24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Naipaul (V. S.). The Suffrage of Elvira, 1st edition, 1959, & others
Naipaul (V. S.). The Suffrage of Elvira; A House for Mr. Biswas; An Area of Darkness; The Overcrowded Barracoon; Guerrillas; The Enigma of Arrival, 6 works, 1st editions, London: Andre Deutsch, 1958-87. 8vo, original boards, all except A House for Mr. Biswas with the dust jacket, variable spotting to edges, a few spines rolled, An Area of Darkness jacket chipped, The Enigma of Arrival jacket price-clipped, together with a proof copy of The Middle Passage, 1962 (original wrappers), In a Free State, 3rd impression, 1972 (with jacket), Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, 1st edition, 1950 (with jacket, chipped and toned), and Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, 1st edition, 1987 (qty: 10)
Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat, with his ownership inscriptions to The Suffrage of Elvira and An Area of Darkness; Fawcett was a contemporary of Naipaul's at University College, Oxford.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
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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