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$ 1250.00
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909) [Attributed to]. Historically Significant Album with Twenty-Three Original Albumen Photos of Egypt, Showing the Early, Pre-Restoration Views of Ancient Landmarks in Cairo (Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Mosque of Mahmud Pasha, Tombs of Caliphs & Mamluks, Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay), Luxor (Temple of Khonsu, Grand colonnade of Amenophis), and Nubia (Temple of Al-Maharraqa Temples at Wadi es-Sabua, Abu Simbel Temple, Kiosk of Qertassi, Trajan’s Kiosk). Ca. 1860s.
$ 750.00
Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Passenger of the SS “City of Cairo”, Showing Nubian and Sudanese Cities and Villages along the White Nile, from Ibrim to Kosti, Including Khartoum, Omdurman, Wad-Alzaky, Ad Douiem and Others; Several Views of the Blue Nile, and a Three-Part Panorama of Port Said. 1924-6.
$ 225.00
Greene, Captain Dominick Sarsfield (1826-1892), Royal Artillery and Aide-de-Camp. Original Mounted Watercolour Titled in Pencil on Verso: "Port Said." Ca. 1857.
$ 175.00
Waddington, George (1793-1869). Autograph Letter Signed “George Waddington” Declining to Participate in a Public Meeting. London: 13 May 1864.
$ 3500.00
Trapman, Adrian Sidney Gilbert Reginald (1910-1937). Collection of Three Albums with ca. 307 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken and Collected by a British Vice-Consul in Addis Ababa Shortly Before and During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Showing Addis Ababa and Jimma, Emperor Haile Selassie I, German and Italian Ambassadors in Ethiopia, Members of the British Legation, Italian Military Planes and Airfield at Mekelle, Bombing of Ethiopian Troops and Villages, Burning and Looting of Addis Ababa in May 1936, Refugee Camp at the British Legation, etc.; With: a Menu of “A Dinner at the Lansdowne Club on Friday, April 30th 1937, for Those who were in Abyssinia During the Autumn, Winter and Spring of 1935 and 1936,” Signed by Trapman and over a Dozen Other Participants. Ca. 1934-1937.
$ 1500.00
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Album with 196 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Ghana (Accra, Aburi) and Eritrea (Asmara, Massawa, Cheren) Taken by a U.S. Air Force Serviceman in the Last Years of WWII, with Interesting Photos Including a “Witch Doctor Scaring away Evil Spirits After a Death of a Native,” G. I.’s Sharing Cigarettes with the Crowd of Locals, Native Women Shopping in their Traditional Attire, Soldiers “Getting Shoes Shined” by the Local Children & Holding Burst Shells on the Cheren Battlefield, etc.; also with the Photos of Military Installations, the Church of Our Lady of Rosary, the Asmara Cinema, Red Cross & Grand Hotels, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 750.00
Album of 30 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Takoradi Harbour and the Gold Coast (Sekondi Harbour, Elmina Castle, Cape Coast Castle, Christiansborg Castle), etc. Ca. 1929.
$ 525.00
British Military Memorandum Book with Manuscript Records of 18 Manoeuvres Performed during Field Days or Reviews in Gibraltar, with two Records from Devonport and Cork (Ireland); Referencing the 64th, 23rd, 43rd and 37th Regiments of Foot, Titled in Manuscript: Memorandum Book of Captain Le Blanc’s Company. Belfast, 24th March 1819. Ca. 1824-1827.
$ 950.00
Collection of Fifteen Loose Large Albumen Photos Mounted on Cabinet Cards, Including Twelve Views of Gibraltar (the Rock of Gibraltar, Border Crossing, La Linea de la Concepcion, Casemates Square and Moorish Castle, Gardiner’s Battery, Alameda Gardens, Southport Gate, the Rock’s Summit, Catalan Bay) and Three Images of Tangier and North Africa. Ca. 1890s.
$ 425.00
Charles George, Major-General (1833-1885). A Small Collection About General Gordon Including: A Printed Pamphlet by Edward Sullivan titled "THE TRUTH ABOUT GORDON" Pamphlet: 'Series A. - No. 1.' [London: National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations. 1885.] [With] The autographs of Gordon's sister ('M A Gordon') and sister-in-law ('M. F. M. Gordon'). [With] A Lithographed Print of Major General Charles George Gordon. C.B. A Mandarin of the Highest Order in Service to China. And a Pasha in the Service of the Porte. Issued as a Supplement to the Worcester Herald, Saturday Feb.. 7th 1885.
$ 1250.00
Album with Eighty-Six Original Photographs of Two French Navy School Ships Including Views of Onboard Activities and Stops in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Malta, Portugal, Algeria, France and Belgium Titled: Campagne d’Été (Aout 1885) à bord du Bougainville – École Navale, Manche-Anvers Campagne d’Application à bord de la frégate d’Iphigénie (5 Octobre 1886-30 Juillet 1887) – Atlantique-Méditerranée occidentale [Summer Voyage (August 1885) Aboard the Bougainville - Naval School, Manche-Antwerp Voyage aboard the Frigate Iphigénie (5 October 1886-30 July 1887) - Atlantic - Western Mediterranean]. Ca. 1885-1887.
Historically Interesting Album with 40 Original Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photos of French Guinea, Showing Conakry, Samou River Rapids and Waterfalls, the “Baptism” of a Morane Plane of Conakry “Aero-club,” Children’s Costume Party in Conakry in March 1935, Susu Women and Girls, Kolente River Bridge Under Construction, etc. Ca. 1935.
$ 2750.00
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Van Lennep, Henry John (1815-1889). Album from the Collection of Noted American Christian Missionary, Writer and Artist Henry John Van Lennep, with Thirty Original Albumen Photographs of Beirut, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Damascus, Baalbek, and Ancient Sites of Egypt - the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza, Pompey’s Pillar and Cleopatra’s Needle in Alexandria, Karnak, Luxor, Ramesseum Temples, and the Philae Island Complex]
Ca. 1869.
$ 950.00
Way, Richard Quarterman (1819-1895); Mitsukuri, Genpo (1799-1863). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Book, Titled:] Chikyu Setsuryaku. [An Account of the World]. Tokyo: Rokokan Zoshi, ca. Meiji 4 [1871].
Logan, F.R. (fl. ca. 1930s). Album of 40 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs Showing Edward, Prince of Wales on a Early Automobile Safari through Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Sudan, etc. in 1930 Featuring a Convoy of Wolseley Cars. Ca. 1930.
$ 525.00
Large Anonymous Four-Part Albumen Photograph Panorama of King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Ca. 1880s.
$ 425.00
Oswell, William Cotton (1818-1893). Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear Nat’‚ a lively letter about family arrangements‚ with a story about Lord Glenelg as Colonial Secretary. St. Leonards. Ca. 1850s.
$ 3500.00
[Bartet, Albéric Joseph Alfred Louis] (1871-1968); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909); English Photo Co. & others. Historically Significant Album with over 280 Original Studio and Amateur Photos and Collotypes, Over 60 Printed Postcards, Magazine and Book Clippings and Ephemera, Documenting A. Bartet’s Service as a Naval Doctor on board the French Cruiser “Pothuau” in the Mediterranean in 1901-1902 and Showing Negotiations with the Moroccan Ambassador Si Abdel Kerim ben Sliman, Capture and Occupation of Turkish Customs House in Mytilene (Lesbos Island), French Naval Ships, “Pothuau” Officers, Views, Scenes and Portraits from Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, &c.; The Album is Titled:] Souvenir du Levant; Le Conflit Franco-Turc, Envoi de la division du Contre-amiral Caillard à Mithylène, Occupation de la Douane Séjour à Syra (Cyclades), November 1901; Vingt-quatre Heures a Tanger avec une division navale Russe, 10 Avril 1902. Ca. 1880s-1890s, 1901-1902.
$ 425.00
Lyon, After, Captain George Francis (1795-1832). Original Unsigned Watercolour Showing a "Tuarick of Ghraat" and "Negresses of the Soudan," Combined from two Illustrations in Lyon's "A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa," Titled in Brown ink: Lyon's Travels in Africa. After 1821.
$ 2750.00
Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Diego Suarez/Antsiranana (Port and Roadstead, Cap Diego, Pointe du Corail, Ville Basse, Rue Colbert, Antsirane Neighbourhood), French military Camp d’Ambre and Forests of the Montagne Ambre, Betsileo, Hova, Sakalava, Antemoro People, Inhabitants of Comoros and Sainte-Marie Island/Nosy Boraha, Malagasy Tirailleurs, Scenes of Kabary, Views of Antananarivo and Toamasina, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2750.00
Collection of 179 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Madagascar, Taken and Collected by a French Military Doctor Stationed in Majunga/Mahajanga, Showing Majunga Streets and People, Marovoay, Betsiboka River, Antananarivo, the French Military Hospital in Majunga, the Festivities during the Arrival of General Gallieni in Majunga in July 1900, Including Many Well-Executed Portraits of the Native People, etc. Ca. 1895-1901.
Ritchie, Joseph (ca. 1788-1819). Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at the Beginning of Ritchie's Ill-Fated Expedition to Africa, to Introduce Sidi Hassuna D'Ghies, who was a son of the Prime Minister of the Pasha of Tripoli, and Later Would Become the Pasha's Foreign Minister, and Additionally he was Later also Connected to the Fate of Alexander Laing. Marseilles: 28 August 1818.
$ 650.00
Large Photograph Panorama of Valetta Harbour, Malta. Ca. 1870.
