81. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie. / [Paris during the World Exhibition in the Year 1900]

Collection of thirtyfour (34) original photographic glass-slides, allowing us to imagine the surroundings of Walter Benjamin’s “Arcades Project” and the Genesis of his Idea of “Paris as the Capital of the 19th Century”. While the Glass-Slides are NOT from Benjamin’s library or from one of his friends collections, they are contemporary artefacts which allow us to Timetravel into the Paris of Benjamin’s “Arcades” and illustrate Benjamin’s creation of the six sections of his “Arcades Project”: “Fourier, or the Arcades” ; “Daguerre, or the Panoramas”; “Grandville, or the World Exhibitions” ; “Louis-Philippe, or the Interior”; “Baudelaire, or the Streets of Paris”; “Hausmann, or the Barricades”. The slides were produced by Parisien Radio-Brom manufacturer of photographic plates and papers, “Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie”. The fantastic slides all produced around the time of the 1900 Paris Exposition (World’s Fair), known in french as “Exposition Universelle” in Paris. Included are photographic plates of the “Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt” at the “Place du Chatelet”, “Le Louvre”, “Paris – Buttes-Chaumont – Le Lac & Le Belvedere”, “Avenue de L’Opera”, “Place de Victoires”, “Gare St.Lazare – Rue de Rome”, L’Institut pris du pont des Arts”, “Gare Montsouris”, “Monument de Pasteur – Avenue de Breteuil”, “La Seine et L’Hotel de Ville”, “Pont au Change”, “Les Tuileries – avec “Charmeur d’Oiseaux”, “Le Conseil d’Etat”, “Avenue des Champs Elysees”, “Palais de Justice, Boulevard du Palais”, “Pont ALexandre III”, “Square d’Anvers”, “Grand Palais”, “Fontaine de Carpeaux”, “Jardin des Plantes” “Galerie de la Plaeontologie”, “Place du Carrousel – Arc de Triomphe”, “De Notre Dame sur l’Hotel Dieu – Tour St.Jacques – Sacre Coeur”, etc. Also included are some private images of family, picnic in the forests etc.

Paris, Exposition Universelle of 1900 / Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie., [c.1900]. 10.7 cm x 4.4 cm. 34 slides in three boxes (one of the boxes labelled: “Diapositifs de Verascope Richard”. Original Hardcover Boxes with glass-slides. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

82. Haak, Ken.

Summer Souvenirs.

Köln, Taschen, 1985. 35,5 cm x 28 cm. 71 black-and-white and full colour illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

83. Hanson, Dian / Kroll, Eric.

The New Erotic Photography [With an essay in three languages by Dian Hanson: “Shedding some Light” – Im Lichte besehen – Un peu de lumiere / And with an essay in three languages by Eric Kroll: “What is” – Zur Sache – Ce qu’il en est].

Hong Kong / Cologne / London / LA / Madrid / Paris / Tokyo, Taschen, 2009. 4°. 420 pages with erotic photographs by leading international photographers. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

84. 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.

85. [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.

86. [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.

87. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Internal pages fine. Manuscript letter from the author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

88. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Leaves on Grey.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 13 cm x 20 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript Postcard from author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

89. [Costain, Harold Haliday] Holme, Geoffrey (Editor).

The Studio – November 1939 – Vol.118 – No.560. [With a two-page-section on Hal Costain’s photographs for advertising].

London, The Studio, 1939. 21 cm x 29 cm. 224 Pages with additional advertising pages. Original Softcover. The wrapper detached ! Back cover slightly ripped. Otherwise in good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

90. Huber, Martin.

Die Uhren von A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte / Sachsen [The Watches by A.Lange & Söhne Glashütte / Glashuette / Sachsen].

4.erweiterte Auflage / 4th, extened edition. Muenchen / Munich, Callwey, 1982. 4°. 115 pages with photographic illustrations of historical watches plus reproductions of original pricelists in the rear. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very condition with only minor signs of external wear. / German edition in excellent, close to new edition.