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$ 2250.00
Bourne & Shepherd; Burke, John (ca. 1843-1900); Nicholas & Co.; Scowen & Co.; Skeen & Co.; Pont, V.&E., and Others. Album with Forty-Nine Large Albumen Photographs of British India and Ceylon. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
$ 1500.00
Historically Interesting Album with Ca. 207 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Voyage to Present-day India (Mumbai, Bhandardara, Daulatabad, Aurangabad, Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Patna, Lucknow, Cawnpore), Pakistan (Peshawar, Landi Kotal, Lahore), Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia (Penang, Johor). Ca. 1934-1936.
$ 1750.00
Mallitte, Oscar (ca. 1829 - 1905) & Others. Album with 139 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photos of Northern India, Showing Philander Smith College (Methodist Residential School), Its Principal, Teachers and Students, Mussoorie, Landour, Nainital, Delhi, Agra, and Excellent Ethnographic Portraits of Indian People: Tailors, Servants and Ayahs, Coal Burners, Sweepers, Water Carriers, Coolies, Artisans, Sellers in Various Shops (General Merchant, Sweetmeat, Fruit and Vegetable, “Moody Shop,” Stick Maker, Goldsmith, Wood Carver, “Cashmere Cloth”), &c. Ca. late 1890s - early 1900s.
Historically Interesting Album with ca. 158 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting an English Traveler’s Early Voyages to India (Agra, Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Madurai, Chennai, Kolkatta), Sri Lanka (Colombo, Kandi), Australia (Melbourne, Hobart), Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo), and Canada (Quebec, Ottawa, Victoria, Sault St. Marie). Ca. 1907-1910.
$ 750.00
Wardenaar, O. Historically Important Album with Fifty-One Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Construction and Inauguration of the Solo–Kata Railway Station, Dutch and Indonesian Officials Attending the Opening Ceremony, Local Workers Building a Dam under Dutch Supervision, Hundreds of Local Residents Watching a Military Parade; as well as the Collapse of a Railway Bridge and the Subsequent Inspection in the Presence of Survivors. Ca. 1920s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 35 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction and Early Operations of a Sugar Factory in the Dutch East Indies – Most Likely, the Djatiroto Complex (Jatiroto, East Java), Showing the Factory, Machinery, an Auxiliary River Dam Under Construction, Railway Station, Locomotive to Transport Sugar Cane, European Administrators and Javanese Workers, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2200.00
[Pyasetsky/Piasetskii], P.Y. Puteshestvie po Kitayu v 1874-1875 gg. (cherez Sibir, Mongoliyu, Vostochny, Sredny i Severo-Zapadny Kitai): Iz dnevnika chlena ekspeditsii P.Y. Pyasetskogo [i.e. Travel across China in 1874-75 (via Siberia, Mongolia, Eastern, Central and Northwestern China): From the Diary of the Expedition Member P.Y. Pyasetsky]. St. Petersburg: Typ. of M. Stasyulevich, 1880-1881.
[With]: Pyasetsky, P.Y. Neudachnaya ekspeditsiya v Kitai 1874-1875 gg. V otvet na xashchitu g. Sosnovskogo po povodu knigi ‘‘Puteshestvie v Kitai’’ [i.e. Unsuccessful expedition to China. In Reply to the Defense of Mr. Sosnovsky about the book ‘‘Travel across China’’].
$ 2500.00
Bezsonov, Boris Vasilyevich. Russkie pereselentsy v Severnoi Persii [i.e. Russian settlers in Northern Persia] Petrograd: Publishing of the Migration Administration of the Main Administration of Land Management and Agriculture, 1915.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Collection of Fourteen Original Albumen Photos, Likely Taken by a Professional Russian Photographer in Mashhad, Iran, in the Late 1890s, Showing Imam Reza Holy Shrine before the 1912 Bombardment, Gawhar-Shad Mosque, British Consulate, Iranian Artillery Barracks, Governor’s Palace, Russian & Cossack Forces, etc.; also, with the Photos of “Tehran” and “New Afghan Gate”. Ca. 1890s.
$ 950.00
Oyamada, Tomokiyo (1783-1847). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Travel Book of a Journey from Edo (Tokyo) to Soma, in the Kanto Region Titled:] Soma Nikki. Edo: Iseya Tadaemon; Kadomaruya Jinsuke, Bunsei 1 [1818].
$ 3250.00
[Golovnin, V.M.]. Zapiski Vasiliia Mikhailovicha Golovnina v Plenu u Yapontsev d 1811, 1812 i 1813 Godakh, i Zhizneopisanie Avtora [i.e. Notes of V.M. Golovnin [made] in Japanese Captivity in 1811, 1812 and 1813, and the Biography of the Author]. St. Petersburg: Typ. Of N. Grech, 1851.
$ 45000.00
[Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich] (1776-1831). Zapiski Flota Kapitana Golovnina o Prikliucheniyakh Yego v Plenu u Yapontsev v 1811, 1812 i 1813 Godakh. S Priobshcheniyem Zamechaniy Yego o Yaponskom Gosudarstve i Narode [Notes of Fleet Captain Golovnin About his Adventures in Japanese Captivity in 1811, 1812 and 1813. With the Supplement of His Notes about Japanese State and People]. St. Petersburg: Naval Typ., 1816.
$ 450.00
Motoyoshi, Umeura. Tsuzoku Igirisu Tangohen [Popular Dictionary of the English language]. Tokyo: Izumiya Hanbei, Meiji 4 [1871].
$ 950.00
Japanese Lacquered Album of 52 Hand-Coloured Albumen Photographs of Japan, Showing General Views and Street Scenes (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Mt. Fuji, etc.), Temples and Shrines (Ginkaku-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Buddhist Temple), and Scenes of Life (Portraits of Geisha, Wedding, Funeral, Agriculture, etc.). Ca. 1900s.
$ 2250.00
Collection of Two Albums with 248 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 144 Real Photo Postcards Showing Japan, Including Tokyo (Ōmori, Ueno Park, Tsukiji, Street Scenes, Portraits of Locals), Hakone Hot Springs, Karuizawa, Mt. Asama, Gotemba, Shrines and Temples, Countryside Views, Portraits of Geisha, etc. Ca. 1919-1920.
$ 650.00
Moeji, Nagai [永井萠二] (1861–1946), MOTOJI, Nishi [西元治絵] (1920–1993). Nankyoku ni idomu nihonjin : Shirasetai tanken monogatari [南極にいどむ日本人 : 白瀬隊探検物語] [i.e.The Man Who Challenged Antarctic : Shirase’s Expedition Story]. 1 volume, complete. Tōkyō: Komine Shoten, Showa 26 [1951].
$ 750.00
Kozaburo, Tamamura (ca. 1856-1923). A Remarkable Meji-Period Souvenir Album with Fifty Hand-Colored Albumen Prints from Japan, Documenting Maikos from the “No 9. Brothel” (Holding Ichimatsu Dolls, Hand Fans & Musical Instruments, Umbrellas, etc.) and Pre-Kanto Quake Views of Yokohama (Clock Tower, Yokohama Ice Works, Victorian Western Cemetery, etc.) and Tokyo (Meguro, Zojoji Buddhist Temple, etc.); also with the Photos of Kyoto, Osaka, and Nikko. Ca. 1890s.
$ 950.00
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Kozaburo, Tamamura (ca. 1856-1923). A Beautiful Meiji-Period Souvenir Album with Fifty Hand-Colored Albumen Prints from Japan, Featuring Portraits of Maikos from the “No. 9 Brothel” in Traditional Kimonos, Posing with Dolls, Hand Fans, and Mirrors, Alongside Photographs of Japanese Landscapes and Ethnographic Scenes in Hakone, Yokohama, Kamakura, and Kanazawa. Ca. 1890s.
$ 1250.00
Parent du Châtelet, Alexandre Jean-Baptiste [text]; Tone, Sōjirō [刀根宗二郎著, translation, adaptation]. Shōfuron [娼婦論]. Tōkyō: Tone Sōjirō, Meiji 10 [1877].
Krusenstern, Adam Johann von (1770-1846) & Tilesius, Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tilenau (1769-1857). Large Copper Engraving from the Famous Atlas of Captain Krusenstern’s First Russian Circumnavigation, Titled: Sudno Printsa Chingodzina, na Kotorom Rossiysky Poslannik Poyekhal s Korablya na Bereg. Das Fahrzeug auf welchem der Russische Gesandte zuerst in Nangasaki ans Land fuhr [The Boat of Prince Tschingodzin on Which the Russian Ambassador Travelled Ashore from the Ship]. [Saint Petersburg]: [Morskaya Typ.], [1813].
$ 1750.00
Hayashi, Heizo Michiyuki (1738–1793). Kaikoku heidan hoi [海國兵談補遺] [i.e. Equestrianism. A Military Defense of a Maritime Nation]. Complete in 2 volumes. Edō [Tōkyō]: Yamatoya Kihee, Keio 3 [1867].
$ 550.00
Kubota, Beisen [久保田, 米僊]. Beisen man'yū gajō [米像漫遊画来] [i.e. Beisen’s Sketchbook of Wandering Travels]. Vol. 2 of the 2 volumes set. Kyōto: Tanaka Jihee, Meiji 22 [1889].
$ 525.00
[Taylor, R., Attributed to]. Album with Forty-One Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Private of the 9th Marine Regiment of the US Marine Corps During the Mass Ascent of Mountain Fuji. 1957.
