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$ 5250.00
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Album with 38 Original Well-Preserved Albumen Studio Photographs of Panama, Showing the Construction of Panama Canal by the French (American and French Dredges, Earthworks and Excavations, French Clapet Boats, Canal Locks, Auxiliary Rail Tracks and Trains), Colon (Front Street, Count de Lesseps Palace, Compagnie Interocéanique’s Office, French Consul’s Quarters, Washington House, Garfield House, Colonel Reeve’s House, French Hospital, &c.), Panama City (the Main Square with Metropolitan Cathedral, Grand Hotel and Bishop’s Palace, Bull Baiting on Santa Ana Plaza, Panama Bay), Culebra Station of Panama Railroad, Gatun Village and Chagres River, Native Panamanians, &c. Ca. late 1880s.
$ 1750.00
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.
$ 2250.00
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.
$ 375.00
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.
$ 2750.00
[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.
$ 1500.00
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.
$ 850.00
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Turner, Captain Henry A., Royal Artillery (British, active 1849-1853). Original Initialed (on verso) "H.A.T." Watercolour on two Joined Sheets, Dated & Titled: "Pilgrim. The Governor's Residence Barbados. Apl. 1852."
$ 475.00
[Peacock], [Alfred?] Original Unsigned Watercolour Titled:] "Barbadoes from the North-West. Bridgetown." Ca. 1889.
$ 525.00
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.
$ 450.00
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.
$ 5250.00
[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.
$ 950.00
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.
$ 950.00
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.
$ 3750.00
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[Merrill, Dana B.] (1877 – after 1940). Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Construction of the Madeira-Mamore Railroad in the Brazilian State of Rondonia, Showing Porto Velho, Candelaria, Railway Tracks, Camps, Workers, American Engineers, Construction through the Swamp, Karipuna People from the Mutum-Parana River, Rubber Harvesting, Curing and Transportation, Madeira River, Falls and Rapids, “Francisco Salles” Steamer, &c. Ca. 1908-1911.
$ 750.00
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.
$ 3500.00
Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
$ 1500.00
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.
$ 750.00
Pritchett, B.J. Original Watercolour Showing the Harbour of Coquimbo, Chile. January 1851.
$ 525.00
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.
$ 950.00
[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.
$ 3500.00
[Benapres, Pablo]. Album with 38 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Santiago de Cuba and Its Environs, Showing the Events and the Aftermath of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War, Titled: Recortes Cubabos por P. Benapres. Ca. 1898 – early 1900s.
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.
$ 2250.00
Album with 394 Original Amateur Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Ecuador, Showing Rio Napo, Coastal and Riverside Villages, Snow-Capped Mountains (most likely, Cotopaxi), Cattle Ranches, Banana and Papaya Plantations, a Bullfight in Quito, a Pottery Workshop, Market Stalls, “Handicraft/ Art-Workshop, Arturo Kiewe,” “Hotel de Palace,” “Pension Federico,” Scenes of Transportation and Installation of a Tank, Possibly for a Brewery, Portraits of German Residents, Ecuadorian Mule Drivers, Loaders Carrying Wooden Casks, a Show Polisher, Children at a street Christmas Celebration, Native Species of Mammals, Birds and Turtles, &c. Ca. 1950s.
