841. [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].

842. [Maistre, Joseph de] Froidefont, Marc.

Théologie de Joseph de Maistre.

Paris, Éditions Classiques Garnier, 2010. Gr.-8°. 501 pages. Softcover / Reliure originale. Tres bon etat.

843. [Majakowski] Schaumann, Gerhard. [Hrsg].

Erinnerungen an Majakowski.

Leipzig, Verlag Philipp Reclam, 1972. 10 x 16,5cm. 403 Seiten. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand. [Reclams Universal-Bibliothek, Band 489].

844. [Malamud, Bernard] Belitt, Ben.

Adam’s Dream. A Preface to Translation.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1978. 24cm x 16cm. 186 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Presentation copy. With manuscript letter by Ben Belitt, reflecting on mistakes in the book and comparing it to Borges’ “Pierre Menard”. Page six inscribed by Ben Belitt to Ben and Ann Malamud.

845. [Malevich, Kazimir] Boersma, Linda A. / Tates, Sophie.

Kazimir Malevich en de Russische Avant-Garde. Met een selectie uit de Khardzhiev- en Costakiscollecties. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 19 oktober 2013 – 2 februari 2014.

Berlin, Walther König Verlag, 2014. 28,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 240 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage. Zeer zeldzaam! / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare!

846. [Malory, Thomas], Vinaver, Eugene [ed.].

King Arthur and His Knights. Selections from the Works of Sir Thomas Malory. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Eugene Vinaver.

First edition. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956. 13,5 cm x 21 cm. XXI, 166 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to the half title.

847. [Maluf, Brother Francis] Wild, John / Aiken, Henry D.

Typed Letter signed from american philosopher John Wild to Philosopher Henry David Aiken, informing Aiken: “I missed you especially two weeks ago when I attempted to defend a realistic view of ethics in terms of the concept of natural law. I am not sure, but I think you might have been in agreement with some of the points I tried to make as over against Lewis’ Kantian subjectivism and Demos’ [Raphael Demos] extreme Platonism….”. Besides some further niceties, John Wild talks in this letter intensely about Christian Arab Philosopher Francis Maluf, from Mashrah, Lebanon, who could be in John Wild’s mind the perfect “section man for your Phil A course”. Wild continues to praise the syrian, Maluf, who had been “teaching Mathematics and Physics in a war job out of Worcester and who has been keeping up his interest in philosophy by attenting courses around here, organizing discussion groups and other intellectual activities which amaze me by their versatility and intensity”. John Wild continues: “He has been offered a permanent job at the University of Beirut in Syria to teach Philosophy there (he is a friend of Malik’s) but if possible wants to stay around here for another year to study and learn before he goes back.” [Maluf had converted to catholicism in 1940 and was later known as Brother Francis Maluf.

Cambridge, April 15th, 1945. Octavo. 2 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original two-page-letter with original envelope.

848. [Man Ray] Several photographers.

Vogue. Musée Jacquemart-André 50 Années de Photographies. [With three illustrations of Fashion-Photographs by Man Ray

Paris, Vogue, 1970. 31 cm x 24 cm. 40 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout book. Original Softcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

849. [Manet, Édouard] Cachin, Francoise.

Manet. Translated from the French by Emily Read.

First English Edition. London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1991. 24.5cm x 33cm. 160 pages with 115 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

850. [Mann, Thomas]. Heinrich Jaffe.

“Ein Brief von Thomas Mann” – [Abgedruckt in:] “Antiquariatskatalog zum Jubiläum der Buchhandlung Heinrich Jaffe (1903-1913)”. Originaler Katalog hier in Erstausgabe mit der Umschlag-Zeichnung von Aubrey Beardsely.

München, Heinrich Jaffe / Briennerstrasse 54 – Tel 3080, [1912]. Octavo (16 cm x 22,3 cm). Frontispiz, Brief von Thomas Mann [2], 129 Seiten plus 24 Seiten mit Werbung. Original Softcover – Umschlag mit Beardsely-Illustration. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only / Extremely scarce Publication, reflecting the bookdealer Heinrich Jaffe’s talent in marketing himself and winning Thomas Mann for his cause by printing a letter by Mann praising his talents. / Antiquariatskatalog mit Mann’s Zuneigungs-Brief an Heinrich Jaffe. Der Katalog listet auch Werke von Heinrich Mann und Thomas Mann / Von grosser Seltenheit und in diesem Zustand wahrscheinlich unauffindbar !