24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Crawhall (Joseph). Crawhalll's Chap-book Chaplets, 1st edition, 1883, & 32 others
Crawhall (Joseph). Crawhalll's Chap-book Chaplets, 1st edition, London: Field & Tuer, 1883. 8 parts in 1 volume, 4to, original pictorial boards, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, printed on hand-made paper, hand-coloured woodcuts throughout, retaining original varicoloured paper wrappers to each part, binding marked, spine defective,
Bosschère (Jean de, illustrator). The Love Books of Ovid ... Translated out of the Latin by J. Lewis May, number 315 of 3000 copies, London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1925. 8vo (225 x 138 mm), near-contemporary blue calf gilt by Bayntun, all edges gilt, 24 mainly colour plates, occasional spotting,
Lamb (Charles). Prince Dorus, number 319 of 500 proof copies signed by the publishers, London: Field & Tuer, 1889. Small 4to, original half japon, 10 plates (all but one hand-coloured),
Crane (Walter). Renascence. A Book of Verse, number 5 of 350 copies for England, London: Elkin Matthews, 1891. Small 4to, original quarter japon, binding slightly rubbed and marked,
and 29 others similar, including: Geoffrey Adam, The Work of Robert Adam, one of 150 copies, signed (4to, original quarter morocco, slipcase); T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade edition, 1936 (4to, original cloth); Nonesuch Press, Histories or Tales of Past Times told by Mother Goose, 1925; Dickens, A Christmas Carol, c.1880 (8vo, original red cloth), and various 20th-century illustrated books (qty: 33)
The page facing the title of Crawhall's work reads: 'As the illustrations herein are all hand-coloured the issue is necessarily limited'.
Sold for £190
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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