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.
Lot 97 - Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA (1901-1979). Three studies, signed, mixed media
Sold for £380
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 98 - Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE RA. Mixed-media tetraptych, signed
Sold for £800
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 99 - David Binns (1935-2020). British game birds, signed watercolour
Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 100 - David Morrison Reid Henry (1919-1977). Brown Booby and other seabirds, signed watercolour
Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 101 - Donald Watson (1918-2005). Seychelles Paradise flycatcher, 1978
Sold for £170
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 103 - John Cyril Harrison (1898-1985). A Verreaux Eagle, signed watercolour
Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 104 - Keith Hope Shackleton MBE (1923-2015). "Grebes inside the breakers", signed oil
Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 105 - Kenneth Norman Lilly (1929-1996). Olive-backed three-toed woodpecker & Narina trogon
Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 106 - Norman Arlott (1947-). Set of original illustrations for Just a Lark! by Jim Flegg, 1984
Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 107 - Paul A. Nicholas (1943-2007). "Tawny Owl", signed gouache, & 2 others
Sold for £200
Estimated at £60 - £80
Lot 108 - Robert Gillmor MBE PPSWLA (1936-). Three original pen-and-ink sketches
Sold for £180
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 109 - After Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Collection of signed prints
Sold for £140
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 110 - Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 111 - Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 112 - Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55
Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 113 - Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55
Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 121 - Heinz Kilfitt Tele-Kilar f5.6 300mm Lens, & 3 others
Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 124 - Micro Precision Products Micro Technical Camera 5x4
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 129 - Stanley (Railway Approach, London) Mahogany Plate Camera
Sold for £170
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 133 - Zeiss Ikon Contarex Bullseye Camera with Carl Zeiss Lens
Sold for £170
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 134 - Zeiss Ikon Two Contarex Electronic Camera Bodies with accessories
Sold for £500
Estimated at £120 - £180
Lot 135 - Carl Zeiss for Hasselblad Tele-Tessar f5.6 350 mm Lens
Sold for £150
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 146 - Various cameras including Exakta with CZJ Tessar lens & others
Sold for £650
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 148 - Camera equipment. Large collection of camera equipment
Sold for £110
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 149 - Aelfric of Eynsham. An English Anglo-Saxon Homily, 1st edition, 1709
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 150 - Antiquarian periodicals including Gentleman's Magazine, 18th-19th century
Sold for £650
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 152 - Austen (Jane). [The works], 1897-8, & 4 other works, finely bound
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 153 - Bible (English; Authorised). [The Holy Bible], 3rd folio edition, 1613
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £700 - £1,000
Lot 155 - Bible (English; Authorised). The Holy Bible, 1774-6, & 5 others
Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 156 - Bible (English; Geneva Version). The Bible, London: Robert Barker, 1608
Sold for £280
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 157 - Bible (English; Geneva Version). The Bible, London: Robert Barker, 1615
Sold for £380
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 158 - Bindings. A collection of fine bindings ex libris John H. Fawcett CMG
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 159 - Bindings. A collection of finely bound library sets, 19th century
Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 160 - Bindings. A large collection of leather bindings ex libris John H. Fawcett CMG
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 161 - Book of Common Prayer. A group of five editions of the BCP, 18th-19th century
Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 162 - Cosway Binding. French Prints of the Eighteenth Century, 1908
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 163 - Craig (Sir Thomas). Scotland's Soveraignty Asserted, 1st edition, 1695, & 7 others
Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 164 - Dibdin (Thomas F.). A Bibliographical Tour in France and Germany, 1821, & 8 others
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 165 - Dickens (Charles). Oliver Twist, 1st edition, 1838
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 167 - D'Urfey (Thomas). Tales, Tragical and Comical, 1704, & 12 others
Sold for £200
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 168 - Eliot (George). Silas Marner, 1st edition, 1861, & 19 others similar
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 170 - Fore-edge painting. The English Version of the Polyglot Bible, c.1850
Sold for £600
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 171 - Hebraica & Judaica. Johannis Buxtorfi. Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum, 1710
Sold for £80
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 172 - Hebraica & Judaica. Sermons by the Chief Rabbi, 1938, one of 40 copies, signed
Sold for £160
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 174 - Hebraica & Judaica. Theologiae Judaicae, authore Antonio Hulsio, 1653, & others
Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 175 - Homer. Ilias kai Odysseia [graece], 1st Grenville edition, 1800-1, & 23 other works
Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 176 - Keats (John). Poems, London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817
Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 177 - Keltie (John S.). A History of the Scottish Highlands, 1879, & 9 others
Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 178 - Maclaurin (Colin). An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, 1748
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 179 - Milton (John). Paradise Lost [-Regain'd], 1692 & 1688
Sold for £280
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 180 - New Lady's Magazine, 5 volumes, 1792-6, & Kinnersley, Matrimonial Miscellany, 1818-19
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 181 - Pope (Alexander). The Works, 1769, & numerous others
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 182 - Medieval English manuscript. Illuminated folding almanac on vellum, c.1425
Sold for £95,000
Estimated at £10,000 - £20,000
Lot 185 - Lincolnshire. Two medieval deeds on vellum, 13th century
Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 188 - Staffordshire; Henry VIII; Dissolution of the Monasteries. Indenture on vellum, 1538
Sold for £900
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 189 - Yorkshire. Collection of deeds, indentures and documents on vellum, 17th-19th century
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 190 - Yorkshire. Collection of documents on vellum, 16th-18th century
Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 191 - Yorkshire. Substantial collection of vellum deeds, c.1800-1910
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 192 - Mexborough (Earl of). Large signed indenture on vellum, 1774, & 1 other document
Sold for £50
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 193 - Palmerston (Lord). Document signed as foreign secretary, 1851
Sold for £110
Estimated at £50 - £80