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$ 350.00
Waterton, Sir Charles (1782-1865). Manuscript Copy of an English Translation of Waterton’s Letter to the Commander of Fort St. Joachim, Portuguese Guiana, During his 1812 Expedition. First half of the 19th century.
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$ 425.00
Pereira, José Clemente, Barão de São Clemente (1787-1854). Autograph Letter Signed, to Francisco Gomes da Silva ("O Chalaça"), Regarding the Dowry of Sua Alteza Imperial a Senhora D. Maria Amelia. Rio de Janeiro: 10 July 1849.
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Album with 110 Original Large Gelatin Silver Photos, Illustrating the Second Annual American Express Cruise to South America and Showing Havana, Panama Canal and Panama City, Lima, Mollendo, Tacna, Arica, Antofagasta, Valparaiso, Santiago, Rio Blanco, Trains of Ferrocarril Transandino Chile, Buenos Aires, Petropolis, Santos, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Bridgetown, Scenes of Crossing the Equator Celebration on Board the S.S. “Ebro”, &c.; the Album is Titled:] American Express Tour in South America.
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Two Albums with Twenty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, including Two Folding Panoramas of Rio de Janeiro, Featuring President Getúlio Vargas at the Newly-Opened Christ the Redeemer Monument, Carioca Aqueduct in Santa Teresa & Glória, Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Floriano & Paris Squares, Coastal Views of Copacabana & Botafogo, etc.; titled: Album do Rio de Janeiro. Ca. 1930s.
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Barbosa, Januario da Cunha (1780-1864). [Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Ca. 1813-1816.
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Album of 32 Gelatin Silver Photographs showing Rio de Janeiro, Including Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Corcovado, the Neighbourhood of Botafogo, Palácio Monroe, Avenida Central, etc. Ca. 1910s.
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Original Watercolour of one of the Brazilian Islands of the Martin Vaz Archipelago, Dated and Titled: Ille de la Trinite, Vue le 1er Janvier 1821. January 1, 1821.
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Interesting Collection of 123 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Congo, Showing a Mining Plant and Settlement of “Compagnie Minière du Congo Français” near Mindouli, the Loukouni River and Its Tributaries (Gorge, Waterfalls, Overhanging Cliffs), Native Villages, French Residents and Congolese Workers, the Interior of a Local Infirmary, &c. Ca. 1930s.
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Manuscript Agreement for the Transfer of Government Licenses for Six Coal Locations along Coldwater River in Nicola Valley, British Columbia. 19 December 1903.
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Large Original Photograph Panorama of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Buddhist School at the Los Angeles Branch of the Higashi Honganji Temple. Ca. 1940.
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Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406) Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtada' wa-al-khabar : fī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-al-barbar wa-man ʻāṣarahum min dhawī al-ṣulṭān al-akbar : al-Juz' 7. [i.e. The Book of Lessons and the Collection of Beginnings and Endings: Concerning the Days of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Berbers, and those who lived alongside them among the rulers of great power] Part 1 [and all published] Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1858.
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Karaçelebizade, Abdülaziz Efendi (1591-1658). Ravzat ül-ebrar [The Garden of Piety]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1248 H. [1832].
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Ahmed Vâsıf Efendi (1740-1806). Mehâsin ül-âsâr ve hakâyîk ül-ahbar. [i.e. The beauties of relics and the truths of narratives]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1830.
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Derviş Mehmed Zıllî , or Evliyâ Çelebi (1611-1681) Müntahabât-ı Evliya Çelebi [i. e. Selections from Evliya Çelebi]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1848.
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Castéra, Jean Henri (1749-1838) & Argyropolous Iakovos [transl.] (1776-1850). İcmal-i eva'il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya [or] Katerina Tarihi [General Overview of the History of the Russian Empire [or] The History of Catherine]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1246 H. [1830].
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Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].
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Besim, Rüstem (translator). Seyâhatnâme tercümesi; Tercüme-i Rufaa Bey seyâhatnâmesi [The travelogue of Rifa'a Bey]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1839.
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$ 2500.00
Album with Eighty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Bulgaria, Showing Sofia, Varna, Sts. Constantin and Helena Resort, Veliko Tarnovo, Tryavna, Plovdiv, Stanimaka (Asenovgrad), Peshtera, Karlovo, Shipka, the Monastery of St. John of Rila, Portraits of Bulgarian Peasants Reaping Wheat, Harvesting and Sorting Grapes and Tobacco, Plucking Rose Petals, &c., Titled: Aussehenen der bemerkenswerte Städte und Buhnen aus Bulgarien. Photos von Dim. W. Katzeff. Sofia. Ca. 1920s.
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Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1848-1914). Autograph Letter Signed "Archie Colquh[oun]" to Mrs MacGregor and Discussing Work on his Book "Across Chrysê: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through the South China Border Lands, from Canton to Mandalay" (London, 1883). Edinburgh: 11, St. Bernard Court, 19 November 1882.
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$ 4500.00
Vladimirov, Mikhail Mikhailovich. Russkiy Sriedi Amerikantsev. Moi Lichnye Vpechatlieniya kak Tokarya, Chernorabochego, Plotnika i Puteshestvennika [A Russian Amongst the Americans. My Personal Recollections as a Turner, Labourer, Carpenter and Traveller]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of T-vo “Obshchestvennaya Polza,” 1877.
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$ 525.00
Cook, Myra; Lamb, Herman Dwight (1823-1900). Original Autograph Letter Signed by Myra Cook and Herman Dwight Lamb of Big Oak Flat, Tuolumme County, California, Talking About Weather Conditions Over Christmas Holidays, Extended Family, and the Knowles & Maxim Publishing Company. Big Oak Flat, [Tuolumme County, CA], 26 January 1884.
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$ 1250.00
Collection of 96 Albumen Photographs of California, Showing Monterey (Hotel Del Monte, St. Junípero Serra Statue, Coasts), Santa Catalina Island (Catalina Harbour, Little Harbour, Hotel Metropole), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue, Orange Packers and Grove), San Leandro (“Hotel San Leandro,” “Central Grocery,” Street Scenes), etc. Ca. 1890s.
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$ 4500.00
[Baegert, Johann Jakob] (1717-1772). Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien: mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten. Geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher lang darinn diese letztere Jahr gelebet hat. [News from the American Peninsula California..,] Mannheim: Churfürstl. Hof- und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773.
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Album with Eighty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Tourist at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, Showing the Now-Dismantled Palaces, International Pavilions, Arches, Towers, etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1915.
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Historically Interesting Extensive Collection of 167 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Archive of a California-based Black Family, Documenting Family Gatherings, Weddings, Holidays, Various Activities (Including Attending Football Games and Sulphur Springs), Exhibiting at Farmer’s Market, as well as Photos of their Relatives and Friends in Memphis, TN, and Chicago with Captions. Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco: ca. 1943-1953.
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