1. Minihan, John.

“Beckett” – With a Foreword by Sir Peter Hall: “Looking at Samuel Beckett” / With a second Foreword by John Calder “Image of the Century” / With a statement on the rear flap by John Banville. [The rarest of John Minihan – Publications, this promotional publication is an oversize book which reproduced some of the most iconic photographs John Minihan ever took of Samuel Beckett. Among it of course also the famous shot of Sam in the Café “Les Deux Magots” in Paris but also some more intimate ones. First and Only Edition, published on the occasion of several John Minihan Exhibitions during the year 2006.

Published by Larry Powell, 2006. Large Quarto (30 cm wide x 30 cm high). 48 unnumbered pages with photographic – illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Extremely Rare !

2. [Beckett, Samuel] Haynes, John and Knowlson, James.

“Images of Beckett” [Rare SIGNED by photographer John Haynes and writer James Knowlson].

Cambridge, University Press, 2003. Oblong-Quarto. XXXIII, 159 pages with 146 photographs throughout and six additional plates which highlight arguments of Knowlson’s essays (Caspar Davd Friedrich, Caravaggio, Brueghel etc.). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition.

3. 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.

4. Minihan, John.

“To Love Two Countries” – “Ireland’s Greatest Generation in America” – Photographs by John Minihan [Signed and Inscribed by John Minihan on titlepage]. With a Foreword by Derek Mahon.

First and Only Edition. Irish Arts Center, 2008. Large Quarto (30.4 cm wide x 30.4 cm high). 44 pages with photographic – illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare Publication, signed and inscribed by irish photographer John Minihan.

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

19th & 20th Century Photographs South Kensington Thursday, 1 November, 1990 at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1990. 21 cm x 27 cm. 121 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

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

19th and 20th Century Photographs London Friday 10 May 1991 at 11.00 am.

London, Christie’s, 1991. 21 cm x 27 cm. 171 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

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

19th and 20the Century Photographs New York Wednesday, April 15, 1992.

New York, Christie’s, 1992. 21 cm x 27 cm. 236 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

8. Couvée, M. M.

19th Century Album with 31 fantastic, large vintage photographs of Germany, Austria and Italy. Many of these early photographs are on Frankfurt am Main, but also Berlin, Heidelberg and classic travel – locations along the Rhine are included / Also interspersed are some other european destinations like Lugano, Venice and Salzburg (these all in colour). – All Photographs original Albumen Prints. / Album mit 31 grossformatigen, fantastischen, originalen Photographien von deutschen und europaeischen Stadtansichten des 19. Jahrhunderts, vorwiegend Frankfurt am Main [mit traumhaften und ungewoehnlichen Ansichten von Frankfurt und Sachsenhausen / Kaiserstrasse mit Strassenbahn / Rossmarkt / Goetheplatz / Alte Oper / Palmengarten / Wiesbaden – Kursaalplatz / Eschenheimer Turm / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal / Main mit Untermainbruecke und Angler mit zwei Jungen davor / aber auch Stadtansichten von Berlin (″Blick nach den Linden” in Farbe – in colour), Lugano (in Farbe – in colour), Boppard (in Farbe – in colour), Heidelberg (in Farbe – in colour), Salzburg, Königstein im Taunus (in Farbe – in colour), Remagen (in Farbe – in colour), Coblenz, Lahneck, Sooneck, Braubach und Marxburg, Wiesbaden, Bingen und Venedig (in Farbe – in colour)/

La Haye / Dresden, Couvée / Stengel & Co., c. 1895 – 1900. Quer Quart / Oblong Quarto. 31 large photographs mounted on cardboard. Original Hardcover / Exzellente Halblederausgabe mit vergoldetem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. / Album with gilt lettering. Ungewoehnlich gut erhaltenes Album mit phantastischen Aufnahmen die auch das buergerliche Leben mit eingefangen haben. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. [Norway Cruise on the SS Vega / Edgar Schmilg & Miss Whitney on the SS Vega c.1910] Anonymous Photographer.

56 (Fifty-Six) Vintage Photographs of Norway, The Norwegian People, Svartisen Glacier [in Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park], Lapps, Social Life and Images of Fjords (Hardanger), Visit to Bergen by an american Traveller Group around Edgar Schmilg and his wife and a “Miss Whitney” during a Norwegian Cruise on the Steamer “SS Vega” (operated by Trollcruise since the year 1908). Many of the Photographs with Notes to the rear, explaining locations and the circumstances of the locations and photographs taken.

Norway, c. 1910. 14 cm wide x 8.8 cm high. 56 Vintage Photographs. Modern Softcover Sleeve with all photographs inside. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.