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Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
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$ 950.00
Album of 20 Albumen Photographs Showing Barberton, Including Town Views, “Harvey Greenacre & Co” Store and Employees, “Market Square,” “Woodbine Mine,” and “Moodie’s Dam,” etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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$ 525.00
[Boyd, A[lexander] S[tuart](1854-1930). Original Ink Drawing prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled:"Chamberlain & Natives in Africa (Witnessing a Zulu War Dance in Natal)." 26 Feb 1903.
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$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 37 Albumen Studio Photographs of the British Colony of Natal in Modern-Day South Africa, Showing Durban (General Views from Berea, original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, West Street, the Bluff, Durban Bay, Bridges over the Umgeni River), Pietermaritzburg (General View from Fort Napier, Church Street, First Building of the Natal Society Library), Umgeni and Umkomas Rivers, Howick Falls, Pinetown, a Hotel in Verulam, Memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Oxen Wagon Trains, Zulu People, &c. Ca. 1880s.
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$ 750.00
Templer, Charles Bertram, Major (1860-1931). Album of Six Original Watercolours of South Africa, with two Watercolour Views taken at the coast of Normandy, France. Ca. 1923.
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[Burton, F.] Album of 143 Original Amateur and Studio Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs of Cape Colony, Showing Cape Town (House of Parliament, the Original St. George’s Cathedral, Adderley Street, the Castle of Good Hope), Suburbs of Cape Town (Claremont, Newlands, Tokai, Muizenberg, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay, etc.), and Environs (Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Cango Caves, Knysna Forest, etc.). Ca. 1897-1902.
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[Hall, Sir John KCB] (1795-1866), Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Cape of Good Hope (1847-1851). Archive of Twenty-Eight Original Autograph Letters Related to Sir John Hall’s Medical Service in South Africa, Including Twenty-Two ALS from Hall to His Wife (with Seven Original Envelopes), Reporting about the Events of the Eighth Xhosa or Cape Frontier War (1851-53); Two ALS to Hall by His Superior - Director-General of the Army Medical Service Sir James MacGrigor, and Four ALS to Mrs. Hall by Various Correspondents, Detailing on Hall’s Service in South Africa and Crimea. Hall’s letters: Cape Town & Wenburg [Winburg, Free State], 27 July - 9 September 1848 and King William’s Town [Qonce, Eastern Cape] and Grahamstown [Makhanda, Eastern Cape], 18 January – 5 July 1851.
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Historically Significant Collection of Twenty-Two Mounted Original Albumen Photographs of the Komati River Goldfields, Showing the Gold Mining Town of Steynsdorp/ eMlondozi, Mining Properties of “Comstock, 10-stamp Battery,” “Virginia Reef,” “Wave Reef,” “Ladysmith Camp,” “Umsoli,” “Annie’s Faith,” “Umlaleen,” “Forbes Reef, Swaziland,” Group Portraits Taken during the “Opening of the Umsoli Battery, July 9 ’88,” a Portrait of “Mr. Von Brandis, Mining Commissioner, Steynsdorp, Komati Gold Fields,” &c. Ca. 1880s.
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[Ott, Adolph] (1873-1953). Album of 24 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Johannesburg, South Africa, Showing Street Views (Pritchard St., Market Square, Commissioner St., Rissik St., Harrison St., Kirk St., and Jeppe’s Town), Jumpers Deep Gold Mine, Robinson Deep Gold Mine, etc. Ca. 1905
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Pollard, F.E. Collection of Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Gold Mines and Refining Plants of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields around Johannesburg. Ca. 1900.
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Paget, H[enry] M[arriott]. Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled: "The Transvaal Crisis: Despatching Gold from the National Bank of Johannesburg to catch the Cape Mail." 7 Oct. 1899.
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$ 525.00
Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
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Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Nine Folders with over 700 Original Film Negatives and an Album with 96 Well-Annotated Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by a French Resident of Indochina in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Angkor Wat Temple Complex, the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Chau Doc and Nearby Villages, Battambang, Buddhist Temples and Sculptures, Scenes of Public Celebrations, Military Parades, Street Processions, Portraits of Native Farmers, Musicians, Dancers, Elephant Drivers, Buddhist Monks, Tribesmen, Families and Children, &c. Ca. 1930s.
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Interesting Collection of Two Albums with over 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken during a Caravan Road Trip Across British Colonies in Southern Africa, Showing Modern-Day South Africa (Cape Town and Environs, Durban, East London, St. Michaels Port St. John’s, Drakensberg Mountains, Kruger National Park, Wyllie’s Poort, Magoebaskloof &c.), Zimbabwe (Customs House in Beitbridge, Shangani Patrol Memorial in the Matobo Hills, Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe Ruins, &c.), Zambia (Livingstone Zoo, Road from Lusaka to Fort Jameson/Chipata, Luangwa River), and Malawi (Fort Johnson/Mangochi, Lake Nyasa/Malawi, Mulanje Town and Mountains, “Lyons Lujeri Tea Factory,” Mpatamanga Gorge); WITH: Two Loose Gelatin Silver Photos Showing the Party and their Caravan at Mpatamanga Gorge (Malawi); WITH: a Manuscript Diary, Titled: A Venture into the Sun: “Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood,” M.V.T.; WITH: A Manuscript, Titled:] Victoria Falls, A Humble Expression of it in My Own Words, 1938. Ca. 1937-1939.
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$ 4500.00
Skeen & Co. (fl. ca. 1860s-1920s); The Colombo Apothecaries Co. LTD. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Scowen, Charles Thomas (1852-1948) & Others. Album with 77 Original Albumen Photos of Sri Lanka, Showing Colombo, Kandy, Portraits of Market Sellers, Tea Pluckers, Buddhist Monks, a “Kandian Chief,” a Female Musician, a Snake Charmer, &c., Titled: Der ferne Osten. Ca. 1890s.
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Short, Edward Morrison de Courcy (b. 1857). Two Finely Executed Pencil Drawings of Colombo, Ceylon. 1887.
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Skeen & Co (ca. 1860s-1920s) & others. Album of 12 Albumen Studio Photographs of Colombo, Showing Its Harbour and Breakwater, Chatham Street, Mount Lavinia, Kelani River Pontoon Bridge, a Hindu Temple, a Religious Procession, etc. Ca. 1890s.
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Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing British Rubber and Tea Plantations in the Kelani Valley, Sri Lanka, Including the Kiriporuwa Estate of the “Nagolle Rubber and Tea Plantations Ltd.” and Halpe Estate of the “Ceylon Rubber Co. Ltd.,” Their Managers, Native Workers, Rubber Harvesting Operations, &c. 1913-1914.
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Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
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Two Unsigned Watercolour Views: Mindelo, St. Vincent - Washington's Head, St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands). Ca. 1840.
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Album with Twenty-four Original Gelatin Silver Photos Documenting the 1919 Voyage of S.S. Boveric Through the Strait of Magellan Starting in the South Atlantic and Ending in Iquique, Chile. September - October 1919.
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$ 525.00
Watercolor of Nubian with his Camel. Ca. 1850.
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[O’Vary, Geza Philip] (1887 – after 1946) & [O’Vary, Helene] (ca. 1883 – after 1958). Collection of Three Photo Albums with ca. 416 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken by an American Employee of the Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij (Nederlands Colonial Oil Company) During His Work at the Oil Refinery in Soengei-Gerong (Sungai Gerong, South Sumatra) in 1929-1931. Ca. 1929-1931.
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$ 450.00
Drummond, Augusta (1842-1908). Two Original Watercolour Views of the Jungfrau and Monte Rosa Mountains in the Swiss Alps. June 1882 - May 1884.
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$ 7500.00
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Chislo zaregistrirovannykh bol'nykh sifilisom za 1888-1894 g. na tysyachu zhiteley. Masshtab 40 verst v angl. dyuyme. [i.e. The number of registered patients with syphilis for 1888-1894 per thousand inhabitants. Map in scale 40 versts in English inch]. St. Petersburg: Ilyin cartography shop, manuscript additions. [1894].
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