[Zelnik, Friedrich / Morel, Emma] Brugmans, H. / Loosjes, A.

Amsterdam in Beeld. [From the library of Frederic Zelnik] Met 613 Afbeeldingen.

Zesde Vermeerdere Druk. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, (ca.1925). 4°. VIII, 372 pages with 613 photographs of Old Amsterdam, prior to the second world war. Original illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hinge slightly shaky. From the library of Frederic Zelnik / Friedrich Zelnik. Inscribed to Frederic Zelnik by one of his silent cinema actresses, Emma Morel, during the filing of “Vadertje Langbeen”, based on a Novel from Jean Webster and adapted fror the screen by Rudolph Bernauer, the film was made by Zelnik and filmed in Amsterdam. Emma Mourel was one of the stars of the Movie and inscribed the book to Zelnik: “Van ouren voorbeeldigen Regisseur den Heer Friedrich Zelnik, her herinnering van Amsterdam Augustus 1938. Voor alle….Gross-aufnahmen !! Met reeht-hartelycken dank en auf Wiedersehen von Emma Morel”.

[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.

[Ungerer, Tomi].

TomiScope / No. 13 – Décembre 2011 – Numéro Spécial 80 Ans de Tomi. [Spezial – Ausgabe zu Tomi Ungerers 80. Geburtstag – SIGNIERT]

Robert Walter, 2011. 8°. 198 Seiten. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed twice in his calligraphic hand by Tomi Ungerer. / Von Tomi Ungerer auf dem Umschlag und auf Seite 7 kalligraphisch signiert.

[Ungerer, Tomi].

ZUT ! – TOMI UNGERER. – à l’occasion du quatre-vingtième Anniversaire de Tomi Ungerer, Le Magazine ZUT ! est Heureux de vous offrir un exemplaire de ce Hors-Série.

Zut, 2001. 4°. 261, (4) pages. Softcover. Excellent condition. Beautifully signed in his calligraphic hand by Tomi Ungerer on the cover. / Von Tomi Ungerer auf dem Umschlag kalligraphisch signiert. [ZUT – Hors – Série 01]

[Kingerlee, John] Pillsbury, Edmund P.

The Whole Planet is a Garden – The Genius of John Kingerlee. [SIGNED with a little drawing and his full name by the Artist] By Edmund P. Pillsbury – With contributing Essays by K.J. Baysa, Jonathan Benington, Marianne Berardi, John Calder, Margarita Cappock, Ros Drinkwater, Alannah Hopkin, Rita Kelly, Brian Lynch, Brian McAvera, Dominique Nahas, Deirdre Purcell, Richard Vine, Lilly Wei, Michael Wilson, William Zimmer.

DPM Solutions, 2010. 4°. 328 pages with an original DVD showing John Kingerlee working in his studio during a visit of Edmund P. Pillsbury. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Signed by the artist John Kingerlee in unusual fashion. Excellent condition.

[Brassai] (that was Gyula Halász).

The Secret Paris of the 30’s. Translated from the French by Richard Miller.

First American Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1976. Quarto. 200 unnumbered pages with 150 black-and-white-photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Blindstamp of preowner on endpaper and titlepage. Signed and inscribed by Brassai on the titepage in New York on the 29th of May, 1977.

Taylor, Tom / [Abraham Lincoln].

Exquisite collection of six (6) items/original, vintage and personal materials by/of Tom Taylor. The collection includes a 2 1/2 page, signed manuscript letter [MLS] by Tom Taylor to an unknown recipient , discussing a memorial he sent to Robert Browning’s patron, John Kenyon and mentioning former Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]. The collection also includes two vintage 19th century cabinet photographs [Carte de Visite’s] of Tom Taylor, a later edition of Ballads and Songs of Brittany and two beautifully inscribed and signed presentation copies of his major works: 1. The first edition of Ballads of Brittany – London/Cambridge, MacMillan and Co.,1865 with many illustrations by Tissot, Tenniel etc. (This first edition is signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Emilia Ventana at Xmas 1864, before the publication of the book commenced) and 2. Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas. London, Chatto & Windus, 1877. Signed and inscribed by Tom Taylor to Marie de Beauvoisier in March 1879.

London / Cambridge etc., Chatto & Windus / Routledge & Sons / etc., c. 1850-1879. Octavo. Ballads and Songs of Brittany (1865 edition): Frontispice, XXII, 239 pages / Ballads and Songs of Brittany (Later Routledge edition): XVI, 176 pages / Tom Taylor’s Historical Dramas: VIII, 466, 32 pages. / Manuscript Letter: 2 1/2 pages. Original Hardcover / The manuscript letter in a Folder, it includes an A4 manuscript leaf from a 19th century autograph-collector describing the letter by Taylor. / The two vintage cabinet photographs of Taylor included in the Folder with the autograph. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Goodman, Robert B.

The Hawaiians. Directed and Photographed by Robert B. Goodman. Text by Gavan Daws and Ed Sheehan. Designed by Harry Williamson. Edited by Jonathan Rinehart.

De Luxe Edition / Presentation copy No.3494. Norfolk Island (Australia), Island Heritage Ltd, 1970. Quarto (25 cm x 26.5 cm). 295 pages with hundreds of illustrations and photographs. With an excellent, colourful map of the island printed on pages 293 and 294. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Robert B. Goodman on the titlepage.

[Heaney, Seamus / Flanagan, T.P.] Kennedy, S. B.

T.P. Flanagan, RHA, PPRUA. [Signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan] Foreword by Seamus Heaney / Catalogue by Martyn Anglesea / An appreciation by John Belmore with notes on selected pictures by T.P. Flanagan and J.K. Jamison. A special edition of this book is limited to one hundred signed copies of which seventy-five are offered for sale. This is one of the 25 copies which were not for sale. It is signed by Seamus Heaney and T.P.Flanagan on the front free endpaper and its provenance is an eminent irish art collection.

Dublin, Four Courts Press in association with the Ulster Museum, 1995. Folio (24 cm x 28 cm). 96 pages with many illustrations in colour and photographs. Softcover. Some staining to endpaper and edge, leading into the outer margins of some pages. Text and illustrations not affected. While the staining is not pretty, this is one of the rare occasions to acquire one of the scarcer signed items from Seamus Heaney (1 of 25 copies from an edition of only 100 signed copies).

Elgort, Arthur.

Camera Ready – How to shoot your kids [Signed and beautifully Inscribed by Vogue – Photographer Arthur Elgort].

New York, Universe publishing / Rizzoli, 1997. Slim Quarto (18 cm x 25 cm). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by Arthur Elgort on the titlepage: “Arthur Elgort – 9/97 – (an Ameline – the Ghost Writer – Good Luck with all the Grandchildren – Snaps – XX!).