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Ewan, Frances. Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled: "Preparing for Emergencies in Johannesburg: A Promising Young Uitlander." 19 Sept. 1899.
$ 425.00
Spence, Percy Frederick Seaton (1868-1933). Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled: "Soldiers Making Friends with Lascars on a P. & O. Transport. “One touch of Nature”. 2 Nov 1899.
$ 525.00
Keppel, Henry, Sir, Admiral (1809-1904). Autograph Letter Signed “Henry Keppel” to Captain of HMS “Thetis” Sir Henry John Codrington on Naval Matters. 'Club. Friday. 6.' [November 1846].
$ 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.
$ 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.
$ 3250.00
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.
$ 4500.00
[Kablé, Emile]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with over 460 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Diamond Mining Operations of French “Companhia Boa Vista” near Diamantina, Minas Gerais State of Brazil, Showing Earthworks at Lagoa Secca, Bom Successo, Pindahybas and Tahoa, Boa Vista Settlement with the General Office and Employees’ Settlement, Water Reservoirs and Pump Stations, Electric Plant at Santa Maria, a System of Sluices, Installation of Boilers and Pulsometers, the Head of the Construction Antonio de Lavendeyra, the Company’s Employees including the Compiler, Native Workers Washing Paydirt, Views of Diamantina and Environs, &c. Ca. 1897-1900.
$ 250.00
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.
$ 750.00
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.
$ 750.00
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.
$ 525.00
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.
$ 750.00
Manuscript Agreement for the Transfer of Government Licenses for Six Coal Locations along Coldwater River in Nicola Valley, British Columbia. 19 December 1903.
$ 1750.00
Karaçelebizade, Abdülaziz Efendi (1591-1658). Ravzat ül-ebrar [The Garden of Piety]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1248 H. [1832].
$ 1750.00
Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].
$ 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.
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.
$ 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.
$ 3500.00
[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.
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.
$ 750.00
Houten, Chas V. Two Original Private Letters Written by a Pioneer of Barker House (Modern-day Woodleaf, California) to His “Guiding Star” and “Dearest” Girlfriend Back Home in Sunbury (Ohio), Talking About His Failing Business, the Influx of Migrants From the East, and the Most Popular Trail to California via the Great Plains; Also Passionately Writing, “There Is Not One Hour, That Passes, but My Heart Is With You”. Barker House (California): 23 July & 10 October 1853.
$ 950.00
Album with 142 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, Showing Local Bridges (Including the Newly Built San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridges, the Original Fruitvale and the Bay Farm Island Bridges, the Diamond Canyon Bridge, etc.), Missions (Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, and Carmel), Schooners (Old Ironsides, Owl, Lottie Bennett), as well as the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition (“The Tower of the Sun,” the “Pacifica” Statue, the Chinese Village, Pool of the Nation, Court of the Moon, etc.); also with the Photographs of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in Wyoming. Ca. 1930s-1940s.
$ 5250.00
Taber, Isaiah West (1830-1912); Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob (1833-1903); Savage, Charles Roscoe (1832-1909), and others. Album with 46 Rare Original Albumen Photographs, Showing Monterey (Chinatown, Monterey Bay, Hotel del Monte, First Adobe Buildings, Custom House, “The First Jail,” “General Fremont’s Headquarters during the Mexican War,” &c.), San Francisco (“Mrs. Mark Hopkins and Gov. Stanford Mansions,” “Court, Palace Hotel,” “Bazaar in Chinatown,” “The Entry – Chinese Theatre,” “Chinese Grand Restaurant,” “Mission Dolores”), Salt Lake City (“Brigham Young’s Grave,” “The Eagle Gate near Brigham Young’s Residence,” “Temple Block,” “Beehive and Lion House”), Chinatown in Los Angeles, &c. Ca. 1886.
$ 750.00
Whiting, Jasper S.; [Ives, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868). Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River. San Francisco: 22 October [1857].
$ 750.00
Collection of 44 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, with Rare, Early Photos of the Del Monte Training Camp in Monterey, San Francisco, Oakland, and Grass Valley. Ca. 1927.
Early Billhead of California Pioneer Bookseller, A. Roman & Co, Returning an “Imperfect” Copy of Webster’s Dictionary to G & C Merriam; With Merriam’s Note About Sending the Book to the Company’s Binder and Future Mayor of Cambridge MA, Henry Houghton. San Francisco, 29 October 1867.
