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Album with 188 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Cyanotypes of an Early Trip to American Southwest and its Environs, Showing Texas (El Paso), Arizona (Phoenix), and Mexico (Juarez), including Rare Portraits of Native Americans and Local Landmarks; also, with the Early Views of California (Hollywood, Long Beach, Redlands, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, etc.) Ca. 1905.
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Coverley-Price, A. Victor (British, 1901-1988). A Grisaille Watercolour Signed "V. Coverley-Price" Titled: Bivouac on Ixtaccihuatl (16,200 feet), Mexico. Ca. 1925.
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Historically Interesting Album with Forty-Four Original Photographs of Mexico, Showing the Portraits of Local Dancers, Musicians, Women & Children, Street Merchants, &; also, with the Photos of Ancient Landmarks of Mexico City, Chiapas, and Tlaxcala; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1940s.
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Otte, Pauline (1919-2005). Album of 59 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs of a 1944 Tour of Mexico Taken by an American Woman, Showing Mexico City (Hotel Reforma, Metropolitan Cathedral, Palace of Fine Arts, House of Tiles), Cuernavaca, Desert of the Lions National Park, a Bull Fight in Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, etc. With Over 15 Pieces of Ephemera from the Tour. Ca. 1944.
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McCrackan, Rev. John Henry (1856-1906); [Rondthaler, Rev. Edward, Bishop] (1842-1931). Historically Significant Journal with 59 Original Albumen Snapshot Photographs, Nine Printed Postcards, and Over a Dozen Specimens of Dried Flowers and Plants, Illustrating a Travel of an American Episcopal Clergyman John McCrackan and a Moravian Pastor from North Carolina Edward Rondthaler around Palestine in April – May 1889.
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Estcourt, James Bucknall (1802-1855). Seven Watercolour and Ink Drawings of the Euphrates Valley and the Environs of Baghdad After Plates from J. Buckingham’s “Travels in Mesopotamia” and R. Mignan’s “Travels in Chaldaea”. 1828-1830.
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Ferâizcizâde, Mehmed Sa'it Efendi (d. 1835). Tarih-i Gülşen-i Maarif [The History of Knowledge]. Istanbul: Dar üt-Tıbaat ül-Amire [Court Typ.], 1252 H. [1836].
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Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye[A Yearbook of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry]. Constantinople [Istanbul]: Imp. Eb-uz-zia, 1302 H [1884].
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MEARS, E. (ca. 1807-1978); PATTRIDGE, S (ca. 1802-1866); PATTRIDGE, M. (ca. 1835-?). Historically Interesting Collection of Two Autograph Manuscript Letters by Minnesota Pioneers Eliyah C. Mears and Marion & Sylva Pattridge, Addressed to Ephriam Mills in Plains, Georgia, Discussing the Legal Disputes Over His Mortgaged Land, Unresolved Claims by Creditors, and Severe Economic Crisis in Minnesota; also with Mentions of California Gold Rush and Disheartened Emigrants Returning from Pike’s Peak. Pleasant Grove, Minnesota: 19 July 1859.
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Historically Significant Collection of Eleven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Printed Postcard, Showing Life in Kansas City Just Months before the 1918 Great Flu Pandemic; with the Photos of the Now-Demolished Westgate Hotel, Newman Theatre, Union Station Depot, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Various Local Stores with Clearly Visible Signs. 1918.
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[Buchan-Hepburn of Smeaton], Sir Archibald Banister] (1852-1929). Album with Nine Original Watercolours, and Sixty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Made on a Mountaineering Trip to Montenegro and Albania, with Interesting Views of the Komovi Mountains of the Dinaric Alps (Andrijevica Village, Kucki Kom Peak, Tara River), Durmitor Mountain Range, Podgorica, Kolasin, Niksic, Zabljak, Cetinje; Lake Skatar, Kir River and Shkodër City in Albania, and Others; With: Seven Watercolour Views of Rural France at Rear. 1908.
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$ 525.00
Westermarck, Edward Alexander (1862-1939). Two Autograph Letters Signed‚ Discussing Publication of a Chapter from his Latest Book, Apparently, “The Origin and Development of Moral Ideas” (London, 1906-1908, 2 vols.), and Mentioning His Recent Return from Morocco. Two letters: London‚ 10 October 1908; Helsingfors‚ 26 April 1909.
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Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Casablanca During French Occupation After the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907). Ca. 1907-1908.
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Cosme, Robert. Album of ca. 228 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a French Naval Officer’s Service Aboard the French Cruisers Galiée and Desaix During the First Year of the French Conquest of Morocco, Showing the Bombardment of Casablanca, Combat Exercises, French Officers and Sailors, Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco, the Harem of the Pasha of Mogador Bel-Ghazi, and Moroccan Cities (Tanger, Mazaghan, Mogador, Saffi), etc., Titled: Campagne du Maroc. Ca. 1907-1908.
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Buchanan, William Insco (1853-1909). Attractive Collection of Eighteen Albumen, Gelatin Silver and Autochrome Studio and Amateur Photos of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Collected and Taken by an American Diplomat William I. Buchanan during His Trip to Russia in Summer-Autumn 1909. Ca. 1900s.
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Original Large Photograph of the Moscow Kremlin Taken from the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge. Ca. 1880s.
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Evans, Charles (1918-1995). Two Typewritten Letters Signed by Charles Evans, the Leader of the 1955 British Kanchenjunga Expedition, on Official "Kanchenjunga Expedition 1955" Letterhead, and Addressed to the Manager of the Swiss Watchmaking Company Baume & Mercier, with a Carbon Copy of the Answer. Three letters, 28, 29 & 31 December 1955.
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$ 1250.00
Romero, Jeronymo, Second Lieutenant of the Navy. [PRESENTATION COPY of:] Memoria ácerca do Districto de Cabo Delgado [Report about the District of Cabo Delgado; With:] Supplemento á Memoria Descriptiva e Estatistica do Districto de Cabo Delgado com Uma Noticia ácerca do Estabelecimento da Colonia de Pemba [Supplement to the Descriptive and Statistical Report of the District of Cabo Delgado with the Latest News about the Establishment of the Colony of Pemba]. Lisboa: Impr. Nacional, 1856-1860.
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$ 475.00
Maguire, Herbert (1821-1895). [Portrait of Sir Roderick Murchison with his Facsimile Signature]: Rod. I. Murchison. [Ipswich]: [George Ransome], [1849].
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$ 275.00
Portrait Pencil Drawing of Gustav Nachtigal. Ca. 1880.
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Album with 238 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Showing the Construction of the Lüderitz-Keetmanshoop Railway in German Southwest Africa in 1905-1907, Railway Stations, Military Posts, Schutztruppe Officers and Soldiers, Artillery Guns, Lüderitzbucht, Shark Island, Cornelius Fredericks as a Prisoner, Distressed Herero Girls, Railway Workers, etc. Ca. 1904-1907.
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Album with 33 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Officer of HMS Niobe during the Second Boer War and Showing the Defence Installations in Walvis Bay (Fort Niobe, Cuddy Cop, Fort Stocker), Artillery and Maxim Guns, Cape Garrison Artillery Camp in Walvis Bay, HMS Niobe, Its Officers and Crew, Boer Prisoners and Their Tent Camp on Saint Helena, Imprisoned Boer General Piet Cronje, Governor of Walvis Bay, et al.; with Two Ink-Drawn “Plan of Settlement Shewing Fortifications and Defences Forming Fort Niobe, Erected by Naval Brigade from HMS “Niobe” for Defence of Settlement from Boer Raids, Feb. 10th-14th 1900;” and “Plan of the Boer Enclosure and Deadwood Camp, St. Helena, 1900”. Ca. 1900-1901.
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Collection of Sixty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Stereoview Photographs of the Natal Colony (Modern-Day KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa), Showing Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Howick Falls, Castle Hotel in Howick, Environs of Pinetown and Inchanga, “Waterworks for Boer Concentration Camp,” “Boer Refugee Camp, Washing Day,” Portraits of Native Policemen, Railway Workers, Oxen-cart Drivers, “Coolie Procession” et al. Ca. 1900s.
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$ 950.00
Gardner, Edward (1784-1861) [Resident in Kathmandu 1816-29]. Autograph Letter Signed to a Superior (Most likely Governor-General of Bengal, Francis, Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquis of Hastings) Reporting the Latest Intelligence Including Troop Strengths and Movements of the Gurkhas (Nepali Troops) in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16). Hawalbagh (India): 18th Dec. 1815.
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GILMAN, C. Historically Interesting Original Letter Signed by Nevada Pioneer C. Gilman from Ruby Valley and Addressed to Jno. M. Duncan & Hardware Co. in Austin, Urging Immediate Sale of Oats Before Barley Shipments from Salt Lake City Flood the Market. Ruby Valley, Nevada: 22 May 1866.
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