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 194 - Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Two autograph letters signed, 1896-8
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 195 - George VI & Elizabeth. Signed portrait photograph, 1927
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £250 - £350
Lot 197 - World War I Poetry. 'Cameo's [sic] of the Great War. By J. Denton-Thompson', c.1930
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 198 - Charteris (Leslie, 1907-1993). Collection of signed letters, 1933-59
Sold for £500
Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 199 - Wheatley (Dennis, 1897-1977). Collection of signed letters to Eileen Cond, 1933-71
Sold for £800
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 203 - Antiphonary leaves. Group of 30 leaves from a printed antiphonary, Italy, 17th century
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 204 - Autographs. A collection of about 450 clipped signatures, 19th century
Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 206 - Engineering. Set of ledgers kept by Crofts Engineers of Bradford, 1908-50
Sold for £50
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 207 - Ephemera. Collection of printed and manuscript ephemera, 18th-20th century
Sold for £950
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 208 - Ge’ez manuscript. Religious manuscript on parchment, Ethiopia, probably 19th century
Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 209 - Hebraica & Judaica. Megillat Esther, probably 19th century
Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 210 - Hebraica & Judaica. Megillat Esther, probably 20th century
Sold for £200
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 213 - Burgess (Anthony). A Clockwork Orange, 1st edition, 1962
Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 214 - Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, 1930
Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 215 - Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, 1892
Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 216 - Doyle (Arthur Conan, 1859-1930). Memories and Adventures, 1926, inscribed by Doyle
Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 217 - Greene (Graham). Our Man in Havana, 1st edition, 1958, & 20 others
Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 218 - Holland (Vyvyan). XVIII Century French Romances, 12 volumes, 1925-8, & numerous others
Sold for £130
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 219 - Le Carré (John). The Russia House, 1989, & 2 other signed limited editions
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Lot 220 - Modern first editions. A large collection including William Golding, Salman Rushdie, etc.
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 221 - Naipaul (V. S.). A House for Mr Biswas, 1st edition, 1961, & 3 others
Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 222 - Naipaul (V. S.). The Suffrage of Elvira, 1st edition, 1959, & others
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 223 - Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, 1949
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 224 - Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, 1949, & others
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 225 - Sillitoe (Alan). Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1st edition, 1958, signed, & 20 others
Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 226 - Suffragettes; Winston S. Churchill. The Man's Case against Giving Votes to Women, 1910
Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 227 - Whittington Press. Wallpapers by Edward Bawden, one of 40 copies, 1989
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 228 - Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, 1st edition, 1928, & others
Sold for £550
Estimated at £70 - £100
Lot 229 - Carroll (Lewis). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Fifth Thousand, 1867
Sold for £480
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 230 - Crawhall (Joseph). Crawhalll's Chap-book Chaplets, 1st edition, 1883, & 32 others
Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 231 - Dulac (Edmond, illustrator). Rubaiyat, 1909, one of 750 copies signed by the artist
Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 232 - Dulac (Edmond). The Kingdom of the Pearl, limited edition, 1920, & 4 others
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 233 - Greenaway (Kate). Collection of almanacks, 1883-1929
Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 234 - Greenaway (Kate). Collection of works, c.1870 and later
Sold for £500
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 235 - Milne (A. A.). Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926, & 4 other Pooh books
Sold for £2,300
Estimated at £500 - £800
Lot 236 - Milne (A. A.). [The Pooh books], deluxe 'Monogram' edition, 1928
Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 237 - Milne (A. A.). Now We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927, with the dust jacket
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 238 - Milne (A. A.). Winnie-the-Pooh, 1st edition, & 2 others
Sold for £420
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 239 - Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Parsifal, 1912, one of 525 copies
Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 241 - Searle (Ronald). Slightly Foxed, 1st edition, 1989, one of 150 signed copies, & 90 others
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 242 - Edwards (Lionel). Sport in War, one of 75 deluxe copies, 1936, & 8 others
Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 243 - Fix-Masseau. Venice Simplon Orient Express, 1985, one of 200 sets, signed
Sold for £300
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 244 - Montfaucon (Bernard de). L'antiquité expliquée, part set (6 volumes), 1722-4, & others
Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 245 - Nicholson (Peter). The Carpenter's New Guide, 1st edition, 1793, & 4 others
Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 246 - Strauss (Walter L.). The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, 1st edition, 1974, & others
Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 247 - Caricatures. Collection of caricatures, 19th century
Sold for £900
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 248 - Cruikshank family. Collection of caricatures, 19th century
Sold for £800
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 249 - Gillray (James). Group of four caricatures, 19th century
Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 250 - Heath (William, & Robert Seymour). The Looking Glass, Vol. 1, 1831
Sold for £800
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 251 - Political caricatures. 50 Cartoons. Mundella & Roebuck Election (Sheffield), 1868
Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 252 - Rowlandson (Thomas). Four political caricatures, c.1784-1809
Sold for £130
Estimated at £80 - £120