24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

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

 
  Lot 56
 

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Harvie-Brown (J. A.). [A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland, part set, 1888-1935

Harvie-Brown (John Alexander, editor). [A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland, part set, comprising:] The Outer Hebrides; The Orkney Islands; Iona and Mull; Argyll and the Inner Hebrides; The Moray Basin; The North West Highlands and Skye; The Tay Basin and Strathmore; Forth, all 1st editions, Edinburgh: David Douglas [-Oliver & Boyd, 1888-1935. 8 works in 9 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, all plates and maps as called for, bookplates of Eric Hosking, Outer Hebrides and Orkney Islands with ink-stamps of the Edward Grey Institute, Oxford, Iona and Mull largely unopened, Argyll and the Inner Hebrides with tipped-in typescript gift inscription to Eric Hosking (and damp-staining to half-title and title-page), Moray Basin with tipped-in autograph letter signed from co-author Thomas E. Buckley to ornithologist Thomas Parkin (and another similar letter possibly from Buckley, though unsigned) and Parkin's bookplates and ownership inscriptions, Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Argyll and the Inner Hebrides spines faded and chipped, North West Highlands contents leaves clumsily opened, together with 3 other works (Baikie & Heddle, Historae Naturalis Orcadensis, Zoology, Part I, 1st edition, 1848, inscribed 'To Charles Neaves Esquire, with the author's compliments', lapwing bookplate of Norman F. Ellison; Harvie-Brown, The Capercaillie in Scotland, 1st edition, 1879; Baxter & Rintoul, The Geographical Distribution and Status of Birds in Scotland, 1st edition, 1928) (qty: 11)

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

Mullens & Swann p. 282 (all works except Forth, not listed). Three further volumes were published: Sutherland, Caithness and Cromarty; The Shetland Islands; and The Tweed Area.

Sold for £450
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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