4961. Walpole, Hugh.

Portrait of a Man with Red Hair – A Romantic Macabre [Signed and Inscribed by Hugh Walpole].

First Edition. London, MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1925. Octavo. XI,264 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In bespoke slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully inscribed by Hugh Walpole: “With the best wishes of Hugh Walpole – May 1927”.

4962. Nicolson, Nigel / [ Vita Sackville-West].

Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson].

New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

4963. [English History Collection] – Church, Richard.

Portrait of Canterbury. With Illustrations by John Sergeant.

Revised and illustrated edition. London, Hutchinson, 1968. Octavo. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4964. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / P.Gemzøe lith. / E.Bærentzen.

Portrait of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. 17 cm x 26 cm. 1 page portrait together with two pages of biographical information of Schweigaard by J.B.Halvorsen. Softcover. The rare, original, lithographic portrait in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. No foxing !

4965. Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Portrait Plaque of Caesar – DIVI IULI.

[Italy], c.1920. 43 cm x52 cm. Oval shaped Plaque. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4966. [John Minihan Collection] – [Mahon, Derek / O’ Mórdha, Séan] Marval.

Portraits D’auteurs – Samuel Beckett. [Trente Portraits de Samuel Beckett par François-Marie Banier, Jerry Bauer, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bression, Bruce Davidson, Brigitte Enguerand, Carlos Freire, Gisele Freund, Etienne Hubert, Dmitri Kasterine, Boris Lipnitzki, Louis Monier, Lufti Ozkok, Roger Pic, Guy Suignard, Marc Trivier, Sabine Weiss, Et Deux Anonymes].

No place given. Marval, 1997. 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 68 pages. Several black and white photographs of Samuel Beckett throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. This rare little book on different and important photographs of Samuel Beckett by eminent photographers like Gisele Freund Brassai, Sabine Weiss etc. comes from the library of irish writer Derek Mahon, who subsequently gave the book to his friend, irish photographer legend John Minihan. The book was inscribed to Derek Mahon by irish film director Seán O’Mórdha and the inscription reads: “for Derek Mahon, In admiration, at UCG, Gaillimh, 29/6/2001, with best wishes, Séan O’ Mordha”. [La Collection Portraits D’Auteurs est Dirigée par Cécile Marie].

4967. Devlin, Harry.

Portraits of American Architecture – Monuments to a Romantic Mood, 1830-1900.

Boston, David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., 1989. Quarto. 191 pages with 72 illustrations in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The binding heavily stained. Interior perfect and dustjacket also excellent !

4968. [Schmidt, Arno] Krawehl, Ernst.

Porträt einer Klasse. Arno Schmidt zum Gedenken. Herausgegeben von Ernst Krawehl.

Frankfurt am Main, S.Fischer Verlag, 1982. Quarto (20.7 cm x 25.5 cm). XV, 414 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Original Hardcover / Leinen mit Schutzumschlag in speziellem Sammler-Schutzumschlag (Mylar/Brodart). Excellent condition / Sehr guter Zustand.

4969. [Paul de Man] Weinrich, Harald.

Positionen der Negativität.

München, Fink, 1975. 25 cm. 581 Seiten. Original Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Kleiner Wasserschaden am Schnitt. Einige Eselsohren. Exemplar aus der Bibliothek von Paul de Man. Mit Anstreichungen von Paul de Man im Essay von Reinhart Koselleck (″Zur Historisch-Politischen Semantik”) [Poetik und Hermeneutik, 6].

4970. [Malamud] – Belitt, Ben.

Possessions. New and Selected Poems (1938-1985).[SIGNED / INSCRIBED]

Boston, David R.Godine, 1986. 8°. X, 149 pages. Hradcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed and signed by Ben Belitt to Bernard (Ben) Malamud: “For Ann, and for Bernard, too, who I know is peering over her shoulder. Love, alwayys. Benjamin – Bennington, June 6, 1986”