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$ 750.00
McKenna, Mike. Historically Interesting Letter Signed by an American Soldier in an Agua Prieta Hospital, Talking about a Rebel Paranoid about Being Poisoned, a Half-Paralyzed Yaqui's Dire Condition, and the Deaths of Local Patients (a Federal & a Yaqui Mayo). Agua Prieta, Sonora: 5 November 1912.
$ 950.00
[McCall, George Archibald] (1802-1868); McCall, Mary Dickinson (1799-1881). Autograph Letter Signed from Mary Dickinson McCall to her Renowned Brother, Captain of the 4th US Infantry Regiment George McCall, Talking about His Recent Heroism during the Battle of Palo Alto, the Occupation of Matamoros, the Regiment’s Possible Move to Monterrey, the Anecdote about General Winfield Scott and a “Plate of Soup,” and Mentioning Several American Public Figures, Including John Cadwalader, Joseph R. Ingersoll, William L. Marcy, John M. Read Jr., and others. Philadelphia: 15 & 16 June [1846].
$ 1250.00
Wingate, B., Corp. A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by an American Soldier and Participant of the Mexican-American War the Very Same Day the Siege of Veracruz Ended With Mexico’s Surrender, Triumphantly Writing to His Folks Back Home in Indiana about “One of the Greatest Battles Ever Won by American Arms,” Talking about Mexican Soldiers Begging General Zachary Taylor, the Next US President, for Something to Eat, Fiercely Stating that Mexico City “Must Hear the Barking of Our Buldogs [i.e. Bulldogs] Before Walls,” and Enthusiastically Predicting the Near End of the Warfare After the American Capture of the “Third Strong Place in the World;” Also Mentioning General Winfield Scott Whose Heroism “Must Gane [i.e. Gain] for the Commander the Name that Will Last for Ages to Come.” Veracruz, 29 March 1847.
$ 1250.00
Dorrance, William T (Ca. 1804 - ?). A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by 1st Sergeant of the 7th US Infantry Regiment, William T Dorrance, from Occupied Mexico City and Signed to His Cousin Edward Moulton in Willimantic, Connecticut, Sharing Breaking News of the Arrival of Two US Commissioners “Empowered to Settle the Terms” of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Heatedly Arguing about the Possible Need of Marching to San Luis Potosi and Giving the Mexicans “A Drubbing” There, Decisively Claiming That “The Question of Peace or War Rests Now Entirely with Mexico,” and Mentioning Several American Political Figures, Including Nicholas Trist, Nathan Clifford, and Ambrose Sevier. Mexico City, 20 April 1848.
$ 750.00
Williams, Thomas. General Orders No. 54, announcing victory at Buenavista. Document Signed as aide-de-camp to General Winfield Scott. One page, 9 1/2 x 8 inches, with docketing on verso; faint mount remnants along on edge on verso. Vera Cruz, Mexico, 15 March 1847.
$ 1250.00
Slocum, Wilkes Almy (ca. 1824-1848). Original Autograph Letter by Wilkes Slocum, a Boatman Near Vera Cruz, Sharing with “Dear Mother” the Hot News of the Mexican Defeat in the Vera Cruz Battle and Writing about the Minimal Casualties Suffered by the American Forces. Vera Cruz: 29 March 1847.
Coyne, Joseph. Original Autograph Letter Written by British Ship Owner Joseph Coyne from Baltimore to A. Bell & Son in New York, Regarding German and Irish Diaspora Soldiers as Expendable Military Assets During the Mexican–American War. Baltimore, Maryland : 9 November 1846.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Ninety-Four Original Gelatin Silver Stereoview Photographs of Mexico, Showing Chihuahua, Moneterey, Zacatecas, Aguas Calientes, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Juanacatlan, Mexico City, Santa Anita, Guadalupe, Amecameca, Cholulua, Popocatapetl, Ixtaccihuatl, Orizaba, Cordoba, Omealca, Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Tehuantepec, Aztec villages, Portraits of Natives on the Markets and In Their Trades, Including Native Indian Fair, Strawberry Fields and Farming Activities, Interior of the Local Cathedrals and Houses, Bull-fighting, Calendar Stone and Other Remarkable Objects in Local Museums, Factory Scenes, Scenes at the Cotton Mill, Primary School in Jalapa, Photos Relating To Coffee Production and Extracting Pulque From the Maguey Plant. Ca. 1900.
$ 950.00
Historically Interesting Album with Ninety-Six Original Photographs Taken during an Early Trip to Aguascalientes, Showing the Gran Fundición Central Mexicana (Exterior, Entrance, and Workers), Lively Street Scenes from Local Markets including Mercado El Parián, the Traditional Mexican “Burning of Judas” Ritual, Mexicans and Travelers Boarding a Locomotive, a Local Rodeo, and Views of the Aguascalientes Railway Station; also, with the Photographs from Colorado (Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Leadville, and One of the Earliest Airplane Flights in the Region). Ca. 1910-1911.
$ 575.00
Coverley-Price, A. Victor (British, 1901-1988). A Grisaille Watercolour Signed "V. Coverley-Price" Titled: Bivouac on Ixtaccihuatl (16,200 feet), Mexico. Ca. 1925.
$ 850.00
Historically Interesting Album with Forty-Four Original Photographs of Mexico, Showing the Portraits of Local Dancers, Musicians, Women & Children, Street Merchants, &; also, with the Photos of Ancient Landmarks of Mexico City, Chiapas, and Tlaxcala; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1940s.
$ 1500.00
Ferâizcizâde, Mehmed Sa'it Efendi (d. 1835). Tarih-i Gülşen-i Maarif [The History of Knowledge]. Istanbul: Dar üt-Tıbaat ül-Amire [Court Typ.], 1252 H. [1836].
Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye[A Yearbook of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry]. Constantinople [Istanbul]: Imp. Eb-uz-zia, 1302 H [1884].
$ 750.00
Van Dorn, Peter (ca. 1773-1837), Briggs, Joseph (ca. 1780-1830). Historically Significant 1823 Writ of Dower Issued by Judge Peter Van Dorn, Ordering the Allotment of a 360-Acre Tract in Claiborne County, Mississippi, to Margaret Lyon, Widow of Peter Lyon. Claiborne County, Mississippi: 30 July & 22 October 1823.
$ 525.00
An Interesting Early Letter from a Settler in Boonville (Likely, in Missouri) Who Was Planning to “Engage in the Drug Business in or near Elgin” (One in Missouri or Possibly Oregon), Telling the Addressee that He is “Extremely Desirous of Having you as a Partner” and Remembering “of Your Intention of Going West with me to Look out a Suitable Place for Business”. Boonville, 8 August 1854.
$ 525.00
Historically Significant Collection of Eleven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Printed Postcard, Showing Life in Kansas City Just Months before the 1918 Great Flu Pandemic; with the Photos of the Now-Demolished Westgate Hotel, Newman Theatre, Union Station Depot, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Various Local Stores with Clearly Visible Signs. 1918.
Original Photograph Showing the Congregation of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, the First Polish Church in St. Louis, MO. Ca. 1929.
$ 4500.00
[Whitaker, Ewen Adar] (1922-2016). Historically Significant Collection of ca. 409 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Moon (Views from Space, Closer Images of the Lunar Surface and Craters), Taken by Several NASA Spacecrafts - Ranger VII (1964), Surveyor I (1965), Ranger VIII ad IX (1965), Lunar Orbiter III and IV (1967), and by Apollo 15 Mission (1971). Ca. 1960s – 1970s.
$ 525.00
Westermarck, Edward Alexander (1862-1939). Two Autograph Letters Signed‚ Discussing Publication of a Chapter from his Latest Book, Apparently, “The Origin and Development of Moral Ideas” (London, 1906-1908, 2 vols.), and Mentioning His Recent Return from Morocco. Two letters: London‚ 10 October 1908; Helsingfors‚ 26 April 1909.
$ 2250.00
Cosme, Robert. Album of ca. 228 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a French Naval Officer’s Service Aboard the French Cruisers Galiée and Desaix During the First Year of the French Conquest of Morocco, Showing the Bombardment of Casablanca, Combat Exercises, French Officers and Sailors, Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco, the Harem of the Pasha of Mogador Bel-Ghazi, and Moroccan Cities (Tanger, Mazaghan, Mogador, Saffi), etc., Titled: Campagne du Maroc. Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Casablanca During French Occupation After the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907). Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1500.00
Album of 107 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing French Military Activity (Camps, Camp Raids, etc. in Casablanca; French Soldiers and Officers in “Dar el Baroud”), the Bombardment of Casablanca (Preparations, Aftermath), a “Nzaha” in “Dar el Baroud,” Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Rabat. Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1750.00
Helbert, Raymond Ferdinand Marie (1877-1972), colonel. Historically Significant Album of ca. 410 Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by Raymond Helbert, a Lieutenant of the 4th Zouave Regiment, During His Service in Tunisia (1904-1906) and the Conquest of Morocco (1909-1911), Showing Sidi Abdallah (French Military Base in Bizerte), Zouave Barracks, a Series of “Manoeuvres” (Camps of the 4thZouaves, “Artillery in Position”), the Departure of General d’Amade, the “Méhalla des Grands Vizirs,” Moroccan Goumiers, Senegalese Tirailleurs, Helbert’s Legion d’Honneur Ceremonies, etc. Ca. 1904-1919, 1930-1933.
$ 1250.00
Buchanan, William Insco (1853-1909). Attractive Collection of Eighteen Albumen, Gelatin Silver and Autochrome Studio and Amateur Photos of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Collected and Taken by an American Diplomat William I. Buchanan during His Trip to Russia in Summer-Autumn 1909. Ca. 1900s.
$ 375.00
Original Large Photograph of the Moscow Kremlin Taken from the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge. Ca. 1880s.
$ 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.
$ 1250.00
Romero, Jeronymo, Second Lieutenant of the Navy. [PRESENTATION COPY of:] Memoria ácerca do Districto de Cabo Delgado [Report about the District of Cabo Delgado; With:] Supplemento á Memoria Descriptiva e Estatistica do Districto de Cabo Delgado com Uma Noticia ácerca do Estabelecimento da Colonia de Pemba [Supplement to the Descriptive and Statistical Report of the District of Cabo Delgado with the Latest News about the Establishment of the Colony of Pemba]. Lisboa: Impr. Nacional, 1856-1860.
$ 5250.00
Freire de Andrade, Alfredo Augusto (1859-1929); Serrano, Jose Antonio Matheus, Captain; Sousa Machado, Manuel de, Major (1850-1908). Historically Significant Extensive Collection of 104 Large Original Albumen Photographs of Portuguese East Africa, Taken by Portuguese Officials in the early 1890s during the Expeditions to Delineate Borders of the Colony with Transvaal/South African Republic and the Territory of British South Africa Company (Future Southern Rhodesia) and to Survey the Zambezi River. Ca. 1890s.
$ 475.00
Maguire, Herbert (1821-1895). [Portrait of Sir Roderick Murchison with his Facsimile Signature]: Rod. I. Murchison. [Ipswich]: [George Ransome], [1849].
$ 275.00
Portrait Pencil Drawing of Gustav Nachtigal. Ca. 1880.
$ 2500.00
Historically Significant Collection of ca. 180 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of German Southwest Africa, Showing Windhoek (Garnison Hospital, Schweringburg Castle), Schutztruppe Forts (Sesfontein and Others), Military Camps, Farms, Native Namibians and Their Villages, German Officers, Namibian Hills and Deserts, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Historically Significant Collection of 48 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of German Southwest Africa and Ten Cabinet Portrait Photos of German Military Officers Who Served in the Colony, Showing Schutztruppe Forts (Including Sesfontein Fort), German Farms, Native Namibians, German Officers, Namibian Hills and Deserts, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Album of 25 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Namibia Showing Abbabis (Train Station, Convalescent Home, Public Gardens, German Soldiers, etc.), Okahandja (Train Station, Horse Race), Environs, etc. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1750.00
Wywias, R., [Attributed to]. Historically Significant Album with 65 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of German Colonial Namibia, Mostly Windhoek, Showing Group Portraits of Native Namibians and German Soldiers, a German Military Band, Local Military Hospital, the City’s First Fort, Police Bureau, the Governorate House, Wooden Constructions with the German Empire’s Coat of Arms, Local Cemetery, etc.; also with a Photo of Military Fort in Okahandja; titled: Album. Ca. 1900-1910.
$ 1750.00
Album with 33 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Officer of HMS Niobe during the Second Boer War and Showing the Defence Installations in Walvis Bay (Fort Niobe, Cuddy Cop, Fort Stocker), Artillery and Maxim Guns, Cape Garrison Artillery Camp in Walvis Bay, HMS Niobe, Its Officers and Crew, Boer Prisoners and Their Tent Camp on Saint Helena, Imprisoned Boer General Piet Cronje, Governor of Walvis Bay, et al.; with Two Ink-Drawn “Plan of Settlement Shewing Fortifications and Defences Forming Fort Niobe, Erected by Naval Brigade from HMS “Niobe” for Defence of Settlement from Boer Raids, Feb. 10th-14th 1900;” and “Plan of the Boer Enclosure and Deadwood Camp, St. Helena, 1900”. Ca. 1900-1901.
$ 1200.00
Anne Jean Marie René Savary, 1st duc de Rovigo (1774 – 1833) Tarih-i Napolyon Bonaparta mütercimi [i.e. Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo to serve as a contribution to the history of Emperor Napoleon]. Vol 1. [and all published]. Alexandria: Saray el-İskenderiye Matbaasi, 1833.
$ 950.00
Collection of Sixty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Stereoview Photographs of the Natal Colony (Modern-Day KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa), Showing Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Howick Falls, Castle Hotel in Howick, Environs of Pinetown and Inchanga, “Waterworks for Boer Concentration Camp,” “Boer Refugee Camp, Washing Day,” Portraits of Native Policemen, Railway Workers, Oxen-cart Drivers, “Coolie Procession” et al. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Fifteen Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of New Caledonia, Showing Noumea, Native Villages and People, French Colonial Officers and Soldiers, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1750.00
Album of Ca. 120 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing New Caledonia, Including Naval Base Noumea, Construction, Street and Rural Scenes, Snapshots and Portraits of Indigenous New Caledonians, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 1750.00
Album with 43 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of the New Guinea Campaign of WW2, Showing Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey, U.S. General Robert L. Eichelberger, Australian and Papuan Soldiers, Papuan Load Carriers, Families, Children, Villages, &c., Titled: This Book Contains Pictures of New Guinea, 1943-1944. Ca. 1943-1944.
$ 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.
$ 750.00
Swett, Leonard Herbert (ca. 1859-1934). Autograph Letter Written by Leonard H. Swett, Assistant Topographer of the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Wingate, Talking about His Daily Duties in the Camp, Senator John A. Logan’s Recent Visit to the Fort, and His Trip to the Zuni Land. Fort Wingate, New Mexico: 12 September 1882.
$ 525.00
Collection of Thirteen Original Photos of New South Wales, Including Views of Sydney Harbour, Bondi Beach, Hacking River, Shoalhaven River, and Three Interesting Images of the Parramatta River Taken on the Day of the Scull Boat Race between George Towns and Jim Stanbury in 1905 or 1906. Ca. 1900s.
$ 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.
$ 950.00
Two Albums with 192 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos Taken by British Travellers, Including 142 photos from a Car and Railway Trip Across New Zealand’s North and South Islands, 29 photos of Southern Australia from Perth to Sydney, and Views of Rarotonga, Tahiti, Moorea, Celebration of Crossing the Equator, etc. Ca. 1925-1926.
$ 6500.00
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.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Collection of 82 Loose Original Rare Gelatin Silver Photographs of Niger, Showing a Public Appearance of the Country’s First President Hamani Diori, Agadez Mosque, a WW1 Memorial, a Public Parade, a Guerewol Ceremony, Native Villages and Markets, Local Craftsmen, Cattle Herders, Dancers, Elders, Tuareg Camel Riders, Families and Children, and others. Ca. early 1970s.
$ 425.00
Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry, Baron (1858-1945). Two Autograph Letters Signed "F.J.D. Lugard" to "Thomas" and "Fagan" (of Natural History Museum) Dated 1 Sept. 1895 and 15 Feb. 1896 Respectively. [South Africa], 1895-6.
$ 525.00
Parry, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855). Autograph Letter Signed “W. Parry” to “My dear Buxton” regarding the Ale Supply for the Niger Expedition 1841-42; With: Lithographed Portrait of William Parry. Admiralty, 8 December 184[1].
