Packer, William / Godwin, Fay / Crozier, Bill (William) / Auerbach, Frank and others.

Contemporary British Landscape [Exhibition from 6 August – 19 September 1999 on Landscape Painting and Landscape Photography at “Flowers East” – Gallery in London].

One of only 1000 copies. London, The Pale Green Press, 1999. Quarto (22,5 cmx 21 cm). 36 pages with numerous photographs of artworks. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

[Page, Betty].

Betty Page – Queen of Pin-up.

Cologne, Taschen, 1987. 4°. 80 pages with erotic photographs of Betty Page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

Paris in Advertising and Art – Molenaar, Frans.

Collection of important and meaningful books from the private Reference-library of Dutch Fashion – Designer Frans Molenaar / The collection includes publications on the History of Fashion, Fashion – Design, Fashion – Photography, History of Costume and Accessoires (Gloves, Hats, Shawls etc.), History of Haute Couture / The Evolution of Fashion / Fashion for Men and Women / etc. etc. [See images for each title on our website under “Libraries & Collections” – (Look for “Molenaar Fashion Collection”)].

Publications in English / German / French. Paris / Amsterdam / London, Annuaire Du Commerce Didot-Bottin / Wasmuth / Reinhold etc. etc. 1950 – 2000. Folio / Quarto / Octavo – Formats. More than 3000 pages and hundreds of photographs. Original Hardcover & Softcover – Volumes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Several of the books with inscriptions of authors to Frans Molenaar. The price for this heavy book-collection includes international shipping per Courier !

[Penn, Irving] Szarkowski, John / Holme, Christopher / Museum of Modern Art.

Irving Penn.

Boston, Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books, [1984]. 32 cm. 216 pages with photographs / illustrations (some colour). Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

Peterson, Roger Tory.

Roger Tory Peterson: The Art and Photography of the World’s Foremost Birder. Edited by Roger Tory Peterson and Rudy Hoglund. Foreword by S.Dillon Ripley. Watching the Birds by William Zinsser. Commentaries by John Leo.

New York, Rizzoli, 1994. 4°. 204 pages with hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

[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.

Porter Jr., LCDR William Hamilton / [Howard Chandler Christy].

Archive of Naval Captain, Lieutenant commander [LCDR] William Hamilton Porter Jr.‘s Love Letters to his wife Amy Manning Porter and letters to his mother Barbara Hamilton Porter, from his service during and after graduating from United States Naval Academy Annapolis MD, 1914. The Collection includes not only the Yearbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen, called “Lucky Bag”, signed with nearly all Graduates and with numerous amazing photographic illustrations of sports like American Football, Lacrosse, early photographs of Basketball and Baseball – Teams, images of visits to Ireland etc., but the collection includes nearly 50 manuscript letters by LCDR Porter from the USS Alden, USS Columbia, writing back home to his wife Amy between 1916 and 1920, reflecting his first tour of duty and sending letters from Constantinople, Smyrna, Venice, Dalmatia, Split, Naples, Samsoun, etc. The collection is full of reports of life on ship and upcoming tours to Naples, Genoa and Villefranche, relationship to the captain, Porter’s view on politics etc. Telegram about “USS Alden and two Destroyers of the 26th Division to be designated by USADRA proceed to Manila”. / Fantastic archive of an Annapolis Graduate with amazing artwork by Howard Chandler Christy in the “Lucky Bag” and a collection of letters in all its complete scarcity of completeness. The collection also includes the original letter of “Washington Granite Monumental” to Porter’s wife upon Porter’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery (he died in 1937).

Baltimore (Maryland) / Annapolis / USS Alden etc., 1916-1920. Octavo. Lucky Bag [Vol. XXI [Volume 21] of the Annual of the Brigade of Midshipmen at Annapolis / Two Ringfolders with original letters, telegrams and some photographs. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Check out a large collection of high quality photographs on our website, depicting Baseball, Crew Rwoing, Handball, Basketball and Baseball at the Academy in Annapolis. Rare collection with the wonderful original signatures of nearly all Graduates who served with LCDR Porter.

Porter, Eliot.

Baja California and the Geography of Hope. With Lines from Octavio Paz. Text by Joseph Wood Krutch. Edited by Kenneth Brower. Foreword by David Brower.

First Edition. San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1967. 35cm x 27cm. 170, (1) pages with 73 breathtaking colour-plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket.

[Puttnam, David] Bain Hogg, Jocelyn.

the firm [Inscribed and signed by photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg to british porducer David Puttnam: “To Lord Puttnam – with very best wishes and many thanks for starting me off on my path – Jocelyn”. With a Foreword by Bruce Reynolds.

London, Westzone Publishing / Butler & Tanner, 2001. 4°. 160 pages with 80 black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Bookblock frail and slightly loosened but overall in very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

[Rodchenko, Aleksandr] Dabrowski, Magdalena / Dickerman, Leah / Galassi, Peter.

Aleksandr Rodchenko. With essays by Aleksandr Lavrent’ev and Varvara Rodchenko.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 24,5 cm x 29,5 cm. Frontispiece, 336 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only the very slightest sign of wear. Rare in this condition ! Very heavy book !