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Poletika, N. “Obez’iannii” protsess v Amerike [i.e. Monkey Trial in America]. Moscow; Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo, 1926.
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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.
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Album with Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of the American Methodist Mission Station in Quéssua, Angola; Including Portraits of the Missionaries and their Families (V. Crandall, I. Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Kremp, Mr. and Mrs. Whitey, F. Bessa, C. Cross, M. Nelson), African Assistants and Locals (Sarah Webba, Carlos, Maravilha, Heraldo, etc.), Views of a Church, Chapel, Boarding School, Playhouse, Grass Huts, etc. Ca. 1948-1962.
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$ 750.00
Collection of 21 Original Photos, taken during XIXth Soviet Antarctic Expedition on Molodezhnaya station in the years 1973-1975, led by V. S. Ignatov and D. D. Maksutov. The collection shows the work process at the station, the equipment and the experiments conducted, the everyday life of the scientists, including food preparation and participation in Soviet elections, the machinery used at the station, as well as the panoramic view of the station itself. 1973-1975.
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$ 650.00
Charcot, Jean-Baptiste (1867-1936). Autograph Letter Signed by Jean-Baptiste Charcot, a French Scientist, Explorer, and Leader of the 1904-1907 and 1908-1910 French Antarctic Expeditions. [Paris], 31 Mars [March] 1913.
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Gatzuk, V.A. Blizhe vsekh k Iuzhnomu poliusu [i.e. The closest to the South Pole]. 2nd edition. Moscow: Yunaia Rossiya, 1918.
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$ 750.00
Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855). A Collection of Two Autograph Letters Signed "W. Parry"; With Two Engraved Portraits of William Parry: Sir Captn. W.E. Parry, R.N. Letters: 1) Mattishall, 17 April 1835.
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$ 275.00
Barrow, John, Sir, 1st Baronet (1764-1848). Official Letter on the form of the Admiralty Signed "John Barrow" to "Sir G. Hammond, Bt., KCB" with the Latest Instructions about the Naval Armament. Admiralty: 9 December 1834.
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Interesting Album with 53 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Iceland, Showing Natural Sites, Kaldadal Highland Road, Bridges, and Smaller Communities around the Island. Ca. 1938
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Proekt Lomonosova i ekspeditsiya Chichagova; [and:] Kratkoe opisanie raznikh puteshestvii po severnim moryam… [i.e. Lomonosov’s Project and Chichagov’s Expedition; with: A Brief Description of Various Voyages in the Northern Seas and Indication of a Possible Passage via the Siberian Ocean to the East Indies/ Published by the Hydrographical Department of the Naval Ministry. St. Petersburg: Morskaya Typ. 1854.
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Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937). Autograph Letter Signed “M. Conway” to Mr. Colles (Most Likely Literary Agent William Morris Colles (1865-1926) Regarding two Books Conway has ready "First Italian Renaissance" and one far advanced, "History of Spitsbergen". London, 13 Dec. 1901.
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$ 1500.00
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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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Collection of 28 Real Photo Postcards of Northern Arizona, Showing Walnut Canyon (Ruins of Sinagua Cliff Dwellings, “Hanging Rock,” General Views), the Petrified Forest, the San Francisco Peaks, and the Bottomless Pit. Ca. 1910s.
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McNeil, Albertus James (ca. 1823-1881); McNeil, Mary Ann (ca. 1838-1888); McNeil, Homer H (ca. 1856-1842). Collection of Four Autograph Manuscript Letters from the McNeil Family, the Pioneer Publishers of Arizona, Discussing Financial Affairs, Future Prospects, and Plans to Move to the Arizona Territory; with Notes on Severe Job Crisis in San Francisco and Observations on Jew Settlers in Phoenix and Prescott. San Francisco, California: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 April 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 13 June 1880; Carson City, Nevada: 21 July 1880.
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Drawing Heightened with Watercolour, Unsigned but Titled and Dated: "Ascension 1847." 1847.
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[Simms, H. W.] Album of 79 Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Saint Helena (Jamestown, Breakneck Valley, Sandy Bay, Plantation House, Longwood House, etc.) and Ascension Island (Georgetown, Green Mountain), the HMS Sparrow and its Officers and Crew, Group Portrait of the Members of the 1892 “Gambia Expedition,” West Africa (Fernado Po, Annobón, Sierra Leone), Jamaica after the 1907 Earthquake (Kingston, Port Royal), etc. Ca. 1890s, 1907.
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$ 425.00
Bonvalot, Pierre Gabriel Édouard (1853-1933). Autograph Note Signed ‘G. Bonvalot’ to André Liesse, with the Original Envelope with Postal Stamps. Lyon, 20 February 1896.
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$ 750.00
Barros, Joao de (1496-1570). Decada primeira da Asia. Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descobrimento, e conquista dos mares, e terras do Oriente, e novamente dada a luz, e offerecida ao Senhor Joao Bristows. [Barros' First Decade of Asia]. Lisboa: Na Officina de Pedro Ferreira, 1752
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CARTHEW-YORSTOUN, Morden, Lt. Colonel (1832 - after 1905). Mawlamyine, Burma: Original Double-Page Watercolour Showing a Panoramic View of Moulmein. Ca. 1853.
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Ouseley, Gore, Sir (1770-1844). Autograph Letter Signed, Regarding Ouseley Activities in the Royal Asiatic Society and Mentioning George FitzClarence and the First Edition of "The Travels of Ibn Batuta." Woolmers, Hertford:22 October 1829.
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$ 3250.00
Filchner, Wilhelm (1877-1957). A Collection of Seven Original Ink Drawings (Three initialed "C.A.") Used as Illustrations in Wilhelm Filchner's Book " Das Kloster Kumbum in Tibet. Ein Beitrag zu Seiner Geschichte (The Monastery Kumbum in Tibet. A Contribution to its History)" Berlin: Mittler & Sohn 1906. Ca. 1905.
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$ 1250.00
Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Associate of the “Assam Oil Company” and Showing the Company Settlement with Bungalows, Oil Reservoirs and Railway Tracks, Construction of Oil Derricks, Arriving Train (apparently, of the Assam Railway & Trading Co.), Company’s Associates, Native People of Assam, Working Elephants, &c. Ca. 1900s.
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