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$ 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.
$ 525.00
Original Two-part Gelatin Silver Photograph Panorama of Port Louis, Mauritius. Ca. 1890.
$ 1250.00
Album of 91 Albumen Photographs Showing Algeria (Fort National, Algiers, Oran, Tizi Ouzou), Gibraltar, and Morocco (Tangiers), as well as France, England, and Portugal. Ca. 1880-1882.
$ 2250.00
Maison Bonfils (fl. ca. 1860s-1839); Zangaki Brothers (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Hakim, S. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s). Album of 50 Albumen Studio Photographs Showing a Trip Around the Eastern Mediterranean, Including Jerusalem (Church of Mary Magdalene, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mosque of Omar, City Views), Bethlehem (Pilgrims Entering the City on Christmas), Baalbek (Temple of Bacchus), and Damascus (Sulaymaniyya Takiyya, Maktab Anbar, City Views) and Views of Spain (Alhambra), the Canary Islands (Las Palmas and La Atalaya on Gran Canaria; Santa Cruz on Tenerife), Madeira (Funchal), and Egypt (Alexandria). Ca. 1887, 1893-94.
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
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.
$ 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].
$ 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.
$ 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.
$ 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.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Ninety-Four Original Gelatin Silver Stereoview Photographs of Mexico, Showing Chihuahua, Moneterey, Zacatecas, Aguas Calientes, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Juanacatlan, Mexico City, Santa Anita, Guadalupe, Amecameca, Cholulua, Popocatapetl, Ixtaccihuatl, Orizaba, Cordoba, Omealca, Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Tehuantepec, Aztec villages, Portraits of Natives on the Markets and In Their Trades, Including Native Indian Fair, Strawberry Fields and Farming Activities, Interior of the Local Cathedrals and Houses, Bull-fighting, Calendar Stone and Other Remarkable Objects in Local Museums, Factory Scenes, Scenes at the Cotton Mill, Primary School in Jalapa, Photos Relating To Coffee Production and Extracting Pulque From the Maguey Plant. Ca. 1900.
$ 950.00
Historically Interesting Album with Ninety-Six Original Photographs Taken during an Early Trip to Aguascalientes, Showing the Gran Fundición Central Mexicana (Exterior, Entrance, and Workers), Lively Street Scenes from Local Markets including Mercado El Parián, the Traditional Mexican “Burning of Judas” Ritual, Mexicans and Travelers Boarding a Locomotive, a Local Rodeo, and Views of the Aguascalientes Railway Station; also, with the Photographs from Colorado (Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Leadville, and One of the Earliest Airplane Flights in the Region). Ca. 1910-1911.
$ 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.
$ 1500.00
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].
Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye[A Yearbook of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry]. Constantinople [Istanbul]: Imp. Eb-uz-zia, 1302 H [1884].
$ 525.00
An Interesting Early Letter from a Settler in Boonville (Likely, in Missouri) Who Was Planning to “Engage in the Drug Business in or near Elgin” (One in Missouri or Possibly Oregon), Telling the Addressee that He is “Extremely Desirous of Having you as a Partner” and Remembering “of Your Intention of Going West with me to Look out a Suitable Place for Business”. Boonville, 8 August 1854.
$ 525.00
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.
$ 4500.00
[Whitaker, Ewen Adar] (1922-2016). Historically Significant Collection of ca. 409 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Moon (Views from Space, Closer Images of the Lunar Surface and Craters), Taken by Several NASA Spacecrafts - Ranger VII (1964), Surveyor I (1965), Ranger VIII ad IX (1965), Lunar Orbiter III and IV (1967), and by Apollo 15 Mission (1971). Ca. 1960s – 1970s.
$ 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.
$ 1500.00
Album of 107 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing French Military Activity (Camps, Camp Raids, etc. in Casablanca; French Soldiers and Officers in “Dar el Baroud”), the Bombardment of Casablanca (Preparations, Aftermath), a “Nzaha” in “Dar el Baroud,” Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Rabat. Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 2250.00
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.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Casablanca During French Occupation After the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907). Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1750.00
Helbert, Raymond Ferdinand Marie (1877-1972), colonel. Historically Significant Album of ca. 410 Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by Raymond Helbert, a Lieutenant of the 4th Zouave Regiment, During His Service in Tunisia (1904-1906) and the Conquest of Morocco (1909-1911), Showing Sidi Abdallah (French Military Base in Bizerte), Zouave Barracks, a Series of “Manoeuvres” (Camps of the 4thZouaves, “Artillery in Position”), the Departure of General d’Amade, the “Méhalla des Grands Vizirs,” Moroccan Goumiers, Senegalese Tirailleurs, Helbert’s Legion d’Honneur Ceremonies, etc. Ca. 1904-1919, 1930-1933.
