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FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES The Wayside and Woodland Series. [From the Private Library of Eric Hosking]
by Colyer, Charles & Hammond, Cyril
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp 383. Colour frontispiece, 48 colour plates within by Cyril Hammond. Red cloth simulated leather binding with black stamped decoration and gilt lettering and gilt vignette, in near fine condition. Dust jacket near fine, this is the early first edition jacket, front panel features an on lay fly, ruled borders, a little wrinkling to the front panel, no chipping or loss, spine is slightly toned, not price-clipped, now protected in an archival sleeve. Contents clean and unmarked, appears unread, attractive bookplate from the private collection of Eric Hosking [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 "An Eye for a Bird", 1970. Over his exceptionally long career 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. Hosking was not only a photographer of birds but also a highly knowledgeable ornithologist..
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- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036633
- Title
- FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES The Wayside and Woodland Series. [From the Private Library of Eric Hosking]
- Author
- Colyer, Charles & Hammond, Cyril
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entomology;
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