51. [Sierra Leone Content] – [Luke, Harry / Lukach, Harry] Edward, Prince of Wales / Alphonso Sylvester Lisk-Carew.

Vintage Photograph of Harry Luke with Edward, Prince of Wales, 1925, Sierra Leone. [at Municipal Garden Park in Sierra Leone]. Photograph taken by Alphonso Sylvester Lisk-Carew, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Sierra Leone, 1925. 14 cm x 19 cm. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

52. [Sierra Leone Content] – [Luke, Harry / Lukach, Harry] / Probyn, Sir Leslie.

Vintage Photograph of Harry Luke together with Sir Leslie Probyn, Governor of Sierra Leone from 1908-1910 (dated verso “Freetown, 1910”). The photograph shows a very young Harry Luke and was taken during Luke’s tenure as Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Sir Leslie Probyn.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1910. Large Octavo. Photograph itself: 14 cm x 19 cm. / Mounted on carton 20 cm x 26,5 cm. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

53. Hegg, Eric A. (sometimes Eric A.Hägg).

Collection of six vintage prints of prospector photographs of Alaska by famous swedish-american photographer Eric A. Hegg. Photographs of: 1. Miles Glacier Bridge (Copper River & Northwestern Railway) (Hegg 388) / 2. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 Alaska (Hegg 404) / 3. Baird Canyon – C.R. & N.W. Railway – Alaska (Hegg 385) / 4. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 – Alaska (Hegg 394) / 5. Alaganik Copper River – (Hegg 134) / 6. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 129 – (Hegg 458)

Alaska, [c. 1898 – 1910]. Oblong Octavo. 24 cm x 19 cm. Very good conditon with some creasing to two photographs and a cut to the corner of one image. Provenance: From the collection of Expedition – insurer J.H.Lukach. / The collection of vintage photographs comes together with another collectable-item: The “Klondike – Album”, by Ethel Anderson Becker. The publication is called: “Klondike ‘98 – E.A. Hegg’s Gold Rush Album”. Revised Edition. Portland, Binfords & Mort, 1967. 22.5 cm x 28.5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. / Also included is an envelope with seven (7) vintage negatives (10.5 cm x 13 cm) titled “Fishing in Alaska”, inside an envelope of “McCoy & Stilwell Opticians, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, Established 1860, Branch at Flushing, N.Y.

54. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] / [Minihan, John] – Wakeman, John and Hilary.

The Shop – A Magazine of Poetry – Issue number 8 / Spring 2002 [Specially signed John Minihan – Samuel Beckett – Issue with cover illustration bearing the rare color-photograph of Samuel Becket by John Minihan showing Beckett in his Hyde Park Hotel-Room in London, 1980. Also included in this issue is a black-and-white photograph of Beckett, printed opposite David Wheatley’s essay “Beckett’s Last Word”].

Dublin, THE SHOP, 2002. 20,5 cm x 24 cm. 77 pages with illustrations by Hammond Journeaux, Mary Norman, Joakim Saeflund, Rody Treacy and photographs by John Minihan Original, illustrated Softcover. Signed by John Minihan on the cover. Rare !

55. [John Minihan Collection] – 100 Years National Geographic Centennial Issue [1888 – 1988].

Reporting on “the world and all that is in it” [Alexander Graham Bell, 1914] / With the wonderful photo-essay by Jane Livingston: “The Art of Photography at National Geographic”

First Edition. Washington D.C., National Geographic Society, 1988. 24.5cm x 19cm. 433 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. Cover signed by John Minihan.

56. [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.

57. Adams, Ansel.

La Fotografia di Ansel Adams – Vol. I – La Fotocamera / Vol II – Il Negativo / Vol III – La Stampa. Con la collaborazione di Robert Baker.

Edizione Italiano / Italian Edition. 3 Volumes (complete set). Bologna, Nicola Zanichelli Editore S.p.A, 1989. 25,5 cm x 19,5 cm. Vol I, 201 pages / Vol II, 273 pages / Vol III, 212 pages. With black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjackets in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including free UPS worldwide !

58. 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.

59. Wilder, Thornton.

The Ides of March – A Novel [including a vintage photograph of Thornton Wilder during his visit to Frankfurt, Germany in the year 1957 when he accepted the german literary Prize “Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels”].

First Edition (Letters M – W). New York, Harper & Brothers, 1948. Octavo. VIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket price-clipped and slightly frayed only. Small sticker of former owner on pastedown: “Mrs. Raymond Ziesmer – Appletree Farm, Julian, California”. The excellent photograph measures 17,5 cm x 23,5 cm. The original and rare press-photograph is titled on the back and the story of the picture is told: (Translates:) “….Thornton Wilder arrived on the 11th of September 1957 on the airport in Frankfurt…On August 6th 1957 he received the “Peace-price of the german Bookseller Association in the Paulskirche [Frankfurt]”.

60. Štreit, Jindrich.

Tak blízko tak daleko – Cecensko a Ingušsko / So close and yet so far : Chechnya and Ingushetia 2003 / So nah und doch so fern : Tschetschenien und Inguschien 2003 . Multilingual edition (English, Czech, and German) of Jindrich Streit’s photographical journey through Chechnya and Ingushetia.

Praha / Prague, 2003. 27 cm x 23 cm. 171 pages with 67 full-page photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket / Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Extremely rare publication !