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THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY WILDFOWLING [From the library of Eric Hosking]

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THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY WILDFOWLING [From the library of Eric Hosking]

Name: THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY WILDFOWLING [From the library of Eric Hosking]
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Author: Dalgety, C. T

by Dalgety, C. T

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London: Philip Allan, 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 254 pages, a few b/w photographic plates. Red cloth binding with silver gilt to the spine, near fine. Contents clean and tight, bookplate belonging to Eric Hosking to the front pastedown otherwise unmarked, no foxing or inscriptions. A near fine tight copy, first edition. [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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Bookseller: Loe Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 037002
Title: THE SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY WILDFOWLING [From the library of Eric Hosking]
Author: Dalgety, C. T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Philip Allan
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1937
Size: 8vo
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