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$ 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Ushant”, About the Admiralty’s Orders that “Lieutenant Brompton to be discharged from St. George, without waiting to be superceded with directions to join the Neptune immediately”.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.
$ 850.00
Widnell, Josiah (1807-1883); Widnell, Emily (née Stickney, 1819-1901). Historically Significant, Content-Rich Original Autograph Letter Signed by Newton Corner (MA) and Later Brooklyn Residents Josiah and Emily Widnell, to Their Family Member, Captain John K. Stickney, Who Had Left for California during the 1849 Gold Rush, With Interesting Notes about the Results of the 1850 U.S. Elections to the House of Representatives, Senate and Governor’s Seat in Massachusetts, Political Struggle between Whig, Free Soil and Democratic Parties, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and Mentioning Governor G.N. Briggs, Massachusetts Politicians Horace Mann, Daniel Webster, Stephen C. Phillips, & Others. Newton Corner near Boston, 20 November 1850.
$ 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.
$ 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
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.
$ 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
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.
$ 3250.00
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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.
$ 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.
$ 750.00
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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.
$ 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].
$ 1250.00
Historically Significant Collection of Nineteen Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Military Actions during WW1, Including Fourteen Views of Palestine and Syria (Official Surrender of Jerusalem, British Troops in the Judean Foothills, Pontoon Bridge over Jordan River at El Ghoraniyeh, Turkish Al Arish Redoubt in Gaza, Arab, Indian and British Troops in Damascus, Mt. Quruntul/Mount of Temptation Occupied by British Troops, &c.); and Five Photos from the Western Front, Showing the Ruins of Ypres, a Destroyed Railway, a Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps and a Group Portrait of King George V, French President Raymong Poincare and British and French Military Commanders. Ca. 1917-1918.
$ 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.
