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$ 525.00
A Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolour View of Luis de Camões Grotto After the Aquatint from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled: Camoens Cave, Macao. Ca. 1810s.
$ 3500.00
Historically Significant Album with 77 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Antananarivo (Royal Palace, Andafiavaratra Palace, St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, Silver Palace, Andohalo/Jean Laborde Square, &c.), Portraits of Queen Ranavalona III, Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, General Gallieni and His Staff, General Théophile Pennequin and Queen Binao of the Sakalava People, Numerous Settlements and Sites Across the Island (Antsahavola, Ambohimanga, Tsinjoarivo, Mandraka Falls, Analamazaotra, Maromby, Mahatsara, Fianarantsoa, Tamatave/Toamasina, Ile Sainte Marie/Nosy Boraha, Maroantsetra, Vohemar, Diego-Suarez/Antsiranana, Nossi-Be/Nosy Be, Antongombato, Majunga/Mahajanga, Fort-Dauphin/Taolagnaro, Farafangana, Mananjary, & Others), Scenes of French Weddings and Parties, Portraits of Indigenous Noblemen, Workers, Dancers, Musicians, Warriors, &c. Ca. 1895 – early 1900s.
$ 2750.00
Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Diego Suarez/Antsiranana (Port and Roadstead, Cap Diego, Pointe du Corail, Ville Basse, Rue Colbert, Antsirane Neighbourhood), French military Camp d’Ambre and Forests of the Montagne Ambre, Betsileo, Hova, Sakalava, Antemoro People, Inhabitants of Comoros and Sainte-Marie Island/Nosy Boraha, Malagasy Tirailleurs, Scenes of Kabary, Views of Antananarivo and Toamasina, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2750.00
Collection of 179 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Madagascar, Taken and Collected by a French Military Doctor Stationed in Majunga/Mahajanga, Showing Majunga Streets and People, Marovoay, Betsiboka River, Antananarivo, the French Military Hospital in Majunga, the Festivities during the Arrival of General Gallieni in Majunga in July 1900, Including Many Well-Executed Portraits of the Native People, etc. Ca. 1895-1901.
Ritchie, Joseph (ca. 1788-1819). Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at the Beginning of Ritchie's Ill-Fated Expedition to Africa, to Introduce Sidi Hassuna D'Ghies, who was a son of the Prime Minister of the Pasha of Tripoli, and Later Would Become the Pasha's Foreign Minister, and Additionally he was Later also Connected to the Fate of Alexander Laing. Marseilles: 28 August 1818.
$ 650.00
Large Photograph Panorama of Valetta Harbour, Malta. Ca. 1870.
$ 425.00
Gambier, James, Sir, Admiral of the Fleet (1756-1833). Autograph Letter Signed “Gambier” to Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth “off Ushant”, About the Admiralty’s Orders that “Lieutenant Brompton to be discharged from St. George, without waiting to be superceded with directions to join the Neptune immediately”. Caledonia in Hamoze, 21 September 1808.
$ 450.00
A Collection of the 33 Ordinances Enacted by the Governor of Mauritius with the Advice and Consent of the Council of Government Port Louis, 1876. 211 pp. [with] A Collection of Proclamations and Government Notices Published at Mauritius during the Year 1876, iv + 49 pp. [with] Index of Government Notices of 1876, xxxiii + Government Notices + 343 pp. Mauritius: G.H. Griffiths, Government Printer, 1876.
$ 1500.00
A Collection of the over 100 Bound-up Original Ordinances, issued by the Government of Mauritius during the years 1857 - 1867. [Port Louis] 1857-1867.
$ 525.00
Original Two-part Gelatin Silver Photograph Panorama of Port Louis, Mauritius. Ca. 1890.
$ 2500.00
Collection of Two Albums with 104 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Malta, Showing Valletta and Environs (Grand Harbour, Forts, Victoria Gate, Portes des Bombes, St. Publius Parish Church, Monument to Sir Alexander Ball, Turkish Mosque in Marsa, Auberge de Castillo, Kingsway, &c.), Verdala Palace, Valletta Streets Decorated for the Visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Album with Thirty-Seven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Mediterranean, Showing the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth), Egypt (Cairo, Giza), Algiere (Algiers), Greece (Athens), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Seville), Italy (Venice, Rome), Gibraltar, and Monte Carlo; titled: Photographs. 1926.
$ 750.00
McKenna, Mike. Historically Interesting Letter Signed by an American Soldier in an Agua Prieta Hospital, Talking about a Rebel Paranoid about Being Poisoned, a Half-Paralyzed Yaqui's Dire Condition, and the Deaths of Local Patients (a Federal & a Yaqui Mayo). Agua Prieta, Sonora: 5 November 1912.
$ 1250.00
Dorrance, William T (Ca. 1804 - ?). A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by 1st Sergeant of the 7th US Infantry Regiment, William T Dorrance, from Occupied Mexico City and Signed to His Cousin Edward Moulton in Willimantic, Connecticut, Sharing Breaking News of the Arrival of Two US Commissioners “Empowered to Settle the Terms” of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Heatedly Arguing about the Possible Need of Marching to San Luis Potosi and Giving the Mexicans “A Drubbing” There, Decisively Claiming That “The Question of Peace or War Rests Now Entirely with Mexico,” and Mentioning Several American Political Figures, Including Nicholas Trist, Nathan Clifford, and Ambrose Sevier. Mexico City, 20 April 1848.
$ 950.00
[McCall, George Archibald] (1802-1868); McCall, Mary Dickinson (1799-1881). Autograph Letter Signed from Mary Dickinson McCall to her Renowned Brother, Captain of the 4th US Infantry Regiment George McCall, Talking about His Recent Heroism during the Battle of Palo Alto, the Occupation of Matamoros, the Regiment’s Possible Move to Monterrey, the Anecdote about General Winfield Scott and a “Plate of Soup,” and Mentioning Several American Public Figures, Including John Cadwalader, Joseph R. Ingersoll, William L. Marcy, John M. Read Jr., and others. Philadelphia: 15 & 16 June [1846].
$ 1250.00
Wingate, B., Corp. A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by an American Soldier and Participant of the Mexican-American War the Very Same Day the Siege of Veracruz Ended With Mexico’s Surrender, Triumphantly Writing to His Folks Back Home in Indiana about “One of the Greatest Battles Ever Won by American Arms,” Talking about Mexican Soldiers Begging General Zachary Taylor, the Next US President, for Something to Eat, Fiercely Stating that Mexico City “Must Hear the Barking of Our Buldogs [i.e. Bulldogs] Before Walls,” and Enthusiastically Predicting the Near End of the Warfare After the American Capture of the “Third Strong Place in the World;” Also Mentioning General Winfield Scott Whose Heroism “Must Gane [i.e. Gain] for the Commander the Name that Will Last for Ages to Come.” Veracruz, 29 March 1847.
$ 1250.00
Slocum, Wilkes Almy (ca. 1824-1848). Original Autograph Letter by Wilkes Slocum, a Boatman Near Vera Cruz, Sharing with “Dear Mother” the Hot News of the Mexican Defeat in the Vera Cruz Battle and Writing about the Minimal Casualties Suffered by the American Forces. Vera Cruz: 29 March 1847.
$ 750.00
Williams, Thomas. General Orders No. 54, announcing victory at Buenavista. Document Signed as aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott. One page, 9 1/2 x 8 inches, with docketing on verso; faint mount remnants along on edge on verso. Vera Cruz, Mexico, 15 March 1847.
Historically Significant Archive of Eight Original Manuscripts and Documents, Regarding the Siege of Fort Texas and the Service of Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War, Including Reports of the Use of Tents for Making Sand Bags, and Return Forms for Personnel, Forage and Fuel. [Mexico], 1846-1848.
$ 575.00
Coverley-Price, A. Victor (British, 1901-1988). A Grisaille Watercolour Signed "V. Coverley-Price" Titled: Bivouac on Ixtaccihuatl (16,200 feet), Mexico. Ca. 1925.
$ 850.00
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.
$ 750.00
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.
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.
$ 750.00
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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.
