51. Sendak, Maurice (1928 – 2012).

Collection / Archive of two very rich and personal, handwritten & signed letters on cards by Sendak, plus a rare, multi-folded, advertising-leporello of Maurice Sendak’s publications, together with a wonderful collection of fourteen (14) loose gicleé prints of original drawings by Maurice Sendak in colour or black and white: ‘A Kiss for Little Bear’ x 2 (26.5 cm x 34.5 cm) / ‘Zlateh the Goat’ x 2 (24 cm x 30 cm and 37.5 cm x 30 cm) / ‘Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present’ x 1 (33.4 cm x 41.5 cm) / Lullabies and Night Songs’ x 2 (35 cm x 26.5 cm and 44.5 cm x 33.5 cm) / ‘Hector Protector’ x 1 (46 cm x 26 cm) / ‘In the Night Kitchen’ x 4 (50 cm x 36 cm) / Higglety Pigglety Pop x 2 (28 cm x 35.5 cm). The two cards are addressed to “Minnie” [that is “Minnie Kate”] and were written at Christmas 1986 and Christmas 1987. According to a colleague in the trade, who helped us to identify the recipient “Minnie”, Minnie Kate, together with her mother, maintained a long friendship with Maurice Sendak by sending him colored stones or rocks that they sourced from local beaches in the northwest of the United States (Washington Statel). Most of Maurice Sendak’s correspondence with Minnie Kate and her mother, is preserved at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia. Both cards are similar in content. One of the cards featuring Sendak’s art from the cover of Nutcracker and addressed to Minnie, reading in part “I worked all year on a picture-book – a Grimm tale (my first book in 8 years !!). I am in love with it and it gets published next year….my wild things celebrate their 25th anniversary. I hope i enjoy it all. Am hoping for a quiet year ahead illustrating a Grimm tale and staying put – I am tired of travelling and theatre projects. And look forward to creeping back into my old role as book illustrator” / “The rocks arrived while I was away working in England. They are wonderful, of course, and very much appreciated. Thank you again and again. My animals. I have but one. My darling Golden Retriever, Io, had to be put to sleep 2 weeks ago. She was 15 1/2 and I held her and stayed with her to the end. It is so sad, naturally, but the memory fills me with a kind of joy. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Runge after a German painter (19th century). It was anything but a lazy year – too full! This coming year will be lazy-ish”.

Letters: 4 pages on two cards / Gicleé prints: 15 sheets (unsigned). [New York], 1986 – 1987. Very good condition.

52. Avantgarde Cover Art – Wierzynski, Kazimierz / Konwicki, Tadeusz / Maurer, Jadwiga / Lem, Stanislav / Janta, Aleksander and others.

Collection of 12 rare publications of polish 20th century literature. Some publications printed in exile, some with early 20th century typographic cover-art.

Londyn / Warsaw etc., Czytelnik and others, 1953-1977. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover edition, often with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some editions signed. Please ask for a full list.

53. Avantgarde Cover Art – Nezval, Vítêzslav / Tzara, Tristan / Babel, Isaak / Ježek, Jaroslav / Capek, Josef / Seifert, Jaroslav and others.

Collection of 27 stunning publications of the Czech Avantgarde, Czech Translations of French, Russian and German Literature and Poetry, Photomontage – Dustwrappers as well as wonderful czech avantgarde-typography of the 1930s and 1940s. The collection also includes seven (7) vintage, original scores of sheetmusic by the famous czechoslovakian avantgarde jazz musician, and composer Jaroslav Ježek.

Praze / Prague, Odeon / Olymp (and others), 1920 – 1990. Octavo. More than 1000 pages, some books with illustrations. Original softcover publications, often with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Some of the rare publications with some signs of wear, few publications with some loosened pages (ask for complete list). Overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

54. Viereck, George Sylvester / [Frederick Franklin Schrader] / [Mentioning of Oscar Wilde / Lord Alfred Douglas].

Collection of early Manuscript Material (which is a Manuscript Ballad / Poem), a two-page Manuscript Letter (which is a MLS mentioning Oscar Wilde, Lord [Alfred] Douglas, Viereck’s literary tastes etc.) and the personal copy of “House of the Vampire”, all by the controversial german-american author George Sylvester Viereck. The collection includes: 1. One six-page, hitherto unpublished Manuscript – Ballad [Poem], called “Die Ballade vom Sündigen Glück” [Translates: “The Ballad of sinful Pleasure”]/ 2. A lengthy and extremely insightful Two-Page Manuscript Letter, signed in New York, 1902, which accompanied and talks about the enclosed Six-Page Manuscript – Ballad [The letter and Poem was not conclusively but very likely addressed by Viereck to Frederick Franklin Schrader, then editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror and shortly thereafter co-founder with George Sylvester Viereck of “The Fatherland” / 3. The collection also includes Viereck’s personal copy of his publication “The House of the Vampire” with handwritten, manuscript entry of his name, address in New York City as well as a pasted statement on the endpaper by the author Viereck: “Concerning “The House of the Vampire” : This book went through several editions when it was first published and was dramatized. It played for eight weeks in New York and for two years on the road under the management of the Shuberts. Critics have compared it to such books as Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Lady Into Fox, and Dorian Gray”]. The two-page letter is of great value and touches on Viereck’s admiration for Schrader and his “Blatt” [Newspaper]. Viereck is advertising himself to Schrader by introducing himself as a critical admirer with substantial references (Viereck details his working for numerous newspapers in America). Viereck mentions his secessionist tendencies and name-drops Oscar Wilde, Rosetti and Lord Douglas (whom he claims to know personally). This amazing, autographed/signed Manuscript-Material was created by Viereck directly during his transition from writer to propagandist and is an example of his early, bullish personality, which wants to be heard, which needs attention and it is here, in 1912, where his career begins to develop. This large Archive of manuscript material [8 pages in total] is stunning and unpublished (see partial Transcription of the original german material on our website). Viereck’s close friends included Nikola Tesla and even Theodore Roosevelt was among his acquaintances.

New York, Moffat, Yard & Company, 1902-1912. Play and Letters: 20.3 cm x 25.3 cm / Book: 13 cm x 19,5 cm. Pagination: Balld (Poem): 6 pages / Manuscript Letter (MLS): 2 pages / Book: 190 pages. Original Hardcover / Blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine in protective collector’s mylar / The play protected in clear folder. The manuscript pages overall in excellent condition besides page IV of the play which has two abrasions with small parts of the text missing only. The book in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Viereck’s usual vanity made him add the lovely littel note of critical success. The personal copy of this controversial author’s most interesting book is a unique possibility for each collector of unusual Vampire material. Extraordinary collection !

55. Puttnam, David.

Collection of Film / Movie & Music – Memorabilia with rare, inscribed/signed books, photographs and promotional ephemera as well as related materials from the private library of Lord David Puttnam and few other sources. The collection includes a large amount of international publications and important monographs on the History of Film and Movies and also several signed and/or inscribed/dedicated Vinyl-Records by early friends of David Puttnam (Ringo Starr, Barbra Streisand etc.) together with some publications on Literature, History, Photography. Also included are several amazing association-copies from David Puttnam’s time as producer at Columbia Studios; like a signed and spectecularly inscribed book by important Director Spike Lee, Director and friend Alan Parker etc. etc. We list here a few items but the complete list of items, described in detail and photographed, will be visible over time on our website under “Libraries & Collections”. Among the titles are for example: 1. A xeroxed copy of the second draft of “Chariots of Fire”, which David Puttnam signed in 2019 and to which he added a wonderful manuscript note and story of the Script: “This is a very interesting early Draft of ‘Chariots of Fire’ – A year later we started shooting the film in Cambridge – Almost exactly two years later the film won the BAFTA Best Picture Award and a few weeks later The ‘Oscar’ ! – Colin Welland also won for Best Screenplay that same evening. Reading this you can see why. Regards – David Puttnam”/ 2. Collection of signed vintage Vinyl owned by Lord David Puttnam, signed and inscribed Records by famous artists and musicians like Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr, Jean-Michel Jarre as well as soundtracks of his own films (included are Local Hero [not signed by Mark Knopfler but signed by David Puttnam], Midnight Express) etc. / 3. Amazing, absolutely wonderful association copy of Alan Parker’s “Cartoon Version” of his movie “Evita” with which he thanked his cast and crew. This being a personally inscribed copy from Alan Parker to his friends David & Patsy Puttnam. Accompanied by a two-page letter, signed by Parker and citing a quote of David Puttnam reflecting on his own experiences in the movie-business with a bit of ironic advice for his friend Alan Parker on how to exit the movie-business. / 4. Collection of books by writers befriended to David Puttnam, often signed and/or inscribed (Nick Hornby – Fever Pitch etc.) / 5. Collection of monographs and biographies on and by Actors, Directors, Film and Movie-MakingTechnique, Sociology of Film etc. etc. / 6. Large collection of photographical stills as well as portraits of Directors on set during the act of directing, etc. etc.

London / UK / USA, c.1968-1996. Octavo. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

56. Atwood, Margaret.

Collection of four important association copies of poetry by Margaret Atwood (plus two signed Novels), given to her friend Jerome Hamilton Buckley, influential Professor of English Literature. All four association copies in first edition and all beautifully inscribed. The Novel only signed. The collection includes: 1. The Animals in that Country (1968 / Hardcover) [Signed and with the printed dedication “For J.” and a personal inscription on the halftitle to Jerome Buckley] / 2. The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 3. You are Happy (1973 / Hardcover) [Signed and inscribed] / 4. Murder in the Dark – Short Fictions and Prose Poems (1983 / Softcover) [Signed and inscribed]. / 5. The collection also includes a signed copy of Atwood’s “The Robber Bride” (1993 / Softcover) / 6. The collection also includes a signed and inscribed copy of “The Tent” (signed as “Margaret Atwood”).

Toronto / New York, Oxford University Press / Harper & Row / Coach House Press / Doubleday, 1968 – 1993. Octavo. 69, 64, 96, 62, 466, 155 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover – publications with the rare illustrated dustjackets in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. All inscriptions beautifully signed as Peggy or Peggy A. or in one case even Peggy Atwood.

57. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley [Stanley Louis Goldstein].

Collection of important and rare publications by and on american philosopher Stanley Cavell. The books in this collection originate from the personal library of Stanley Cavell, his friends Victor and Jacqueline, as well as from the library of philosopher Graham Parkes [Please see each title described and photographed in our section “Libraries & Collections” and search for “Stanley Cavell Collection”]. The collection includes: 1. Must We Mean What We Say ? – Modern philosophical essays in morality, religion, drama, music and criticism. First Edition, 1969. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell / 2. Stanley Bates and Ted Cohen – More on what we say. First Edition. Chicago, Middlebury College, 1972 / 3. Cavell, Stanley – Themes out of School. Effects and Causes. San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell / 4. Cavell, Stanley. The World Viewed – Reflections on the Ontology of Film. New York, The Viking Press, 1971. Signed and inscribed by Stanley Cavell in the year 1971, to his friends Victor and Jacqueline / 5. [Cavell, Stanley] Oksenberg Rorty, Amélie. The Many Faces of Philosophy. Reflections from Plato to Arendt. First Edition. Oxford and others, Oxford University Press, 2003. Signed and inscribed by the Editor to Cavell. / 6. [Cavell, Stanley] – Massimo Cacciari – Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture – Stanley Cavell’s personal copy with notes and annotations. / 7. [Cavell, Stanley] Desan, Wilfrid – The Tragic Finale – An Essay on the Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre – with interesting annotations and textmarkings by Stanley Cavell / 8. Cavell, Stanley. Pursuits of Happiness – the Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1981. From the librray of philosopher Graham Parkes / 9.Cavell, Stanley. The World Viewed- Reflections on the Ontology of Film. Enlarged Edition. Massachusetts, Harvard Universaity Press, 1979. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

New York / Cambridge / and others, Charles Scribner’s Sons / Harper / Yale University Press / Oxford University Press / Viking Press etc., 1969-2003. Large Octavo (17 cm x 23,5 cm). XXIX, 365 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth / Softcover. All books in very good or better condition; many signed or inscribed. A rare opportunity to look into the mind of an important philosophical thinker through his annotations and notes, especially in the book on Sartre.

58. [Quine, Willard Van Orman].

Collection of Rare offprints & Rare Books from the personal library of Philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine [″Van”]. Including inscribed and signed dedication – copies from colleagues in the field of Philosophy and Logic [Signed / Inscribed Association copies].

[Cambridge, Mass. and other locations, c. 1975 – c. 1995. Octavo. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket Original Stapled Offprints etc. [The Library of Living Philosophers Volume XVIII].

59. Chisholm, Roderick M. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Collection of six (6) first edition offprints by and on Roderick M. Chisholm, all from the library of his friend and colleague Henry David Aiken, most of them signed and inscribed by Chisholm and one signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: 1. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Reichenbach on Observing and Perceiving” / 2. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Philosophers and Ordinary Language” / 3. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Contrary-To-Fact Conditional” / 4. Roderick M. Chisholm – “The Defeat of Good and Evil” / 5. Roderick M. Chisholm – “Sentences about Believing” / 6. Roderick Firth – “Chisholm and the Ethics of Belief” [signed and inscribed by Roderick Firth: “Henry – with best regards – Rod”].

Harvard / Brown University, 1946 – 1969. 8°. c. 80 pages. Original Offprints / Stapled. All offprints in very good+ – near fine condition.

60. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.

61. Whitman, Walt.

Complete Prose Works – Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Good Bye My Fancy [No.10 of only 30 copies of the English Edition, signed “G.P.Putnam’s Sons” [possibly John Bishop Putnam (1849 – 1915)].

Boston / London, Small, Maynard & Company / G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1898. Slim Quarto (16.5 cm wide x 23.8 cm high). Pagination: Limitation-page, Half-Title, Portrait-Frontispiece, XIII, [2], 527 pages. With a sticker identifying the book as “Large Paper-Edition”. With eight illustrations (including Frontispiece). Hardcover / Original, green Publisher’s cloth. Very poor codnition. Former library copy of Christ’s Hospital Library. Still a rare and good- Reading Copy.

62. [Viereck, Peter] Levin, Harry.

Contexts of Criticism. With an Appendix: James Joyce et l’idee de litterature mondiale.

First Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1957. 8°. XI, 294 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The jacket in very good+ condition with some minor tear. From the library of american writer Peter Viereck. Inscribed and signed by Harry Levin on the endpaper: “For Peter from Harry with warm regards – Cambridge, 14. IV.57”.

63. Moore, George.

Conversations in Ebury Street. [With an interesting full-page manuscript letter by George Moore, written in ink into the book verso titlepage].

Second edition. New York, Boni and Liveright, Inc., 1924. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 315 pages. Original hardcover with spine label. Deckled edges. With a fantastic, full-page, signed message written inside the book by George Moore. Very good – condition of the binding with signs of external wear (some spotting). Moore responds in his manuscript note on the halftitle possibly to the request of Frieda Lawrence, wife of D.H.Lawrence, who requested a copy of Moore’s book “The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe”. Moore sent her instead this edition.

64. Brenner, Summer.

Dancers and the Dance. Stories by Summer Brenner.

First Edition. Minneapolis, Coffee House Press, 1990. 14cm x 21.5cm. 144 (1) pages. Original Paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed / signed by the author.

65. Wright, Charles / McLellan, Leigh.

Dead Color. Poems.

San Francisco, The Meadow Press, 1980. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages. Original green wrappers (Softcover). First edition. One of an edition of only 285. Signed by Charles Wright and Leigh McLellan in pencil. French-folded pages, With four woodcut illustrations by Leigh McLellan. Fine.

66. [Quine, W.V.O.] Stich, Stephen P.

Deconstructing the Mind.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996. 8°. 218 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper: “August 1996, For Van Quine with admiration and affection, Steve Stich.”

67. [Walter Benjamin Collection] – [Rang, Florens Christian / Benjamin, Walter] Rosenzweig, Franz.

Der Stern der Erlösung [Personal copy of Walter Benjamin’s friend “Florens Christian Rang” / Persönliches Exemplar aus der Bibliothek des Walter Benjamin-Freundes “Florens Christian Rang”. Voll signiert von Rang auf dem Titelblatt. Besitzvermerk von Florens Christian Rang in Tinte. Mit sehr interessanten Text-Markierungen in Buntstift und Bleistift, sowie zwei Annotationen zu Text-Verweisen im hinteren Einbanddeckel [hier kann nicht einwandfrei gesagt werden ob alle Anstreichungen von Rang sind da es zwei Formen von Anstreichungen gibt / Rang selbst hat nachweislich auch mit Buntstift markiert]. Die Handschrift mit dem Textverweis im Innendeckel deckt sich nicht mit online verfuegbaren Schriftproben Rang’s (siehe Abbildungen auf der Webseite des Florens Christian Rang Archivs)]. Bedeutender Fund für die Florens Christian Rang-Forschung da Walter Benjamin beide, Franz Rosenzweig und Florens Christian Rang, in seinem Essay, “Privilegiertes Denken – Zu Theodor Haeckers Vergil”, in einem Atemzug als bedeutende Kämpfer “gegen die Idolatrie des Geistes” nennt. Leider wird Benjamin’s Erwähnung von Rosenzweig und Rang oft nur verkürzt zitiert obwohl Benjamin in seinem Essay [1932] zu Haecker’s Vergil-Polemik noch einen Schritt weitergeht und die Bedeutung von entschärfenden, informierten und kompetenten Stimmen wie Rosenzweig und Rang hervorhebt. Benjamin schreibt in der wichtigen Passage: “Es ist nicht unsere Schuld, wenn der Verfasser [Haecker] das realpolitische Äquivalent seiner »Idee des Men­schen« in so peinliche Nähe rückt: jenes, im drastischen Sinne privilegierte, Verständnis der nichtabendländischen Völker, welches gekennzeichnet ist durch das Ineinanderwirken von Ausbeutung und Mission. So pflegt nun einmal die Kontrebande auszuschauen, die in das Musselin des reinen Geistes gewickelt, die Reisenden nach Wolkenkuckucksheim mit sich führen. Am allerwenigsten sollte die Theologie ein solches Wolkenkuckucksheim sein. Es sind denn auch in der Tat theologische Denker gewesen, die gerade in unserer Generation erschienen, um den Kampf gegen die Idolatrie des Geistes aufzunehmen: der Jude Franz Rosenzweig von der Sprache, der Protestant Florens Christian Rang von der Politik her. Nun hält allerdings auch Haecker sich für einen Sprachdenker so gut wie er ein Politiker ist, wennschon er vielleicht vorzieht, nicht dafür zu gelten. Aber das eben schließt ihn aus der Reihe der echten theologischen Denker aus, daß er die Philosophie der Sprache wie der Politik vom Geiste aus handhaben zu können meint, ohne weder mit der Philologie noch mit der Ökonomie näher sich einzulassen. Freilich – und so erst rückt der Sachverhalt ins rechte Licht – bei Rosenzweig und vollends bei Rang handelt es sich um häretisch gestimmte Männer, denen es nichts Unmögliches ist, die Tradition auf ihrem eigenen Rücken zu befördern, statt sie seßhaft zu verwalten.” Die zahlreichen und sehr aufschlussreichen Anstreichungen in Rosenzweig’s Werk, bestätigen Benjamin’s Auffassung, da Sie uns erlauben Rang’s Transformierung vom Nationalisten zum politisch moderat eingestellten Konservativen, teilweise nachvollziehen zu können. Die Publikation Rosenzweigs fällt ausserdem in die kritische Phase von Rang’s Wandlung. Die “Deutsche Bauhütte”, Rang’s publizistisches Testament seiner Entfernung vom Nationalismus, erschien nur drei Jahre später. Die vorliegende Ausgabe ist eindrucksvoller Nachweis für die immer neue Bereitschaft Rangs zur völligen Aufgabe seiner Ideale und zur Offenheit gegenüber einem philosophischen und politischen Erweckungserlebnisses, begonnen mit der Abkehr vom Christentum und vollzogen mit der Lektüre des Magnum Opus eines jüdischen Philosophen dessen Werk er mit seinem Besitzeintrag für sich ganz privat legitimiert. Zum Zeitpunkt der Lektüre von Rosenzweig’s “Stern der Erlösung”, hatte Rang bereits durch Mitarbeit im Forte-Kreis seine wilhelminischen “Phantasmagorien einer preussischen Religion” [Christine Holste – “Der Forte-Kreis 910 – 1915”] abgelegt und war durch solch disperaten Kontakte wie zu Martin Buber und Gustav Landauer ein Kandidat für eben jene Evolution die Benjamin in ihm spüren musste. Benjamin, der Rang nicht nur persönlich kannte sondern ihn auch “erkannte”, schrieb an Scholem, dass er „seltsamerweise […] diesem Mann, ebenso wie seine Unterstützung und Bestätigung, das zu danken vermochte und danken mußte, was ich von deutscher Bildung Wesentlichstes in mich aufgenommen habe. Denn nicht nur, daß in diesem Bereiche die Hauptgegenstände unserer beharrlichen Betrachtung fast sämtlich dieselben waren – das Leben, das in diesen großen Gegenständen lebt, habe ich menschlich ganz allein in ihm lebendig gesehen, ausbrechend mit desto mehr vulkanischer Gewaltsamkeit, als es unter der Kruste des übrigen Deutschland erstarrt lag. Wenn ich mit ihm sprach, war nicht sowohl Harmonie in unsern Gedanken, als daß ich, wetterfest und athletisch, an dem unmöglichen, zerrissenen Massiv der seinigen mich versuchte und oft genug eine Zinne mit weitem Ausblick auf eigne unerschlossne Gedankenbereiche gewann. Sein Geist war von Wahnsinn durchzogen wie ein Massiv von Schluchten. Aber durch die Moralität dieses Mannes gewann Wahnsinn keine Macht über ihn.” / Of utmost interest for the evaluation of Rang’s development from nationalist to empathetic centrist. Benjamin famously mentions both, Florens Christian Rang and Franz Rosenzweig as equally important influences for his Generation in “fighting the Idolatry of the Spirit/Mind”. This makes Rang’s personal copy of Rosenzweig’s masterpiece an enormously interesting find; possibly even a key to Rang’s ideological and religious transformation].

Erste Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, J.Kauffmann Verlag, 1921. Oktav (16 cm x 22,5 cm). 532, [2] Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler Verlagseinband mit illustriertem und beschriftetem Einbanddeckel. Die seltene Publikation, aus der Bibliothek von Florens Christian Rang, wurde mit einem neuen Einbandrücken versehen und das originale Rückenschildchen wurde neu aufgezogen. Die Bindung ist firm, die originalen Vorsatzblätter wurden erhalten. Das sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Papier der Publikation, hier generell in aussergewöhnlich guter Erhaltung; allerdings mit einigen kleineren Schäden: Kleine Einrisse ohne Textverlust auf den Seiten 7-8 / Sehr feine Einrisse ohne Textverlust auf den Seiten 207 – 210 / Unschöne Ausrisse mit nur geringem Textverlust am Rand der Seiten 409 – 414.

68. Wattenbach, Wilhelm / Holtzmann, Robert.

Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter. Die Zeit der Sachsen und Salier. Dritter Teil: Italien (1050- 1125)-England (900- 1135) – Nachträge zum ersten und zweiten Teil. Neuausgabe, besorgt von Franz-Josef Schmale.

Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1971. 8°. IX, – Seiten 841-1010 der Gesamtausgabe und 282 Seiten Nachträge. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Originaler Leinenband. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Franz-Josef Schmale an den Historiker Ferdinand Seibt auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

69. Scholem, Gershom / [Paul Avraham & Betty Alsberg].

Die Erforschung der Kabbala von Reuchlin bis zur Gegenwart.

Pforzheim, Selbstverlag der Stadt Pforzheim, 1969. 12.3 cm x 21.2 cm. 24 Seiten. Original Softcover in publisher’s printed wrappers. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. First edition of this brief text, a prize lecture delivered before the Reuchlin Society of the city of Pforzheim. Inscribed by Scholem to the wife of one of the founding members of Yad Vashem, Paul Avraham Alsberg: “Für Betty Alsberg, in die Kabbala-Ecke mit vielem Dank Gershom Scholem. 17.4.1975 Jerusalem.” Scholem inscriptions are quite uncommon.

70. [Disraeli, Benjamin] Blake, Baron Robert Norman William.

Disraeli by Robert Blake [SIGNED First Edition].

First Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. Large Octavo. Frontispiece-Portrait of Disraeli, XXIV, [1], 819 pages with 16 illustrations and two maps within the text. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth without the dustjacket [Price includes the preparation of a custom-made clamshell-box for the buyer of this extremely rare book]. Private giftinscription on endpaper. Binding a bit fragile and rear gutter starting. Boards slightly stained and a bit grubby. Still in very good condition. Interior very clean. This is one of the rare opportunities to buy this Magnus Opus in a signed version, which is nearly impossible to find ! Signed and dated by Baron Blake on the titlepage: “Robert Blake – March 31st 1970”.

71. O’Connell, Eugene.

Diviner.

First Edition. Cork, Three Spires Press, 2009. 13,5 x 21,5 cm. 64 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Association copy of a very rare book with a signed dedication by the author to Adam Wyeth on the title page.

72. Hecht, Julie.

Do The Windows Open?

New York, Random House, 1997. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 212 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed and inscribed by author on title page.

73. Ó Broin, Liam.

Drogheda. Text and Drawings.

Drogheda, Millmount Craft Centre, 1993. 21 cm x 30 cm. 108 pages. 42 reproductions of pencilled throughout volume. Map of the River Boyne are near front. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean. Signed by the author/artist on the titlepage. Name of pre-owner verso endpaper.

74. Derrida, Jacques.

Du Droit á la philosophie. [Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida].

Paris, Galilée, 1990. Large Octavo. 658 pages. Original Softcover / Broché in Mylar. Envoi autographe signé de Jacques Derrida. / Excellent condition. Inscribed, signed and dated on the half-title by Jacques Derrida to his friend André in New York.

75. Germany – Justi, Ferdinand. (1837 – 1907).

Elder’s Advice. / Hessische Trachten-Szene.

Original Gouache. [no place], [c.1870]. Plate Size: 14 cm x 17.5 cm. Sheet Size: 21.6 cm x 32.7 cm. Original 19th century artwork. In excellent condition. Discreet duplicate stamp of ‘Regia Berolin.’ on reverse. Artist’s

76. 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).

77. Bourguignon, Paul-Henri.

En Écoutant Toone jouer le Bossu. Illustrations D’Edgard Tytgat.

Bruxelles, Éditeur R. Dupriez, (1944). 8°. 71 pp. Broché. [Bookblock slightly detached but overall excvellent / Bel exemplaire. Edition originale. Couverture et 12 dessins d’Edgard Tijtgat, mis en couleurs à la main au pochoir. Exemplaire No. 311 / 510 exemplaires (exemplaire sur Hollande Van Gelder). / Inscribed and signed by Paul-Henri Bourguignon on the endpaper in 1954.

78. Maclean, Kenneth.

England in the Eighteenth Century.

Toronto. The University of Toronto Press, 1942. 8°. 19 Pages. Original stapled wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some signs of external wear – corners bumped. Some lines marked in pencil in margins. Binding tight, no loose pages. “With best wishes, Kenneth Maclean” inside front wrapper.

79. [Voegelin, Eric] Sebba, Gregor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Eric Voegelin: From Enlightenment to Universal Humanity.

The Southern Review, 1975. Octavo. 7 pages [pages 918 – 925 of Volume XI, No.4 – Autumn 1975 of the Southern Review. Original Offprint / Stapled. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear and some staining only. Signed and inscribed by Emory Professor, Gregor Sebba, to Henry David Aiken: “For Professor Aiken from a fellow traveller – G. Sebba”.

80. Dahrendorf, Ralf.

European Sociology and the American self – image.

Paris, European Journal of Sociology, 1961. Octavo. 42 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed (initialed) by Dahrendorf.

81. Parker, Alan / [Puttnam, David].

Evita – A Cartoon Version by Alan Parker. Association copy of Alan Parker’s “Cartoon Version” of his movie “Evita” with which he thanked his cast and crew. This being a personally inscribed copy from Alan Parker to his friends David Puttnam & Patsy Puttnam. Accompanied by a two-page-letter, signed by Parker and citing a quote of David Puttnam reflecting on his own experiences in the movie-business with a bit of ironic advice for his friend Alan Parker on how to exit the movie-business.

Limited Edition (hand-numbered by Parker). London, Alan Parker, 1996. Duodecimo. 46 pages. Illustrated with cartoons. Original Hardcover. Binding slightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

82. [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.

83. Uris, Leon.

Exodus. Illustrated by Harlan M. Karkovitz.

Signed Limited Edition. Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1977. 16 cm x 25,5 cm. 720 Pages. Original Hardcover. Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament. Gilt edges. Beautifully singed by Leon Uris. Small smudge to the fore-edge of the book. Otherwise in excellent condition. Enclosed is a little pamphlet: “Note from the Editors”.

84. Taylor, Tom / [Abraham Lincoln].

Exquisite collection of six (6) items/original, vintage and personal materials by/of Tom Taylor. The collection includes a 2 1/2 page, signed manuscript letter [MLS] by Tom Taylor to an unknown recipient , discussing a memorial he sent to Robert Browning’s patron, John Kenyon and mentioning former Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]. The collection also includes two vintage 19th century cabinet photographs [Carte de Visite’s] of Tom Taylor, a later edition of Ballads and Songs of Brittany and two beautifully inscribed and signed presentation copies of his major works: 1. The first edition of Ballads of Brittany – London/Cambridge, MacMillan and Co.,1865 with many illustrations by Tissot, Tenniel etc. (This first edition is signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Emilia Ventana at Xmas 1864, before the publication of the book commenced) and 2. Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Marie de Beauvoisier in March 1879.

London / Cambridge etc., Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc., c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany (1865 edition): Frontispice, XXII, 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany (Later Routledge edition): XVI, 176 pages / Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas: VIII, 466, 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder, it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

85. [Palme, Olof]

Fataburen – Nordiska Museets och Skansens Arsbok [signed and inscribed by former swedish prime minister Olof Palme to english theatre director Peter Ashmore: “To Peter – A Great Englishman and a true friend of Sweden – Your friend Olof Palme”].

1973. Octavo. 206 pages with several photographs. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

86. Wideman, John Edgar.

Fatheralong – A Meditation on Fathers, Sons, Race and Society.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XXV, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

87. [Puttnam, David] / Hornby, Nick.

Fever Pitch. [Stunning association between Nick Hornby and David Puttnam].

First Edition, 7th Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1992. 8°. 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Signed and inscribed by Nick Hornby to David Puttnam. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

88. Scully, Sean.

FIGURE / ABSTRACT – [Signed and INSCRIBED by Sean Scully] – With texts by / Mit Beiträgen von Marc O’Sullivan. Beate Reifenscheid and / und Sean Scully. With 180 Illustrations.

First Edition. Ostfildern, Hatje/Cantz Verlag, 2015. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 30.3 cm high). 200 pages with 180 illustrations of Artwork by Sean Scully throughout the Volume. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear to the rear cover only. Signed in full by Sean Scully on the titlepage and inscribed to a friend.

89. Binchy, Maeve.

Firefly Summer. [SIGNED / Inscribed by Maeve Binchy].

First Edition. London, Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 572 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

90. Puttnam, David.

First Day Cover “British Film Year” – signed by David Puttnam (with a Broadside inserted, touching on a selective History of British Film) / Stamps of Peter Sellers / David Niven / Charlie Chaplin / Vivien Leigh / Alfred Hitchcock.

Original envelope –[No. 0010]. London, J & M Arlington Ltd., 8th of October,1985. 22 cm x 11 cm. Excellent condition of the envelope and the signature.

91. [John Minihan Collection] – [Heaney, Seamus] Minihan, John.

First Day Cover of the commemorative stamp for Seamus Heaney. Signed by irish photographer John Minihan, whose portrait of Heaney was used for the stamp. The first day cover is illustrated with a quote from Heaney’s “Bogland”: “We have no prairies – To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to – Encroaching horizon…”

Dublin, Anpost, 2014. 19 cm x 13 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed and dated by John Minihan on August 28th, 2014.

92. [John Minihan Collection] – Agee, Chris.

First Light.

Dublin, Dedalus Press, 2003. 8°. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Inscribed and signed by Chris Agee to irish photographer John Minihan. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

93. Fitzgibbon, Margaret.

Fitzgibbon – One That Always Remains – With an Essay by Aidan Dunne (″Human Ties”).

Cork, Triskel Arts Centre, 1992. Octavo. 32 pages including a photograph and short-biography of the aartist to the rear of the publication. Wih several image sof sculpture and art by Margaret Fitzgibbon. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Signed and inscribed by the artist in September 1992.

94. Johnson, Osa.

Four Years in Paradise.

New York, Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1941. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. 345 pages. 54 illustrations on 34 plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original faded- green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with clear signs of external wear. Tail of spine lightly frayed / Cover slightly stained. Small abrasions to lower corners of boards. Light damp stains on front and rear boards. Signed and inscribed by the author, Osa Johnson, on half-title: “Best African Wishes – Osa Johnson”.

95. [Wolff, Kurt.] Frisby, David.

Fragments of Modernity.

Cambridge, Polity Press, 1985. 8°. 318 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Frisby to sociologist Kurt Wolff. First edition. Near fine copy in publisher’s cloth covered boards in near fine printed dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ″ With very best wishes to Kurt and Carla. David.”

96. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John / Bacon, Francis].

Francis Bacon: Face-Peeler. – Five (5) – page-essay by John Minihan [SIGNED].

8°. Original printed essay. Stapled. Signed by John Minihan. Very rare essay on Francis Bacon by his friend, irish photographer John Minihan. From the personal library of John Minihan !

97. [Ashton, Frederick] Dominic, Zoe and Gilbert, John Selwyn.

Frederick Ashton. A Choreographer and his ballets.

First Edition. London a. o, George G. Harrap and Company Limited. 1971. 21.5cm x 28.5cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. Inscribed / Signed by Frederick Ashton to Keith Money. Additionally monogrammed by Ashton on the frontispiece (Monogramm in exchange for his photographed head). With some ephemera (Programme for Ashton’s funeral together with an amusing newspaper-clipping in which the co-author of the book on Ashton, John Selwyn Gilbert, writes to a newspaper and complains about being omitted as the co-author in a recent article).

98. [Piper, Klaus].

Für Klaus Piper zum 70.Geburtstag (27.März 1981).

München, R.Piper & Co., 1981. 4°. 372 Seiten. Hardcoover / Originaler Leinenband mit transparemtem Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Klaus Piper auf dem Titelblatt an Olf Lenzing. Voll signiert.

99. [Wolff, Kurt Heinrich] Mannheim, Karl / Wolff, Kurt Heinrich.

German Sociology (1918 – 1933) – [Signed and Inscribed offprint – Presentation-copy by famous sociologist Karl Mannheim to his student and colleague, the sociologist Kurt Heinrich Wolff: “To Prof.Kurt Wolff in friendship – K.Mannheim – London, April 1946”].

POLITICA, February, 1934. Large Octavo. 21 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The stunning association copy between two german social scientists in exile is a testament to their collegiality and friendship. With one annotation and some markings by Wolff. It is not clear if Wolff met Mannheim in London or if the offprint was sent to him. There is a note in ink by Wolff on the endpaper stating: “Columbus, May 13 ‘46”.

100. Knowles, R. B. Sheridan.

Glencoonoge [A Story of Irish Life at the West Coast of Ireland].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete). Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. 13.5 cm x 19 cm. 284, 294, 267 pages plus 24 pages of a publisher’s catalogue to the rear of Volume III. Original Hardcover (green decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt shamrock to frontcover of all three volumes. Very good condition with some staining to the exterior of Volume I and III.