24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Dickens (Charles). Oliver Twist, 1st edition, 1838
[Dickens, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz.", London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 volumes, large 12mo (191 x 112 mm), contemporary maroon half roan, [4], 331, [4] 307, [2] 315 pp., 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, half-titles to volumes 1 and 2 (none called for in volume 3), contemporary ownership inscriptions ('Fred. P. Smith, Aylsham') to front free endpapers, bound without the 4 pp. advertisements in volume 1, the inserted list of illustrations noted in some copies, and the initial advertisement leaf in volume 3, bindings rubbed, spotting to plates, a few spots and marks to text, volume 2 signature O1 with marginal loss (qty: 3)
First edition, with authorship attributed on the title-pages to 'Boz' as in the first issue, but with the second-issue 'Rose Maylie and Oliver' plate replacing the original 'Fireside' plate in volume three.
Sold for £1,100
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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