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Album of Over 280 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by an American Soldier During His Service in the US Army Hawaiian Division, with Interesting Photos of Schofield Barracks and Soldiers, Oahu Island and Hawaii Volcanos National Park. Hawaii: Ca. 1920-1930s.
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Vansant, K.L., U.S.S. “New Mexico”. Attractive Keepsake Album with Sixty-Seven Gelatin Silver Studio Photos and Real Photo Postcards, and One Piece of Printed Ephemera, Compiled by a Sailor from U.S.S. “New Mexico” during the US Fleet Exercise at Hawaii and its Good-will Tour to South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand in April-October 1925; the Album is Titled: U.S.S. New Mexico. In Remembrance of Maneuvres at Hawaii – Australia – New Zealand, 1925. Ca. 1925.
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Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
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Vysheslavtsev, A.V. Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]. St. Petersburg-Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1867.
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Dobell, Peter/Petr Vasil’evich; [Dzhunkovsky, A.S.]. Puteshestviia i Noveishiia Nabliudeniia v Kitae, Manille i Indo-Kitaiskom Arkhipelage Byvshego Rossiiskogo Generalnogo Konsula na Filippinskikh Ostrovakh, Kollezhskogo Sovetnika Petra Dobelia, Sostavil i s Angliiskogo Perevel, s Vysochaishego Soizvolenia A. Dzh. [i.e. Travels and Latest Observations in China, Manila and the Indo-China Archipelago by a Former Russian Consul General in the Philippine Islands, Collegiate Councillor Petr Dobell, Compiled and Translated from English, by the Highest Permission A. Dzh.] St. Petersburg: N. Grech, 1833.
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[Spencer, Abigail Leilani] (1935 – ca. 2020). Interesting Album with ca. 230 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, from the Estate of a Native Hawaiian Resident of Waimea/Kamuela (Hawaii Island), Showing her Friends and Fellow Students from Waimea Intermediate School, Hawaii Episcopal Academy, and University of Hawaii, Views of St. James Episcopal Church and Hawaii Episcopal Academy (Waimea/Kamuela), Community Celebrations, Invitations to the Graduation Ceremony and Senior Prom of 1952, &c. Ca. 1948 – early 1960s.
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Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Van Lennep, Henry John (1815-1889). Album from the Collection of Noted American Christian Missionary, Writer and Artist Henry John Van Lennep, with Thirty Original Albumen Photographs of Beirut, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Damascus, Baalbek, and Ancient Sites of Egypt - the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, Pompey’s Pillar and Cleopatra’s Needle in Alexandria, Karnak, Luxor, Ramesseum Temples, and the Philae Island Complex] Ca. 1869.
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Fernique, Etienne-Victor, abbe (1836-1915). Collection of Forty-Eight Original Albumen Stereo-view Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethphage and Bethany, Issued in the Series: Souvenirs de Terre Sainte. [Paris]: ca. 1860s.
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Album of Thirty Very Attractive Original Watercolour Views of the Holy Land; Including: Two Watercolours from the Same Travel Showing Surghaya village in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains (Syria) and the Acropolis in Smyrna/Izmir (Turkey). March-May 1893.
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$ 425.00
Pim, Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan (1826-1886). Autograph Letter Signed "Bedford Pim" to Don Carlos Gutierrez (1818-1882), Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras Government, with the Latter’s Signed Note, Countersigned by Pim in Receipt. London: 2 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C., 15 July 1872.
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Humorous Erotic Manuscript Patent Given to “M. Pantelm” to Travel through the Cupid Island with Extensive Description of his Rights in the Domain of Legs and other Seductive Parts. [France], 1843.
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Homer. Iliad. Brescia: Baptista Farfengus, impensa vero d. Francisci Laurini, 1497.
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$ 950.00
[Sa’adi Shirazi], (1210 – 1291 or 1292), [Kāsefi, Kamāl-Al-Din Ḥosayn Wāʿeẓ] (1436/37-1504/5). The Iqd-I Gul, Being a Selection from the Gulistan and Anwar-i Sohaili. For the use of the Students of the Anglo-Persian Department of the Calcutta Madrasah/ Ed. By W. Nassau Lees, and Mawlawi Kabir Al Din Ahmad. Lees’ Persian Series. No. Vii. Prose No. IV. Calcutta: College Press, 1863.
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$ 1500.00
[Fischer?] Album of 247 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Southern India Taken by a Descendant of the Zamindar of Salem George Frederick Fischer, Showing Family Estates and Residences (the Fischers’ Estates in Salem, Yercaud; Mysore Palace; “Bertie’s House” in Kodikanal; “Laura’s Bungalow” in Coimbatore, etc.); the Cities of Madura (Meenakshi Temple, Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam and Temple), Mysore (Chamundeshwari Temple, Jamia Masjid Mosque), Salem, Trichinopoly (Rock Fort Temple), and Bangalore; Portraits of the Maharaja of Mysore; Portraits of the Compiler, His Friends, and Family; a “Hindu Procession”; Jewish Indians and the “Jewish Quarter”; etc. Ca. 1911-1912, 1920.
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$ 3250.00
Greene, Captain Dominick Sarsfield, Royal Artillery (1826-1892). Attractive Album of Ten Original Watercolours, Showing the Western Ghats near Mumbai, Elephanta Caves (Mumbai Harbour), Gibraltar Hill as seen from Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Taj Mahal (Agra), Jama Masjid Mosque (Delhi), the Environs of Constantia (Cape of Good Hope), Saint Helena Island, Sao Vicente and Santo Antao Islands (Cape Verde). Ca. 1857-8.
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$ 1500.00
Hefferan, A. (active ca. 1890s-1920s) & others. Album of 78 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs of Delhi (Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Humayun’s Tomb, Safdarjung’s Tomb, Qutab Minar, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi Gate), Agra (Agra Fort, Taj Mahal), the Residency at Lucknow, the Cawnpore Massacre Well Memorial, Mountainous Views of Darjeeling, Double Loop on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, etc. Ca. 1910s.
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$ 4500.00
Clifton & Co. (fl. ca. 1890s-1930s) & Others. Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Collotypes of India, Showing Agra (Taj Mahal Complex, Agra Fort, Moti Masjid, the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah), Bombay (Victoria Terminus, Crawford Market, Dwarakadhish Temple, Government Secretariat, Elphinstone Circle, University Library & Clock Tower, Oval Maidan, Queen’s Statue, Flora Fountain, General Post Office, High Court of Judicature, Elphinstone College & Sassoon Library, Oriental Buildings, Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Municipal Hall, Town Hall, Esplanade, Victoria Gardens, &c.), Delhi (Jama Masjid), Shiva Temple in the Elephanta Caves, a Series of Portraits of Indian People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
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$ 650.00
Unsigned Watercolour View of the Agra Fort and the Yamuna River, with an Indian Shepherd and His Herd in the Foreground, Titled on Verso: Part of Agra Fort. Ca. 1870.
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$ 650.00
Original Unsigned Watercolour Titled (on Verso): "Cantonment at Amoa or Amoia [Almora] Looking Towards the Himala." Ca. 1850.
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Period Manuscript Copy of “Capitulation de Pondichery” (Treaty of Pondicherry) Outlining the French Terms of Surrender to the British, Signed after the 1778 Siege of Pondicherry, Including Articles on Where the French Commander Would Stay After the Siege, That French Structures Are To Remain in Their Original State, and That French Sailors Were To Be Sent to the Isle of France. [Ca. early 1780s].
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Historically Significant Archive of Manuscripts and Period Copies Relating to French Naval and Land Engagements on the East Coast of India and the Cape Verde Islands between 1781 and 1783, Led by Vice-Admiral Pierre André de Suffren as part of the 1778-1783 Anglo-French War, Including the Battles of Porto Praya (16 April 1781), Sadras (17 February 1782), Providien (12 April), Negapatam (6 July), Trincomalee (3 September), and Cuddalore (20 June 1783). [Ca. 1781-1785].
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$ 1750.00
Sa’adi, Shirazi (1210 – 1291 or 1292). Gulistan [The Rose Garden]. Bombay: Sharafali Ali Bahai, Mohammedi Typ., 1299 H. [1882].
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[Connor, John Richard, Major, British Indian Army] (1908-1970). Historically Significant Album with ca. 510 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by Major John Richard Connor of British Indian Army during His Service in King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, with Interesting Images of the Regiment’s Headquarters, Officers and Various Operations in Roorkee, Views of Hindustan-Tibet Road from Narkanda to Ropa Valley and Beyond (Numerous Rest Houses, Settlements, Himalayan Peaks and Valleys, Local People), Kashmir, Mt. Nanga Parbat, Road and Bridge Construction in the North-West Frontier Province (Jehangira, Akora, Haryankot), “Loe Agra Operations, 1935,” &c. WITH: a Printed “Farewell Address to Major J.R. Connor, R.E. (Roorkee, 15 August 1942)” from “Subedar Mela Ram and Clerical Staff, Orderly Room, KGV’s O. Bengal S. & M. Group I.E.” Ca. 1931-1935.
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[Sikandar Begum Of Bhopal] (1817-1868; Reign: 1860-68); Canning, Charles, John, 1st Earl Canning (1812-1862), Viceroy of India (1858-1862); Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin & 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863), Viceroy of India (1862-1863). An Office Folder with Two Formal Autograph Letter Signed "Canning" and “Elgin & Kincardine,” Addressed to the Second Female Ruler of the Islamic Principality of Bhopal in Central India, Sikandar Begum, on Account of the Transfer of the Office of Viceroy of India from the Earl of Canning to the Earl of Elgin; Bound with: Seven Leaves of Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, Two Verified as "True Translation" by "Under Sec[retar]y of the Govt. of India in the Foreign Dept.," With a Manuscript Table of Contents, Decorated with a Printed Coat of Arms of the Bhopal State. Ca. early 1860s.
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[Shah Jahan Begum Of Bhopal] (1838-1901; Reign: 1844-60, 1868-1901); Baring, Thomas George, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Viceroy of India (1872-1876). An Office Folder with a Formal Autograph Letter Signed "Northbrook," Addressed to the Third Female Ruler of the Islamic Principality of Bhopal in Central India, Shah Jahan Begum, Congratulating Her on the Fact that “the Debts of the Bhopal State, which on Your Highness’ Accession Amounted to Nearly 7 Lakhs of Rupees, have now been Entirely Liquidated;” Bound With: Five Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, One Verified as "True Translation" by "Off[icia]l Sec[retar]y of the Govt. of India, Foreign Dept.," one Signed by a British Official and One with a Manuscript Note “Agent G.G. for C.J.,” With a Manuscript Table of Contents, Decorated with a Printed Coat of Arms of the Bhopal State. Ca. 1870s.
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