141. 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.

142. 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” (?).

143. [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.

144. 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.

145. [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 !

146. [Kings Bromley Manor].

Collection of two very rare original Albumen Print Photoalbums wih original photographs of Kings Bromley Manor, Kings Bromley Farm, Lichfield, parts of the Lane Family, places the Lane – Family visited etc. etc.

Lichfield (Staffordshire, England), no year (ca.1890-1910). Folio / Quarto. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

147. 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.

148. 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.

149. Feininger, Andreas / von Hartz, John.

New York in the Forties – 162 Photographs.

New York, Dover Publications, 1978. Quarto (23.3 cm wide x 27 cm high). 181 pages, heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

150. Le Brocquy, Louis.

Personal copies of an early set of 18 photographs [contacts] of works by Louis le Brocquy, mostly titled and annotated / explained by Louis le Brocquy himself verso. Some of the photographs refer to very early works of le Brocquy. Some have no entries by le Brocquy verso, some have quite extensive information like “Sold to:…..” / Also included is an original, very early exhibition catalogue (Louis le Brocquy’s personal copy of the catalogue) for an exhibition in Mayfair/″Gimpel Fils” – November 1959. The catalogue has several annotations and underlinings in le Brocquy’s hand and included are most of the original photographs of works le Brocquy selected for the printing of the catalogue.

Loandon / Mayfair, Gimpel Fils, 1959. Octavo. 12 pages plus four photographs directly related to the exhibition catalogue / 18 photographs of earlier works. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning, really original set of interesting ephemera from the artist’s personal collection, given to his friend John Montague. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

151. 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.

152. 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].

153. 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.

154. 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.

155. 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.

156. 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.

157. Light, Michael.

Full Moon. [With an] Essay by Andrew Chaikin.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. 4°. 244 pages with photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very condition with only minor signs of external wear.

158. 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.

159. 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.

160. Elgort, Arthur.

Camera Ready – How to shoot your kids [Signed and beautifully Inscribed by Vogue – Photographer Arthur Elgort].

New York, Universe publishing / Rizzoli, 1997. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 25 cm). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by Arthur Elgort on the titlepage: “Arthur Elgort – 9/97 – (an Ameline – the Ghost Writer – Good Luck with all the Grandchildren – Snaps – XX!).