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Morse, Jay C. (ca. 1873-1954). Historically Interesting Album with Seventy-One Original Gelatin Silver Photos of an Early Voyage to Alaska, Showing Ketchikan (General Views, Ketchikan Creek, etc.), Wrangell (Waterfront, Indigenous Girls, Raven Totem, etc.), Petersburg (Harbor), Juneau (Harbor, Street Scene with Visible Signs “Kodaks” and “Studio Portraits”), Skagway (Broadway St. View with Clearly Visible Swastika Sign, White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad, Skagway Canyon, etc.), and Sitka (Lovers Lane, Mount Verstovia, and the Waterfront); as well as with the Photos of Field (British Columbia) and Toronto (Ontario). Ca. 1929.
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$ 1750.00
Vavilov, M.I. Poslednie Dni v Russkoi Amerike. Iz Zapisok Ochevidtsa. 1867-1868 [Last Days in Russian America. From the Notes by an Eye-Witness. 1867-1868] // From: Russkaya Starina. 1886. Vol. XLIX. Pp. 549-560; Vol. L. Pp. 593-598; Vol. LI. Pp. 605-614. [Saint Petersburg: Typ. of V.S. Balashev, 1886].
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Barsukov, I.P. Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i Rasskazam Sovremennikov [i.e. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, His Works, Letters and Stories of Him by His Contemporaries]. Moscow: Typ. of the Holy Synod, 1883.
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Tarih-İ İskender Bin Filipos [i.e. A History of Alexander the Great, the Son of Philip]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1838.
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Neurdein Frères (active ca. 1860s-1890s). Historically Interesting Album with Forty Original Albumen Studio Photos of French Algeria, Showing Algiers, Constantine, Tebessa, Biskra, Staouelli, Laghouat, Chiffa, and Souk Ahras. Ca. 1860s-1890s.
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$ 1500.00
Nuerdien Frères (fl. ca. 1860-1932). Album of 53 Albumen Studio and Amateur Photographs of Algeria, Including Algiers, Constantine, Bôme, etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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Collection of Three Attractive Original Watercolour Views Showing Cherchell and Mustapha Superieur in Algeria. 1892-3.
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Album of 94 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Central and Southern Algeria Showing French Military Activity in In Salah and Tamanrasset (Mess Hall, Radio Post, Infirmary, the “Captain’s House,” Pool Opening in El Barka, etc.), Views of In Salah (Post Office, General Views, etc.), French Airship “Dixmude,” the Citroën Mission (1922-1923), and Portraits of Indigenous Algerians (Tuareg Men and Women, Fantasia Performance, the “Orphéons” of In Salah and El Barka, etc.) Ca. 1920s.
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$ 425.00
Baudin, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commander of the Warship “Vulcain”. Official Certificate Given to Michel Lastrén, 2nd maitre cannonier, who served on the Warship “Vulcain” in 1829-1830, and in particular during the French Invasion of Algiers; the Certificate is Signed “Baudin”. Toulon: , 1 December 1830.
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$ 525.00
Blanckley, Henry Stanyford (1752-1820). Original Certificate on the Printed Form of the British Chancery Office in Algiers, Appointing Lewis Tonna as Blanckley’s Secretary. Algiers: 9 October 1806.
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$ 425.00
Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré (1828-1915). Autograph Letter Signed “Désiré Charnay” to “Mon cher ami” with the Latest News after his Arrival to Algiers for the Winter Season, the Letter is Decorated with a Printed Vignette Depicting Arab Camel Riders in a Desert. Algiers: 25 October 1891.
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Zemlia Kolumba. Sborniki literatury i iskusstva [i.e. Columbus's Land. A Collection of Literature and Art]. Vol 1-2 [all published]. / edited by B. Miklashevsky. New York; San Francisco; Los Angeles, 1936.
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$ 750.00
Louis Agassiz. Conversações scientificas sobre o amazonas : feitas na sala do externato do Collegio de Pedro II durante o mez de maio de 1866 [i.e.Scientific discussions about the Amazon: held in the lecture hall of the Pedro II College during the month of May 1866]. Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Imp. e Const. de J. Villeneuve, 1866.
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Martinelli, Vincenzio. Istoria del Governo d'Inghilterra e delle sue Colonie in India, e nell' America Settentrionale. [History of the Government of England and its Colonies in India and in North America]. Firenze: G. Cambiagi, 1776.
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Mensendieck, Bess. Funktionelles Frauenturnen [i.e. Functional Women's Gymnastics]. Munich: F. Bruckmann A.-G., 1923.
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Fraser, D. (Ca. 1846-?). Interesting Original Manuscript Letter to the Sharps Rifle Company in Connecticut, Detailing a Request for Ammunition Supplies and Shipping Arrangement. Virginia City, Nevada: 8 March 1877.
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Giovio‚Giulio‚ Bishop of Nocera (ca. 1510-ca. 1563). Official Letter Signed by Giovio to “Molto Magnifico Signor” Solomeo Solomei in Florence‚ Introducing his Nephew Passing through Florence on his way to Rome. Como: 19 March 1560.
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D’Oyly, Sir Hastings Hadley (1864-1948). Two Original Watercolours of the Andaman Islands, Titled on Verso: 1) Ross Islands from the Aberdeen District Officers’ House, Port Blair; and 2) Government Rest House, Mount Harriet – Port Blair. Ca. 1890.
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Gardner, Edward (1784-1861), British Resident in Kathmandu 1816-29; [Nicollas, Sir Jasper, Future Commander-in-Chief, India] (1778-1849); Fagan, George Hickson, Adjutant General, East India Co. Army (1778-1821); [Weguelin, Thomas Matthias, Commissary General of Bengal] (d. 1828); Nicol, James, Office of Deputy Adjutant General, Field Army; Lumsdaine, William, Mayor, “Deputy Commissary General, Nepal.” Historically Significant Collection of Eleven Original Manuscripts (Autograph Letters Signed and Period Copies of Official Dispatches) Related to the Planned Advance of a British Force under the Command of Colonel Jasper Nicolls to the Doti and Salena Districts in the Western Kingdom of Nepal in December 1815, during the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816. Presidency of Fort William, Cawnpore [Kanpur], Seetapore [Sitapur], Hawal Bagh, November 3 -December 22, 1815.
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$ 1250.00
[Coimbra, J. da C.A., a Photographer from Chibia]. Historically Significant Collection of Fifteen Original Studio Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photographs of Portuguese West Africa, Showing the Towns of Lubango (Church, Barracks of the Dragoons of Angola) and Chibia (Streets, Houses, Waterfall), Portraits of Native Angolans, a Boer Settler with His Family and an Oxen-Driven Wagon, Portuguese Military Officers of the “Operational Column,” “Major Silva” and Native Porters, &c. Ca. 1890s.
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Album with Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of the American Methodist Mission Station in Quéssua, Angola; Including Portraits of the Missionaries and their Families (V. Crandall, I. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Kremp, Mr. and Mrs. Whitey, F. Bessa, C. Cross, M. Nelson), African Assistants and Locals (Sarah Webba, Carlos, Maravilha, Heraldo, etc.), Views of a Church, Chapel, Boarding School, Playhouse, Grass Huts, etc. Ca. 1948-1962.
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$ 650.00
Charcot, Jean-Baptiste (1867-1936). Autograph Letter Signed by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a French Scientist, Explorer, and Leader of the 1904-1907 and 1908-1910 French Antarctic Expeditions. [Paris], 31 Mars [March] 1913.
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$ 750.00
Collection of 21 Original Photos, taken during XIXth Soviet Antarctic Expedition on Molodezhnaya station in the years 1973-1975, led by V. S. Ignatov and D. D. Maksutov. The collection shows the work process at the station, the equipment and the experiments conducted, the everyday life of the scientists, including food preparation and participation in Soviet elections, the machinery used at the station, as well as the panoramic view of the station itself. 1973-1975.
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Gatzuk, V.A. Blizhe vsekh k Iuzhnomu poliusu [i.e. The closest to the South Pole]. 2nd edition. Moscow: Yunaia Rossiya, 1918.
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$ 750.00
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Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855). A Collection of Two Autograph Letters Signed "W. Parry"; With Two Engraved Portraits of William Parry: Sir Captn. W.E. Parry, R.N. Letters: 1) Mattishall, 17 April 1835.
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