24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Austen (Jane). [Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels edition of the works, early printings, comprising:] Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897-8. 5 volumes, 8vo (186 x 120 mm), contemporary tan half calf by Riviere and Son, gilt spines, marbled sides, top edges gilt, illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson or C. E. Brock, together with 4 other works: Kinglake, Invasion of the Crimea … New Edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1890-1900 (9 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 66 lithographic maps and plans, mostly folding; all present as called for; volume 7 map frontispiece spotted and nicked); Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Bronte, 1858 (8vo, later red morocco gilt uniform with the preceding item); Cowper, Poems, illustrated with Engravings from the Designs of Richard Westall, R.A., London: John Sharpe, 1810 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt, volume 1 lacking 2 preface leaves); Brassey, A Voyage in the ‘Sunbeam’, 1880 (8vo, contemporary tree calf, joints cracked) (qty: 18)
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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