24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Kendall (Percy Fry, & Herbert E. Wroot). Geology of Yorkshire, 1924, & 20 others
Kendall (Percy Fry, & Herbert E. Wroot). Geology of Yorkshire, 1st edition, Vienna: printed for the authors, 1924. 8vo, original cloth, numerous halftone plates and maps (possibly lacking one facing p. 864 but full collation not established), book-label of Alan G. Nicholson FGS,
Lyell (Sir Charles). Principles of Geology, 12th edition, London: John Murray, 1875. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt, 8 plates and maps, a few marks to cloth, wear to spine-ends, volume 2 inner hinges slightly cracked,
Scrope (G. Poulett). The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France, 2nd edition ('revised and enlarged'), London: John Murray, 1858. 8vo, original cloth, all plates and maps as called for, including 2 linen-backed folding maps in end-pockets (one with a few sections lifting from linen), inner hinges strengthened,
and 18 others, mainly geology (not collated), including Geikie, Text-Book of Geology, 4th edition, 1923, A. C. Ramsay, The Physical Geology and Geography of Great Britain, 5th edition, 1878, John Phillips, Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire ... Part II [only], 1st edition, 1836, James Hutton's Theory of the Earth: The Lost Drawings, Scottish Academic Press, c.1990 (portfolio of facsimile drawings), and similar (qty: 23)
Ward & Carozzi 1415 (Lyell), 2016 (Scrope).
Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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