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$ 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.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Sixteen Loose Albumen Photos of the East Argentine Railway, Showing Concordia (Entre Rios), Railway Stations in Gualeguaycito and Monte Caseros, a Four-Span Bridge over the Mandisovi River, Ceibo River and Nearby Ranchos, Monte Caseros, Company’s “Mensajero” Steamer in Ceibo, &c. Ca. 1880s.
$ 1750.00
De La Motte, Edward. Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled: Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.
$ 275.00
Autograph Letter Signed by a Buenos Aires Merchant Gaspar Ressa to the Members of the City’s Prior y Counsel, Written at the Time of the French Blockade of Buenos Aires During the Spanish American War of Confederation. Buenos Aires, 1 December 1838.
$ 6500.00
Buchanan, William Insco (1853-1909). Historically Significant Letterbook with Copies of ca. 450 Two Hundred Letters and Telegrams in English and Spanish, Written and Received by William I. Buchanan in August 1897 – July 1899, during His Service as U.S. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Buenos Aires; WITH: A Journal with 33 Original Amateur Gelatin Silver Photos of Argentina; WITH: A Journal Accounting for Buchanan’s Family Private Expenses in Argentina in November 1894 – December 1895.
$ 2250.00
[Pastorino, Luis], & Others. Album with Sixty-Six Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Argentina and Uruguay, Showing Buenos Aires (General & Street Views, Port, Waterfront, Piramide de Mayo, Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo, Metropolitan Cathedral, Zoo, &c.), Tigre (Private Mansion, River Waterfront), Campana (Military Camp, Cattle Farm, River Waterfront), and Montevideo (Plaza Independencia, Fortaleza del Cerro, Baños Plaza Ramirez, “Saladero Clouzet & Cia” Facility, Palaza Cagancha with La Libertad Statue, Metropolitan Cathedral, &c. Ca. early 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Standke, Fritz. Album with 174 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Steamer and Land Journey from Buenos Aires to the Iguazu Falls and Asuncion (Paraguay) in August-September 1918, Compiled by an Upper-Class German Resident of Argentina and Showing Argentinian and Uruguayan Ports on the Uruguay and Parana Rivers, San Ignacio Jesuit Mission, Puerto Iguazu and its First Hotel, Iguazu Falls from Argentinian and Brazilian Sides, Travellers and their Companions, Asuncion and San Bernardino, &c. 1918.
$ 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.
$ 350.00
Waterton, Sir Charles (1782-1865). Manuscript Copy of an English Translation of Waterton’s Letter to the Commander of Fort St. Joachim, Portuguese Guiana, During his 1812 Expedition. First half of the 19th century.
$ 425.00
Pereira, José Clemente, Barão de São Clemente (1787-1854). Autograph Letter Signed, to Francisco Gomes da Silva ("O Chalaça"), Regarding the Dowry of Sua Alteza Imperial a Senhora D. Maria Amelia. Rio de Janeiro: 10 July 1849.
$ 3250.00
Album with 110 Original Large Gelatin Silver Photos, Illustrating the Second Annual American Express Cruise to South America and Showing Havana, Panama Canal and Panama City, Lima, Mollendo, Tacna, Arica, Antofagasta, Valparaiso, Santiago, Rio Blanco, Trains of Ferrocarril Transandino Chile, Buenos Aires, Petropolis, Santos, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Bridgetown, Scenes of Crossing the Equator Celebration on Board the S.S. “Ebro”, &c.; the Album is Titled:] American Express Tour in South America.
$ 4500.00
[Kablé, Emile]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with over 460 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Diamond Mining Operations of French “Companhia Boa Vista” near Diamantina, Minas Gerais State of Brazil, Showing Earthworks at Lagoa Secca, Bom Successo, Pindahybas and Tahoa, Boa Vista Settlement with the General Office and Employees’ Settlement, Water Reservoirs and Pump Stations, Electric Plant at Santa Maria, a System of Sluices, Installation of Boilers and Pulsometers, the Head of the Construction Antonio de Lavendeyra, the Company’s Employees including the Compiler, Native Workers Washing Paydirt, Views of Diamantina and Environs, &c. Ca. 1897-1900.
$ 750.00
Barbosa, Januario da Cunha (1780-1864). [Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Ca. 1813-1816.
$ 750.00
Album of 32 Gelatin Silver Photographs showing Rio de Janeiro, Including Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Corcovado, the Neighbourhood of Botafogo, Palácio Monroe, Avenida Central, etc. Ca. 1910s.
$ 250.00
Two Albums with Twenty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, including Two Folding Panoramas of Rio de Janeiro, Featuring President Getúlio Vargas at the Newly-Opened Christ the Redeemer Monument, Carioca Aqueduct in Santa Teresa & Glória, Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, Floriano & Paris Squares, Coastal Views of Copacabana & Botafogo, etc.; titled: Album do Rio de Janeiro. Ca. 1930s.
$ 525.00
Original Watercolour of one of the Brazilian Islands of the Martin Vaz Archipelago, Dated and Titled: Ille de la Trinite, Vue le 1er Janvier 1821. January 1, 1821.
Album with Eighty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Tourist at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, Showing the Now-Dismantled Palaces, International Pavilions, Arches, Towers, etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1915.
$ 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.
$ 1250.00
Leblanc, Félix (active ca. 1865-1910s) & others. Album of 14 Albumen Studio Photographs of Chile, Showing Valparaíso, Santiago, the Magellan Strait, and the Andes. Ca. 1891-1893.
$ 525.00
Pritchett, B.J. Original Watercolour Showing the Harbour of Coquimbo, Chile. January 1851.
$ 425.00
Taylor, William Rufus. Autograph Letter Signed by William Rufus Taylor to Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865) U.S. Navy Congratulating Gilliss' on his Successful Expedition i.e., the U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere 1849-52 and thanking him for the "beautiful and interesting books" which were most likely copies of the results of the expedition which were published 1855-6. Newport R.I.: April 17th 1856.
$ 750.00
[Wetmore, William Shepard] (1801-1862). Four Autograph Signed Letters to William Wetmore from His Business Partners Regarding Market Conditions and Wetmore’s Business Affairs in South America and New York. Valparaiso, Cadiz and New York, 1832-1837.
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.
