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South Africa: Jacana Media, 2009. Book. Fine. Paperback. Inscribed By the Author. Improved Edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Eric Hosking's son David as thanks for Eric's forward for the first edtiion now unchanged. 175 pages; numerous colour photographic illustrations. Covers fine. Contents clean and tight, inscribed and signed. A fine copy with an interesting provenance. Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in rural Wales, the event which inspired the ingeneous title of his autobiography… Leer más

London: Collins, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pages; colour frontispiece plate; b/w photographic plates. Original dust jacket very good with a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy..

London: Collins, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pages; colour frontispiece plate; b/w photographic plates. Original dust jacket very good with a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Book. Illus. by Martin Woodcock. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 328 pages; colour plates & b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket..

Wyoming: Western Sporting, 2005. Book. Illus. by Henry, D. M. and Lodge, G.E.. Fine. Hardcover. Revised. Sm 4to. 157pp. ; 19 colour plates and numerous sketches/illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, fine, no marks. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy of this scarce book..

London: Read Books Ltd., 2013. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. 30 pages. soft covers near fine, no creases or marks. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine copy..

Leeds: Peregrine Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. xi + 69 pages; colour photographic illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy. Limited edition of 350 copies.

London: Alan Sutton, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By the Authors. First Edition. 8vo. Signed by both Malcolm Ogilvie and Carol Ogilvie to the half title page. 121 pages, colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket very good, with slight rubbing to edges, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good csigned opy..

London: Country Life Limited, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 210 pages; b/w photographic plates. Dust jacket very good, a little rubbed to edges, spine lettering faded, not price-clipped, now presented in an archival sleeve. Original cloth with gilt lettering, very good. Contents clean and tight, Eric Hosking's bookplate to the front pastedown, internally clean and unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy with an interesting provenance. Eric Hosking, OBE, Hon FRPS, FBIPP (1909-1991) was widely acknowledged as one of the world's most eminent natural history photographers, "Perhaps the most famous bird photographer ever to have lived" (Gemma Padley). He was pioneering and developed new techniques, especially the use of flash photography and automatic shutter release technology, which enabled him to photograph birds at night and freeze birds in flight for the first time. Famously, when just 28 he lost an eye to a tawny owl while climbing up to a hide in… Leer más

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. , University of London Press Ltd., 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 224 pages; 23 colour plates by Philip Burton, in-text illustrations and maps. Original laminated boards, fine and bright. Contents clean and tight, numerous colour plates, no inscriptions. A very good bright copy..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Book. As New. Paperback. 8vo. colour & b/w illustrations. Card covers fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. An as new copy..

Oxford: Oxford Ornithological Society, 1934. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. 26 pages. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London: T & A. D. Poyser, 1986. Book. Illus. by Grant, P. J.. Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. 280 pages; b/w illustrations by the author; tables, maps and photos. Dust jacket very good, minimal if any fading to the spine, not price-clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy. Provenance: from the library of John Mitchell with small blue bookplate, featuring a peregrine, to the inside front cover "From the library of John Mitchell, author and naturalist"; Mitchell wrote New Naturalist No. 88 Loch Lomondside..

London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 96 pp., numerous black and white images. Dust jacket near fine, not price clipped. Binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no foxing or inscriptions.A clean near fine copy..

London: T. & A. D. Poyser Ltd., 1997. Book. Illus. by Watson, Donald., Brockie, Keith.. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 374 pages. colour frontispeice & b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine bright copy..

United Kingdom: Bruce Coleman Books, 2002. Book. Illus. by Chris Rose. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 122 pages; numerous fine colour illustrations by Chris Rose. Original dust jacket fine. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

United Kingdom: Bruce Coleman Books, 2002. Book. Illus. by Chris Rose. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 122 pages; numerous fine colour illustrations by Chris Rose. Original dust jacket with a couple of nicks, repaired to the underside with archival tape Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, 1989. Book. Illus. by Chris Rose. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. viii, 258; colour and b/w illustrations. Dust jacket near fine, price clipped ; hardback binding fine; contents clean and tight, unmarked. A near fine copy..

Aylesbury: Shire Publications Limited, 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 24 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Signed to the title page Covers very good with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Number 57 in the Shire Natural History Series..

Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1930. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. 52 pages, black and white fold out map. Covers very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..