24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, 1st edition, 1928, & others
Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, 1st edition, 1st impression, London: printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1928. 8vo, later maroon quarter morocco, half-title, 8 halftone plates, together with 10 others including Frank Brangwyn, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London: T. N. Foulis, 1914, square 8vo, contemporary blue morocco by Bayntun (Riviere), gilt edges, 8 tipped-in colour plates; Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne, London: Walter Scott, c.1920, tan half calf gilt; a Bible, 1859, contemporary calf, blind-stamped 'The Gift of Philip Late Lord Wharton, distributed by his Lordship's trustees', and similar (qty: 11)
Provenance: John Heaton Cope ARPS (1926-2020).
Sold for £550
Estimated at £70 - £100
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking, 24th Nov, 2021
To include the Library, Pictures and Camera Collection of Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Eric Hosking is a name which will require little introduction for ornithology enthusiasts. The first professional bird photographer, he photographed over 1,800 species, and his pictures have appeared in some 1,000 books, including the popular New Naturalist series, of which he was photographic editor. To complement his library, Eric Hosking also built a fine collection of pictures by leading 20th century wildlife artists including Archibald Thorburn, Keith Shackleton and C. F. Tunnicliffe. The sale of his photographic equipment provides an unmissable opportunity to own a remarkable array of high-quality cameras, lenses and other apparatus by manufacturers including Contarex, Hasselblad and Zeiss, and will give skilled users the chance of recreating his photographic feats.
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