24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Allouse (Bashir E.). Birds of Iraq, 1st edition, 1960-2, & 6 others
Allouse (Bashir E.). Birds of Iraq [Arabic title: al-Tuyur al-'Iraqiyah], 1st edition, Baghdad: Ar-Rabitta Press, 1960-2. 3 volumes in 1, 8vo (234 x 168 mm), modern cloth, text in Arabic and English, original wrappers bound in,
Moore (H. J., & C. Boswell). Field Observations on the Birds of Iraq [Arabic title: Mulahadhat haqliyah 'an al-tuyur fi'l-'Iraq], 1st edition, Baghdad: Ar-Rabita [sic] Press, 1956-7. 3 volumes in 1, 8vo (234 x 160 mm), modern cloth, text in Arabic and English, lithographic folding map, original wrappers bound in, laid-in typed letter signed from Moore (addressed to 'Kenneth'; Eric Hosking's annotations verso),
Nicoll (M. J.). Handlist of the Birds of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Government Press, 1919. 8vo, original cloth-backed printed boards, half-title, folding map, 12 halftone plates (numbered 1-23: all but the last printed and numbered on both sides), 8 colour plates, inscribed 'with the author's kind regards' on front board, extremities bumped,
and 4 other works (Millais, Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways, 1st edition, 1907, Far Away up the Nile, 1st edition, 1924, spine sunned; Bannerman, The Canary Islands, 1st edition, 1922; Verner, My Life among the Wild Birds in Spain, 1st edition, 1909; all in original cloth with all plates and maps as called for, bookplates of Eric Hosking) (qty: 7)
THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
Library Hub traces two copies only of Field Observations (Natural History Museum and Oxford).
Sold for £320
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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