24th Nov, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts including The Library, Cameras and Picture Collection of Eric Hosking
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Eric Hosking Library. Large collection of ornithology field guides
Eric Hosking Library. Large collection of ornithological field guides, including Stanley Cramp (editor), Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Oxford: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Oxford University Press, 1977-94 (9 volumes), A. G. Glenister, The Birds of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Penang, 1st edition, 1951 (inscribed by the author 'To Guy Mountfort, with best wishes, A. G. Glenister), Ronald Hickling, Birds in Leicestershire and Rutland, 1st edition, [Leicester]: Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society, 1978 (signed by the author), Thomas D. Burleigh, Georgia Birds, 1st edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958, G. A. C. Herklots, Hong Kong Birds, 2nd edition, 1967, David Bannerman, Birds of the Maltese Archipelago, 1st edition, Valletta: Museums Department, 1977, Salim Ali, The Birds of Sikkim, 1st edition, 1962, Tom Iredale, Birds of New Guinea, 1st edition, 1956 (2 volumes), T. J. Roberts, The Birds of Pakistan, 1st edition, 1991 (2 volumes), and numerous others similar (qty: 8 cartons)
THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
Sold for £300
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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