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Signed Poster from John Minihan's Inanna Rare Books - Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025)

101. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

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Signed Poster from John Minihan's Inanna Rare Books - Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025).

102. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

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Signed Poster from John Minihan's Inanna Rare Books - Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025).

103. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

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Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World's Foremost Birder

104. Peterson, Roger Tory.

Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World’s Foremost Birder. Edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Rudy Hoglund. Foreword by S.Dillon Ripley. Watching the Birds by William Zinsser. Commentaries by John Leo.

New York, Rizzoli, 1994. 4°. 204 pages with hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

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Eliot Porter, Baja California and the Geography of Hope.

105. Porter, Eliot.

Baja California and the Geography of Hope. With Lines from Octavio Paz. Text by Joseph Wood Krutch. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Foreword by David Brower.

First Edition. San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1967. 35cm x 27cm. 170, (1) pages with 73 breathtaking colour-plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket.

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the firm [Inscribed and signed by photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg

106. [Puttnam, David] Bain Hogg, Jocelyn.

the firm [Inscribed and signed by photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg to british producer David Puttnam: “To Lord Puttnam – with very best wishes and many thanks for starting me off on my path – Jocelyn”. With a Foreword by Bruce Reynolds.

London, Westzone Publishing / Butler & Tanner, 2001. 4°. 160 pages with 80 black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Bookblock frail and slightly loosened but overall in very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

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Sacchi, The Pirelli Calendar - 40 Years Complete.

107. Sacchi, Luisa / Sartori, Cristina / Francone, Marcello.

The Pirelli Calendar – 40 Years Complete.

London, Thames & Hudson, 2004. Folio (29 cm x 28 cm). 519 pages with hundreds of photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Binding firm and strong. Stunning because it is now in a protective sleeve.

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Serrano, America and other work.

108. 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.

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Peggy Sirota - Guess Who ?

109. Sirota, Peggy.

GUESS WHO.

Göttingen, Steidl, 2000. Folio. 360 pages with 172 illustrations in colour and black & white. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly dusty only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Price includes free shipping per courier for this heavy book.

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Steichen, Edward Steichen - In High Fashion - The The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937

110. [Steichen, Edward] – Ewing, William A. / Brandow, Todd.

Edward Steichen – In High Fashion – The The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937. With Essays by Tobia Bezzola, William A.Ewing, Nathalie Herschdorfer and Carol Squiers.

Minneapolis / Lausanne, New York and London, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis and the musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne in Association with W.W.Norton & Company, 2008. Folio. 288 pages with 242 photographs, reproduced in four-color-process. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

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Jindrich Streit - So close and yet so far : Chechnya and Ingushetia 2003

111. Štreit, Jindrich.

Tak blízko tak daleko – Cecensko a Ingušsko / So close and yet so far : Chechnya and Ingushetia 2003 / So nah und doch so fern : Tschetschenien und Inguschien 2003 . Multilingual edition (English, Czech, and German) of Jindrich Streit’s photographical journey through Chechnya and Ingushetia.

Praha / Prague, 2003. 27 cm x 23 cm. 171 pages with 67 full-page photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket / Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Extremely rare publication !

EUR 128,-- 

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Japan, Aufgenommen von A von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Po

112. Trautz, F.M.

Japan, Korea und Formosa – Landschaft / Baukunst / Volksleben. Aufgenommen von A. von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Ponting u.a., Mit einem Geleitwort von Botschafter D. Dr. h.c. Dr. W.H. Solf.

First Edition (with captions in german, french, italian and english). Berlin, Atlantis Verlag, 1930. 24 cm x 32 cm. LIV, 256 pages. 256 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (Orange cloth with title in embossed gilt on front and along spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tiny stain to bottom edge only.

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Gehrts, A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland.

113. 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.

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Philip Hyde / Bruce Berger, A Glen Canyon Portfolio [20 Vintage Photographs] / "There was a River"

114. Hyde, Philip / Berger, Bruce.

A Glen Canyon Portfolio [20 Vintage Photographs] / “There was a River” [Essay by Bruce Berger].

Flagstaff, Arizona, Northland Press, 1979. Folio. 20 Large, Vintage, Black-and-White Photographs measuring 11 28 cm x 36 cm. With two booklets. Introductory Booklet with “Photographer’s Comment” by Philip Hyde (4 pages) / Essay – Booklet by Bruce Berger (12 pages). Original Softcover with photographs and booklets loosely inserted. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

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O'Connor, Executions.

115. [John Minihan Collection] – O’Connor, Ulick.

Executions.

First edition. Dingle, Brandon Books, 1992. 15 x 23 cm. 183 pages. Hardcover (Original cloth with dustjacket). Very good condition. From the collection of photographer John Minihan. Inscribed by Ulick O’Connor to John Minihan on the front free endpaper. Few clean markings inside.

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Morrow, Conjunctions: 53 - Not Even Past, Hybrid Histories, Bi- Annual Volumes of New Writing.

116. [John Minihan Collection] – [Rosset, Barney / Minihan, John]

Remembering Samuel Beckett (Essay by Barney Rosset, juxtaposed to a printed photograph of Beckett by John Minihan, hugging Rosset in Paris on Beckett’s 80th birthday) – The page of this contribution inscribed and signed by Barney Rosset to irish photographer John Minihan: “To John Minihan – For the Pleasure of being with you for your photog. and your friendship – Barney Rosset 12/16/09”. In: Conjunctions: 53 – Not Even Past, Hybrid Histories, Bi- Annual Volumes of New Writing.

New York, Bard College, 2009. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 346 pages. Some black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by Barney Rosset to John Minihan (Excellent association).

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Rinehart, Original Portrait Photograph Signed by the "Amerian Agatha Christie", Mary Roberts Rinehart.

117. Rinehart, Mary Roberts / [The American Agatha Christie].

Original Portrait Photograph Signed by the “Amerian Agatha Christie”, Mary Roberts Rinehart.

[USA], c.1915. Quarto (19.5 cm wide xo 24.3 cm high). 1 sheet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

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Soldan, Zeitgeschichte in Wort und Bild.

118. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Soldan, George / [Part of Walter Benjamin Collection].

Zeitgeschichte in Wort und Bild – [The Weimar Republic and Rise of Hitler in Historical Photographs].

3 Bände (vollständig). München, National-Archiv, 1931-1934. Gr.-8°. 512, 518, 599 Seiten. Hardcover / Dekorative Originalleinenbände. Alle Bände in firmer Bindung. Rücken des 2.Bandes etwas stärker berieben. Sonst nahezu neuwertig / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price includes international shipping per courier !

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Wilson, South African Memories -  Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Wri

119. Wilson, Sarah [Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill].

South African Memories – Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Written at the Time. With a Photogravure of Lady Wilson.

London, Edward Arnold. 1909. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 331 pages. 20 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt letter and design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Tear to cloth at front hinge of spine but binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean and the bookblock tight and complete with all illustrations. Excellent Provenance: With tiny – bookplate: “The Times” – Book Club – Oxford Street, London.

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Curry - Beauty of Flight.

120. Curry, Manfred.

Beauty of Flight [SIGNED / INSCRIBED].

New York, The John Day Co., 1931 / 1932. 4°. 100 Pages / 100 photographs (sepia tinted). Original Cloth (gilt Lettering on Spine and Front-Cover, gilt Impression on the Front-Cover). Near fine. Special edition with years 1931/32 stated on titlepage. Inscribed and fully signed by Manfred Curry on the title-page: “W.Helwig zur Erinnerung and die Platensee Regatten 1936 auf “Aero” [″The Aero” was Curry’s private boat]. Includes a beautiful piece of Ephemera: Original advertising-prospectus of Curry’s “Wind und Wasser”.

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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar [Nassereddin Shah Qajar, Two vintage photographs of the visit of the Shah to England in 1873.

121. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar [Nassereddin Shah Qajar, the King of Persia].

Two vintage photographs of the visit of the Shah to England in 1873. The Two photographs show: 1. Forerunners of Shah crossing Artillery Square” and 2. The Shah crossing Artillery Square”.

London / England, Artillery Square, 1873. 21.5 cm x 16 cm. 2 photograph sheets. Original Softcover. Both photographs frayed but in overall good condition. condition with only minor signs of external wear. Two extremely scarce and early photographs of a state visit under Queen Victoria.

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

122. [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.

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Adams, Child Studies. [Album with seven (7) vintage silver gelatin prints - all signed

123. Adams, Marcus.

Child Studies. [Album with seven (7) vintage silver gelatin prints – all signed in a signature album with Adams’ gilted emblemata / supralibro].

London, Marcus Adams, c.1929. Folio. 7 pages. Original Art Deco flexible Hardcover in original slipcase. Extremely beautiful and rare original binding ! Two small coffee-stains on cover of the Volume itself. Slipcase with some minor rubbing and occasional discoloration only. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Besides the vintage photographs all being signed by Marcus Adams, he also signed and dated the Volume on the endpaper: “Marcus Adams – 11/29”.

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[Quinn, Captain Padraig Quinn's Original Souvenir - Leoporello of Sevilla, from the year 1937,

124. [Quinn, Captain Padraig / Irish Volunteers / Spanish Civil War].

Captain Padraig Quinn’s Original Souvenir – Leporello of Sevilla, from the year 1937, in which he fought in the Spanish Civil War. Signed and dated by him in 1937.

Sevilla, L. Roisin [Fotografo], [1937] 10 cm x 7.5 cm. 20 photographic cards, connected as Leporello. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed by the member of Na-Fianna Eireann from Graignamanagh, Captain Padraig Quinn, in 1937.

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[Ellis, Ny Fiasan'Ny Fahagagana - William Ellis: Ny Fakan-Tsary Teto Madagasikara 1853-1865.

125. [Ellis, William] Peers, Simon.

Ny Fiasan’Ny Fahagagana – William Ellis: Ny Fakan-Tsary Teto Madagasikara 1853-1865. [The Working of Miracles: William Ellis: Photography in Madagascar 1853-1865].

[Bilingual Edition: English – Malagasy]. London, The British Council, 1995. Oblong Quarto (24.6 cm wide x 21.5 cm high). 70 pages with illustrations throughout. Softcover / Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed on the titlepage by author Simon Peers. Extremely Rare !!

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Cushing, Collection of 22 vintage film stills from the Archives of the Christopher Lee Fan-Club

126. Cushing, Peter / Lee, Christopher / Karloff, Boris.

Collection of 22 vintage film stills from the Archives of the Christopher Lee Fan-Club (run by Gloria Lillibridge in Warwick, Rhode Island). With an extraordinary portrait of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in one image.

Vintage Photographic Prints on archival paper. [London], c.1974 – 1977. Most of the images are 20,5 cm x 25,5 cm. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The collection also includes a photograph of Christopher Lee with his fans.

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Minihan, Samuel Beckett - Centenary Shadows [Signed].

127. [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett – Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O’Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. SIGNED and dated by John Minihan in the year of publication, 2006. Excellent, close to new condition.

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Bacon - Beckett - Burroughs [Signed and inscribed by John Minihan in the year 2000].

128. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Bacon – Beckett – Burroughs [Signed and inscribed by John Minihan in the year 2000].

London, The October Gallery, 1990. Small Quarto (20.2 cm wide x 20.2 cm high). 32 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan. Loosely inserted is also the Advertising – Leaf by Olympus for this publication.

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John Minihan, Samuel Beckett - Centenary Shadows [Signed].

129. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

Samuel Beckett – Centenary Shadows [Signed]. With Essays by John Wallace / Billie Whitelaw / Desmond O’Grady.

First and only Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 2006. Small Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 25.3 cm high). 124 pages. Illustrated with Minihan’s photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and SIGNED by John Minihan to an irish man of arts. Excellent, close to new condition.

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Minihan, Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town.

130. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John / McCabe, Eugene.

Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town. [Signed / Inscribed]

London, Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1996. 25cm x 28cm. Introduction 20 pages / Photographs 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by John Minihan on titlepage.

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John Minihan - An Unweaving of Rainbows - Images of Irish Writers.

131. Minihan, John.

An Unweaving of Rainbows – Images of Irish Writers. Foreword by Derek Mahon.

London, Souvenir Press, 1998 8°. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Signed by John Minihan on the titlepage. Excellent condition.

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Minihan, "To Love Two Countries" - "Ireland's Greatest Generation in America" - Photographs by John Minihan

132. 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.

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Minihan, Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town. [Signed]

133. Minihan, John / McCabe, Eugene.

Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town. [Signed by John Minihan]

London, Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1996. 25cm x 28cm. Introduction 20 pages / Photographs 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Signed copy. Excellent/ close to new condition with only minor signs of wear (very fine tear to dustjacket only). Signed by John Minihan on the endpaper.

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V.S. Pritchett, DUBLIN - A Portrait.

134. Pritchett, V.S. / Evelyn Hofer (Photographer).

DUBLIN – A Portrait. Photographs by Evelyn Hofer.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1967. Quarto (22 cm x 28 cm). 99 pages with 16 pages of photographs in full colour and 78 photographs in monochrome gravure. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some minor tears to dustjacket, now in protective sleeve, but else in unusually very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A fantastic publication.

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Ireland (Carrick-A-Rede / Giant's Causeway

135. 19th century European Travel – Ireland (Carrick-A-Rede / Giant’s Causeway / Bideford (Devon) / Torrington (Devon) / Lynton (Devon) / Lynmouth (Devon) / Watersmeet (Devon) / Ilfracombe (Devon) / Carnarvon Castle (Wales) / Forth Bridge – (Wales)/

Original Photoalbum from ca. 1870 / 1880 with 37 original Albumen Print / Albumen Silver Print – Photographs of a Tour through Europe. With very interesting photographs of Ireland’s favourite attractions in County Antrim , a large section of the Devon Region in England (The DEVON – Section includes 15 photographs alone), and some beautiful and rare early colour photographs of Luzern in Switzerland: Examples of images: 8. Bideford in Devon (Promenade with ships and people) / 9. Torrington – Devon (Town Mill Bridge) / 10. Torrington – Devon (Northern Bridge) / Two smaller photographs on one board: 11. Torrington – Devon (Castle Ruins) / 12. Torrington – Devon – (Near Railway Station) / Two smaller photographs on board: 13. Torrington – Devon – (The Avenue) / 14. Torrington – Devon (Valley of Rocks / Castle Rock) / 15. Lynton – North Devon / 16. Lynton – North Devon (Castle Rock) / 17. Lynmouth – Watersmeet / 18. Lynmouth (Bridge /Watersmeet near Lynmouth) / 19. Lynmouth (Picturesque Harbourscene with old fisherhuts on left) / 20. Ilfracombe – North Devon (from the Tours Walk – Top of the Hill) / 21. Ilfracombe – Tour Walk / 22. Ilfracombe – View from Capstone Hill /

Devon, ca.1870/1880/1890. Oblong – Quarto. 37 plates. Hardcover. Recently, professionally rebound in half leather with gilt lettering on spine. The large photographs in very good condition.

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Lucien Clergue / Leo Castelli - Footprints of the Gods.

136. Clergue, Lucien.

Footprints of the Gods. With a Foreword by Lucien Clergue: “Twelve Years at Point Lobos” / With an Essay by Jim Hughes titled: “Sign of Life and Death”.

First US Edition. Boca Raton [Florida], Iris Publications, 1989. Small Folio (23 cm x 30.5 cm). 96 pages with spectacular photographs on 55 color plates throughout. Original softcover. This colour-photographic treatise is devoted entirely to the topography of Point Lobos, California, the beach made famous by Edward Weston, decades earlier. With an introduction by Jim Hughes. A very good copy in publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Spine slightly starting. Inscribed and signed by Lucien Clergue to the great American gallerist, Leo Castelli: “Pour Leo Castelli, son admirateur arlesien, avec l’hommage de Lucien Clergue – Arles, I/VII/89”. A wonderful association, additionally enriched by an artist-postcard of Lucien Clergue’s “Point Lobos” – Photograph, with a personal message to Leo Castelli by someone called “Ames” (?).

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André de Dienes - The Nude

137. De Dienes, André.

The Nude. With a Foreword by Norman Hall and a Preface by André de Dienes.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1956. Quarto (22.5 cm wide x 28 cm high). 126 pages with 90 photographs. Hardcover / Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The very rare jacket with some defects to the spine. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Easily one of the most beautiful Nude – Photography Volumes of the 20th century. Here available in a very rare condition ! Private gift-inscription to endpaper: “To George with love, Isobel – Xmas 1956”.

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Collection of four vintage cabinet photographs of Harvard University Professors (19th century).

138. Harvard Professors.

Collection of four vintage cabinet photographs of Harvard University Professors (19th century). The collection includes: Francis Brown (Professor of Philosophy) / [William Watson] Goodwin – (Professor of Greek) / Charles Franklin Dunbar – (Professor of Political Economy) / James Bradstreet Greenaugh – (Professor of Latin).

Cambridge (Mass.), Pach Brothers, c.1880. 10.5 cm x 16.5 cm (4.25” x 6.5”). Four cabinet photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

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Vintage black and white photograph of a young Spencer Tracy, by Hal Payee

139. Tracy, Spencer / [Hal Phyfe]. (American Actor 1900 – 1967).

Vintage black and white photograph of a young Spencer Tracy, by famous Broadway photographer Hal Phyfe, signed and inscribed by Tracy “To L.I. Bergman with best wishes – Spencer Tracy – 7/1/33”.

Brussels, J.Ganz, c.1880. 20 cm x 25 cm. Excellent condition. Wonderfully rare autograph by one of America’s most beloved actors of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

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Glass, Original Portrait Photograph - signed in green ink by Philip Glass.

140. Glass, Philip (born 1937).

Original Portrait Photograph – signed in green ink by Philip Glass.

Original Black-and-White Photograph on archival paper. no place, no year (c.1990). Framed: 31 cm x 36 cm. Image size: 14 cm x 18 cm. Excellent condition, mounted and framed. Signed photographs by Glass are extremely rare !

EUR 480,-- 

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[Brassai] (that was Gyula Halász). The Secret Paris of the 30's.

141. [Brassai] (that was Gyula Halász).

The Secret Paris of the 30’s. Translated from the French by Richard Miller.

First American Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1976. Quarto. 200 unnumbered pages with 150 black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Blindstamp of preowner on endpaper and titlepage. Signed and inscribed by Brassai on the titepage in New York on the 29th of May, 1977.

EUR 480,-- 

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Willoughby, Elga Andersen - Bonjour Tristesse - Paris 1957. [Signed]

142. Willoughby, Bob. (1927 – 2009)

Elga Andersen – Bonjour Tristesse – Paris 1957. [Signed by Bob Willoughby / Comes with recent Book of Willoughby’s Jazz Photography in slipcase]

Photographic Print (Poster Reproduction). London, Music of Mind, c. 1980. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with signed Poster: 51 cm x 70.5 cm. Very good condition. Framed. Glass with very minor split in one corner. Signed in now slightly faded crayon by Jazz – photographer Bob Willoughby. The print comes with a wonderful publication of Bob Willoughby’s Jazz Photography (″Photographs & Recollections” – Jazz – Body and Soul – with a Foreword by Dave Brubeck). From the personal collection and former residence of Bob Willoughby, Coolmain Castle in West Cork, Ireland (near Kilbrittain).

EUR 495,-- 

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The Poet Michael Longley, photographed by John Minihan at the Listowel Writers-Week, County Kerry, 2018.

143. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John (*1946 –)

The Poet Michael Longley, photographed by John Minihan at the Listowel Writers-Week, County Kerry, 2018.

Original / Vintage black and white photograph on archival paper. Ireland, 2018. 35.5 cm wide x 38 cm high. From the library of John Minihan, with his blindstamped initials and copyright – stamp on the back. Signed and titled by John Minihan below the photograph and on the back.

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Collection of three Portraits of Graham Vivian Sutherland at work in the Tate Gallery

144. [Sutherland, Graham].

Collection of three Portraits of Graham Vivian Sutherland at work in the Tate Gallery, while working on the Mural which he was doing for the “Festival of Britain” and a personal study of Sutherland seated.

Vintage Photographs. [London], c. 1951. All three images framed: 29.7 cm x 36 cm and smaller. Excellent conditions, mounted and framed. The price for these three framed photographs includes international free shipping per UPS Courier.

EUR 780,-- 

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Minihan, "Beckett" - With a Foreword by Sir Peter Hall: "Looking at Samuel Beckett"

145. 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 !

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George, Originales Portrait des Dichters Stefan George.

146. George, Stefan [Hilsdorf, Theodor].

Originales Portrait des Dichters Stefan George.

Originales Silbergelatine Print / [Silver Gelatine Print] durch den Photographen Theodor Hilsdorf. Im originalen Karton-Umschlag montiert (Originalumschlag der photographischen Kunstanstalt Friedrich Müller, Inh. Hofphotograph Theodor Hilsdorf, Amalienstrasse 15, München – mit kleinem Adress-schildchen) Der Abzug durch Seidenpapier geschützt. Rückseitig mit Stempel und Nummer: (VIII/2) und unter der Photographie mit Bleistift signiert “Müller-Hilsdorf, 1928”. München, Kunstanstalt Friedrich Müller, 1928. Image / Photographie: 21 x 16,5 cm. Sheet / Blatt: 30 x 22,5 cm. Excellent condition. Very rare ! / Sehr seltene Originalphotographie.

EUR 980,-- 

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Couvée, Album mit 31 grossformatigen, originalen Photographien

147. 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.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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W.Minshall / R.E.Johnson / Louis Tucker - The Trinidad Portfolio - Sixteen Pictures (Original Photographs on Trinidad Carnival / Landscape / Nature etc.

148. Minshall, W. (Photographer and father of Trinidad Artist and Mas-Man, Peter Minshall) / Louis Tucker (Photographer) / R.E.Johnson (Photographer).

The Trinidad Portfolio – Sixteen Pictures (Original Photographs / Photogravures on heavy paper, showing Trinidad Carnival, Trinidad Nature, Port-of-Spain-Harbour, The Queen’s Park Hotel, People of Trinidad (East Indian Silversmith), Teteron Bay, Santa Cruz Valley, Macqueripe Bay, Mardi Gras Carnival etc.) – The sixteen Photographs are all placed in the original Folder, titled: “Trinidad – British West Indies” and with the blindstamped aluminium-seal “″Miscerique probat populos et fœdera jungi” [which translated as “He approves of the mingling of peoples and their being joined together by treaties”].

Trinidad, The Tourist and Exhibitions Board of Trinidad and Tobago [Printed in England], no year (c.1945-1950). 23 cm wide x 31 cm high. 16 original photogravures inside the original Folder, issued by the Tourist and Exhibitions Board of Trinidad and Tobago. The 16 Photographs measure: 22.7 cm x 30.3 cm (some are oblong-formats some in portrait-format). Softcover / Original Folder. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The aluminium – seal slightly bent. Interior and photographs in absolutely excellent condition. Extremely scarce !

EUR 1.000,-- 

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Johannes Justus Rein, Japan nach Reisen und Studien im Auftrage der Königlich Preussischen Regierung dargestellt

149. Rein, J.J. [Johannes Justus] / [Provenienz / Provenance: Max von Baden / Bibliothek Schloss Salem].

Japan nach Reisen und Studien im Auftrage der Königlich Preussischen Regierung dargestellt von J.J. Rein [Johannes Justus Rein], Professor der Geographie in Marburg [an der Lahn]. Erster Band: Natur und Volk des Mikadoreiches. Mit 5 Lichtdruckbildern [Photographien], 12 Holzschnitten, 3 Lithographischen Tafeln und 2 Karten. / Zweiter Band: Land- und Forstwirthschaft, Industrie und Handel. Mit zum Theil farbigen Tafeln, 20 Holzschnitten im Text und 3 Kaertchen.

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Two Volumes. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1881 – 1886. Gross-Oktav. Band I: XII, [1], 630 Seiten mit allen Abbildungen und insbesondere der Original-Photographie von Nagasaki aber ohne die “Orographish-hydrographische Karte [Japans]” am Schluss des Bandes. / Band II: XII, 678 Seiten mit den drei Falt-Karten von Japan am Schluss des Bandes . Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. / Originale Verlags-Leinenbaende. Ehemalige Exemplare der “Bibliothek Salem” und ehemaliges “Eigenthum des Prinzen Wilhelm”, mit zwei dezenten Bibliotheksschildchen der Bibliothek Salem im Innendeckel und dem Stempel des Prinzen Max von Baden [″MB” mit Krone] auf den Titelseiten. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and only the two folded Maps missing / Sehr guter Zustand des seltenen Werks und mit nur wenigen Stockfleckchen, wie ueblich auf den Rueckseiten des Photo-papiers und Abklatsch auf den Seiten verso. Aus dem Vorwort: “Saemtliche Illustrationen dieses Buchs sind Originale – Bonn, im September 1886 – Der Verfasser”.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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Bob Willoughby, Jazz in LA [Signed - Limited Edition of Jazz Photography on High Quality Super Gloss Archival Paper]

150. Willoughby, Bob.

Jazz in LA. With texts by Herb Geller / Bob Willoughby / Mike Zwerin. Edited and compiled by Ingo Wulff.

[No.158 of only 200 Signed copies of the rare, Limited Edition]. Kiel, Nieswand Verlag, 1990. Large Folio (48 cm x 34.5 cm). 17 full-page-photographs on heavy archival paper. With a hidden chapter in the rear: “Bob Willoughby’s favourite Tunes”. Original Hardcover (spine comprises of a brass tube). Excellent condition with minor signs of exceptional condition. The publication was very successful and experienced a second, revised edition which was not signed. This first, limited edition, signed by the groundbreaking jazz-photographer Bob Willoughby, is exceedingly scarce and should not be mistaken for the “normal” edition, which looks the same but is not signed and limited.

EUR 1.000,-- 

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