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A Collection of the 33 Ordinances Enacted by the Governor of Mauritius with the Advice and Consent of the Council of Government Port Louis, 1876. 211 pp. [with] A Collection of Proclamations and Government Notices Published at Mauritius during the Year 1876, iv + 49 pp. [with] Index of Government Notices of 1876, xxxiii + Government Notices + 343 pp. Mauritius: G.H. Griffiths, Government Printer, 1876.
$ 425.00
Evans, Charles (1918-1995). Two Typewritten Letters Signed by Charles Evans, the Leader of the 1955 British Kanchenjunga Expedition, on Official "Kanchenjunga Expedition 1955" Letterhead, and Addressed to the Manager of the Swiss Watchmaking Company Baume & Mercier, with a Carbon Copy of the Answer. Three letters, 28, 29 & 31 December 1955.
$ 950.00
Gardner, Edward (1784-1861) [Resident in Kathmandu 1816-29]. Autograph Letter Signed to a Superior (Most likely Governor-General of Bengal, Francis, Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquis of Hastings) Reporting the Latest Intelligence Including Troop Strengths and Movements of the Gurkhas (Nepali Troops) in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16). Hawalbagh (India): 18th Dec. 1815.
$ 1250.00
Martin, Josiah (1843-1916); Valentine, George Dobson (1852-1890); & others. Album of 17 Albumen Studio Photographs of New Zealand, showing Arthur River, Auckland, Wellington, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Lake Rotorua, Rotorua Sanatorium and Malfroy Geysers, Waiotapu (Rainbow Hill, Sulphur Terrace, White Terrace before 1886 eruption), Mt. Tarawera, Whakarewarewa, Ohinemutu (Tametekapua meeting house), etc. Ca. 1880s.
$ 7500.00
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.
$ 2950.00
Chepigovsky, I. Kratkaya osetinskaya grammatika [i.e. Brief Ossetian Grammar]. Vladikavkaz: Tipografiya-Skoropechatnya Z. I. Shuvalova, 1880.
$ 950.00
Novaya Zelandiya i Okeania, ili Ostrova Yuzhnogo Moria [i.e. New Zealand and Oceania, or the Islands of the South Sea]. St. Petersburg: Obschestvennaya pol’za, 1874.
$ 525.00
Unsigned Watercolour View of the Rohtas Fort, Punjab, Pakistan, Titled on Verso: Fort of Rhotas, Punjab. Ca. 1870.
$ 2250.00
Holmes, Randolph Bezzant (1888-1973). Collection of Twenty-One Loose Gelatin Silver Photos of the Operations of British Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign of 1919-1920, and Showing British Camp in Sorarogha, Military Engineering Works and Roads in Barari Tangi, Hazara Cliff, Zawa Kili Tangi, Hurley’s Corner, Marobi, Piazha Algal River, Bangilawa Tower, Portraits of British Military Commanders, Local Chiefs, Scenes with British Troops Firing Cannons, Taking Part in a Review, &c. Ca. 1919-early 1920s.
$ 650.00
Collection of 24 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting the 117th Engineer Combat Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign (November 1943 to September 1944), etc. July 1943 - September 1944.
Collection of Eighteen Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Two Real Photo Postcards Taken and Collected during the Czechoslovak Legion’s Revolt against the Bolsheviks in Siberia and Russian Far East in the 1910s-1920s, Showing the Legion’s Defense of the Krasnoyarsk Bridge, Soldiers Posing at the Site of a Train Collision in Yekaterinburg, Czech Militaries and Hussites Celebrating the Overthrow of the Soviet Power, Soldiers Awaiting the Evacuation from Vladivostok, etc.; also, with a Photo of the Destroyed Ononsky Bridge in Manchuria in 1918. Ca. 1917-1929.
$ 125.00
Two Original Photograph Views of Vladivostok. Ca. 1899.
$ 2250.00
Rodevich, Vsevolod Mikhailovich (1878-1942). Ocherk Uriankhaiskogo Kraya (Mongolskogo Basseina Reki Eniseya)/ Materialy dlya Opisaniya Russkikh Rek i Istorii Uluchsheniya ikh Sudokhodnykh Uslovii. Vyp. XXIV. Izdaniye Upravleniya Vnutrennikh Vodnykh Putey i Shosseynykh Dorog (po Otdely Vodyanykh Soobscheniy). [Description of the Uriankhai Region (Mongolian Basin of the Yenisei River)/ Materials for the Description of the Russian Rivers and the History of Enhancing the Navigation Along Them. Vol. XXIV. Issued by the Administration of the Internal Waterways and Highways]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of the Ministry of Transport (Kushnerev & Co.), 1910.
$ 2750.00
Album with 130 Original Photos of the 1939-1940 Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition to Nordvik Bay, Showing the Expedition Base Camp (General View, Bathhouse, etc.), Construction Works (Rotor No 2), Team Members (Including the Compiler and his Wife), Equipment (Boiler Room, Rotor Drilling Rig, Oil Drilling Rigs, etc.), and Infrastructure (Meteorological Station, Tankette, etc.); also, with the Photos of a Local Fire, Funeral of Deceased Explorers, Rallies, and Native Yakuts; titled: Alʹbom dlya malyuvannya [Album for Drawing]. Ca. 1939-1940.
$ 2750.00
Schrenck, Leopold von (1826-1894). Ocherk Fizisheskoi Geografii Severo-Iaponskogo Moria. Prilozhenie k XVI-mu tomu Zapisok Imp. Akademii Nauk. No. 3 [A Sketch of Physical Geography of Northern Sea of Japan. Supplement to Vol. XVI of the Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. No. 3]. St. Petersburg: Typ. of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1869.
$ 7500.00
Fischer, Johann Eberhard (1697-1771). Sibirskaya Istoriya s samogo Otkrytiya Sibiri to Zavoyevaniya sei Zemli Rossiiskim Oruzhiem, Sochinyonnaya na Nemetskom Yazyke i v Sobranii Akademicheskom Chitannaya Chlenom Sanktpeterburgskoi Akademii Hauk i Professorom Drevnostey i Istorii, tak zhe Chlenom Istoricheskogo Gettingskogo Sobraniya Iogannom Ebergardom Fischerom [Siberian History from the Discovery of Siberia to the Conquest of this Land by Russian Arms, Written in German and Read in the Academy’s Session by a Member of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Professor of History and Antiquities, a Member of Göttingen School of History, Johann Eberhard Fischer]. Saint Petersburg: Imp. Academy of Sciences, 1774.
Mesiatsoslov s Rospisju Chinovnykh Osob v Gosudarstve, na Leto ot Rozhdestva Christova 1802 [Calendar for the Year 1802 after the Birth of Christ, with an Annotated List of all State Officials]. Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, [1801].
$ 950.00
Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 2250.00
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Historically Significant Album with ca. 310 Gelatin Silver Photographs, Including Two Studio Portraits and ca. Twelve Printed Postcards, of Mostly Philippines, Taken by an American Naval Wife Before the Japanese Occupation, Showing Igorot Women Dancing, a Filipina Street Merchant, the Bustling Yanko Market, San Roque Street with Iconic Shop Signs (Budweiser, Coca-Cola, People’s Store), a Floral-Adorned Funeral Car, and the Compiler’s Evacuation on SS Washington; Also Showcasing Landmarks in Manila, Cavite, Malolos, and Antipolo, Along with Scenes from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, the Holy Land, England, Germany, and Scotland. Ca. 1939-1940.
$ 4500.00
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Skeen & Co. (fl. ca. 1860s-1920s); The Colombo Apothecaries Co. LTD. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Scowen, Charles Thomas (1852-1948) & Others. Album with 77 Original Albumen Photos of Sri Lanka, Showing Colombo, Kandy, Portraits of Market Sellers, Tea Pluckers, Buddhist Monks, a “Kandian Chief,” a Female Musician, a Snake Charmer, &c., Titled: Der ferne Osten. Ca. 1890s.
$ 950.00
Cleather, William H., Captain‚ 1st Ceylon Regiment (1783-1820). Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales, Describing his Early Service in the Military Regiment in British Ceylon, with notes on His Travel to Ceylon on Board HMS Thalia, Colombo Garrison and Officers, Local Society, Day Schedule et al. 1805-6.
$ 950.00
Skeen & Co (ca. 1860s-1920s) & others. Album of 12 Albumen Studio Photographs of Colombo, Showing Its Harbour and Breakwater, Chatham Street, Mount Lavinia, Kelani River Pontoon Bridge, a Hindu Temple, a Religious Procession, etc. Ca. 1890s.
