24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Greenaway (Kate). Collection of works, c.1870 and later
Greenaway (Kate). Collection of works, including:
1) The Quiver of Love, 1st edition, London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. 4to, original brown cloth gilt, variant dark blue endpapers, 8 mounted chromolithographic plates by Walter Crane or Kate Greenaway, Schuster & Engen 167 (1b),
2) Puck and Blossom, 2 copies, 1st editions, London: Marcus Ward & Co., [1874]. 4to, one copy in original blue cloth (publisher's presentation blind stamp to title-page), one in variant original green cloth with white endpapers (contemporary school prize-plate to front free endpaper), each with 6 mounted chromolithographic plates by Greenaway, Schuster & Engen 161 (1a & 1b),
3) Under the Window, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1878]. 4to, original green glazed pictorial boards, Schuster & Engen 201 (1a), together with another copy, evidently later (pictorial boards unglazed, possibly S & E 200 (3c)),
4) Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1889]. 4to, original mustard-yellow cloth, Schuster & Engen 43 (1c), together with another copy, original blind-stamped green cloth, apparently not in S & E, gift inscription dated 1937,
5) The Queen of the Pirate Isle, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, [1886]. 8vo, original beige cloth, gilt edges, blue endpapers, Schuster & Engen 165 (1e),
6) A Day in a Child's Life, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1881]. 4to, original green glazed pictorial boards, front inner hinge superficially cracked, Schuster & Engen 66 (1a),
7) Little Ann and Other Poems, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1882]. 8vo, original green half cloth, cream glazed pictorial paper sides (scuffed and discoloured), variable spotting to contents, Schuster & Engen 109 (1a),
8) Kate Greenaway's Carols, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1883], comprising 4 chromolithographic cards, original envelope (front and rear panels separated and chipped), housed in custom cloth chemise) Schuster & Engen 329 (scarce),
and 12 others including Kate Greenaway's Alphabet (4 copies), Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children (2 copies), Melcomb Manor, and similar, and a small group of Greenaway ephemera (approx. 15 chromolithographic greetings cards, bookplates and bookmarks, in an album, and approx. 35 Kate Greenaway chromolithographs and wood-engravings from the Illustrated London News and The Graphic) (qty: -)
Sold for £500
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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