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$ 4500.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Five Albums, and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (altogether over 680 Images), Taken and Collected by U.S. Military Men During Their Service in the Korean War and Showing Military Actions, Seoul after its Capture by the UN Forces in September 1950, Service on the Border with North Korea during the Stalemate (Chuncheon, Kapyong Headquarters, Kumhwa), a Visit of South Korean President Syngman Rhee to the Positions in Kumhwa, American Military Bases and Field Camps, Everyday Life of American Soldiers, Operations and Activities of the U.S. Air Force in Korea and Japan, Hardships of Korean Civilians, Views of Seoul, Busan, South Korean Towns, Villages and Countryside, Portraits of Families, Peasants, Artisans, &c. Ca. 1950s.
$ 1250.00
D’Oyly, Sir Hastings Hadley (1864-1948). Two Original Watercolours of the Andaman Islands, Titled on Verso: 1) Ross Islands from the Aberdeen District Officers’ House, Port Blair; and 2) Government Rest House, Mount Harriet – Port Blair. Ca. 1890.
$ 525.00
Keppel, Henry, Sir, Admiral (1809-1904). Autograph Letter Signed “Henry Keppel” to Captain of HMS “Thetis” Sir Henry John Codrington on Naval Matters. 'Club. Friday. 6.' [November 1846].
Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1848-1914). Autograph Letter Signed "Archie Colquh[oun]" to Mrs MacGregor and Discussing Work on his Book "Across Chrysê: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through the South China Border Lands, from Canton to Mandalay" (London, 1883). Edinburgh: 11, St. Bernard Court, 19 November 1882.
$ 7500.00
Historically Significant Original Manuscript Logbook, Recording the First Voyage of a New England East Indiaman “America” from New York to Macao and Back in June 1809 – June 1810, Including Notes on the Trade with the Natives of the “Bally Town” (Eastern Lombok, Indonesia) and Audience with the Local “King,” Navigation in the Western Pacific Ocean and Sighting of an “island I did not Find Laid Down in any Chart,” Observation of Two Large Comets in the Indian Ocean “the Blare of Which Lasted Nearly 5 Minutes,” Entries on Endured Storms, Encountered Vessels, a Fight on Board, a Crew Member Falling Overboard, &c. 24 June 1809 – 9 June 1810.
$ 2500.00
Album with ca. 296 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of China and the Philippines, Showing Qingdao, Mount Lao Valley, Hong Kong, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Manila, Olongapo Naval Station, Ships and Military Exercise of the U.S. Naval Battle Force, Admiral Harris Laning, American Enlisted Sailors, Chinese Policemen, Passers-By, Families, Beggars, &c., Titled: James A. Smith Tsingtao. China. Ca. 1930s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with ca. 330 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Sailor from U.S.S. “Huron” and U.S.S. “Black Hawk” during Their Service in China and the Philippines in the 1920s, Showing U.S. Naval Ships, Naval Exercise at Sea, U.S. Fleet in Chefoo/Yantai, Views of Chefoo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tsingtau/Qingdao, Villages and Native People in the Philippines, American Sailors at Service and Touring the Cities, &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 1750.00
Zangaki Brothers (ca. 1880s-1890s); Arnoux, Hippolyte (active ca. 1860s-1900); Mauri, Achille (active ca. 1840s-1890s). Album of Thirty Studio Photographs of Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo), Myanmar (Mandalay), and Morocco (Tangier); also with the Photos of Gibraltar and Italy (Naples, Pompeii). Ca. 1888-1896
$ 1500.00
Zemaitis, William O. (1935-2021). Album of 84 Original Photographs of Guam, Showing Andersen Air Force Base, Including a Review (Marching Band, 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron), the “Special Service Shack,” Commissary, Barracks, Runways and Hangars, Celebrations (a Christmas Party, “Comm-Elect. Section Party”), etc. Ca. 1953.
$ 1250.00
Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
$ 5250.00
Vysheslavtsev, A.V. Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]. St. Petersburg-Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1867.
$ 9500.00
Dobell, Peter/Petr Vasil’evich; [Dzhunkovsky, A.S.]. Puteshestviia i Noveishiia Nabliudeniia v Kitae, Manille i Indo-Kitaiskom Arkhipelage Byvshego Rossiiskogo Generalnogo Konsula na Filippinskikh Ostrovakh, Kollezhskogo Sovetnika Petra Dobelia, Sostavil i s Angliiskogo Perevel, s Vysochaishego Soizvolenia A. Dzh. [i.e. Travels and Latest Observations in China, Manila and the Indo-China Archipelago by a Former Russian Consul General in the Philippine Islands, Collegiate Councillor Petr Dobell, Compiled and Translated from English, by the Highest Permission A. Dzh.] St. Petersburg: N. Grech, 1833.
$ 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.
$ 525.00
Kleingrothe, Carl Josef (1864-1942). Portfolio with 51 Photogravures of Sumatra, Showing Tobacco and Coffee Industries (Tobacco Plantations of the Deli Company, Arendsburg Tobacco Company, and Others; Fermentations Sheds; Workers Receiving and Sorting Tobacco; Coffee Plantations), the City of Medan (Harbors and Railway Stations, the District of Kesawan, the Sultan’s Palace, Streets), Portraits of Sultans (Deli, Serdang, Siak, Assahan, and Langkat), Portraits of Indonesians (Batak Chief, Batak Women, Klingalese People, Javanese People, Malay People), etc. Ca. 1898.
Attractive Lacquered Album with 112 Original Photographs of Japan, China, Singapore, Samoa, and Hawaii, Including Interesting Images of Nikko Temples and Processions, Tea Houses, Villages and Hotels around Lake Hakone, Streets of Tokyo, and Nara, Panoramas of Penang and Hong Kong, Scenes of Execution in Canton, Portraits of “Maoris” and Samoans, etc., Titled: Around the World, 1900. 20 March - 31 August 1900.
$ 175.00
Kinsbergen, Isidore van (1821-1905). Collection of Three Original Photos of the Borobudur and Prambanan Temples in Java, Including a Very Well Preserved First Photographic Image of the Borobudur Temple after its Restoration. 1872, 1896-7.
$ 950.00
Collection of Two Sepia Pen and Wash Watercolours after the Aquatints from “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (1810) by Thomas and William Daniell’s; Titled: Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda; Malays of Java. Ca. 1810s.
$ 425.00
Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill (1852-1933). Autograph Letter Signed with Interesting Notes about South African Tsama (Citron Melon) and a Gratitude to His Correspondent for “your kindly criticism of the Marchesa”. Old Mill House, Trumpington, Cambridge: , 15 September 1902.
$ 1500.00
Barber, George W. Album of 179 Photographs Showing the Philippines after World War II, Including Reconstruction Efforts by Weihe, Frick and Kruse (Group Portraits of Architects and Engineers, Construction Sites, Employees Working at Desks), Clark Air Base, Destruction of Manila (Manila Post Office, Legislative Building, etc.), Portraits of Filipinos, Street Scenes and Rural Life (a Parade, Oxen-Drawn Carts), etc. Ca. 1948.
$ 3500.00
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Ayton, Charles Dudley (1873-1950); Ayton, Ethel Lydia (1883-1970, née Reich). Interesting Extensive Private Archive of ca. 45 Original Manuscripts (Including a 98-Page Diary), Typewritten Official Documents, Invitations, Newspaper Clippings and Printed Ephemera, from the Estate of a Spanish-American War Veteran (Later Resident of California) Who Lived and Worked in Manila in the 1910s – Early 1920s. Ca. 1911-1925, 1939, 1950.
$ 4500.00
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.
$ 2750.00
[O’Vary, Geza Philip] (1887 – after 1946) & [O’Vary, Helene] (ca. 1883 – after 1958). Collection of Three Photo Albums with ca. 416 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken by an American Employee of the Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij (Nederlands Colonial Oil Company) During His Work at the Oil Refinery in Soengei-Gerong (Sungai Gerong, South Sumatra) in 1929-1931. Ca. 1929-1931.
$ 525.00
Brown Sepia Watercolour View of the Coast of Timor with Natives Boats, and a Mountainous Shore in the Distance. Ca. 1820s.
