18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2163
Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 8 large gelatin silver prints of waders or waterfowl, portrait and landscape, 370 x 295 mm or reverse, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking on mount, most also with manuscript titles, titles or subjects comprising: Avocet - aggressive display [2 versions]; Avocet with young; Heron, spreading wings while sunbathing; Red-breaster merganser; Wigeon; Black-tailed godwit; and [Stone curlews]; together with 3 additional framed and glazed montages each of 4 smaller prints (150 x 200 mm), titled 'Stone curlew - attitudes while brooding', 'Stone curlew - last scenes at the nest', and 'Male dotterel' (qty: 11)
Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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