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HURGRONJE, Christiaan Snouck.
Mekka. 1888-9
£30,000
First edition, complete with its atlas of plates, of this historically important, and highly influential study of Islam's most holy city. Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), a...
3 volumes: 2 text volumes large octavo (244 × 161 mm); folio atlas volume (363 × 285 mm). Text volumes in contemporary tan hard-grain half morocco, green and... Read more
RICHIE, Robert Yarnall.
Photographic album prepared for special presentation by the photographer 1945
£17,500
Presentation album of exhibition-quality photographs compiled by the photographer and bound for him in lavish morocco and gilt. An exceptional album of images made by the...
Folio. 30 original photographic prints each 340 × 270 mm in size, guard mounted and bound for presentation in original full green morocco, gilt map of Saudi... Read more
PORTER, Eliot.
Portfolio One. The Seasons. 1963
£15,000
First edition, first printing.
Folio. 12 original dye-transfer mounted prints as issued. With two copies of title and limitation page. Housed in a linen portfolio with ties, titles to upper panel... Read more
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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
[L'Express] 1959
£12,500
Inscribed on the front pastedown, "For Mr Aneurin Bevan respectfully yours Henri Cartier-Bresson", and additionally inscribed by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber—"and the friendly...
Oblong quarto. Original grey cloth with a photograph to the front cover of a leopard holding a copy of L'Express newspaper in its mouth. With 20 monochrome photographs... Read more
DUCHENNE (DE BOULOGNE), Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand.
Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine ou analyse électro-physiologique de l'expression des passions. 1862
£12,500
First edition of this landmark in the history of clinical medical photography; presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "A mon ami [the identity of the...
Large octavo (272 × 178 mm). Original gilt-lettered red morocco-grain cloth spine and front cover skilfully laid down over later red pebble grain cloth to style,... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
Inscribed original photograph of the author with Sally Emrich on the deck of a yacht in a Greek harbour. [1957]
£12,500
With Faulkner's signed presentation inscription to a blank portion of the image in the upper left corner, "For Miss Sally with love from William Faulkner". Sally Emrich was the wife...
10 x 8 inches. Framed and matted behind glass. A little negligible creasing to the edges of the image but a superb print. Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Inscribed photographic portrait of Hemingway holding a black Persian kitten. 1950
£12,500
An unusually intimate image in uncommonly large format. With Hemingway's magnificent presentation inscription on the white portion of his shirt, "To Alfred Rice from his friend,...
13 × 11 ins, original monochrome print from the negative. With the photographer's stamp on the verso. Glazed and framed. Fine. Read more
FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
Inscribed photograph.
£10,000
Photograph inscribed by Fitzgerald "Yours in ironic humor, F. Scott Fitzgerald". Also inscribed by the recipient "Recieved as given in gentle humor, J. Biggs". This passport photo...
Single photo (75 × 75 mm) inscribed by Fitzgerald. Mounted, glazed and framed. Light tape residue to upper and lower edges slightly affecting inscription. Read more
STEINBECK, John.
A Russian Journal 1948
£9,750
First edition, first printing. An astonishing presentation copy to Nathaniel Benchley inscribed by Steinbeck on three full pages, "Well now, Capa and I went to Russia, a big country...
Large octavo. Original yellow/grey/tan cloth backed blue boards, titles to upper board and spine in blue, top edge stained blue. With the dust jacket. An excellent... Read more
LACROIX, Paul de (ed.)
Galerie Contemporaine des Illustrations Françaises. 1890
£9,750
The more than 160 mounted photographs include portraits of Baudelaire by Carjat, Victor Hugo, Rossini, François Coppée, Gounod, le Duc d'Aumale, Corot, Edmond About, Puvis...
8 volumes, folio. Original half morocco with marbled boards, titles and decoration to boards gilt. Profusely illustrated with more than 160 mounted photographs.... Read more
(STIEGLITZ, Alfred, & others) SCHIFFNER, R. (ed.)
Wiener Photographische Blatter Herausgegeben von Camera-Club in Wien. 1894–8
£9,500
Sole printings. A complete set of the original manifestation bound without the wrappers from the monthly numbers with new title leaves and indices. The organ of the influential...
60 issues in 5 volumes, quarto. Original puce half morocco, titles and rolls to spines gilt, puce cloth boards, grey-blue endpapers, marbled edges. Profusely... Read more
(ERNST, Max) CREVEL, Rene.
Mr. Knife Miss Fork. 1931
£7,500
First edition, sole printing. From a total edition of 255 copies
Small octavo. Original black cloth, elaborate decoration to lower board in blind and to upper board and spine gilt, black endpapers. With the publisher's gold trimmed... Read more
BAILEY, David.
Box of Pin-Ups. [1965]
£7,500
First edition, sole impression. This seminal collection of portraits by Bailey is one of the great iconic representations of the Swinging Sixties in London. The subjects typify the...
Original card clamshell box (380 x 330mm), containing 36 loose plates; each a full page half tone reproduction of a photographic portrait with biographical details of... Read more
MILNE, A. A.
Collection of photographs of Christopher Milne, 1925 & 1976
£6,750
Two letters and three photographs suggesting a source for E. H. Shepard's illustrations of Christopher Robin in the Pooh books. The first letter is in the hand of Milne's wife,...
2 letters, the first being a one page autograph letter by Daphne Milne and signed by A. A. Milne, the second a double-sided typed letter signed by Christoper Milne. 3... Read more
([CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne] TWAIN, Mark.) GESSFORD, Joseph G.
Autographed photograph, black and white half length portrait of Mark Twain. 1908
£6,750
Inscribed above and beneath the image by the author "To Mrs. F. B. Rice with the best wishes of Mark Twain" and dated "Feb. 20 / 08". Signed and dated by the photographer lower left....
Photogravure. Image size 24 x 17 cm. Paper size 35 x 26 cm. Framed and glazed. Read more
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret.
Photographs of U.S.S.R. 1934
£6,500
First edition, first printing. One of 1,000 numbered copies. This copy is number 23 and one of a small number signed by the photographer. An astounding collection of images and one...
Folio. Unbound sheets in the quarter brown cloth portfolio, buff boards, decoration and titles to upper board in red, red ties. 24 photogravures. Some typical creasing... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Autographed photographic portrait: "Our Skipper". [1941/1950]
£6,500
The photograph was taken late in 1941 and circulated quite widely throughout 1942 in postcard form. For the 1950 general election the Conservative Party revived the image as a poster...
16 x 12 inches. A head and shoulders photograph entitled Our Skipper in the lower margin. Framed behind glass in dark brown wood. Signed "Winston S. Churchill" in the... Read more
EVANS, Walker.
Message from the Interior. 1966
£6,250
First edition, first printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the photographer "Lincoln, from Walker". Lincoln Kirstein is most noted for his hand in founding the New York...
Quarto. Original grey mottled cloth, titles to white paper label to front board in black, titles to spine in white. Twelve works of photography reproduced in sheet-fed... Read more
BEARD, Peter.
Peter Beard, Art Edition, No. 251–2500. 2006
£6,000
Limited to 2,250 individually numbered copies, each signed by Peter Beard. This copy with an additional illustration in black ink by Beard on the limitation page and inscribed...
Folio (345 × 500 mm). Original half brown calf with burgundy cloth boards, photographic illustration to front board, titles to spine gilt, Japanese silk cotton... Read more
RAY, Man.
40 Rayographies. 25 Février - 25 Mars 1972. 1972
£5,750
First edition, first printing. One of 60 (including 10 hors commerce) copies on Arches paper accompanied with an original Rayograph mounted on veneer over board, signed lower right...
Quarto. Original stiff wrappers. With the card dust jacket and original glassine. With 65 illustrations. Small nicks to head of dust jacket spine and glassine... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Photographic portrait inscribed to Alice Keppel. 1941
£5,250
Inscribed on the mount; "To Alice [Keppel] from Winston." A half-length bust portrait showing Churchill seated at the Cabinet table in 10 Downing Street. Keppel was Edward VII's...
Original silver print (164 × 148 mm) mounted on plain manilla card with photographer's studio wet-stamp verso. Very good. Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Wundergarten Der Natur. Neue Bilddokumente Schöner Pflanzenformen 1932
£5,000
First edition, first printing, portfolio edition: the preferred format of one of the greatest and most influential photographic books ever published, this being the second photobook...
Quarto. Loose leaves in the original grey cloth chemise portfolio, decoration and titles to front board and spine in red. 120 full page photogravures by Blossfeldt.... Read more
FRITH, Francis.
Sinai and Palestine. [1863]
£5,000
Volume I of the second, enlarged edition of the work originally published in two volumes in 1859. "The prints in this edition are of a much stronger quality than those in the first...
Folio. Original half tan morocco, red cloth sides, titles to spine gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Mount albumen print to half title and 36 larger albumen... Read more
ARNOLD, Eve; Jill Freedman; Ernst Haas; André Kertész; Duane Michals; Inge Morath; Barbara Morgan; Eva Rubinstein; Nea
Ten Photographers. 1978
£5,000
First Edition. Limited to 75 copies. Each photograph signed and numbered below the image by the artist.
Folio. Clamshell portfolio bound in fawn linen, titles to spine and upper board in grey. 10 individually matted original silver prints, each signed and numbered by the... Read more
(BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY)
Collection of original photographs commissioned for the BAPCO in-house magazine, The Bahrain Islander. 1954-6
£4,750
An unusual collection of original photographs illustrating the oil industry in Bahrain, together with a group of internal company documents, providing news, history and an overview...
18 original silver-print "8 by 10" press photographs (257 × 204 mm, or the reverse), one a duplicate, carbon-copy, typescript caption texts mounted versos;... Read more
