A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX [From the Library of Eric Hosking]

Glegg, William E.

Edité par H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1935

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245 pages, frontispiece plate with tissue guard and further b/w plates. Dust jacket very good with some general and rubbing, dust soiled, a little loss to the top of the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable sleeve. Cloth hardbarck binding near fine. Contents clean and tight, a few spots to fore-edges, attractive bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown. A very good copy in a scarce dust jacket with a good 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 "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.] Size: 8vo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX [From the Library of Eric Hosking]
• Éditeur: H. F. & G. Witherby, London
• Date de parution: 1935
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Type de livre: Book
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Birds - General
  • Birds - British Regional Guides