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Middlebrook, J. E. Album with Sixty-One Original Albumen Photographs of Mostly South Africa, Showing Detailed Interior Views of Kimberley and Mines, Sites and Memorials of the Second Boer War, and Lively Street Scenes and Ethnographic Views of Cape Colony (Cape Town, Grahamstown, Graaff-Reinet, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Cradock, King William’s Town, Queenstown, East London), Natal Colony (Natal, Durban, Pietermaritzburg), Orange River Colony (Bloemfontein, Harrismith), and Transvaal Colony (Pretoria, Johannesburg, Jeppestown, and Barberton); also, with Several Photos of Zimbabwe; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1899-1902.
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$ 650.00
Interesting Collection of Twelve Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Native Canoes and a French Steamer in the Harbour of Dakar and Senegalese People Posing in Front of Their Huts. Ca. 1900s.
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$ 1250.00
[Far Eastern Hunting] Zapiski okhotnika Vostochnoi Sibiri (1856-1863), Zaklyuchayushchie v sebe: nekotorye zamechaniya, kasayushchiyesya sobstvenno tekhnicheskoy chasti okhoty... [i.e. Notes of a Hunter from Eastern Siberia (1856-1863), Including: Some Notes Regarding the Technical Part of Hunting; Description of Different Animals Inhabiting the Spanless Forests and Steppes of Eastern Siberia, and Methods of Hunting in All Possible Ways, with the Demonstration of the Hunting Devices, and Some Notes on Siberian Nature and Siberian Hunters, their Everyday Life, Superstitions and Habits]. St. Petersburg: S.V. Zvonaryov, 1867.
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$ 8500.00
Müller, Gerhard Friedrich (1705-1783). Opisanie Sibirskogo Tsarstva i Vsekh Proizshedshikh v Nem Del on Nachala, a Osoblivo ot Pokoreniya Yego Rossiiskoi Derzhave po Sii Vremena; Sochineno Gerardom Friderikom Millerom, Istoriografom i Professorom Universiteta Akademii Nauk i Sotsieteta Aglinskago Chlenom [Description of the Siberian Kingdom and All Affairs That Took Place there from the Beginning, and Especially from its Conquest by the Russian State until These Times; Created by Gerard Friderik Miller, Historiographer and Professor of the University of the Academy of Sciences and a Member of the English Society]. Saint Petersburg: Imp. Academy of Sciences, 1787.
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$ 7500.00
Fischer, Johann Eberhard (1697-1771). Sibirskaya Istoriya s samogo Otkrytiya Sibiri to Zavoyevaniya sei Zemli Rossiiskim Oruzhiem, Sochinyonnaya na Nemetskom Yazyke i v Sobranii Akademicheskom Chitannaya Chlenom Sanktpeterburgskoi Akademii Hauk i Professorom Drevnostey i Istorii, tak zhe Chlenom Istoricheskogo Gettingskogo Sobraniya Iogannom Ebergardom Fischerom [Siberian History from the Discovery of Siberia to the Conquest of this Land by Russian Arms, Written in German and Read in the Academy’s Session by a Member of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Professor of History and Antiquities, a Member of Göttingen School of History, Johann Eberhard Fischer]. Saint Petersburg: Imp. Academy of Sciences, 1774.
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$ 2250.00
Shcurovskii, Grigorii Efimovich (1803-1884). Geologicheskoe Puteshestvie po Altaiiu, s Istoricheskimi Svedeniiami o Kolyvano-Voskresenskikh Zavodakh [A Geological Travel through the Altai with Historical Information about the Kolyvano-Voskresensk Metallurgical Factories]. Moscow: University Typ., 1846.
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[Nil/ Isakovich, Nikolay Fedorovich, archbishop] (1799-1874). Buddizm, Rassmatrivayemyi v Otnoshenii k Posledovateliam Yego, Obitayushchim v Sibiri [Buddhism, Interpreted in Relation to Its Followers Living in Siberia]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of Grigory Trusov, 1858.
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Mesiatsoslov s Rospisju Chinovnykh Osob v Gosudarstve, na Leto ot Rozhdestva Christova 1802 [Calendar for the Year 1802 after the Birth of Christ, with an Annotated List of all State Officials]. Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, [1801].
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[Eaton, Minnie Emily] (1866-1954). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of a Noted American Christian Missionary (United Brethren in Christ) in Sierra Leone, Containing 180 Loose Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photos and 50 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Missionary Stations, Churches, Hospitals and Schools in Freetown, Moyamba, Taiama, Rotifunk, Shenge, and Bonthe, “U.B.C. Roruks Parsonage,” Churches in Rembee and Bendu, Portraits of American and Native Missionaries, Sierra Leone School Children and Students of U.B.C. Institutions, Chiefs, Families, People in Traditional Costumes, &c. WITH: Rare Eaton’s Brochure with the Translation of Bible Verses into Mende Language “A Ngewo Lato”; WITH: Fifteen Printed Postcards of French Senegal; WITH: 36 Real Photo and Printed Postcards and 40 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Jerusalem and Palestine, Taken and Collected during Eaton’s Pilgrimages in 1929 and 1934-35. Ca. 1910s-1930s.
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$ 750.00
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Demoss, William (ca. 1800-1845), Brauchamp, G. Historically Important Writ of Fieri Facias Issued in Hinds County, Mississippi, Recording the Sheriff’s Levy of a Slave. Hinds County, Mississippi: 29 May, 23 August, 11 October 1838.
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Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
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$ 750.00
Templer, Charles Bertram, Major (1860-1931). Album of Six Original Watercolours of South Africa, with two Watercolour Views taken at the coast of Normandy, France. Ca. 1923.
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$ 525.00
[Boyd, A[lexander] S[tuart](1854-1930). Original Ink Drawing prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled:"Chamberlain & Natives in Africa (Witnessing a Zulu War Dance in Natal)." 26 Feb 1903.
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$ 950.00
Album of 20 Albumen Photographs Showing Barberton, Including Town Views, “Harvey Greenacre & Co” Store and Employees, “Market Square,” “Woodbine Mine,” and “Moodie’s Dam,” etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 37 Albumen Studio Photographs of the British Colony of Natal in Modern-Day South Africa, Showing Durban (General Views from Berea, original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, West Street, the Bluff, Durban Bay, Bridges over the Umgeni River), Pietermaritzburg (General View from Fort Napier, Church Street, First Building of the Natal Society Library), Umgeni and Umkomas Rivers, Howick Falls, Pinetown, a Hotel in Verulam, Memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Oxen Wagon Trains, Zulu People, &c. Ca. 1880s.
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[Burton, F.] Album of 143 Original Amateur and Studio Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs of Cape Colony, Showing Cape Town (House of Parliament, the Original St. George’s Cathedral, Adderley Street, the Castle of Good Hope), Suburbs of Cape Town (Claremont, Newlands, Tokai, Muizenberg, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay, etc.), and Environs (Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Cango Caves, Knysna Forest, etc.). Ca. 1897-1902.
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[Hall, Sir John KCB] (1795-1866), Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Cape of Good Hope (1847-1851). Archive of Twenty-Eight Original Autograph Letters Related to Sir John Hall’s Medical Service in South Africa, Including Twenty-Two ALS from Hall to His Wife (with Seven Original Envelopes), Reporting about the Events of the Eighth Xhosa or Cape Frontier War (1851-53); Two ALS to Hall by His Superior - Director-General of the Army Medical Service Sir James MacGrigor, and Four ALS to Mrs. Hall by Various Correspondents, Detailing on Hall’s Service in South Africa and Crimea. Hall’s letters: Cape Town & Wenburg [Winburg, Free State], 27 July - 9 September 1848 and King William’s Town [Qonce, Eastern Cape] and Grahamstown [Makhanda, Eastern Cape], 18 January – 5 July 1851.
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Historically Significant Collection of Twenty-Two Mounted Original Albumen Photographs of the Komati River Goldfields, Showing the Gold Mining Town of Steynsdorp/ eMlondozi, Mining Properties of “Comstock, 10-stamp Battery,” “Virginia Reef,” “Wave Reef,” “Ladysmith Camp,” “Umsoli,” “Annie’s Faith,” “Umlaleen,” “Forbes Reef, Swaziland,” Group Portraits Taken during the “Opening of the Umsoli Battery, July 9 ’88,” a Portrait of “Mr. Von Brandis, Mining Commissioner, Steynsdorp, Komati Gold Fields,” &c. Ca. 1880s.
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[Ott, Adolph] (1873-1953). Album of 24 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Johannesburg, South Africa, Showing Street Views (Pritchard St., Market Square, Commissioner St., Rissik St., Harrison St., Kirk St., and Jeppe’s Town), Jumpers Deep Gold Mine, Robinson Deep Gold Mine, etc. Ca. 1905
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Pollard, F.E. Collection of Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Gold Mines and Refining Plants of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields around Johannesburg. Ca. 1900.
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Paget, H[enry] M[arriott]. Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled: "The Transvaal Crisis: Despatching Gold from the National Bank of Johannesburg to catch the Cape Mail." 7 Oct. 1899.
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$ 525.00
Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
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Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Nine Folders with over 700 Original Film Negatives and an Album with 96 Well-Annotated Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by a French Resident of Indochina in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Angkor Wat Temple Complex, the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Chau Doc and Nearby Villages, Battambang, Buddhist Temples and Sculptures, Scenes of Public Celebrations, Military Parades, Street Processions, Portraits of Native Farmers, Musicians, Dancers, Elephant Drivers, Buddhist Monks, Tribesmen, Families and Children, &c. Ca. 1930s.
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Interesting Collection of Two Albums with over 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken during a Caravan Road Trip Across British Colonies in Southern Africa, Showing Modern-Day South Africa (Cape Town and Environs, Durban, East London, St. Michaels Port St. John’s, Drakensberg Mountains, Kruger National Park, Wyllie’s Poort, Magoebaskloof &c.), Zimbabwe (Customs House in Beitbridge, Shangani Patrol Memorial in the Matobo Hills, Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe Ruins, &c.), Zambia (Livingstone Zoo, Road from Lusaka to Fort Jameson/Chipata, Luangwa River), and Malawi (Fort Johnson/Mangochi, Lake Nyasa/Malawi, Mulanje Town and Mountains, “Lyons Lujeri Tea Factory,” Mpatamanga Gorge); WITH: Two Loose Gelatin Silver Photos Showing the Party and their Caravan at Mpatamanga Gorge (Malawi); WITH: a Manuscript Diary, Titled: A Venture into the Sun: “Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood,” M.V.T.; WITH: A Manuscript, Titled:] Victoria Falls, A Humble Expression of it in My Own Words, 1938. Ca. 1937-1939.
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Renfrew, C. Captain. Historically Interesting Album with Ninety-Six Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Sri Lanka, Mostly Showing Colombo (Early Hotels, Old Lighthouse, the Port, St. Joseph’s College, the National Museum, etc.), Galle (Meera Mosque, Durch Church & Fort), Anuradhapura (Buddhist Temples), Kandy (Railway Locomotive, Shops and Hotels with English Signs “Sewing Machines,” “King Hotel,” etc.), and Boer War Prison Camp of Diyatalawa (Train Station); also, with Individual and Group Portraits of a Local Girl Carrying a Vessel on Her Head, Devotees Praying at a Temple, and a Scene from a Buddhist Funeral. Ca. 1916.
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