24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Witherby (H. F., & others, editors). British Birds, 112 volumes, 1907-2019
Witherby (H. F., & others, editors). British Birds. An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Birds on the British List, London: Witherby & Co. [-BB 2000 Limited], 1907-2019. 112 volumes (plus index volume to volumes 1-12), 8vo (various dimensions), original brown cloth or rexine lettered and decorated in gilt, early volumes with halftone photographic plates (a few plates in colour or photogravure), numerous halftone photographic illustrations in the text, later volumes with photographic illustrations in colour, bookplates of Eric Hosking to early volumes, the lot not fully collated and sold as a periodical (qty: 113)
THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
A complete set up to the year 2019, and the most extensive run of this important periodical traced in auction records. The early volumes (perhaps nos. 1-30) were personal gifts to Eric Hosking from the editor Harry Witherby (private information supplied, by David Hosking).
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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