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$ 5250.00
[Stephens, George John Frederick] (1873-1966). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of an Early Klondike Gold Miner and Enthusiast Photographer, George Stephens; the Archive includes Over 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Twenty-Six Amateur Real Photo Postcards, Showing the Site, Premises and Operations on the No. 11 Mining Camp on Eureka Creek (where Stephens was a Partner), His Business Partner and Klondike Pioneer Charles Fraser Hill and Fellow Miners (Martin Pekoe, John Martin, Geo. A. Philbrook, Albert McDonald, Ove Knudsen, Jonas Smith, Gus Wikstrom, Edward Lund and Many Others); Other Mining Camps in the Klondike Goldfields and Surrounding Scenery, Klondike Mines Railway, Dawson City, the Town of Grand Forks (Demolished in 1921), Indian River Bridge, Fishing and Hunting Scenes, &c.; With Two Business Cards of Charles Hill, Period Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera. Ca. 1900s. – early 1920s.
$ 425.00
A Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter by California’s Pioneer Real Estate Firm Bovee, Toy & Co, Offering a Lumber Dealer from Massachusetts “A Certain Timber Redwood Property” Amid Public Outcry Over the Excessive Logging of the Now-Endangered Redwoods. San Francisco: June 10, 1887.
$ 950.00
Collection of Twenty-Eight Rare Early Cyanotypes of the Yosemite National Park & Alaska. Ca. 1900s.
$ 750.00
White, [Thomas?]. Interesting Autograph Letter Written by a Northern California Pioneer to His Friend, Charles Delorimier, Living in Linda, Yuba County and Talking about the House in Their Mutual Possession, the Author’s Sea Voyage back to the East Coast and Mentioning Several Yuba County Residents - “Joe Carrick,” “Becker” and the “Muggins.”. At sea, March 21, 1853.
$ 750.00
Adkison, Lewis D. (1816-1903). Original Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of the General Store in Oak Valley Lewis D. Adkison, Addressed to George R. Bearss from his Hometown of Peru (IN), Talking about the Latest News from the Oak Valley, His Sympathies to the Republican Party, and the Results of the California General Election and the US Presidential Election of 1856. Oak Valley [Yuba Co.]: 14 November 1856.
$ 850.00
An Interesting Early Letter from a Resident of Osceola (Mo.) to His Father, Discussing Local and Family News, as Well as Efforts and Expenses of Former Local Resident and then California Gold Seeker and Politician, Captain William Waldo during His Operations to Help Starving Gold Prospectors in California. Oseola [Ocseola], Mo, 16 March 1851.
$ 750.00
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Historically Interesting Album of Seventy-Five Original Photos and Postcards, Documenting a Japanese Family’s Trans-Pacific Trip to California aboard the SS Taiyō Maru; showing Candid Scenes of the Compiler and his/her Family Members Picnicking, Swimming, and Posing on Deck and in the Streets of California, as well as Vistas from Yosemite National Park and Emerald Bay State Park in the California Sierra. Ca. 1930s.
$ 525.00
Collection of Three Watercolours of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Ca. 1908.
$ 1250.00
Historically Interesting Album of Sixty-Two Original Photographs (Including Five Large-Size Panoramas) Taken by an American Tourist during an Early Cruise through the Caribbean, Mostly Showing Local Landmarks and Street Scenes from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Jamaica, Barbados, Martinique, Trinidad, and Panama; also, with Five Color Printed Postcards, Two Printed Ephemera, and a 1912 Photo of the Pier 54 – the Arrival Point for the Titanic Survivors; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1912.
$ 250.00
Iserts, Paul Erdmann. Bref Om Guinea Kusten Och Caribiske Oarn. [Letters on Danish Guinea and the Caribbean Islands]. Stockholm: Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.
$ 525.00
Elegant Grisaille Watercolour Showing Columbus Landing in America with the Explorer Encouraging his Party to go Forward, and a Group of Native Americans and a Spanish Ship in the Background. Early 19th century.
$ 2500.00
Turner, Captain Henry A. Royal Artillery (Active 1849-1853). Two Watercolour Panoramas each on four Joined Sheets Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada from Hospital Hill," & "View of the Harbour, St. Georges, Grenada, from Belmont Hill." Dated on verso 1852.
$ 525.00
[Peacock], [Alfred?] Original Unsigned Watercolour Titled: "St. Thomas. West Indies." 1889.
$ 425.00
Hanway, Jonas, Sir, 1st baronet (1712-1786). Victualling Board Document Signed by Jonas Hanway, Joah Bates and John Slade, ordering a payment to William Wilkinson, owner of the Three Sisters Victualler, which had been chartered 27 December 1779 ‘to carry Provisions for the use of His Majesty’s Ships on the West Indies’. London: Victualling Office, 15 November 1780.
$ 750.00
Chandler, Charles (ca. 1928-2001); Chandler, Edwin (ca. 1898-1973). Album with Thirty-Nine Original Photographs Collected by an 11-Year-Old Camper at YMCA Camp Fox on Catalina Island, Capturing Early Views, Daily Activities and Portraits of Campers Just Before WWII. Ca. 1938-1949.
$ 525.00
Collection of 22 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Costa Rica, Illustrating American Naval Sailors’ Shore Leave in the 1920s, and Showing Puntarenas (“Liberty Landing and Welcome Crowd,” Advertising Board of Film Showings), San Jose (“Admiral McLean and City Officials,” Costa Rican Police Officers with “American Patrol,” Bellavista Fortress, Iglesia de la Merced, “Native Ice Cream Vendor”), Pacific Railroad, etc. Ca. 1920s.
$ 750.00
Collection of 25 Gelatin Silver Photographs of El Salvador, Illustrating American Naval Sailors’ Shore Leave in the 1920s, and Showing La Union (“Liberty Landing,” Church), San Miguel (Train Station), San Salvador (Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Plaza Gerardo Barrios, “Orphans” Walking to School, Street Scenes), etc. Ca. 1920s.
$ 2250.00
[Ezra, Alfred] (1872-1955). Album with 78 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Mostly Central Asia, Taken During an Overland Travel from India to England and Showing Srinagar (Khanqah-e-Moula Mosque, Hindu Raghunath Temple, Sher Garhi Palace), Kashgar (Afaq Khoja Mausoleum), Fort Verny (Almaty), Pamir Mountains, Scenes of the Party Crossing Mountains and Rivers, Portraits of Central Asian Tribesmen, a Chinese Elder, Criminals with Their Heads Locked in Pillories, Street and Market Scenes, &c. Ca. 1904.
$ 275.00
Hedin, Sven Anders 1865-1952. A Signed Photo Postcard of Hedin. Stockholm: Paul Heckscher, ca. 1910.
$ 250.00
Ehrmann, Theophil Friedrich (1762-1811). Beitraege zur Laender und Staadenkunde der Tartarei. Aus Russischen Berichten. Mit Einer Einleitung. Nebst Einer Neuberichtigten Charte von dem Kirgisenlande [Contributions to the Geographical Information about Tartary. From Russian reports. With a Corrected Map of the Lands of Kirghizes]. Weimar: F.G. Privil. Landes Industrie Comptoirs, 1804.
$ 4500.00
Przhevalsky, Nikolay Mikhailovich (1839-1888). Tretye Puteshestviye v Tsentralnoi Azii Iz Zaysana cherez Khami v Tibet i na Verknovya Zheltoy Reki [Third Travel in Central Asia from Zaysan through Hami to Tibet and the Upper Reaches of the Yellow River/ Edition of the Russian Geographical Society]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of V.S. Balashev, 1883.
$ 2250.00
[Panov, Ivan Nikolayevch] & Others. Collection of Thirty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Soviet Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Showing Ashgabat before the 1948 Earthquake, the Ruins of Merv, Tashkent, Andijan, Bukhara, Przhevalsk, Koisara Resort on Lake Issyk-Kul, Portraits of Local Carpet Sellers, Families, Baloch People, &c. Ca. 1928-1930 (with several later imprints, possibly made in the 1950s).
$ 15000.00
Hofstein, D. Troyer [i.e. Mourning] Kyiv: Kooperativn farlag “Kultur-lige”, 1922.
$ 550.00
Kotsiris, Andreas (? - 1935). Historically Interesting Original Letter Written by a Greek Chicago Shop Owner to His Brother in Greece, Discussing Business Matters. Chicago: ca. 6 October 1918.
$ 525.00
Pritchett, B.J. Original Watercolour Showing the Harbour of Coquimbo, Chile. January 1851.
