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Collection of Thirteen Original Photos of New South Wales, Including Views of Sydney Harbour, Bondi Beach, Hacking River, Shoalhaven River, and Three Interesting Images of the Parramatta River Taken on the Day of the Scull Boat Race between George Towns and Jim Stanbury in 1905 or 1906. Ca. 1900s.
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$ 1250.00
Martin, Josiah (1843-1916); Valentine, George Dobson (1852-1890); & others. Album of 17 Albumen Studio Photographs of New Zealand, showing Arthur River, Auckland, Wellington, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Lake Rotorua, Rotorua Sanatorium and Malfroy Geysers, Waiotapu (Rainbow Hill, Sulphur Terrace, White Terrace before 1886 eruption), Mt. Tarawera, Whakarewarewa, Ohinemutu (Tametekapua meeting house), etc. Ca. 1880s.
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Two Albums with 192 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos Taken by British Travellers, Including 142 photos from a Car and Railway Trip Across New Zealand’s North and South Islands, 29 photos of Southern Australia from Perth to Sydney, and Views of Rarotonga, Tahiti, Moorea, Celebration of Crossing the Equator, etc. Ca. 1925-1926.
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Humphrys, George, Esq. (ca. 1802-1873); Kebbell, John (1810-1879); Briggs, Mary Jane (1811-1893); Broughton, Bryan Sneyd Herbert (ca. 1838-1862), & Others. Historically Significant Archive of ca. 150 Documents, Including Over 80 Original Autograph Letters Signed (with Thirteen Original Envelopes), 50 Period Copies or Drafts of Original Letters, ca. 20 Financial Documents and a Deed of Land Purchase, Regarding the Pastoral Runs in the Onahau Bay (Queen Charlotte Sound) and Pelorus Sound in the Marlborough Province of New Zealand’s South Island. Wellington, Onahau Bay, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch, Suffolk House (Cheltenham, England), Liverpool & others, ca. 1860-1872.
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$ 425.00
Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry, Baron (1858-1945). Two Autograph Letters Signed "F.J.D. Lugard" to "Thomas" and "Fagan" (of Natural History Museum) Dated 1 Sept. 1895 and 15 Feb. 1896 Respectively. [South Africa], 1895-6.
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$ 750.00
Dynes, Joseph (Canadian, 1825-1897). [Sepia Watercolour and Ink Painting:] Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado - Drawn from Nature by J. Dynes. Quebec V.C. [Canada].
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[Puzzle Map Titled:] Amerique du Nord. Paris: M.D. Editeur, ca. 1890.
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Rayev, Grigory Ivanovich (1863-1957). Collection of Eighteen Original Albumen Photographs of Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, and the Georgian Military Road from the Series “Views of the Caucasus”. Ca. 1900.
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Chepigovsky, I. Kratkaya osetinskaya grammatika [i.e. Brief Ossetian Grammar]. Vladikavkaz: Tipografiya-Skoropechatnya Z. I. Shuvalova, 1880.
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O’Meara, James (1825-1903). Historically Significant Autograph Letter Signed by an Oregonian Democrat Journalist James O’Meara to a Member of the Oregon House of Representatives, Colonel Benjamin Stark, Following the Democrats’ Defeat in the 1860 Presidential Election. Jacksonville, Oregon, 13 November 1860.
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Historically Interesting Album of 215 Original Photographs Taken by a Middle-Class American Family during a Road Trip to Oregon in the 1920s, Showing the Oldest Staying Bridge in Lake Creek, State River Hatchery in Leasburg, Fischer’s Flouring Mill and a Dam in Silverton, the first Santiam Fish Hatchery, and Candid Travel Scenes; also, with Rare Views of Yale-Duryea Mill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Titled: Photographs. Ca. 1920s.
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Pringle, Virgil Kellog (ca. 1804-1887). Historically Interesting Original Letter by Virgil Pringle, a Salem Pioneer, Encouraging a Local Landowner to Make Immediate Repairs on His Property and Promising Significant Income if Completed Quickly. Salem, Oregon: 23 December 1872.
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Guyles, R.B. Original Autograph Letter Written by a Forty-Niner from Cayuga County (NY), Talking about His Voyage to the Oregon Territory Onboard the USS “Massachusetts” in Winter 1848-May 1849, Life and Work in the Oregon City, Local Climate, Prices, Plans to go to the Walla Walla Mines, &c. Oregon City: 25 June 1850.
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Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter by a Fortune-Seeker from Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, Exposing the Web of Deception Surrounding the Fraser River Gold Rush ("It is all a Humbug and Nothing Els"), Citing 50 Casualties by Indian Attacks and 500 Drownings en Route to the Gold Mines, and Urging His Friends to Forsake the Allure of Prospecting in Favor of More Promising Trading Realm. Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon: 27 November 1858.
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King, G. Historically Interesting Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Regarding the Death of Ezra Prentice, Member of a Prominent New York Merchant Family. Grants Pass, Oregon: 21 January 1872.
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Monteith, J. (ca. 1825-1888). Historically Significant Manuscript Letter Signed by John Monteith, a Pioneer Farmer in Oquawka, Illinois, and Addressed to James Allen of West Lancaster, Iowa, Discussing his Postponed Plans to Relocate to Oregon Due to Crushing Wages, Economic Hardships, a Desperate Job Market, and the Surge of California Gold Seekers; also Warning of Unparalleled Hardships in Oregon. Oquawka, Illinois: 3 March 1851.
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[McLean, Margaret Rebecca, née Davidson] (1835-1925). Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Oregon Pioneer Margaret McLean, Talking about the Leaders of the United Presbyterian Church of Oregon, Her Family’s Upcoming Wagon Trip to the Oregon Coast, Where They Planned to Have “Plenty of Fresh Oisters [sic!] and Big Fish in Abundance,” a School Teacher in Eugene - a “Young Lady” Who Gets Paid “Forty Dollars a Month in Gold,” the Author’s Relatives, Including William who “was out Fighting Indians,” Her Love to Oregon which is “One of the Best Fruit Countrys [sic!] in the World,” &c. Eugene City, Oregon: 18 June 1866.
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Interesting Early Autograph Letter Signed Regarding a Legal Dispute Likely over a Common Law Marriage in Oregon, Addressed to “Mr. Harding” (Most Likely a Notable Salem Attorney Benjamin Franklin Harding) and Mentioning Judge Cyrus Olney, then the Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Oregon City, O.T., 4 June 1855.
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Drummond, Augusta (1842-1908). Original Initialed and Dated Watercolour View Titled: "Swedish coast from Klampenborg." 27 June 1880.
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Schematismus der orthodox-orientalischen Bukowinaer Dioecese für das Jahr 1863 [Hierarchy of the Bukovina Diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church for 1863]. Czernowitz: Johann und Rudolph Eckhardt, [1863].
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روزنامه [i.e. Calendar]. [Bosnia], [1906 or late XIXth century].
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Wyld, J[ames] (1790-1836). European Dominions of the Ottomans or Turkey in Europe [Folding Map]. London: J. Wyld, 1824.
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$ 425.00
Bougainville, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, Baron de (1781-1846). Private Autograph Note Signed ‘de Bougainville’ to His Friend “cher Henry”. N.p., 3 August.
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Pereira-Caldas, . Ihlas Carolinas, Conflicto Hispano-Allemao. Arbitrativamente Solvido em Roma a 17 de Dezembro de 1885, Pelo Papa Leao XIII em Mediacao Diplomatica Entre os Contendentes Escolhida. [Caroline Islands, Spanish-German Conflict, Arbitration solved in Rome on December 17, 1885, by Pope Leo XIII in Diplomatic Mediation Chosen by the Contenders]. Porto: A. J. Da Silva Teixeira, 1886.
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Novaya Zelandiya i Okeania, ili Ostrova Yuzhnogo Moria [i.e. New Zealand and Oceania, or the Islands of the South Sea]. St. Petersburg: Obschestvennaya pol’za, 1874.
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