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$ 9500.00
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Humphrys, George, Esq. (ca. 1802-1873); Kebbell, John (1810-1879); Briggs, Mary Jane (1811-1893); Broughton, Bryan Sneyd Herbert (ca. 1838-1862), & Others. Historically Significant Archive of ca. 150 Documents, Including Over 80 Original Autograph Letters Signed (with Thirteen Original Envelopes), 50 Period Copies or Drafts of Original Letters, ca. 20 Financial Documents and a Deed of Land Purchase, Regarding the Pastoral Runs in the Onahau Bay (Queen Charlotte Sound) and Pelorus Sound in the Marlborough Province of New Zealand’s South Island. Wellington, Onahau Bay, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch, Suffolk House (Cheltenham, England), Liverpool & others, ca. 1860-1872.
$ 6500.00
Vysheslavtsev, A.V. Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]. St. Petersburg-Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1867.
$ 5250.00
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Lambert, Gustave Richard (1846-1907); Lai Fong (ca. 1839-1890) & Others. Album with 53 Original Albumen Studio Photographs of Singapore (Singapore River, High Street, Post Office & Exchange, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Government House, “Cricket Pavilion on New Year’s Day,” Raffles Place, Sri Mariamman Hindu Temple, a Chinese Mansion, Native Quarter and House Boats, a Street Market, Paddle Steamer “Bangkok,” Parks, “Singapore Fruits,” Tomb of a Sultan in Kuta Raja (Banda Aseh), Portraits of Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II of Sulu, a Teucoe (Aristocrat) from the West Coast of Aceh, a Chinese Locksmith, an Opium Smoker, a Chinese girl in a Rich Traditional Dress, a Native Warrior), Hong Kong (Victoria City and Peak, Praya, Pedder Street and the Clock Tower, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Chinese Houseboats, City Streets, Gardens, a Group Portrait of Chinese Noblemen), Portraits of Javanese Dancers and Musicians, &c. Ca. 1890s.
$ 5250.00
Clifton & Co. (fl. ca. 1890s-1930s) & Others. Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Collotypes of India, Showing Agra (Taj Mahal Complex, Agra Fort, Moti Masjid, the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah), Bombay (Victoria Terminus, Crawford Market, Dwarakadhish Temple, Government Secretariat, Elphinstone Circle, University Library & Clock Tower, Oval Maidan, Queen’s Statue, Flora Fountain, General Post Office, High Court of Judicature, Elphinstone College & Sassoon Library, Oriental Buildings, Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Municipal Hall, Town Hall, Esplanade, Victoria Gardens, &c.), Delhi (Jama Masjid), Shiva Temple in the Elephanta Caves, a Series of Portraits of Indian People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 3250.00
Krusenstern, Adam Johann von (1770-1846); Tilesius, Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tilenau (1769-1857); Ukhtomsky, Andrei Grigorievich (1771-1852). Original Copper Engraving from the Famous "Atlas k Puteshestviiu Vokrug Sveta Kapitana Krusensterna" (Atlas to the Circumnavigation of Captain Krusenstern), Titled: Tab. XXVIII. Grobnitsa Kapitana Klerka v Petropavlovske. Captain Clerkes Grabmal im Hafen St. Peter und Paul [Captain Clerkes’ Tomb in Petropavlovsk]. [Saint Petersburg]: [Morskaya Typ.], [1813].
$ 3250.00
Butler, Robert, Lieutenant and Captain, East India Company Army (ca. 1792-1862). Archive of Seventeen Original Manuscript Documents (and Two Original Envelopes), Compiled during Butler’s Service in the Madras Native Infantry in ca. 1815-1837, Including the Original Commission Appointing Him a Lieutenant in the 11th Madras Native Infantry (Signed by the Governor of Madras, Hugh Elliot and with the Seal of the East India Company), Official Papers Regarding Butler’s Sick Leave, Penalties for not Reporting his Return, a Subsequent Pardon, Money Loans, Payments and Allowances from the Madras Native Infantry, House Renting near “Camp at Kulladghee” [Kaladgi], and a Shipment of His Order of “1 Linen Surcingle, 1 Set of White Tape Headstall & Reins, 1 Pale […?] Saddlecloth with Gold Lace…”. Fort St. George, Madras, Cannanore, Camp at Kulladghee, &c., ca. 1815-1837.
$ 1750.00
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[Burton, Lucy]. Collection of Eight Attractive Watercolours of Fiji, Showing Suva, Levuka, a Sugar Plantation, a Fishing Boat, a Coastal Scene with a Dugout Canoe, a Fijian in Traditional Dress, &c. Ca. 1911.
$ 3250.00
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Album with 62 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Mongolia, Showing Dechingalav Temple in Ulaanbaator (Demolished), Megzed Janraiseg Temple of the Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Sükhbaatar Square with the “Green-Domed Theatre” (Burned in 1949), Scenes from a Buddhist Festival, Portraits of Mongolian Camel Riders and Herdsmen, Political Activists, Buddhist monks, Families, a Woman Wearing Traditional Horn-Style Headdress, &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 1250.00
Album of Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional Dress of People and Leaders in the Kingdom of Caubul [Kabul] During the Durrani Dynasty (1747-1842) Perhaps used as the Original Archetype Illustrations for Montstuart Elphinstone's, 1815 Book:] “An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun Nation, and a history of the Doorauni Monarchy.” Ca. 1815.
$ 7500.00
[Martynov, Ivan Ivanovich (1771-1833). Izvestiya o Puteshestviyakh Rossiyan okolo Sveta [A Relation about Voyages of the Russians around the World]. In: Litsey: Periodicheskoye Izdaniye [Litseum: A Periodical]. Part 1. Book 2. Pp. 87-94. [Saint Petersburg: Imperial Typ., 1806].
Ukazaniye Puti v Tsarstviye Nebesnoye. Beseda iz Poucheniy Novoprosveschennym Khristianam, Sitkhinskogo Mikhailo-Arkhangelskogo Sobora Protoiereya Ioanna Veniaminova, chto nyne Preosvyaschennyi Innokentii, Arkhiepiskop Kamchatskii, Kurilskii i Aleutskii [A Guide of the Path to the Kingdom of Heaven. A Talk from the Lessons to the Newly Converted Christians, [Compiled] by Ivan Veniaminov, Protoiereus of St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Sitka, Now the Bishop of Kamchatka, Kurile and Aleut Islands]. Moscow: Synodalnaya Typ., 1859.
$ 1500.00
D’Oyly, Sir Hastings Hadley (1864-1948). Two Original Watercolours of the Andaman Islands, Titled on Verso: 1) Ross Islands from the Aberdeen District Officers’ House, Port Blair; and 2) Government Rest House, Mount Harriet – Port Blair. Ca. 1890.
$ 525.00
Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel Édouard (1853-1933). Autograph Note Signed ‘G. Bonvalot’ to André Liesse, with the Original Envelope with Postal Stamps. Lyon, 20 February 1896.
$ 525.00
Ouseley, Gore, Sir (1770-1844). Autograph Letter Signed, Regarding Ouseley Activities in the Royal Asiatic Society and Mentioning George FitzClarence and the First Edition of "The Travels of Ibn Batuta." Woolmers, Hertford:22 October 1829.
$ 750.00
Album with 199 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Printed Postcard Taken and Collected by an Englishwoman during an Early Post-War Voyage through Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania in 1950-1951, Showing Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Albury-Wodonga, Tallangatta, Tawonga, Bogong, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, and Launceston; also with the Photos of Colombo, Aden, Port Said, and Gibraltar; titled: Photographs. 1950-1951.
$ 650.00
Album with Nine Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Australian Bush, Homestead and a Creek near “Langiwilli,” Sutherland Dock on the Cockatoo Island (Sydney Harbour), and Cotton Shipping in Galveston, TX. Ca. late 1890s - early 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Dimick, Essie E., née Frakes (1891-1973). Album with ca. 190 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs and 11 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Melbourne (South Wharf, Business Sector), Samoa, Fiji (Ovalau, Rotuma, Portraits of Locals), etc. Ca. 1928-1936.
$ 275.00
Hallam, A. Original Unsigned Ink Drawing, Titled: Manly Beach from the North. Sydney, N.S.W. Ca. 1880.
$ 1500.00
Ashton, Sir John William (Australian, 1881-1963). Original Watercolour Scene, Showing a Docked Sailship, Most Likely in the Sydney Waterfront. Ca. 1898.
$ 2500.00
Historically Significant Journal Recording a Travel from Peking to Hankou (a part of present-day Wuhan), along the Line of the Unfinished Peking-Hankou (Jinghan) Railway, with the Eye-Witness Account on the Railway Construction, Notes on the Meetings with the Railway Company Officials, Chinese Workers, Inhabitants of Nearby Villages, Local Places of Interest etc., Titled: V – de Pekin à Hankao.
6-21 November [1903].
$ 750.00
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].
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.
$ 525.00
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.
$ 375.00
Hedin, Sven Anders 1865-1952. A Signed Photo Postcard of Hedin. Stockholm: Paul Heckscher, ca. 1910.
$ 650.00
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Vambery, Arminius (1832-1913). Autograph Letter Signed [With] Autograph Note Signed "A. Vambéry" to Martin Wood, sometime Editor of "The Times of India" and the author of several books on India. With one original envelope addressed by Vambéry. [Embossed heading] Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, [London], 10 and 11 July 1892 respectively. London: 1892.
