24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking

 
  Lot 41
 

41

Archer (Geoffrey). The Birds of British Somaliland, 1st edition, 1937-61, & 11 others

Archer (Geoffrey, & Eva M. Godman). The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1937-61. 4 volumes, 4to, original cloth, dust jackets, all plates as called for (halftones from photographs, colour plates by Thorburn or Grönvold, and one photogravure), 4 folding maps, a few nicks and tears to spine-ends of jackets,
Bannerman (David A.). Birds of the Atlantic Islands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1963-8. 4 volumes, 4to, original cloth, dust jackets, all plates and maps as called for, volume 4 with short tear to head of rear inner hinge and a few nicks to jacket,
Hachisuka (Masauji). A Comparative Hand List of the Birds of Japan and the British Isles, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1925. 4to, original cloth, dust jacket (spotted and nicked), bookplate of Robert Washington Oates,
and 9 others (all in original cloth with the dust jackets, not collated, jackets with a few nicks and tears): Bannerman, The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa, 1953 (2 volumes); ibid., The Birds of the British Islands, 1953-63 (12 volumes); ibid., Birds of Cyprus, 1958; Ali & Ripley, Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, 1968-74 (10 volumes); Baxter & Rintoul, The Birds of Scotland, 1953 (2 volumes); Smythies, The Birds of Burma, 2nd edition, 1953; ibid., The Birds of Borneo, 1960; Clancey, The Birds of Natal and Zululand, 1964; Cave, Birds of the Sudan, 1955, all works in lot with bookplate of Eric Hosking (qty: 40)

THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

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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