Howard (H. Eliot). The British Warblers. A History, with Problems of their Lives, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1907-14. 2 volumes, folio (289 x 194 mm), contemporary tan buckram, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, half-titles, 86 chromolithographic or photogravure plates after Grönvold, 12 maps, partly unopened, occasional light spotting,
Bree (Charles Robert). A History of the Birds of Europe not Observed in the British Isles, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1st edition, early issues, 1866-7. 4 volumes, royal 8vo, original maroon cloth decorated in gilt and blind, 238 hand-coloured wood-engraved or lithographic plates, partly unopened,
Butler (Arthur G.). Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Order Passeres, Hull: Brumby & Clarke, [1907-8]. 2 volumes, royal 4to, original blue quarter buckram, blue linen sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, 118 chromolithographic plates after Grönvold or Frohawk,
and a set of Morris, A History of a British Birds, 5th edition, 1893 (6 volumes, original cloth, not collated), all items with bookplate(s) of Eric Hosking (qty: 14)

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

Mullens & Swann pp. 298-9 (Howard), 111-12 (Butler); Zimmer pp. 308-9 (Howard), 87-8 (Bree).

Butler's work is a reprint of volumes 1-2 of his British Birds (1896-99), with the addition of colour plates.