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Album of 111 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Burma (Irrawady River, Pyaungshu Forest, Shweli River, Goteik Viaduct, Mingun (Hsinbyume Pagoda), Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing) and British India (Dalhousie, Bettiah, Dehradun, Lucknow, Lahore, Delhi, Agra, “Dholi,” “Birowlie,” “Bowarrah”), etc. Ca. 1910s.
$ 750.00
Attractive Unsigned Watercolour of Pig Sticking in India. Сa. 1870.
$ 850.00
A Watercolour View of a Himalayan Range, Most Likely Near Simla, With Men Wearing Native Indian Dress in the Foreground. N.d. [ca. 1860].
$ 2250.00
Bourne & Shepherd; Burke, John (ca. 1843-1900); Nicholas & Co.; Scowen & Co.; Skeen & Co.; Pont, V.&E., and Others. Album with Forty-Nine Large Albumen Photographs of British India and Ceylon. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
$ 2500.00
Mallitte, Oscar (ca. 1829 - 1905) & Others. Album with 139 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photos of Northern India, Showing Philander Smith College (Methodist Residential School), Its Principal, Teachers and Students, Mussoorie, Landour, Nainital, Delhi, Agra, and Excellent Ethnographic Portraits of Indian People: Tailors, Servants and Ayahs, Coal Burners, Sweepers, Water Carriers, Coolies, Artisans, Sellers in Various Shops (General Merchant, Sweetmeat, Fruit and Vegetable, “Moody Shop,” Stick Maker, Goldsmith, Wood Carver, “Cashmere Cloth”), &c. Ca. late 1890s - early 1900s.
$ 525.00
Rickards, Peter (ca. 1843-1918); Rickards, Ellen (ca. 1845-1909). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Indiana Farmer and His Wife to “Dear Brother and Sister” in Starr’s Point, Oregon, Talking About Suffering from the Food Shortage and Seeking Provisions in Springfield, Illinois, Mentioning the Exceptional Promise of Wheat, Corn, Meadows, and Clover, and Indicating Early Prices of Various Agricultural Commodities, Including Butter, Fresh Beef, Chickens, Turkeys, Irish Potatoes, Bacon, etc. Indiana, 11 June 1876.
$ 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
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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.
$ 3250.00
[Pyasetsky/Piasetskii], P.Y. Puteshestvie po Kitayu v 1874-1875 gg. (cherez Sibir, Mongoliyu, Vostochny, Sredny i Severo-Zapadny Kitai): Iz dnevnika chlena ekspeditsii P.Y. Pyasetskogo [i.e. Travel across China in 1874-75 (via Siberia, Mongolia, Eastern, Central and Northwestern China): From the Diary of the Expedition Member P.Y. Pyasetsky]. St. Petersburg: Typ. of M. Stasyulevich, 1880-1881.
[With]: Pyasetsky, P.Y. Neudachnaya ekspeditsiya v Kitai 1874-1875 gg. V otvet na xashchitu g. Sosnovskogo po povodu knigi ‘‘Puteshestvie v Kitai’’ [i.e. Unsuccessful expedition to China. In Reply to the Defense of Mr. Sosnovsky about the book ‘‘Travel across China’’].
$ 750.00
Reiner, Samuel (ca. 1805-1862). Historically Interesting Original Pike’s Peak Gold Rush Letter by Samuel Reiner, a Farmer from Columbus City (Iowa) and State Senator, Talking about Local Folks Rushing to Gold Areas to Escape Economic Crisis, Describing Ox Teams as the Best Mode to Cross the Plains, and Outlining the Ideal Timing & Team Composition for the Journey. Columbus City, Iowa: 4 April 1859.
$ 850.00
Breese, Samuel (1802-1873); Roby, Joseph (1795-1847). Historically Significant, Content-Rich Original Autograph Letter Signed by a Pioneer Resident and Real Estate Dealer in Bloomington (Muscatine), Iowa, Samuel Breese, Talking about the City Climate, Advantageous Location on the Mississippi River Bend, Recent Sales of Real Estate, Census Results, Recent Intelligence “of the Division of the Tarritory,” His Business Partner Niles Higginbotham, the Perspective of Bloomington Becoming the Seat of the Territorial Government, &c. Bloomington, Iowa Tary. [sic!], 27 June 1838.
$ 3500.00
Bezsonov, Boris Vasilyevich. Russkie pereselentsy v Severnoi Persii [i.e. Russian settlers in Northern Persia] Petrograd: Publishing of the Migration Administration of the Main Administration of Land Management and Agriculture, 1915.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Collection of Fourteen Original Albumen Photos, Likely Taken by a Professional Russian Photographer in Mashhad, Iran, in the Late 1890s, Showing Imam Reza Holy Shrine before the 1912 Bombardment, Gawhar-Shad Mosque, British Consulate, Iranian Artillery Barracks, Governor’s Palace, Russian & Cossack Forces, etc.; also, with the Photos of “Tehran” and “New Afghan Gate”. Ca. 1890s.
$ 1250.00
Heider, Karl G. (b. 1935). Album with 36 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Persepolis (Aerial View, Entrance Hall, Apadana Palace Columns and Reliefs, Throne Hall, the Tachara, Tombs of Darius I and Xerxes I at the Naghsh-e-Rostam Necropolis); Titled: Persepolis or Tacht-i-Jamshid, from the Travels of KGH, April 11 and 12, 1957.
$ 525.00
Dicker, F.H. (Bert). Original Watercolour, Captioned: A Shopping Scene on the Tigris. 1919.
$ 525.00
Drummond, Augusta (1842-1908). Original Watercolour View of the Ruins of the Monastic City Gateway in Glendalough in Ireland. [1871].
Fratelli Alinari (fl. ca. 1850s-1890s) and others. Interesting Collection of Five Early Original Albumen Studio Photos, Showing Thessaloniki (Arch of Galerius, Street in the Kalamaria District with a Minaret, General View Taken from the Heptapyrgion Fortress) and Ruins of the Temples of Athena and Apollo in Selinunte (Sicily). Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Fawkes, H.C. Photo Album with Forty-nine Original Photographs from a Voyage to Palermo and Naples, with Four Original Watercolours made during the Trip, and Numerous Ephemera, Including Dinner Menus, Advertising Leaflets, and Twenty-five Colour and Black and White Printed Postcards. 1905.
$ 1250.00
Coutinho, Domingos António de Sousa, 1st Conde and Marquis de Funchal (1760-1833). Manuscript Report by a Notable Portuguese Diplomat, Reporting on Napoleon's 1800 Campaign in Italy, including the Battle of Marengo. Livorno: 6 July 1800.
Brogi, Giacomo (1822-1881); Fratelli Alinari (fl. ca. 1854-1920s); Bolletti Fotografi (fl. ca. 1870s?). Album of 46 Albumen Photographs and Five Watercolour Paintings Showing Italy, Including Perugia (Piazza IV Novembre, Appian Way, Etruscan Arch), Pisa (Piazza dei Miracoli), Pompeii (Ruins of Pompeii), Venice (St. Mark’s Square, Bridge of Sighs), Naples, Amalfi, Vietri, etc. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.
Fallon, J. H. Album of 99 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting a Cruise to Panama (Construction of Panama Canal and Railroad, Workers’ Lodgings, Panama Railroad Company’s Pier 4, Native Panamanian Huts), Cuba (Jose Marti Monument in Parque Central, Mausoleum of the Firefighters, Havana Streets), and Jamaica (Kingston Streets) Titled: Cruise 1912 – Cuba, Panama, Jamaica. Ca. 1912.
$ 4500.00
[Golovnin, V.M.]. Zapiski Vasiliia Mikhailovicha Golovnina v Plenu u Yapontsev d 1811, 1812 i 1813 Godakh, i Zhizneopisanie Avtora [i.e. Notes of V.M. Golovnin [made] in Japanese Captivity in 1811, 1812 and 1813, and the Biography of the Author]. St. Petersburg: Typ. Of N. Grech, 1851.
$ 45000.00
[Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich] (1776-1831). Zapiski Flota Kapitana Golovnina o Prikliucheniyakh Yego v Plenu u Yapontsev v 1811, 1812 i 1813 Godakh. S Priobshcheniyem Zamechaniy Yego o Yaponskom Gosudarstve i Narode [Notes of Fleet Captain Golovnin About his Adventures in Japanese Captivity in 1811, 1812 and 1813. With the Supplement of His Notes about Japanese State and People]. St. Petersburg: Naval Typ., 1816.
$ 950.00
Oyamada, Tomokiyo (1783-1847). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Travel Book of a Journey from Edo (Tokyo) to Soma, in the Kanto Region Titled:] Soma Nikki. Edo: Iseya Tadaemon; Kadomaruya Jinsuke, Bunsei 1 [1818].
$ 650.00
Motoyoshi, Umeura. Tsuzoku Igirisu Tangohen [Popular Dictionary of the English language]. Tokyo: Izumiya Hanbei, Meiji 4 [1871].
$ 1250.00
Japanese Lacquered Album of 52 Hand-Coloured Albumen Photographs of Japan, Showing General Views and Street Scenes (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Mt. Fuji, etc.), Temples and Shrines (Ginkaku-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Buddhist Temple), and Scenes of Life (Portraits of Geisha, Wedding, Funeral, Agriculture, etc.). Ca. 1900s.
$ 3250.00
Collection of Two Albums with 248 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 144 Real Photo Postcards Showing Japan, Including Tokyo (Ōmori, Ueno Park, Tsukiji, Street Scenes, Portraits of Locals), Hakone Hot Springs, Karuizawa, Mt. Asama, Gotemba, Shrines and Temples, Countryside Views, Portraits of Geisha, etc. Ca. 1919-1920.
$ 650.00
Moeji, Nagai [永井萠二] (1861–1946), MOTOJI, Nishi [西元治絵] (1920–1993). Nankyoku ni idomu nihonjin : Shirasetai tanken monogatari [南極にいどむ日本人 : 白瀬隊探検物語] [i.e.The Man Who Challenged Antarctic : Shirase’s Expedition Story]. 1 volume, complete. Tōkyō: Komine Shoten, Showa 26 [1951].
$ 1500.00
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Original Japanese Manuscript Report on a British Ship Wrecked off the Coast of Okayama Prefecture on the Southern Honshu Island and the British Sailors Held Captive by a Local Lord. Bunkyu 3, Second Month (November 1863).
$ 950.00
Reserved
Kirishitan taiji monogatari [吉利支丹退治物語] [i.e. The Story of Exterminating Hidden Christians]. Tōkyō: Seisaku Yamada, Showa 3-4 [1928-1929].
$ 950.00
Kozaburo, Tamamura (ca. 1856-1923). A Beautiful Meiji-Period Souvenir Album with Fifty Hand-Colored Albumen Prints from Japan, Featuring Portraits of Maikos from the “No. 9 Brothel” in Traditional Kimonos, Posing with Dolls, Hand Fans, and Mirrors, Alongside Photographs of Japanese Landscapes and Ethnographic Scenes in Hakone, Yokohama, Kamakura, and Kanazawa. Ca. 1890s.
$ 1250.00
Parent du Châtelet, Alexandre Jean-Baptiste [text]; Tone, Sōjirō [刀根宗二郎著, translation, adaptation]. Shōfuron [娼婦論]. Tōkyō: Tone Sōjirō, Meiji 10 [1877].
Krusenstern, Adam Johann von (1770-1846) & Tilesius, Wilhelm Gottlieb von Tilenau (1769-1857). Large Copper Engraving from the Famous Atlas of Captain Krusenstern’s First Russian Circumnavigation, Titled: Sudno Printsa Chingodzina, na Kotorom Rossiysky Poslannik Poyekhal s Korablya na Bereg. Das Fahrzeug auf welchem der Russische Gesandte zuerst in Nangasaki ans Land fuhr [The Boat of Prince Tschingodzin on Which the Russian Ambassador Travelled Ashore from the Ship]. [Saint Petersburg]: [Morskaya Typ.], [1813].
$ 1750.00
Hayashi, Heizo Michiyuki (1738–1793). Kaikoku heidan hoi [海國兵談補遺] [i.e. Equestrianism. A Military Defense of a Maritime Nation]. Complete in 2 volumes. Edō [Tōkyō]: Yamatoya Kihee, Keio 3 [1867].
$ 550.00
Kubota, Beisen [久保田, 米僊]. Beisen man'yū gajō [米像漫遊画来] [i.e. Beisen’s Sketchbook of Wandering Travels]. Vol. 2 of the 2 volumes set. Kyōto: Tanaka Jihee, Meiji 22 [1889].
$ 750.00
[Taylor, R., Attributed to]. Album with Forty-One Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Private of the 9th Marine Regiment of the US Marine Corps During the Mass Ascent of Mountain Fuji. 1957.
$ 2500.00
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Original Japanese Wood Block Depicting a Scene in an Edo (Tokyo) Brothel, with an Example of the Print on Recent Paper, Titled: Edo Fuzoku Kuruwa-Sho-ga. Ca. Early Meiji (1860-1870s).
$ 1500.00
McGuire, Muriel Louise (1917-2003). Album of 208 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Japan Shortly After WWII, Showing Emperor Hirohito Visiting Chiba, Officer Billets (Shufu-no-Tomo, Shiba Park Hotel), 42nd General Hospital (St. Luke’s International Hospital), Atsugi Air Base, a “Fisherman’s Festival,” Street Scenes, Snapshots of Local Japanese, etc. Ca. 1946-1949.
$ 3250.00
Historically Significant Album with 132 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur and Studio Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Serviceman of the Yokohama Headquarters of the Eighth U.S. Army, Showing U.S. Military Camp and Headquarters in Yokohama, the Compiler and His Fellow Servicemen, Japanese People and Girls in Western Clothes, Streets and Sites of Yokohama and Tokyo, Scenes of Atomic Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, &c.; With: An Original Blue Cloth "Air Police" Armband. Ca. 1945 – late 1940s.
$ 950.00
Way, Richard Quarterman (1819-1895); Mitsukuri, Genpo (1799-1863). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Book, Titled:] Chikyu Setsuryaku. [An Account of the World]. Tokyo: Rokokan Zoshi, ca. Meiji 4 [1871].
$ 950.00
Ichiryusai, Yoshitoyo. Coloured Oban ‘Ukiyo-e’ Woodblock Print Showing an American Sailor Smoking a Pipe, a Servant and a Young Japanese Courtesan, Titled:] America jin Yuriya no Zu [i.e. American in a Brothel. Yokohama, Kikuya Ichibei, ca. 1860s.
$ 1500.00
Reserved
[Lifetime Publication by Joseph Hiko, the First Japanese-American Citizen and Journalist]
Josefu Hiko [text by], Hisaakira Hijikata [translated by].Kaikoku no shizuku : Hyoryu itan. 1; 漂流異譚 開國之滴 上 [i.e. A Strange Tale of Drifting: The Drop that Opened the Nation. Part I (and all)]. Tokyo: Hakubunsha, Meiji 26 [1893].
$ 1250.00
Nakayama, Takashi (Japanese, 1893-1978). Four Framed Signed Japanese Watercolours Showing a Farmer in Winter; (Probably Same) Farmer and his Wife; A Woman with a Child in Winter; And (Probably Same) Woman and a Child. Ca. 1920.
$ 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.
$ 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.
$ 2250.00
McCrackan, Rev. John Henry (1856-1906); [Rondthaler, Rev. Edward, Bishop] (1842-1931). Historically Significant Journal with 59 Original Albumen Snapshot Photographs, Nine Printed Postcards, and Over a Dozen Specimens of Dried Flowers and Plants, Illustrating a Travel of an American Episcopal Clergyman John McCrackan and a Moravian Pastor from North Carolina Edward Rondthaler around Palestine in April – May 1889.
