201. [Aiken, Henry David] Demos, Raphael.

Collection of Five (5) Manuscript Letters from Greek-American Philosopher, Raphael Demos to Philosopher Henry David Aiken. Besides very few personal matters (Aiken rented a Lice-infested house from Demos), the letters are lengthy and full of content regarding philosophical questions. Demos thanks Aiken for his “thoughtful comments about my article on ‘Society and the Individual’ and Demos reflects on Aiken: “Now as to your point that goodwill is addressed to me which is capable of joys and sorrows and not just an angel – I will distinguish between respect and goodwill. Angels, because rational, have intrinsic worth, and so claim respect certainly. Value and respectability don’t imply capacity for feeling. But goodwill does imply that the recipient is a striving, failing, succeeding, up-ended individual, who has sorrows & grip – not just an angelic being. While the Greek identify man with his rationality, it is noticeable that common sense proceeds otherwise; when the Radcliffe girls say their Professor is so human, they don’t mean he is intellectual, they mean the opposite – that he has non-rational impulses and feelings…..” / The collection of letters originates from the personal collection of Henry Aiken and also comes with a scathing letter from American Philosopher Arthur Edward Murphy in which Murphy writes to Aiken about Raphael Demos and does not hold back in his evaluation of Demos and his Philosophy: “I just saw your remarks re Demos in the Journal. Very well done ! I think Demos is not very bright, however, and it is perhaps better not to give him too much publicity. I don’t think he will convert any one except for those already suffering from dithers & blithers. And it is a waste to refute him. Intelligent people don’t have to be convinced. And bigots like R.D. can’t be convinced. Strictly speaking, before Demos creates an obligation in others… he ought to say in plain unemotional prose what he means by such concepts as ‘God’ & ‘evidence’. It is perfectly possible that if we knew how he uses these terms, we would agree that what he says is trivially true. This discussion is presumably in the domain of logic. But discussion on that domain when one of the parties refuses to make explicit the rules of his game can never terminate in illumination. Nevertheless, I think you handled him neatly & have done yourself no harm as general opinion is concerned. He is a perfect horrible example of retrogression. Ugh ! A perfectly low grade person morally & intellectually nonregarding as a seer & defender of orthodoxy…… Have you seen Lazerowitz’s [Morris Lazerowitz] paper in Mind on Universals. It is highly provocative. I would like to discuss it with you….”.

Westport Point (Massachusetts), c.1944 – 1967. Octavo. 13 pages of letters by Raphael Demos to Aiken / [Plus:] 1 page of a manuscript letter by Arthur Edward Murphy to Aiken about Demos. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Original Letters or anything published by Raphael Demos or Arthur Edward Murphy, are very rare !

202. Aiken, Henry David / John Rawls / Donald Davidson / Rudolf Carnap / Roderick M. Chisholm / Nelson Goodman / Raphael Demos and others.

Collection of manuscript material, offprints, association-copies and books from the library and personal collection of Professor Henry David Aiken, American Philosopher, specialist on Analytic Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics and Education at the Universities of Columbia, Harvard, Michigan and Brandeis. The collection reflects Aiken’s deep connections to the important postwar-period of great thinkers at American Universities like Harvard and Brandeis. Aiken was friends with John Rawls, Raphael Demos, Daniel Bell, Arnold Kaufman, Stephen Toulmin, Israel Scheffler. Aiken’s “Beloved teacher” and mentor was Ralph Barton Perry (see his dedication in “Predicament of the University”). More importantly, Aiken was accepted as scholar and friend around important thinkers like Willard Van Orman Quine, Alfred North Whitehead, Robert Nozick and John Rawls. The collection includes first edition offprints from nearly all of these mentioned, including the rare first appearance of John Rawls’ “Justice as Fairness” in its original wrappers-issue from 1957 [See on our website images under “Libraries & Collections”]. The collection also includes materials previously inscribed and gifted to fellow philosophers in Aiken’s circle of friends, now reunited with this Archive. [Please enquire for access to excellent photographs and descriptions to each title, included in this collection]. The collection includes for example the Proof of Aiken’s publication “The Predicament of the University” [Working-Title: “The Future of the University”] – This title is of great interest alone, with Aiken’s annotations. Also included is the first edition of Aiken’s personal copy of his Thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts: “Hegel’s Philosophy of Fine Art – A Study with special reference to the Theory of Tragedy”. Among the collection are roughly 200 offprints, often with dedications and inscriptions to colleagues. [Each title is listed in detail, with images, on our website under “Libraries & Collections” (click on “Henry D. Aiken Collection”).

Harvard / Brandeis / Cambridge (Mass.) etc., c. 1935 – 1975. Octavo & Quarto. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

203. Aiken, Henry David / [Hans Jonas] / Quine, W.V.O.

Typed letter, signed by German-born, American Jewish philosopher Hans Jonas, loosely inserted in Henry David Aiken’s pamphlet “God and Evil: A Study of Some Relations Between Faith and Morals”. The Essay by Aiken is inscribed and signed by Aiken in a sarcastic manner: “To God, from one of his congregation – Shem”. In the letter, Jonas reflects on two pages on an evening with Henry David Aiken and his then wife Lillian Woodworth. In his letter to Aiken, Hans Jonas reports back to Aiken after reading his essay [″God and Evil”] and calls it “a beautiful piece of work – in style and content worthy of your “master” who wrote on natural theology….”. Jonas goes on encouraging Aiken: “you are also dead wrong n not publishing a collection of your essays in ethical theory. If your pal Quine can do it “from a logical point of you [sic]”, so can you “from a moral point of view”. Jonas also mentions “that it is worth writing about the ancient problem opf a theodicy in a contemporary context”. [The Essay is n Offprint from Ethics, An International Journal of Social, Political and Legal Philosophy, Volume LXVIII, No. 2].

New York / Washington, DC, 1958. 16,8 x 24 cm. 21 pages (pages 77-97 of the Journal) plus two page-letter (on one leaf), signed by Hans Jonas Original Offprint / Original TLS (Typed letter signed). Very good+ condition. Stapled. Only minimal signs of staining. The letter also discusses a Reference for one “Ed Sayles” and Jonas suggest that Aiken writes “casual but fairly strong” to Howard R. Bartlett, professor of history and head of the Department of Humanities at MIT.

204. Toulmin, Stephen.

Manuscript Letter Signed to his friend, professor of Philosophy, Henry Aiken. The letter was sent from Sussex in England and includes information about Toulin’s latest book and his dedication to tirelessly writing together with his wife June Goodfield. June Goodfield has added to the letter as well by alerting Aiken and his wife of Stephen and her coming to Boston again.

Sussex / England, no year [c.July 1968 ?]. Octavo. Two pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Corners torn and some fraying.

205. [Selden, John] / Bacon, Nathaniel.

An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England – From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. [With a special chapter, prefixed to the second part of the publication: “A Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England”]. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq. The Fifth Edition: Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

Two Parts in One Volume (complete). London, Printed for D.Browne and A.Millar, in the Strand, 1760. Large – Quarto (24,5 cm x 29,5 cm). Part One: XIX, (1), 203 pages / Part Two: XII, 178, (plus 8 unnumbered pages Index). Hardcover / Stunning, recent masterbinding with quarter – leather over buckram-covered-boards; original spine-label applied. Excellent condition with text being especially clean and in wonderful condition. Rare and important publication on british law and parliamentary history. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

206. [Newton, Sir Isaac] Voltaire [François-Marie Arouet] / Leibniz / Baker, David Erskine / [Berkeley, George].

The Metaphysics of Sir Isaac Newton : Or, A Comparison between the Opinions of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Leibnitz [Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]. By M. De Voltaire. Translated from the French by David Erskine Baker / [Bound together with a First Edition of George Berkeley’s Miscellaneous Tracts which also include “De Motu ; sive de motus principio & natura, & de causa communicationis motuum” in which Berkeley rejected Sir Isaac Newton’s absolute Space, Time and Motion. (″With this essay, Berkeley is considered to be the “precursor of Mach and Einstein” – Karl Popper)].

First English Edition. London, Printed for R.Dodsley, 1747. Octavo. 72 pages. Modern cloth. The bookblock with signs of stitching to the inner margin (possibly used to be part of a Sammelband). Last three leaves with paper-restoration and manuscript inscription to last page (looks like a 18th century gift-inscription). With numerous manuscript – annotations in the tracts of George Berkeley, namely in “A Word to the Wise”, “Farther Thoughts on Tar-Water”, “The Querist”. From the library of Daniel Conner, Manch House, County Cork.

207. Beckett, Samuel.

Poems in English. [The very rare Limited Edition (one of only 100) – signed by Samuel Beckett].

First Edition. London, John Calder, 1961. 8°. 53 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Excellent, close to new condition. No. 51 of only 100 copies on untrimmed, handmade paper [Vergé pur fil]. Signed by Samuel Beckett. Extremely rare in this condition !

208. Beckett, Samuel.

Embers – A New Play for Radio [This is the original BBC Double-LP-Recording in original BBC-wrappers].

First Edition. London, BBC Transcription Service, 1959. 4°. 2 Records with three sides recorded (Side One and Two: “Embers” by Samuel Beckett / Side 3: “Living Radio” – “A Discussion about the 1959 Italia Prize Awards”). In the original, Yellow BBC-Sleeve. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the covers. Very Rare !

209. [Carbery, Mary] Sandford, Jeremy.

Mary Carbery’s West Cork Journal. 1898-1901 or “From the Back of Beyond”. Edited by Jeremy Sandford.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1998. 16.1 cm x 24 cm. 158 pages. With 10 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

210. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John (*1946 –)

The Poet Michael Longley, photographed by John Minihan at the Listowel Writers-Week, County Kerry, 2018.

Original / Vintage black and white photograph on archival paper. Ireland, 2018. 35.5 cm wide x 38 cm high. From the library of John Minihan, with his blindstamped initials and copyright – stamp on the back. Signed and titled by John Minihan below the photograph and on the back.

211. Le Brocquy, Louis / Montague, John / [Dupin, Jacques] / [Samuel Beckett].

Small Archive of personal correspondence between irish-american writer John Montague and irish artist Louis Le Brocquy plus many related items. The correspondence also includes John Montague touching on Samuel Beckett. The core of the collection includes 1. Extremely insightful and important, very personal manuscript-letter from John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy – Inside an envelope addressed by John Montague to Louis Le Brocquy at his french residence ‘Domaine des Combes’ with Louis Le Brocquy’s answer carefully tucked into the same envelope, treasured by John Montague. The densely filled, very personal 4-page-manuscript letter from John Montague, is dated Christmas 1981, written after “a sabbatical [..] on a long tour which led me as far as Los Angeles” and is a strong reflection of John Montague’s personal struggles, thoughts and influences as a writer; he talks about his ten years of teaching in the US “after O’Riada’s death led to a vacuum” and “enduring the semi-bourgeois limbo of Cork”. Montague speaks about the time “after the harness came off” and he “felt quite strange, and after thirty years my stammer returned in painful, nearly uncontrollable force”. Montague even touches on his fears about his health and continues “I clocked into a clinic for a rest cure….so far liver excellent, so it is not Sean or Brendan all over again (in any case, loving the stuff, as you do, I can’t overdrink; the tastebuds are against it)”. Montague dives into comparisons with Samuel Beckett: “″Did you realize that Sam Beckett was under analysis at the Tavistock Clinic for two years ? – The early Beckett is a smart alec; the break comes when he has to survive in post-war France and accept “his own darkness”. Montague also touches on his struggle with his mother “Isn’t it terrible that we spend up to nearly middle-[a]ge coping with the traumas of youth, with no way round it ? – I have cleared/cleaned/buried & forgiven my mother in my next book “The Dead Kingdom”….” – The letter continues to talk about books, “the Landslide Manuscript”, poetry and his work etc. etc. He mentions a Dupin “play” which “will travel in my Paris luggage”. Montague also touches on the subject of the Irish Troubles and writes “I have always, by the way, believed that 1916 may have been a mistake as Yeats said: “For England may keep faith – For all is said and done” / Montague speaks about “My own area of Tyrone is blessedly free from all but minor incidents” – Amazing document of confidence and trust between two irish landmark personalities. 2. Louis Le Brocquy’s answer to John Montague is dated “New Year’s Day 1981”[which should have been 1982]: A. Very personal manuscript Letter – a direct answer to Montague’s letter from “Christmas 1981” (1 sheet with both pages filled in ink and signed “Louis”) in which Le Brocquy reflects on the tense political situation with Northern Ireland and the overall worldwide tension of a looming war / Le Brocquy writes that he did have a “wild hope that when Charlie took office…that he and Thatcher might between them opted a ‘Rhodesian’ solution in the North” / Le Brocquy also writes about the eagerly awaited publication of “Selected Poems” of John Montague and he also asks John if “you thought of collecting Esteban’s and Dupin’s poems in French with your translations ?” – Le Brocquy offers to help with illustrations etc. – Both letters together in an envelope which suggests that John Montague received his letter to Louis le Brocquy back from the Le Brocquy-estate after Le Brocquy’s death. / Also included: B. A manuscript postcard with Le Brocquy’s “Girl in White” as a postcard-reproduction in which Le Brocquy suggests a project with John Montague and sends greetings to Montague’s wife Evelyn and the kids (in envelope from Carros,France) / C. In his function as chairman of Amnesty International, Le Brocquy sends a callout by Amnesty International to John Montague and kindly asks him to support the cause. He sends the callout to John by adding a few manuscript, personal lines of affection (in envelope from Carros,France).

France / Ireland, Carros / Cork, 1980-1981. A4. 4 pages on two sheets (main Montague-letter), 2 pages on 1 sheet (Le Brocquy – answer), 1 postcard, 1 manuscript-letter from Jacques Dupin to John Montague (25.10.1978) about a translation of “L’Éboulement” (Dupin also speaks about Louis le Brocquy in the letter), several pages of letters (mostly typed and signed) from other figures in irish and international literature and art. Original Envelopes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Besides some ephemeral materials from personalities in Literature and Art, addressed to John Montague, the small collection includes several vintage photographs of John Montague, taken during his acceptance of a honorary Doctorate of Literature at UCC, Cork, as well as a Legislative Resolution by the State of New York (Senator Daly), recognizing and thanking the distinguished author and poet John Montague with this decree on May 26, 1987. Among the lesser interesting materials is a pamphlet titled “Ireland’s Literary Renaissance – 20th century Portraits” in which portraits by Louis Le Brocquy of John Montague and Thomas Kinsella are included. The pamphlet is accompanied by a letter from James White to John Montague in which he explains this being a publication that was released for an exhibition in Chicago and he apologises for the entries being “necessarily short but hopefully reasonably correct”. Provenance: From the private collection of John Montague’s papers in his recently sold West Cork Home.

212. [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.

213. [John Minihan Collection] – Christie’s.

Pop, Film and Entertainment South Kensington Friday 27 April 1990 at 10.30 am and 2.00 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1990. 20 cm x 25.5 cm. 109 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

214. White, Leslie A. / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Energy and the Evolution of Culture. [Original first edition offprint from “American Anthropologist”].

American Anthropologist, 1943. Octavo. 21 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

215. [John Minihan Collection] – Weber, Bruce.

Branded Youth and other stories.

First edition. Boston / New York / Toronto / London, Little Brown and Company, 1997. 28cm x 22cm. 294 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

216. [John Minihan Collection] – Time-Life Editors.

The Great Themes [of Photography] – Life Library of Photography: The Human Condition – Still Life – Portraits – The Nude – Nature – War //

Nederland, Time-Life International, 1980. 4°. 246 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

217. [John Minihan Collection] – Time-Life Editors.

The Camera – [Life Library of Photography]: Photography – An Art for Everyman / The Camera / The Lens / The Little Black Box / Photography versus Painting / On Making Better Pictures //.

Revised Edition. Alexandria (Virginia), Time-Life-Books, 1981. 4°. 240 pages with numerous black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

218. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs New York Thursday. April 26, 1990.

New York, Sotheby’s, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 200 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some folding of corners of internal pages.Some pages stuck together at end. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

219. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs New York April 22, 2006.

New York, Sotheby’s, 2006. 21 cm x 27 cm. 200 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

220. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs London Thursday 10 May 2001.

London, Sotheby’s, 2001. 21 cm x 27 cm. 142 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan. John Minihan’s personal copy with Samuel Beckett – press clipping.

221. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs London 18 November 2008.

London, Sotheby’s, 2008. 21 cm x 27 cm. 137 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

222. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographs from the Collection of Graham Nash New York Wednesday, April 25, 1990.

New York, Sotheby’s, 1990. 21 cm x 27 cm. 190 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear and a few pages stuck together. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

223. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographic Images and Related Material London Friday 8th May 1992.

London, Sotheby’s, 1992. 21 cm x 27 cm. 123 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

224. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Photographic Images and Related Material London Friday 14th April 1989.

London, Sotheby’s, 1989. 21 cm x 27 cm. 119 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some notes on prices in biro on internal pages. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

225. [John Minihan Collection] – Sotheby’s.

Fine Photographs from the Collection of Paul F Walter London Thursday 10 May 2001.

London, Sotheby’s, 2001. 21 cm x 27 cm. 183 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear and some handwritten notes on inside pages. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

226. [John Minihan Collection] – Sheppard, Julian.

Photography for Designers.

Second Edition. London, Focal Press, 1976. 19 x 24 cm. 221 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

227. Sharp, Gene / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Making the Abolition of War a Realistic Goal.

New York, World Policy Institute, 1980. Octavo. 15 pages. Offprint / Pamphlet. This essay first appeared in the World Without War Issues Center-Midwest Newsletter, Dec 1980. Very good copy in publisher’s wrappers. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

228. Schapiro, Meyer / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

The Still Life as a Personal Object – A note on Heidegger and van Gogh.

4°. 7 pages. Stapled offprint from “The Reach of Mind: Essays in Memory of Kurt Goldstein” – 1968. Sent by Schapiro to Henry David Aiken (this lot includes the original envelope).

229. [John Minihan Collection] – Salomon, Allyn.

Advertising Photography [With a chapter: “The Technique of Advertising Photography”].

New York, Amphoto Books, 1987. Folio. Frontispiece Portrait of Model Barbara Langlois, 176 pages with numerous photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

230. [John Minihan Collection] – [Rosset, Barney / Minihan, John]

Remembering Samuel Beckett (Essay by Barney Rosset, juxtaposed to a printed photograph of Beckett by John Minihan, hugging Rosset in Paris on Beckett’s 80th birthday) – The page of this contribution inscribed and signed by Barney Rosset to irish photographer John Minihan: “To John Minihan – For the Pleasure of being with you for your photog. and your friendship – Barney Rosset 12/16/09”. In: Conjunctions: 53 – Not Even Past, Hybrid Histories, Bi- Annual Volumes of New Writing.

New York, Bard College, 2009. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 346 pages. Some black and white photographs and advertisements throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by Barney Rosset to John Minihan (Excellent association).

231. [John Minihan Collection] – [Ponting, Herbet / Christie’s].

Herbert Ponting Lot’s / Scott Expedition Photographs / Cameras [Leica etc.], Photographs and Optical Toys Christie’s South Kensington Thursday 19 October 1995 at 10.30 and 2.00 pm.

London, Christie’s, 1995. 21 cm x 27 cm. 63 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library and personal archive of irish photographer John Minihan.

232. [Peyre, Henri] / Watson, Curtis / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“Henri Peyre – Observations on Life, Literature and Learning in America” – [Original Offprint from “Les Livres”].

[Les Livres], c. 1962. Octavo. 4 pages. Original Offprint. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

233. Pepper, Stephen C.

Whitehead’s “Actual Occasion”.

New Orleans, Tulane University, 1961. 8°. 17 pages. Stapled offprint from “Tulane Studies in Philosophy” – Volume X. Excellent condition. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

234. Minihan, John / McCabe, Eugene.

Shadows from the Pale: Portrait of an Irish Town. [Signed by John Minihan]

London, Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1996. 25cm x 28cm. Introduction 20 pages / Photographs 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Signed copy. Excellent/ close to new condition with only minor signs of wear (very fine tear to dustjacket only). Signed by John Minihan on the endpaper.

235. [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].

236. Lowe, Victor / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

“A Resurgence of “Vicious Intellectualism”. (Number 14 of Volume XLVIII of Philosophical Studies, 1951).

Minnesota, Philosophical Studies, 1951. Octavo. 12 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

237. [John Minihan Collection] – London, Barbara and others.

Collection of several books on photographing technique and books related to Cameras and Photographing Technique and Equipment from the library of irish photographer John Minihan and other sources. Includes for example: A short course in Olympus Photography – A Guide to Great Pictures.

London / Marblehead (Mass.), Newnes Technical Books / Curtin & London Inc., 1979. 22,5 cm x 28 cm. 136 pages with numerous photographs on how to use an Olympus and some technical data and images on Zuiko Lenses etc.. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan and other sources.

238. [Lewis, C.I. (Clarence Irving)] / [Aiken, Henry David] / Lucius Garvin / Virgin G.Hinshaw.

The Journal of Philosophy, Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31, 1949: Contents: Lucius Garvin – Relativism in Professor Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Theory of Esthetic Value / Virgil G.Hinshaw – Basic, Propositions in Lewis’s [C.I.Lewis] Analysis of Knowledge / Book Reviews: Henry Aiken – D.W.Gottschalk, Art and the Social Order and others [Inscribed and signed by Henry David Aiken: “For Lillas – In partial a poor repayment for happiness received – HDA”].

First Edition. [New York], [Columbia University] / The Journal Of University, 1949. Octavo. 59 pages (pages 169-228 of Volume XLVI, No.7: March 31,1949 of The Journal of Philosophy). Original, stapled Softcover Pamphlet. Very good+ condition. Signed and inscribed by Henry David Aiken, including a Book Review by Aiken but mainly including two early contributions on C.I.Lewis’ Philosophy.

239. Kohák, Erazim / [Provenance: Henry David Aiken Collection].

Existence and the Philosophical Epokhe. [Original First Edition Offprint from “The Journal of Existentialism”].

New York, 1967. Octavo. 26 pages. Original Offprint / Stapled Wrappers. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Professor Henry David Aiken.

240. [John Minihan Collection] – Wilson, Angus.

The Naughty Nineties.

First Edition. London, Eyre Methuen Limited, 1976. 24.5cm x 19cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

241. [John Minihan Collection] – [Underwood, Loring] Lyons, Robert.

Gentlemen Photographers. The Work of Loring Underwood and Wm. Lyman Underwood. Edited by Robert Lyons with Essays by Carol Shloss and Joel Snyder.

First Edition. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1987. 36.5cm x 26.5cm. 107 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

242. [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.

243. [John Minihan Collection] – [Nadar] Barret, Andre.

NADAR – 50 Photographies de ses illustes contemporains.

Paris, Julliard, 1994. 4°. 155 pages. Illustrated softcover. 1994-Edition Francaise / 1994 Reprint of the 1975 – French Edition. Original Softcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

244. [John Minihan Collection] – Murray, Cóilin.

Paintings & Prints 1982-1996.

Skibbereen, West Cork Arts Centre, (1996). Oblong – 8°. 62 nn. pages. Softcover. Inscribed and signed to irish photographer John Minihan in 2001. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

245. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Mannion, Michael B.

Michael B. Mannion – The Bard of Kensington – Vintage Vinyl with an early cover – photograph of Mannion by John Minihan. Including John Minihan’s signature and brief titleing of the Record.

London, Tuba Press, 1982. Original Vinyl with original Vinyl in protective sleeve. Some signs of wear but overall in very good condition. SIGNED by John Minihan.

246. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Loewenstein, F.E.

Bernard Shaw through the Camera. 238 photographs, including many taken by Mr.Shaw, selected and introduced by his Bibliographer and Remembrancer F.E. Loewenstein.

London, B. & H. White, 1948. Octavo. 128 pages with photographs throughout. Original Hardcover (blue cloth). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some stains to binding) and few stains to some pages only. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

247. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John / [Michael Gough]

Samuel Beckett. Photographs by John Minihan. With an introduction by Aidan Higgins.

London, Secker & Warburg, 1995. 8°. 92 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Signed and inscribed by John Minihan to british actor Michael Gough and his wife Henrietta in 2005. Minor signs of external wear only.

248. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

John Minihan’s Cork. Foreword by William Trevor.

London, Robert Hale, 2004. Small-8°. 95 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition. SIGNED by John Minihan on the halftitle.

249. [John Minihan Collection] – Johnson, Nevill.

The Other Side of Six. An Autobiography by Nevill Johnson.

Dublin, The Academy Press, 1983. 8°. 95 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. Inscribed and signed by Nevill Johnson to John Minihan: “For John Minihan – Nevill Johnson – Aug-1988”

250. [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.