921. [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.

922. [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 !

923. [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 !

924. [John Minihan Collection] – Adams, Ansel.

An Autobiography. With Mary Street Alinder.

Third Printing. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1986. 4°. XII, 400 pages with a large amount of photographic illustrations and a thorough Index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan with a newspaper-clipping (an illustration / portrait) on Barbara Bodichon loosely inserted. [A New York Graphic Society Book].

925. Hockney, David / Stevens, Wallace.

“The Blue Guitar” – David Hockney / “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso.

First Edition. New York / London, Petersburg Press, 1977. Small Quarto (21.5 cm wide x 21.5 cm high). 51 pages with illustrations by Hockney throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and the usual signs of some foxing to the jacket. The Volume itself in near Fine condition.

926. Hockney, David.

Some very new Paintings – Exhibition Catalogue of the William Hardie Gallery. With an Introductory Note by William Hardie and “A Conversation between David Hockney and William Hardie”.

First Edition. Glasgow, William Hardie Gallery, 1993. Oblong Quarto. 16 pages text plus 22 full-page illustrations of new paintings in colour. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

927. Hockney, David.

David Hockney – “Prints 1954-77”. The Midland Group and the Scottish Arts Council in association with Petersburg Press. With an Introduction by Andrew Brighton.

First Edition. Petersburg Press, 1979. Octavo. 218 pages with illustrations throughout. Original paperback (softcover). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

928. [Calder, Alexander] Fischer, Yona.

Exhibition – Catalogue – “The Jerusalem Stabile” – The Israel Museum. Edited by Yona Fischer.

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 1980. Quarto. 84 unnumbered pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

929. [Calder, Alexander] Davidson, Jean.

CALDER at the ZOO – A Gift from the Archives of American Art.

Sache / France, 1974. Quarto. 9 sheets with nine sketches of Animals (printed) and a page of explanations by Jean Davidson. Original, illustrated Softcover-Chemise. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

930. [Calder, Alexander / (and Jean Davidson)].

CALDER – An Autobiography with Pictures.

First Printing. New York, Pantheon Books / A division of Random House, 1966. Quarto (22.3 cm wide x 27.3 cm high). 285 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover without illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some staining to binding.

931. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – Galeria Maeght – Barcelona Febrer-Marc 1989.

Barcelona, Galeria Maeght, 1989. Quarto (23.5 cm x 32 cm high). 28 pages with illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

932. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Stabiles”. “May 5 – June 17, 1989”.

New York, The Pace Gallery, 1989. Quarto. Wonderful Leporello with 13 pages folding out. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

933. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Oil Paintings”. October 10 – November 11, 1972.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1972. Oblong Quarto. 28 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

934. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket frayed and with larger pieces missing and now protected in Mylar. The volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner N.E. Norton in pencil on endpaper.

935. Torres Bodet, Jaime.

Poemas.

Mexico, Herrero, 1924. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 237 pages. Art Deco style decoration on every page. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Cloth bound with textured endpapers. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing and smudges to edges and isolated incidences to a few internal pages. Minor tear on inside hinge. Signed and inscribed by the author Jaime Torres Bodet to french author Paul Morand in 1927.

936. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von.

Über den Römischen Colonat / Über die Römische Steuerverfassung unter den Kaisern. [Zwei Schriften]

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1825. Quarto (22 cm x 26.5 cm). 71 Seiten (Seite 1 – 71 des Jahrgangsbandes 1822-1823) / Über den Römischen Colonat (26 Seiten) – Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 21.Maerz, 1822. / Über die Römische Steuerverfassung unter den Kaisern (44 Seiten) – Gelesen in der Akademie der Wissenschaften am 27.Februar, 1823. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundenen Originalabhandlungen. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltenen, originalen Erstausgaben der beiden Publikationen . Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus den Jahren 1822 und 1823].

937. Savigny, [Friedrich Carl von].

Beitrag zur Rechtsgeschichte des Adels im neuern Europa.

Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 39 Seiten. Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalhabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin [Philosophisch-Historische Klasse]. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

938. Sartre, Jean-Paul / de Beauvoir, Simone / Merleau-Ponty, Maurice / Beckett, Samuel / etc.

Les Temps Modernes [Modern Times]. Revue Mensuelle. 2e année – No. 14 (Novembre 1946).

Paris, Les Temp Modernes [Gallimard (1945-1948)], 1946. Octavo. Original Softcover / Reliure Originale (Broche / Printed Wrapper). Frayed and damaged spine. Wrapper detached !

939. Quine, Willard Van Orman / Christensen, Niels E.

Collection of twelve (12) offprints from Quine’s personal library. The collection includes twelve essays in original offprints by Quine plus one edition of ‘Philosophical Studies’ signed and inscribed to Quine by his Danish student Niels E. Christensen [″To Professor Quine, my teacher in logic, from yours – Niels E. Christensen”] / The collection includes the following titles: 1. Peano as Logician (1987) / 2. A way to simplify truth functions (1955) / 3. Existence and Quantification (1968) / 4. Alcance y lenguaje de la ciencia (1973) / 5. Indeterminacy Without Tears (1994) / 6. Assuming Objects (1994) / 7. Carnap e la Verita Logica (1957) / 8. The Flowering of Thought in Language (1997) / 9. Paradoxes of Plenty / 10. In appogio della definizione implicita (1964) / 11. Free Logic, Description and Virtual Classes (1997) / 12. On Relations as Coextensive with Classes [comes with a vintage, printed bibliography of Quine’s publications] / 13. Niels E. Christensen (University of Copenhagen) – Further Comments of Two-Valued Logic – Inscribed by Christensen to Quine (1957).

1955 – 1997. Octavo. Original stapled offprints. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

940. [Naylor, Dave].

Geological Survey of Ireland – Collection of Four Large bespoke Solander Boxes with Map Report Series of Ireland and an additional abundance of Surveys, Maps and Essays on the Geology of Ireland as well as specialist publications, Bibliographies, Pamphlets and Data Sheets on several regions within Ireland. [See List].

Dublin / Cork and others, c.1960 – 2000. Quarto. Hardcover Boxes. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.