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[Weinhard, Henry, Portland brewer (1830-1904); Failing, Henry, Portland mayor (1834-1898)]. Original Manuscript Bond Regarding a Saloon License Between the City of Portland and Signatory Parties (Including Noted Portland Brewer Henry Weinhard) and Affirmed by Portland Mayor Henry Failing, Mentioning That the Principal “Will Not Permit or Suffer Any Female to Be Employed in or about Such House,” etc. [Portland, 30 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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$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Troops’ Movements and Maneuvres in the Western Provinces of British India – mostly, in Punjab and Sind (Modern-Day Pakistan), Showing Military Camps, Officers and Soldiers, a Military Train of the North Western Railway, Sialkot (British Cantonment, Clock Tower, Holy Trinity Cathedral, St. James Catholic Church, 0-Mile Monument), Kotri Bridge, Kamoke Railway Station, &c. Ca. 1920s.
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[Faulkner, Farr. G.J.?] Album with 189 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars’ Military Service on the North West Frontier, Showing Group Portraits of the Regiment’s Officers, Military Marches and Reviews, Cantonments, Khyber Pass, Landi Kotal, Peshawar, Lahore, Attock, Aerial Views of the Himalayas, Nowshera, Jamrud and Attock Forts, Taj Mahal, Delhi, Gilgit Landing Ground, Takht-i-Bahi Ruins near Mardan, Destruction after the 1935 Quetta Earthquake, Robert Baden-Powell in Risalpur. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
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Unsigned Watercolour View of the Rohtas Fort, Punjab, Pakistan, Titled on Verso: Fort of Rhotas, Punjab. Ca. 1870.
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Holmes, Randolph Bezzant (1888-1973). Collection of Twenty-One Loose Gelatin Silver Photos of the Operations of British Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign of 1919-1920, and Showing British Camp in Sorarogha, Military Engineering Works and Roads in Barari Tangi, Hazara Cliff, Zawa Kili Tangi, Hurley’s Corner, Marobi, Piazha Algal River, Bangilawa Tower, Portraits of British Military Commanders, Local Chiefs, Scenes with British Troops Firing Cannons, Taking Part in a Review, &c. Ca. 1919-early 1920s.
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$ 950.00
Conant, John H. (1825-1881) & Conant, William F. (1822-1897). Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston. Panama: 20 September 1857 & 30 March 1858.
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Collection of 96 Loose Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama, Including US Army Air Base France Field (Airplanes on Tarmac, Base Headquarters, Base Chapel, Bachelors’ Quarters, “France Field Exchange,” Group Portraits of Officers), Colón (Balboa Avenue, Washington Hotel, Municipal Palace), Cristóbal (High School, Fire Station, Union Church, Christ Church by the Sea), Street Scenes, etc. Ca. 1945.
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Collection of 24 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting the 117th Engineer Combat Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign (November 1943 to September 1944), etc. July 1943 - September 1944.
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$ 1250.00
Album with Thirty-Five Large Gelatin Silver Studio Photos of Paraguay, Presented and Signed by the American Ambassador George L. Kreeck to a Noted Writer Frances Parkinson Keyes during her Tour of South America; The Photos Include Views of Buildings and Sites in Asunción, Paraguay Military Regiments, Portraits of Graduates from the Asunción School of Aviation, Elementary Schoolchildren, Paraguayan President José Eligio Ayala, etc. Ca. 1929.
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$ 950.00
Very Attractive Original Manuscript Autograph Book of Members the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Titled in Calligraphy: Autographs of the Members and Officers of the Members and Officers of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Session 1843. Designed by J. A. Reigart for Mr. Isaac G. McKinley, State Printer. 1843.
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$ 525.00
Original Watercolour, Titled: Pachacamac Ruins. The remains of Inca Cities – Lima, Peru. Car from Callao. March 4. Ca. 1910s.
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Collection of 38 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Mining in South America (Santo Domingo Mine, Peru; Concordia Tin Mine, Bolivia), La Paz, Santiago, Cusco, A Jungle River Tour, etc. Ca. 1908.
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$ 6500.00
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Boynton, Judd Emery (1912-1983). Historically Significant, Extensive Collection of ca. 180 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Berkeley Mountaineer and Photographer, Judd Emery Boynton during His Trips in South America in the 1930s, and Showing La Paz, Tiwanaku Pre-Columbian Archaeological Site, Bolivian Andes (Mt. Huayna Potosi, Charquini Glacier), “Bolivian Recruits for the War in the Chaco,” Cordillera Real Mountains, Andean Plateau, Lake Titicaca, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Sacsayhuaman Citadel and Other Inca Ruins, Rio Pampas, the Cities of Abancay, Ayacucho and Mejorada, Track and Steam Engine of “Ferrocarril Central Andino,” Lima, Quito, Guayaquil, Panama Canal, Portraits of Native Farmers, a Woman from Otavalo, “Chief Huazcar,” “an Albino Indian Child, as White as Snow,” &c.; WITH: A Printed Advertising Leaflet of Boynton’s Documentary Movie, Titled: “Jungle Trek: A Tale of Glorious Adventure, A Motion Picture in Natural Color”. Ca. 1930s.
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$ 575.00
Coverley-Price, A. Victor (1901-1988). A Grisaille Watercolour Signed "V. Coverley-Price" Titled: Camp At 12,000 feet on the edge of the Puna in the Andes of Central Peru. Ca. 1925.
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$ 1500.00
Barber, George W. Album of 179 Photographs Showing the Philippines after World War II, Including Reconstruction Efforts by Weihe, Frick and Kruse (Group Portraits of Architects and Engineers, Construction Sites, Employees Working at Desks), Clark Air Base, Destruction of Manila (Manila Post Office, Legislative Building, etc.), Portraits of Filipinos, Street Scenes and Rural Life (a Parade, Oxen-Drawn Carts), etc. Ca. 1948.
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$ 3500.00
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Ayton, Charles Dudley (1873-1950); Ayton, Ethel Lydia (1883-1970, née Reich). Interesting Extensive Private Archive of ca. 45 Original Manuscripts (Including a 98-Page Diary), Typewritten Official Documents, Invitations, Newspaper Clippings and Printed Ephemera, from the Estate of a Spanish-American War Veteran (Later Resident of California) Who Lived and Worked in Manila in the 1910s – Early 1920s. Ca. 1911-1925, 1939, 1950.
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Hawley, E. (ca. 1757-1850). Historically Significant Original Manuscript Letter by Eli Hawley, One of the Earliest Settlers of Lower Alton, Addressed to “Grand Sons and the Family” in Saint-Armand, Quebec, Describing the Most Popular Travel Route to Illinois, the Unprecedented Outbreak of Illnesses Including Cholera, Detailed Crop Yields and Market Prices, and a Rapid Urban Expansion with Brick Stores, Warehouses, and Mills. Lower Alton, Illinois: 31 January 1834.
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