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$ 1250.00
Templer, Charles Bertram, Major (1860-1931). Album of Twelve Original Watercolours of Ladakh, with a Later Watercolour View of Rochefort, France. Ca. 1886.
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Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken and Collected by a British Corporal during His Service in Quetta, Meerut, Delhi and Chakrata in 1935-1937. Ca. 1935-1937.
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[Benton, William Stephen] (1893-1983); Benton, Dorothy Charlotte (née Leitch, 1911-1992). Historically Significant Private Archive of Five Albums with ca. 530 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, 26 Loose Gelatin Silver Photos and ca. 70 Manuscript and Typewritten Documents, Letters and Notes, From the Estate of a Prominent Engineer and Executive of Government Railways in British India, William Stephen Benton, and his Wife Dorothy, With Interesting Images of Kashmir (Srinagar, Trekking in the Lidder Valley, Sonamarg Hill Station, Picnics near Gulmarg and Nalla Ferozpora), Punjab (Rawalpindi, Murree, Lahore), Khyber Pass, Damaged Railway Bridge, &c., Group Portraits of Associates of the North Western State Railway (Rawalpindi), British Intelligence Office in Nabha House (New Delhi), Members of “Railway Golf Club, Lahore,” “Kashmiri Women,” &c. Mostly ca. 1910s, 1920s-1940s, 1968, 1983.
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Album of 111 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Burma (Irrawady River, Pyaungshu Forest, Shweli River, Goteik Viaduct, Mingun (Hsinbyume Pagoda), Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing) and British India (Dalhousie, Bettiah, Dehradun, Lucknow, Lahore, Delhi, Agra, “Dholi,” “Birowlie,” “Bowarrah”), etc. Ca. 1910s.
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Attractive Unsigned Watercolour of Pig Sticking in India. Сa. 1870.
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$ 425.00
Finely Executed Unsigned Watercolour of: Residence of the Rev. Isaac N. Allen, Poona. 1846. [Pune]: 1846.
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A Watercolour View of a Himalayan Range, Most Likely Near Simla, With Men Wearing Native Indian Dress in the Foreground. N.d. [ca. 1860].
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Bourne & Shepherd; Burke, John (ca. 1843-1900); Nicholas & Co.; Scowen & Co.; Skeen & Co.; Pont, V.&E., and Others. Album with Forty-Nine Large Albumen Photographs of British India and Ceylon. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
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Mallitte, Oscar (ca. 1829 - 1905) & Others. Album with 139 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photos of Northern India, Showing Philander Smith College (Methodist Residential School), Its Principal, Teachers and Students, Mussoorie, Landour, Nainital, Delhi, Agra, and Excellent Ethnographic Portraits of Indian People: Tailors, Servants and Ayahs, Coal Burners, Sweepers, Water Carriers, Coolies, Artisans, Sellers in Various Shops (General Merchant, Sweetmeat, Fruit and Vegetable, “Moody Shop,” Stick Maker, Goldsmith, Wood Carver, “Cashmere Cloth”), &c. Ca. late 1890s - early 1900s.
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Rickards, Peter (ca. 1843-1918); Rickards, Ellen (ca. 1845-1909). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Indiana Farmer and His Wife to “Dear Brother and Sister” in Starr’s Point, Oregon, Talking About Suffering from the Food Shortage and Seeking Provisions in Springfield, Illinois, Mentioning the Exceptional Promise of Wheat, Corn, Meadows, and Clover, and Indicating Early Prices of Various Agricultural Commodities, Including Butter, Fresh Beef, Chickens, Turkeys, Irish Potatoes, Bacon, etc. Indiana, 11 June 1876.
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Historically Significant Album with 35 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction and Early Operations of a Sugar Factory in the Dutch East Indies – Most Likely, the Djatiroto Complex (Jatiroto, East Java), Showing the Factory, Machinery, an Auxiliary River Dam Under Construction, Railway Station, Locomotive to Transport Sugar Cane, European Administrators and Javanese Workers, &c. Ca. 1900s.
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[Pyasetsky/Piasetskii], P.Y. Puteshestvie po Kitayu v 1874-1875 gg. (cherez Sibir, Mongoliyu, Vostochny, Sredny i Severo-Zapadny Kitai): Iz dnevnika chlena ekspeditsii P.Y. Pyasetskogo [i.e. Travel across China in 1874-75 (via Siberia, Mongolia, Eastern, Central and Northwestern China): From the Diary of the Expedition Member P.Y. Pyasetsky]. St. Petersburg: Typ. of M. Stasyulevich, 1880-1881. [With]: Pyasetsky, P.Y. Neudachnaya ekspeditsiya v Kitai 1874-1875 gg. V otvet na xashchitu g. Sosnovskogo po povodu knigi ‘‘Puteshestvie v Kitai’’ [i.e. Unsuccessful expedition to China. In Reply to the Defense of Mr. Sosnovsky about the book ‘‘Travel across China’’].
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Reiner, Samuel (ca. 1805-1862). Historically Interesting Original Pike’s Peak Gold Rush Letter by Samuel Reiner, a Farmer from Columbus City (Iowa) and State Senator, Talking about Local Folks Rushing to Gold Areas to Escape Economic Crisis, Describing Ox Teams as the Best Mode to Cross the Plains, and Outlining the Ideal Timing & Team Composition for the Journey. Columbus City, Iowa: 4 April 1859.
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$ 3500.00
Bezsonov, Boris Vasilyevich. Russkie pereselentsy v Severnoi Persii [i.e. Russian settlers in Northern Persia] Petrograd: Publishing of the Migration Administration of the Main Administration of Land Management and Agriculture, 1915.
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Heider, Karl G. (b. 1935). Album with 36 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Persepolis (Aerial View, Entrance Hall, Apadana Palace Columns and Reliefs, Throne Hall, the Tachara, Tombs of Darius I and Xerxes I at the Naghsh-e-Rostam Necropolis); Titled: Persepolis or Tacht-i-Jamshid, from the Travels of KGH, April 11 and 12, 1957.
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$ 525.00
Dicker, F.H. (Bert). Original Watercolour, Captioned: A Shopping Scene on the Tigris. 1919.
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Drummond, Augusta (1842-1908). Original Watercolour View of the Ruins of the Monastic City Gateway in Glendalough in Ireland. [1871].
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$ 950.00
Album with 65 Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Italy and Including some of France, Germany, and Monaco. Ca. 1890s - early 1900s.
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$ 1750.00
Naya, Carlo (1816-1882), Van Lint, Enrico (fl. 1850-70s), Fotografia Pompejana, Sommer e Behles, and Others. Large Attractive Collection of 78 Early Albumen Studio Photographs of Italian Cities, Showing the Main Sites, Streets and Architectural Details of Venice, Rome, Pompeii, Palermo, Genoa, Pisa, Turin, etc. Ca. 1860s.
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$ 3250.00
Sommers, Giorgio (1834-1914, fl. 1857-1888); Rive, Roberto (fl. ca. 1865-1890s); Amodio, Michele (fl. ca. 1850s-1880s). Attractive Keepsake Folder with 59 Large Original Albumen Studio Photographs of Italy, Showing the Architectural Sites, Streets, and Art Pieces from Rome, Florence, Naples, Capri, Amalfi, Pozzuoli, Casamicciola, Sorrento, Herculaneum, Paestum, ect. Ca. 1870s-1880s.
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Fawkes, H.C. Photo Album with Forty-nine Original Photographs from a Voyage to Palermo and Naples, with Four Original Watercolours made during the Trip, and Numerous Ephemera, Including Dinner Menus, Advertising Leaflets, and Twenty-five Colour and Black and White Printed Postcards. 1905.
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Coutinho, Domingos António de Sousa, 1st Conde and Marquis de Funchal (1760-1833). Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in Italy, including the Battle of Marengo. Livorno: 6 July 1800.
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Brogi, Giacomo (1822-1881); Fratelli Alinari (fl. ca. 1854-1920s); Bolletti Fotografi (fl. ca. 1870s?). Album of 46 Albumen Photographs and Five Watercolour Paintings Showing Italy, Including Perugia (Piazza IV Novembre, Appian Way, Etruscan Arch), Pisa (Piazza dei Miracoli), Pompeii (Ruins of Pompeii), Venice (St. Mark’s Square, Bridge of Sighs), Naples, Amalfi, Vietri, etc. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
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Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.
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Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780]. Montego Bay (Jamaica), 10 January 1781; London, 24 July and 31 August 1781.
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