRST EDITIONS, William Collins, 1945-2015; together with a collection of original artwork, proof dust-wrappers, etc. (quantity)
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NEW NATURALIST
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A MAGNIFICENT COMPLETE SET OF THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES, IN FINE CONDITION AND WITH NUMEROUS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS, including correspondence from/to many of the authors, original artwork, and proofs of dust-jackets.
The manuscript material includes correspondence and notes from the series' authors, often recording the progress of their books; bookplates and notes of well known naturalists, together in 9 box files (6 folio, 3 octavo in green cloth embellished with "NN" monogram). There are upwards of 20 examples proof dust-wrappers and artwork (mostly framed and glazed), including Ellis's art work for the original wrapper of W.G. Hale's Waders (most of the Ellis art work was destroyed in a Glasgow warehouse flood), and a unique linocut (230 x 246mm.) by Robert Gillmor for the dust-wrapper of Brian Spooner and Peter Roberts' Fungi.
Almost all the cloth copies have special points. For example: Eric Simms' copy of Ernest Neal's Badger is accompanied by a bundle of letters from Neal to Simms; Sir Julian Huxley's copy of Stephen Potter and Laurens Sargent's Pedigree is extensively annotated, and has a note by Frederick Wolsey [who is thanked in the preface to Juliette Huxley's autobiography for correcting her English] that it was the last book JH read, stating "After Julian died I made the probate valuation of his books for Juliette".
The present set provoked the response "Good grief, what a collection" (email from Peter Marren, 12 November 2008); further details of the collection are given in the collector's own account, just published as A Passion for Nature in Tim Bernhard and Timothy Loe, Collecting the New Naturalists, 2015, pp.296-97, a copy of which is included in the lot.
Provenance: Property of the Late Dr. David Kings, sold by order of the executor.

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