24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

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

 
  Lot 53
 

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Hachisuka (Masauji). The Birds of the Philippine Islands, 1st edition, 1931-5, & others

Hachisuka (Masauji). The Birds of the Philippine Islands, with Notes on the Mammal Fauna, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1931-5. 4 parts in 2 volumes, 4to (243 x 175 mm), modern green leatherette, xx 439, xxxi 469 pp., half-titles, 101 plates including numerous chromolithographs by Henrik Grönvold, 2 folding colour maps,
Baker (E. C. Stuart). The Indian Ducks and their Allies, 1st edition, in book form, London: R. H. Porter, 1908. Tall 8vo (268 x 170 mm), original half morocco, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title, additional pictorial title-page, 30 chromolithographic plates by J. Green after Henrik Grönvold, J. G. Keulemans or G. E. Lodge, slightly rubbed, spine sunned,
ibid. The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, 1st edition in book form, London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson, Ltd., 1921. 2 volumes, tall 8vo (264 x 175 mm), original half morocco, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, half-titles, additional pictorial title-pages, 56 plates including chromolithographs after Grönvold and others, 2 maps, spines sunned and rubbed,
and 1 other (Chapin, The Birds of the Belgian Congo, 1st edition, 1932-54, 4 volumes, later quarter morocco, not collated), all with bookplate of Eric Hosking (qty: 9)

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

Zimmer pp. 36-7 (Baker, The Game-Birds of India).

The Indian Ducks and their Allies is one of 1200 copies only. A third volume of The Game-Birds of India ... was published in 1930; the first volume is described on the title-page as a second edition 'since it represents a revision of the author's Indian Ducks ...' (Zimmer).

Sold for £850
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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