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Smith, William Thomas (1919-1978); Smith, Mary Louise (née Mason) (1925-?). Album of Over 390 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama (US Navy Shore Patrol, a Naval Banquet, Portraits of Shore Patrol Officers; Boating on the Panama Canal; Portraits of Indigenous Panamanians; Panamanian Cities (Colon, Cristobal, Balboa, etc.)), an Inspection of the Fifth Naval District Shore Patrol (Virginia), Shooting Range Practice for the US Secret Service Uniformed Force Pistol Team, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 2500.00
[Simms, H. W.] Album of 79 Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Saint Helena (Jamestown, Breakneck Valley, Sandy Bay, Plantation House, Longwood House, etc.) and Ascension Island (Georgetown, Green Mountain), the HMS Sparrow and its Officers and Crew, Group Portrait of the Members of the 1892 “Gambia Expedition,” West Africa (Fernado Po, Annobón, Sierra Leone), Jamaica after the 1907 Earthquake (Kingston, Port Royal), etc. Ca. 1890s, 1907.
Historically Significant Archive of Over Fifty Original Manuscripts and Period Copies, Merchants’ Receipts, Two Rare Printed Caribbean Broadsides and an Autograph Letter Signed, Documenting Trade Voyages of Canadian-Built Wooden Schooner "Lima," Manned and Commanded by Americans, from New York to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Mostly Focusing on its Damage during a Storm in the Caribbean in September-October 1865 and Subsequent Auction Sale in St. Thomas. New York, St. Thomas (Danish West Indies), Kingston (Jamaica), ca. 1865 – early 1866.
$ 375.00
[Peacock], [Alfred?] Original Unsigned Watercolour Titled:] "Barbadoes from the North-West. Bridgetown." Ca. 1889.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Album with 233 Original Mounted and Loosely Inserted Gelatin Silver Photos, Including 112 Images of Bermuda, Showing St. George’s (St. Peter’s Church and Clock Tower, Salvation Army Church, Stewart Hall, Harbour, Streets), Hamilton (Princess Hotel, Wharf), Private Residences, Roads, Local People, &c.; The Album is Titled: Bermuda. 1906. Ca. 1900s.
$ 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.
$ 525.00
[Peacock], [Alfred?] Original Unsigned Watercolour Titled: "St. Thomas. West Indies." 1889.
$ 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.
Morland, John. Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38, from U.S. Acting Consul in Havana John Morland, Asking for Release of Eugine Newman, an American Seaman of the U.S. Vessel “Cavalier” who was “confined in the Stocks at the Prison;” With: the Official Translation of the Letter into Spanish. Havana: Consulate of the United States of America, 7 August 1834.
$ 950.00
Trist, Nicholas Phillip (1800-1874). Manuscript Letter Written by US Consul of Havana Nicholas Trist to the Captain General of Cuba, Regarding the Circumstances of the Arrest of the Crew of the American Ship William Engs, Who Committed a Mutiny in the Port of Havana. Havana [Cuba], 2 September 1839.
$ 525.00
Turner, Captain Henry A. Royal Artillery (British, Active 1849-1853). Original Initialed Drawing Heightened in White Titled: "St. Georges, Grenada, W.I." Сa. 1852.
$ 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.
$ 2500.00
Manuscript Document of a Report on French Defences in the French Colony of Saint-Domingue, Including Fort Dauphin, Cap-Français, the Dependencies of Port-de-Paix, and the West and South Governments, and Recommendations Concerning the King’s Troops. Ca. 1745.
$ 2250.00
Lira, Diego de. Period French Translation of an Original Spanish Report on Haitian Land and Sea Forces in the Eastern Part of Hispaniola during the Haitian Occupation of Santo Domingo, Titled:] Rapport de la reconnaissance […] des forces de terre et de mer que les Nègres ont dans la partie Est de Saint-Domingue [Reconnaissance Report of Land and Sea Forces that the Negroes have in the Eastern Part of Saint-Domingue. Mayagues [Puerto Rico], [2 December 1823].
$ 1500.00
Bal; [Malet Du Gravier, Francois, comte]. Manuscript Letter Written to Comte Francois Malet du Gravier, former Major of Cap-Tiburon (Saint-Domingue) and Plantation Owner, from His Former Secretary Regarding the Poor Treatment He Suffered While Employed in Saint Domingue ca. 1782-1783, Including Du Gravier Attempting to Knock Him Out with a Chair and Punching Him in the Face. Cap [Cap-Français], 5 Juin [June] 1785.
$ 1250.00
Magnytot, Louis-Maurice Taupin de (1757-1823). Historically Significant Original Manuscript Letter Signed by the Colonial Prefect of Saint-Domingue, Writing to a French Government Agent in Caracas About Plans to Send Money Through the British Naval Blockade. Au Cap [Cap-Français, Saint-Domingue], 13 vendémiaire an 12 [6 Octobre 1803].
$ 425.00
Pim, Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan (1826-1886). Autograph Letter Signed "Bedford Pim" to Don Carlos Gutierrez (1818-1882), Minister Plenipotentiary, Honduras Government, with the Latter’s Signed Note, Countersigned by Pim in Receipt. London: 2 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C., 15 July 1872.
Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Three Original Manuscripts, Reporting on the Voyage to Jamaica of a British Merchant Brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, Including a Detailed Account of “Jane’s” Wreck and Damage in the Mouth of the Great River during the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780]. Montego Bay (Jamaica), 10 January 1781; London, 24 July and 31 August 1781.
Fallon, J. H. Album of 99 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting a Cruise to Panama (Construction of Panama Canal and Railroad, Workers’ Lodgings, Panama Railroad Company’s Pier 4, Native Panamanian Huts), Cuba (Jose Marti Monument in Parque Central, Mausoleum of the Firefighters, Havana Streets), and Jamaica (Kingston Streets) Titled: Cruise 1912 – Cuba, Panama, Jamaica. Ca. 1912.
$ 425.00
Gambier, James, Sir, Admiral of the Fleet (1756-1833). Autograph Letter Signed “Gambier” to Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth “off Ushant”, About the Admiralty’s Orders that “Lieutenant Brompton to be discharged from St. George, without waiting to be superceded with directions to join the Neptune immediately”. Caledonia in Hamoze, 21 September 1808.
$ 950.00
Conant, John H. (1825-1881) & Conant, William F. (1822-1897). Pair of Autograph Letters Signed by a Young American Merchant in Panama City to His Brother in Boston. Panama: 20 September 1857 & 30 March 1858.
