24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
  Lot 177
 

177

Keltie (John S.). A History of the Scottish Highlands, 1879, & 9 others

Keltie (John S.). A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Glasgow: McGready, Thomson, & Niven, 1879. 4to (264 x 178 mm), contemporary maroon half sheep, 2 maps, 18 engraved plates, lithographic plate, 30 chromolithographic tartan specimens (mounted), spines rubbed and sunned, volume 2 front joint partly cracked,
Hutchinson (Lucy). Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. 4to (293 x 124 mm), contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, endpapers renewed, 2 engraved plates including frontispiece (both spotted and offset), engraved plan, aquatint plate, plate of manuscript facsimile, folding letterpress pedigree,
and 7 others similar (not collated: Macaulay, The History of England, mixed editions, 1839-61, 5 volumes, later half morocco; Chambers, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 1855, 5 volumes, near-contemporary red half calf, gilt spines, volume 2 rebacked with original spine laid down; Bisset, History of the Commonwealth of England, 1867, 2 volumes, later half vellum; Morley, The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, 1905, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf; Ritchie, The Life and Times of Lord Palmerston, c.1860, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf; Hush, Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1818, contemporary tree calf; and Gifford, History of the Wars occasioned by the French Revolution, 1817, 2 volumes, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked in blue morocco with gilt anchor devices, lacking 2 maps) (qty: 22)

Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (a few works with his armorial bookplate).

Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

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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