1. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Heaney, Seamus / Nash, Graham / Jimi Hendrix / Samuel Beckett / Christie’s / Sotheby’s etc.

Stunning collection of more than 100 items of Books and Extra-Large [XXL] signed vintage photographs from John Minihan’s personal library and collection [Samuel Beckett (several Beckett – Photographs, Francis Bacon, Seamus Heaney, Jimi Hendix, Michael Longley, President Michael D. Higgins, etc.]. [See full list with images and description on our website under the section “LIBRARIES & COLLECTIONS”]. The collection holds signed books, unsigned books, inscribed books, reference-works (catalogues etc.) on old cameras and photographic equipment as well as signed original photographs from the personal library of irish photographer John Minihan. Full details under “Libraries & Collections” on our website. The collection also includes a signed original essay on Francis Bacon, an original self-portrait of Minihan in form of a reflection-photograph during his visit to Argentina, a stunning self-portrait of Minihan, taken shortly after he took the iconic photograph of Samuel Beckett in the Cafe in Paris, a signed Seamus Heaney – First Day-Cover, signed and inscribed books, a signed book with printed Beckett – Images, a signed original Vinyl with an early photographic cover-image by Minihan (Michael Mannion), more than 30 reference works which inspired John Minihan / catalogues / publications on the History and Technology of Photography, publications on the value and evaluation of photographs and rare auction records on vintage and rare photographs of the19th and 20th century, etc.

New York / London / Dublin / Ballydehob (West Cork) / Skibbereen (West Cork), Christie’s / Sotheby’s / etc., 1977 – 2022. Octavo / Quarto etc. More than 4500 pages with photographic records, descriptions and illustrations, framed photographs, signed books. Original Softcover and Hardcover – publications. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

2. Serrano, Andres.

America and other work.

Köln, Taschen, 2004. 37,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 352 pages. With over 100 photographic images, full page and with some double pages Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With full red cloth hardboards & spine and title embossed into cloth.

3. Yeager, Bunny.

Bunny’s Honeys – Bunny Yeager – Queen of Pin-Up Photography. Photos by Bunny Yeager.

Cologne, Taschen, 1994. 4°. 160 pages with erotic photographs by Bunny Yeager. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

4. Watson, Frank.

The Hush House: Cold War Sites In England.

London, Hush House Publishers, 2004. 29,5 cm x 24,5 cm. [48] pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by the Frank Watson !

5. [Wagner, Otto], Geretsegger, Heinz, Peintner, Max.

Otto Wagner, 1841-1918. Unbegrenzte Groszstadt, Beginn der Modernen Architektur. Unter Mitarbeit von Walter Pichler. Neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe.

Salzburg, Vienna, Residenz Verlag, 1978. 23.5 cm x 28 cm. 283 pages. 306 illustrations, 6 full-page colour illustrations and a map of Vienna. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. Wadenoyen, Hugo van.

Wayside Snapshots.

London/New York, The Focal Press, 1947. 4°. 90 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs of places in Wales, the Berkshire Downs, Cheltenham and others. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. [Masters of the Camera – Edited by A.Krasna-Kzrausz].

7. Various photographers [Bob Willoughby and others]

Black & White Images. Collection 1991.

London, Black & White Imaged LTD, 1991. 29,5 cm x 25 cm. 96 pages. Many black-and-white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Unterseher, Fred / Hansen, Jeanne / Schlesinger, Bob.

Holography Handbook – Making Holograms the Easy Way [Including a chapter explaining how a camera sees and object and how a stereograph viewer works].

Berkeley, Ross Books, 1987. Oblong – Quart. 408 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of wear.

9. Tulchin, Lewis.

Creative Figure Photography [Erotic – Nude – Photography – Techniques].

London / New York & South Brunswick, Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. / A.S.Barnes and Company, 1967. 4°. 139 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs of nudes of which some were altered by hand with original drawings and sketching over the photographic images. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

10. Thomson, John.

China and its People.

London, The British Council, 1991. 23.9 cm x 30 cm. 68 pages. With black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely Rare !

11. Thoma, Benno.

Somos Cubanos.

Berlin, Bruno Gmünder Verlag, 1998. 30 cm x 24,5 cm. 96 pages / seiten. With many black-and-white photographs throughout book / Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original, illustrated Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

12. Tata, Sam.

Shanghai 1949 – The End of an Era. Photographs by Sam Tata – Text by Ian McLachlan.

London, B.T.Batsford, 1989. Quarto. 143 pages with 63 photographic illustrations (mostly full-page photographs). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. Sutherland, Patrick.

Spiti, the Forbidden Valley.

First Edition. Network Photographers, 2000. 25 cm x 31 cm. 120 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author on the title page.

14. [Smith, W. Eugene] Lasko, Gene (Director).

Photography Made Difficult. Writer Jan Hartman from the letters of W. Eugene Smith. Production Design Stephen McCabe, Cinematography William Megalos, Editor Susan Steinberg, Co-Producer Marthe Smith, Executive Producers Greg Andorfer and Susan Lacy, Produced by Kirk Morris. Running Time 89 Minutes, English Language PAL VHS.

New York, WES FORee Productions, Inc. / QED Communications, Inc. / Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1989. 16cm x 19.5 cm. One VHS Tape. Original VHS and case. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

15. Shaw, Kevin.

“Mates” – Images of the Kimberley.

Melbourne, (Victoria), Australian Scholarly Publications., 2003. 24 x 25 cm. XIII, 119 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by photographer Kevin Shaw in April 2004.

16. Schaub, George.

The Digital Darkroom – Black-and-White-Techniques using Photoshop.

Second Printing. Rochester (NY), Silver Pixel Press, 2000. 4°. 144 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

17. Sattmann, Didi.

Die Wiener Szene.

Wien, Orac, 1987. 22 cm x 29.9 cm. 112 pages. With many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor dampstain to dustjacket rear. Very minor discolouration to edges. Otherwise clean. Inscribed and signed by Photographer and Artist Nanci Ann Coyne to Harry Zohn.

18. [Rodchenko, Aleksandr] Dabrowski, Magdalena / Dickerman, Leah / Galassi, Peter.

Aleksandr Rodchenko. With essays by Aleksandr Lavrent’ev and Varvara Rodchenko.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 24,5 cm x 29,5 cm. Frontispiece, 336 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only the very slightest sign of wear. Rare in this condition ! Very heavy book !

19. Quinn, Gavin.

One. Healing with Theatre.

Dublin, Pan Pan & The Lilliput Press, 2005. 8°. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. No.174 of only 400 copies printed.

20. [Page, Betty].

Betty Page – Queen of Pin-up.

Cologne, Taschen, 1987. 4°. 80 pages with erotic photographs of Betty Page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

21. Newhall, Nancy.

From Adams to Stieglitz – Pioneers of Modern Photography.

N.J., Aperture, 1999. 16cm x 23cm. XIII, 172 pages. With illustrations in black and white throughout. With bibliography and index. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Aperture Writers and Artists on Photography].

22. Navajo – Hyde, Philip and Jett, Stephen C.

Navajo Wildlands. ‘As long as the rivers shall run’. Photographs by Philip Hyde. Text by Stephen C.Jett, with Poetry – selections from Willa Cather, Oliver La Farge and others and from the Navajo Creation Myth and Navajo Chants. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Foreword by David Brower.

First Edition. United States of America, Sierra Club, 1967. 35cm x 27cm. 158 pages with 74 breath-taking photographs in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The fold-out map of “The Navajo Country’, which is usually attached to last page, has unfortunately been cut out by the previous owner.

23. Morrison, Robin.

At Home and Abroad. A Collection of Photographs.

First Edition. Auckland, Tandem Press, 1995. 25.5cm x 35cm. 165 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. Mead, Margaret / Cooke MacGregor, Frances.

Growth and Culture. A Photographic Study of Balinese Childhood. Based Upon Photographs by Gregory Bateson and analyzed in Gesell Categories.

New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1951. 21 cm x 28 cm. 223 pags. 58 black-and-white photographic plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor tears to dustjacket.

25. Maier, Vivian [Maloof, John / Dyer, Geoff].

Vivian Maier – Street Photographer. Edited by John Maloof / Foreword by Geoff Dyer.

18th impression of the First Edition. Brooklyn (NY), powerHouse Books, 2011. 4°. 136 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Mint condition.

26. Mackey, Thora.

For the Children – A Celebration of Families. Photographs by Robert Doyle and Mac O’Sullivan. Foreword by Samantha Mumba.

Dublin, Unicef, 2004. 4°. 96 pages with numerous photographs of celebrities with a family-member or their whole family. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear.

27. [Knorr, Karen. Campany, David / Comay, Rebecca / Guzman, Antonio.

Genii Loci – The Photographic Work of Karen Knorr.

First edition. Black Dog Publishing Ltd., 2002. 24 x 29 cm. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

28. [Kennedy-Onassis, Jacqueline (Jackie)].

Remembering Jackie – A Life in Pictures. By the Editors of Life – With an Introduction by Hugh Sidey.

New York, Warner Books, 1994. Quarto. 128 unnumbered pages with numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. [John Minihan Collection] – Wilson, Angus.

The Naughty Nineties.

First Edition. London, Eyre Methuen Limited, 1976. 24.5cm x 19cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

30. [John Minihan Collection] – [Underwood, Loring] Lyons, Robert.

Gentlemen Photographers. The Work of Loring Underwood and Wm. Lyman Underwood. Edited by Robert Lyons with Essays by Carol Shloss and Joel Snyder.

First Edition. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1987. 36.5cm x 26.5cm. 107 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

31. [John Minihan Collection] – Time-Life Editors.

The Great Themes [of Photography] – Life Library of Photography: The Human Condition – Still Life – Portraits – The Nude – Nature – War //

Nederland, Time-Life International, 1980. 4°. 246 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

32. [John Minihan Collection] – Time-Life Editors.

The Camera – [Life Library of Photography]: Photography – An Art for Everyman / The Camera / The Lens / The Little Black Box / Photography versus Painting / On Making Better Pictures //.

Revised Edition. Alexandria (Virginia), Time-Life-Books, 1981. 4°. 240 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

33. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs London Thursday 10 May 2001.

London, Sotheby’s, 2001. 21 cm x 27 cm. 142 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. John Minihan’s personal copy with Samuel Beckett – press clipping.

34. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs from the Collection of Graham Nash New York Wednesday, April 25, 1990.

New York, Sotheby’s, 1990. 21 cm x 27 cm. 190 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear and a few pages stuck together. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

35. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Fine Photographs from the Collection of Paul F Walter London Thursday 10 May 2001.

London, Sotheby’s, 2001. 21 cm x 27 cm. 183 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear and some handwritten notes on inside pages. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

36. [John Minihan Collection] – Salomon, Allyn.

Advertising Photography [With a chapter: “The Technique of Advertising Photography”].

New York, Amphoto Books, 1987. Folio. Frontispiece Portrait of Model Barbara Langlois, 176 pages with numerous photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

37. [John Minihan Collection] – [Ponting, Herbet / Christie’s].

Herbert Ponting Lot’s / Scott Expedition Photographs / Cameras [Leica etc.], Photographs and Optical Toys Christie’s South Kensington Thursday 19 October 1995 at 10.30 and 2.00 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1995. 21 cm x 27 cm. 63 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

38. [John Minihan Collection] – [Nadar] Barret, Andre.

NADAR – 50 Photographies de ses illustes contemporains.

Paris, Julliard, 1994. 4°. 155 pages. Illustrated softcover. 1994-Edition Francaise / 1994 Reprint of the 1975 – French Edition. Original Softcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

39. [John Minihan Collection] – Murray, Cóilin.

Paintings & Prints 1982-1996.

Skibbereen, West Cork Arts Centre, (1996). Oblong – 8°. 62 nn. pages. Softcover. Inscribed and signed to irish photographer John Minihan in 2001. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

40. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Loewenstein, F.E.

Bernard Shaw through the Camera. 238 photographs, including many taken by Mr.Shaw, selected and introduced by his Bibliographer and Remembrancer F.E. Loewenstein.

London, B. & H. White, 1948. Octavo. 128 pages with photographs throughout. Original Hardcover (blue cloth). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some stains to binding) and few stains to some pages only. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

41. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Bacon, Francis.

Invitation card to John Minihan’s “In Retrospect” – Exhibition, 11th of September 2009 / Waterford [Signed Francis Bacon Image – Postcard by John Minihan].

Waterford, Greyfriars Gallery / Waterford Fringe fetsival, 2009. Oblong Octavo (21 cm wide x 14.8 cm high). 1 page. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

42. [John Minihan Collection] – Johnson, Nevill.

The Other Side of Six. An Autobiography by Nevill Johnson.

Dublin, The Academy Press, 1983. 8°. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. Inscribed and signed by Nevill Johnson to John Minihan: “For John Minihan – Nevill Johnson – Aug-1988”

43. [John Minihan Collection] – Hewitt, John / Wilkinson, Helen.

selling the image – the work of photographiuc Advertising Limited.

Bradford, National Museum, 1996. Oblong – Quarto. 50 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

44. [John Minihan Collection] – Helmut Gernsheim.

A Concise History of Photography Third Revised Edition with 307 illustrations, including 26 in full colour.

New York, Dover Publications, 1986. 21 cm x 28.5 cm. 150 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

45. [John Minihan Collection] – Doyle, Colman / Flynn, Liam.

Ireland – 40 Years of Photo-Journalism. [including photographs of Ireland and its cultural and political landscape in the Fifties, Sixties, Seventies and Eighties].

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1994. Octavo. 168 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

46. [John Minihan Collection] – Dewitz, Bodo von.

Kiosk. 1839 – 1973 A History of Photojournalism. Concept and selection by Robert Lebeck.

Bi-Lingual edition (English and German). Göttingen, Steidl, 2001. 28.5cm x 25.5cm. 328 Pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

47. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Pop, Film and Entertainment South Kensington Friday 27 April 1990 at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1990. 20 cm x 25.5 cm. 109 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

48. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Photographs (Part I) and Photographs (Part II) New York Wednesday, April 20, 1994.

New York, Christie’s, 1994. 21 cm x 27 cm. 115 & 170 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

49. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Photographs London Thursday, 6 May 1993 at 2.30pm.

London, Christie’s, 1993. 21 cm x 27 cm. 91 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

50. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Photographs Friday 7 May 1999 at 10.30 am.

London, Christie’s, 1999. 21 cm x 27 cm. 132 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.