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Tembreull, Christine Erma (1895-1961), attributed to. Album with 114 Original Gelatin Silver Photos Taken During a Cruise to Alaska in 1938 and Showing Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Letnikof Cove, Haines Barracks, Famous Skagway Tour Guide Martin Itjen, Indigenous People, Filipino Steerage Passengers, American Military men from Haines Barracks, Cruiseship Passengers and Captain, & c. 1938.
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[“Wadhams & Co”] (1865-1905). Collection of Three Manuscript and Two Typewritten Official Autograph Letters Signed to the Offices of the “Wadhams & Co.” in Portland and San Francisco, Regarding the Shipments of Deer, Hair Seal and Wolf Skins from Howkan and Loring (Alaska) and by Transit from Port Townsend (Washington). Loring, 4 May 1889; Howcan [sic!], 5 March and 26 April, 1890; San Francisco, 30 April and June 13 1890.
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$ 5500.00
Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich (1776-1831) & Duncan, Archibald. Opisanie Primechatelnykh Korablekrusheniy, v Raznye Vremena Sluchivshikhsya. Sochineniye Gospodina Dunkena. S Angliyskogo Perevyol i Dopolnil Primechaniyami i Poyasneniyami v Pol’zu Rossiyskikh Moreplavateley Flota Kapitan-Komandor Golovnin. Napechatano po Poveleniyu Gosudarstvennogo Admiralteyskogo Departamenta: v 3-h chastyakh [Description of the Most Interesting Shipwrecks Which have Taken Place at Various Times. A work by Mr. Duncan. Translated from English and Supplemented with Notes and Explanations for the Use of Russian Navigators by Fleet Captain-Commander Golovnin. Published by the order of the State Admiralty Department: in 3 parts]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. Of N. Grech, 1853.
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Kennedy, W. W. Original Autograph Letter Written on Printed Letterhead of the Juneau’s “Circle City Hotel” by an Alaskan Gold Miner, with Notes about Hard Living and Working in Juneau in Winter. Juneau, Alaska: 11 January 1899.
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La Roche, Frank (1853-1936). Original Photograph Titled: 1263. Juneau from the Water. Ca. 1890s.
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George, T.H. Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by a Juneau Pioneer “T. H. George” and Addressed to “Friend Easton,” Talking about the Resumption of Mining Operations and the Construction of a New Mill in the Silver Bow District; also with Notes about an Early Local Mining Company “Hayward & Lane”. Juneau, Alaska: 26 February 1895.
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Helsel Photo (fl. ca. 1940s); Ordway Photo (fl. ca. 1930s). Album of 123 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Naval Air Base Kodiak (Planes on Tarmac and in Hangar, Control Room and USO Show Audience in Base Theatres, Building Exteriors, Portraits of Sailors), Kodiak (Local Businesses, the Harbour, etc.), and Landscapes of Surroundings. Ca. 1940s.
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Lascy, Albert (ca. 1827-1917). Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island. 1893.
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Smith, W[illiam] D. [Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin Packing Company” in the Chignik Bay (Alaska Peninsula), Addressed to His Agents in San Francisco and Discussing Financial Operations and Shipping of Supplies and Canned Salmon. 1889.
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$ 525.00
[Miller], [N.B.]. Original Albumen Panoramic Photograph of Sitka with the Governor's Mansion and Russian Orthodox Church. [Sitka]: [ca. 1896]
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Ames, Sullivan Dorr (1840-1880). [Historically Significant Original Manuscript Journal, Titled:] Watch, Quarter, Station & Fire Bills, Muster Rolls, Routine, General Orders, &c. U.S. Steamer “Resaca,” Third Class. WITH: [Period Manuscript, Titled]: Copy of a Letter Addressed to Us by the W[ard]. R[oom]. Mess USS “Jamestown,” [Dated:] Sitka, Nov. 15th, 1867. WITH: [Two Official Papers Appointing Sullivan D. Ames Lieutenant Commander (1866) and Commander (1874) of the U.S. Navy]. Journal: ca. 1866-1869.
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$ 1750.00
Vavilov, M.I. Poslednie Dni v Russkoi Amerike. Iz Zapisok Ochevidtsa. 1867-1868 [Last Days in Russian America. From the Notes by an Eye-Witness. 1867-1868] // From: Russkaya Starina. 1886. Vol. XLIX. Pp. 549-560; Vol. L. Pp. 593-598; Vol. LI. Pp. 605-614. [Saint Petersburg: Typ. of V.S. Balashev, 1886].
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Barsukov, I.P. Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovsky i Kolomensky po Yego Sochineniyam, Pismam i Rasskazam Sovremennikov [i.e. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, His Works, Letters and Stories of Him by His Contemporaries]. Moscow: Typ. of the Holy Synod, 1883.
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Tarih-İ İskender Bin Filipos [i.e. A History of Alexander the Great, the Son of Philip]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1838.
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$ 1750.00
Album with Fifty-Eight Early Original Albumen Photographs of French Algeria, Showing Algiers, Constantine, Bone, El Kantara, Katara Gorge, Roman Ruins in Timgad, Portraits of Native Algerians, Views of Smaller French Settlements and Country Houses, Algerian Villages etc. Ca. 1878.
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Collection of Three Attractive Original Watercolour Views Showing Cherchell and Mustapha Superieur in Algeria. 1892-3.
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Neurdein Frères (active ca. 1860s-1890s). Historically Interesting Album with Forty Original Albumen Studio Photos of French Algeria, Showing Algiers, Constantine, Tebessa, Biskra, Staouelli, Laghouat, Chiffa, and Souk Ahras. Ca. 1860s-1890s.
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Album of 94 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Central and Southern Algeria Showing French Military Activity in In Salah and Tamanrasset (Mess Hall, Radio Post, Infirmary, the “Captain’s House,” Pool Opening in El Barka, etc.), Views of In Salah (Post Office, General Views, etc.), French Airship “Dixmude,” the Citroën Mission (1922-1923), and Portraits of Indigenous Algerians (Tuareg Men and Women, Fantasia Performance, the “Orphéons” of In Salah and El Barka, etc.) Ca. 1920s.
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$ 1500.00
Nuerdien Frères (fl. ca. 1860-1932). Album of 53 Albumen Studio and Amateur Photographs of Algeria, Including Algiers, Constantine, Bôme, etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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$ 525.00
Blanckley, Henry Stanyford (1752-1820). Original Certificate on the Printed Form of the British Chancery Office in Algiers, Appointing Lewis Tonna as Blanckley’s Secretary. Algiers: 9 October 1806.
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$ 425.00
Charnay, Claude-Joseph Désiré (1828-1915). Autograph Letter Signed “Désiré Charnay” to “Mon cher ami” with the Latest News after his Arrival to Algiers for the Winter Season, the Letter is Decorated with a Printed Vignette Depicting Arab Camel Riders in a Desert. Algiers: 25 October 1891.
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$ 425.00
Baudin, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commander of the Warship “Vulcain”. Official Certificate Given to Michel Lastrén, 2nd maitre cannonier, who served on the Warship “Vulcain” in 1829-1830, and in particular during the French Invasion of Algiers; the Certificate is Signed “Baudin”. Toulon: , 1 December 1830.
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Zemlia Kolumba. Sborniki literatury i iskusstva [i.e. Columbus's Land. A Collection of Literature and Art]. Vol 1-2 [all published]. / edited by B. Miklashevsky. New York; San Francisco; Los Angeles, 1936.
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$ 750.00
Louis Agassiz. Conversações scientificas sobre o amazonas : feitas na sala do externato do Collegio de Pedro II durante o mez de maio de 1866 [i.e.Scientific discussions about the Amazon: held in the lecture hall of the Pedro II College during the month of May 1866]. Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Imp. e Const. de J. Villeneuve, 1866.
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Ames, Samuel (1849-1900), Midshipman. Historically Significant Original Logbook of the U.S.S. “Macedonian,” Started About Two Weeks after the End of the American Civil War and Covering Her Voyage from Newport to the Chesapeake Bay during the U.S. Naval Academy’s Return to Annapolis. June 13 – September 12, 1865.
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