24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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American Civil War. Atlas to accompany the Official Records, 1891-5
American Civil War. Atlas to accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies ... compiled by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles, 23d U. S. Infantry, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891-5. 4to, contemporary cloth, 29 pp. (2 + 4 pp. indices tipped in), 178 double-page lithographic plates (numbered 1-175 and including 3 additional plates numbered 135A-C), mainly maps and plans (several to a sheet in most cases), but also including panoramas, costumes, etc., most printed in colours, binding worn and marked, infrequent damp-staining to lower margins (e.g. 1-10, 98-100, 150), plates 1-10 with discreet paper reinforcement to affected areas verso, plate 5 with short closed tear to foot, later plates (approx. 130 onward) with trivial bumping to lower fore corners, a few plates misbound (no. 31 bound after 35, 100 after 96, and 149 after 145; 154-5 transposed and bound after 160), 172 and 175 colouring offset, 174-5 nicked in fore margins (qty: 1)
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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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