24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Keats (John). Poems, London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817
Keats (John). Poems, London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817. Foolscap 8vo in half-sheets (159 x 98 mm), contemporary half calf by G. Cannon of Great Marlow (his ticket to front pastedown), pp. [6] 121, on wove paper watermarked 'John Dickinson 1813' (not Dickson as often stated), half-title, title-page with wood-engraved vignette portrait of Spenser, initial blank apparently original, spine defective, front board and first 7 leaves (from initial blank to signature B3) detached, very shallow nick to fore margins of title-page and dedication leaf (A3-4), B1 with 30 mm closed tear in fore margin extending into text, a few spots (qty: 1)
Provenance: inscribed 'A.M.B., from H.H.M.B., June 29th 1897, Great Malvern' on the initial blank verso. These figures are Arthur Middlemore Bartleet (1866-1937), barrister and mountaineer (obituary, Alpine Journal, 1938, pp. 125-8), and his brother Hubert Humphrey Middlemore Bartleet (1869-1961), vicar of Great Malvern (private information, supplied by the vendor).
MacGillivray 1.
First edition of Keats's first book, and one of only three books to be published in his lifetime.
Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
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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