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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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Mensendieck, Bess. Funktionelles Frauenturnen [i.e. Functional Women's Gymnastics]. Munich: F. Bruckmann A.-G., 1923.
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$ 4750.00
Islavin, Vladimir Alexandrovich (1818-1855); Vasiliev, Alexander (artist); Dericker, Georgy Vasilievich (1821? – 1847, engraver). Samoyedy v Domashnyem i Obshchestvennom Bytu [The Samoyeds in Their Domestic and Social Life]. St. Petersburg: Typ. of the Ministry of State Properties, 1847.
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$ 2500.00
Album with Eighty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Bulgaria, Showing Sofia, Varna, Sts. Constantin and Helena Resort, Veliko Tarnovo, Tryavna, Plovdiv, Stanimaka (Asenovgrad), Peshtera, Karlovo, Shipka, the Monastery of St. John of Rila, Portraits of Bulgarian Peasants Reaping Wheat, Harvesting and Sorting Grapes and Tobacco, Plucking Rose Petals, &c., Titled: Aussehenen der bemerkenswerte Städte und Buhnen aus Bulgarien. Photos von Dim. W. Katzeff. Sofia. Ca. 1920s.
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Historically Interesting Extensive Collection of 167 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Archive of a California-based Black Family, Documenting Family Gatherings, Weddings, Holidays, Various Activities (Including Attending Football Games and Sulphur Springs), Exhibiting at Farmer’s Market, as well as Photos of their Relatives and Friends in Memphis, TN, and Chicago with Captions. Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco: ca. 1943-1953.
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[Scamell, Joseph William] (1874-1955). Interesting Private Archive of Four Original Documents and Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Estate of a California Pharmacist and Doctor, Joseph William Scamell, Referring to his Practice in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Marysville, Montana. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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Dangler, David. Historically Important Album with Ca. 141 Original Photographs and Printed Postcards Taken and Collected by David Dunglar, an Enrollee of the 1230 Company of the Civilian Conservation Corps during His Service at West Emerald Creek Camp (Fernwood, Idaho) and Bradley Camp (Tahoe City, California), Showing Camp Infrastructure (Tents, Dining Room, Bedroom), Work Equipment (Machinery, Logging Locomotive), Work Projects (Wooden Bridge, Logged Trees, Fire Trail, etc.), and Portraits of Camp Members during Leisure Time (Posing with a Bear, Playing Guitar, etc.). Ca. 1935.
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Chan, Eva Fong (1897-1991). Archive of Fifteen Ink Drawings and Watercolors, Showing Artist At Work, Landscapes Of Places In Her Local Bay Area, Color Wheels, Drawings Of Clothing, Including The Study of Native American Cradleboard, Textile Designs etc., All Signed. [San Francisco Bay Area], ca 1930s.
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Historically Interesting Collection of Two Private Albums with 112 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Chinese Far East, Including Mukden, Badong and Yingkou complied by Russian officers traveling to Beijing and the Surrounding Areas, Showing Russian Historical Mission and the Russian Orthodox Church on the Bell Tower, Rockefeller Medical College, Great Wall and other landmarks. [Сa. 1890s-1910s].
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[Kitchin, Eleanor Harriet] (1888-1969). Interesting Private Archive of Nineteen Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and ca. Thirty Manuscript, Typewritten and Printed Documents and Ephemera (Letters, Notes, Mandarin Chinese Reading Worksheets, Invitations, Business Cards, Greeting Cards, Newspaper Clippings, a Program of a Charity Enterntainment in Shanghai, &c.), Made and Collected by an American Female Teacher and Administrator in the Y.W.C.A. Establishments in China in the 1920s. Ca. 1922-1925.
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Kahn, Mordecai (ca. 1887-1926), Kahn, Morris (ca. 1891-1934). Historically Significant Archive of Twenty Handwritten Pages of Correspondence, Including Fourteen Original Letters, Documenting the Personal and Professional Relationships of Kahn Brothers, Cardiologists in New York’s Beth Israel and Mount Sinai Hospitals, and Focusing on their Work on Treating Diabetes and Tuberculosis that Eventually Led to the Discovery of Intarvin by Max Kahn in 1923; also Concerning their Lives as Young Jewish American Professionals in New York and Washington, Max’s Work with US FDA, and Max’s Correspondence to their Mother in Yiddish. Washington, New York, Pittsuburg Ca.1910-1920.
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$ 2250.00
Album of Over 50 Real Photo Postcards with 8 Original Ink Drawings and Watercolours Showing Egypt, Including Cairo (Pyramids of Giza, Mena House Hotel, the Egyptian Museum), Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple, Medinet Habu, and Aswan. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
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تاريخ البريد في مصر [i.e. The Postal History of Egypt. Created on the Occasion of the 10th Universal Postal Congress in Cairo and the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Postal Service]. Cairo: Al-Amiriya Press, 1934.
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Brugsch, Heinrich Ferdinand Karl/ Brugsch-Pasha (1827-1894). Historically Significant, Extensive Archive of a Famous German Egyptologist, Heinrich Brugsch, with Seven Original Manuscripts, Including “Les Nomes de la Haute-Egypte,” and “Documents Relatifs au Nom des Hébreux,” Two Extensively Annotated Manuscripts with Explanations and Commentaries on Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Manuscript Materials on the Early History of Ancient Egypt, Manuscript “Handbuch fur Allgemeinen Beredungen” (dated “Cairo, v. 27 September 1864”); One Manuscript on Assyrian Cuneiforms; an Offprint of Brugsch’s Article from “Zeitschrift für Stenographie und Orthographie” (1864); an Autograph Letter from an Alexandria Lawyer F. von Dumreicher Regarding the State of Affairs of Brugsch’s Deceased Son (March 1894, with the Original Envelope), a Telegram from Brugsch’s Brother Emile (Cairo, February 1894), Pencil Drawings of the Heliopolis Temple Plan and Dendera Zodiac Bas-Relief, &c. Ca. 1860s-1890s.
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$ 1750.00
Beaver bunk. Published weekly by 3rd Engineer & Special Troops. Volume 1. 27 issues for the years 1925 and 1926. [Schofield Barracks, Oahu], 1925-1926.
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Homer. Iliad. Brescia: Baptista Farfengus, impensa vero d. Francisci Laurini, 1497.
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[Sikandar Begum Of Bhopal] (1817-1868; Reign: 1860-68); Canning, Charles, John, 1st Earl Canning (1812-1862), Viceroy of India (1858-1862); Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin & 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863), Viceroy of India (1862-1863). An Office Folder with Two Formal Autograph Letter Signed "Canning" and “Elgin & Kincardine,” Addressed to the Second Female Ruler of the Islamic Principality of Bhopal in Central India, Sikandar Begum, on Account of the Transfer of the Office of Viceroy of India from the Earl of Canning to the Earl of Elgin; Bound with: Seven Leaves of Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, Two Verified as "True Translation" by "Under Sec[retar]y of the Govt. of India in the Foreign Dept.," With a Manuscript Table of Contents, Decorated with a Printed Coat of Arms of the Bhopal State. Ca. early 1860s.
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[Shah Jahan Begum Of Bhopal] (1838-1901; Reign: 1844-60, 1868-1901); Baring, Thomas George, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), Viceroy of India (1872-1876). An Office Folder with a Formal Autograph Letter Signed "Northbrook," Addressed to the Third Female Ruler of the Islamic Principality of Bhopal in Central India, Shah Jahan Begum, Congratulating Her on the Fact that “the Debts of the Bhopal State, which on Your Highness’ Accession Amounted to Nearly 7 Lakhs of Rupees, have now been Entirely Liquidated;” Bound With: Five Official Related Period Manuscripts in Urdu, One Verified as "True Translation" by "Off[icia]l Sec[retar]y of the Govt. of India, Foreign Dept.," one Signed by a British Official and One with a Manuscript Note “Agent G.G. for C.J.,” With a Manuscript Table of Contents, Decorated with a Printed Coat of Arms of the Bhopal State. Ca. 1870s.
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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.
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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.
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Kan-ō Kamaraki [寒翁窠馬曆, pseudonym, illustrated by]. Yōkisen no zu [陽氣舩之園], [i.e. The Cheerful Ship]. Ca. 1853-1860.
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[Historically Significant 16th-Century Manuscript in French Containing the Statutes of the Hospitallers of St. John, Compiled During the Order’s Final Years on Rhodes Before Its Relocation to Malta] Statutes of the Order of the Hospitallers of St. John (Stabilimenta Rhodiorum militum). [Northern France, Burgundy, or the Netherlands]: [early or mid-1500s].
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Historically Interesting Album with Eighty-Four Original Amateur Photographs Taken by French Soldiers during Their Service in Lebanon and Syria, and Showing Early Views of Iconic Landmarks in Baalbek (Temple of Jupiter, Hajar al-Hibla, Roman Ruins, Roman Temple of Bacchus) and Damascus (Grand Café Moderne, at-Taynabiyya mausoleum, the Umayyad Mosque, Bab Tauma); Baalbek Train Station Scenes with French Police Supervising the Area; Locals and Tourists in Traditional and European Dress Strolling through the Central Souq al-Hamidiyah in Damascus; Aerial Views, Street Scenes, and Residential Architecture. Ca. 1920s.
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Historically Important Collection of Seventy-Seven Rare Gelatin Silver Photos and Chromogenic Prints Taken and Collected by an American Serviceman and His Family at Wheelus Air Base in the 1960s, Documenting Local Facilities (Television Station, Barracks, Club, 7272nd Fighter Training Wing Memorial), Military Equipment (Aircraft and Vehicles), a Military Parade, Family Life (Riding Camels, Attending Rodeo, Celebrating New Year), and Pre-Damaged Tripoli, Including the Royal Palace, Bab Hawara Gate, Martyrs’ Square, and the Ruins of Leptis Magna. Ca. 1963-1966.
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Historically Significant Album with Seventy Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting The Consequences of 1941 Colima Earthquake On the Towns of Tuxpan & Zapotiltic in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Ca. April, 1941.
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$ 1500.00
Collection of Four Large Loose Albumen Photos of the Early Oil Refinery and Depositary in Mexico, Operated by Waters Pierce Company, Showing Local Employees of the Company, both Mexican and American, Horse Carriages with Oil Wagons, Railway Station Leading to the Refinery, Loading Machinery, View Inside and Outside of the Depository and Reservoirs, Tanks and Cisterns for Oil. Ca. 1880s.
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Blair, Thomas M (ca. 1801-1892). Historically Significant Antebellum Bill of Emancipation, Signed by a Missouri Lawman, Thomas M. Blair, to Formally Manumit his 33-Year-Old “Bright Mulatto” Slave, William. Perryville, Missouri: 17 November & 23 December 1857.
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Yurowsky, Jacob (ca. 1886-1962); Rothstein, Lilian (ca. 1888-1961). Historically Significant Archive of About 163 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Real Photo Postcards from a Middle-Class Family of New York-Based Ukrainian and Belarusian Jews, Escaping the Anti-Jewish Pogroms of the Russian Empire; with Interesting Cabinet Portraits from Pioneer New York Studios (Isidor Yog, A. Warshaw, H. Trachtenberg, Spachner & Berger, etc.) and Scenes of the Jewish Diaspora’s Daily Life at the Beach, in Central Park, at a Jewish Cemetery, etc. Ca. 1900-1935.
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$ 2250.00
[Hallen, Ernest “Red”] (1875-1947). Interesting Collection of Twenty-Nine Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Construction and Maintenance of Panama Canal by the U.S. Administration in ca. 1906-1916, Taken by the Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Ernest Hallen, Including Early Images of Camacho Reservoir and U.S. Surveyors at the Culebra Cut in 1906, Panamanian Prisoners Constructing a Road in the Canal Zone in 1910, Sunken U.S. Steamer “Newport” in the Port of Balboa in 1912, One of the Earliest Test Voyages in the Canal by Steamer “Advance” (August 9, 1914), Several Scenes of Excavations of Landslides in the Culebra/Gaillard Cut in 1915-1916, After the Official Opening of the Canal, and Several Views of Panama City, the Port of Cristobal, &c. Ca. 1900s-1910s.
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$ 1250.00
Album with Thirty-Five Large Gelatin Silver Studio Photos of Paraguay, Presented and Signed by the American Ambassador George L. Kreeck to a Noted Writer Frances Parkinson Keyes during her Tour of South America; The Photos Include Views of Buildings and Sites in Asunción, Paraguay Military Regiments, Portraits of Graduates from the Asunción School of Aviation, Elementary Schoolchildren, Paraguayan President José Eligio Ayala, etc. Ca. 1929.
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$ 1500.00
Barber, George W. Album of 179 Photographs Showing the Philippines after World War II, Including Reconstruction Efforts by Weihe, Frick and Kruse (Group Portraits of Architects and Engineers, Construction Sites, Employees Working at Desks), Clark Air Base, Destruction of Manila (Manila Post Office, Legislative Building, etc.), Portraits of Filipinos, Street Scenes and Rural Life (a Parade, Oxen-Drawn Carts), etc. Ca. 1948.
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Historically Interesting Album with ca. 249 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Nucla Pioneer, Showing the Town’s Early Infrastructure (School Building, Union Congregational Church, a Centre Street View with a Clearly Visible Sign for the Nucla Hotel, Arps Right Price Store), a Group Portrait of High School Graduates, and Local Street Scenes; also Including Views of Colorado Springs (Pike’s Peak Avenue, Colorado College), Denver (Colorado State Capitol, Daniel Fisher Department Store), Telluride (Public School), Durango (High School), and Pueblo (County Court House). Ca. 1918-1921.
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Carrick, William (ca. 1827-1978), Avanzo, Jean-Baptiste (ca. 1853 - ?), Lukomski, Georgi (ca. 1884-1952). Historically Interesting Album with Fifty-One Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Studio Photographs of Saint-Petersburg, “Russian Peasant Types,” and Military Scenes from the Collection of Russian Art Critic Georgi Lukomski. Ca. 1860-1890s.
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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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Collection of Six Loose Albumen Photos of the Taroko People of Taiwan, Photographed by Japanese Photographer After 1914 Truku War Campaign. [Сa. 1914].
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A Historically Interesting Original Letter by an Early Texas Resident, Reporting a Horse Theft by Shawnees in the Frontier Town of Preston, Grayson County, TX, and Asking Col. Arthur Upshaw, an Indian Agent and Former Superintendent of Indian Removal, to Help Recover the Lost Property “Without Trouble and Difficulties.” Preston, Grayson County (Texas): Ca. 1846-1850.
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The sammelband of printed works, maps on Venezuela together with bound-in manuscripts, this volume was presented from one U.S. diplomat to the another in Caracas in mid-1890s.
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Warren, Veva (Ca. 1901-1991). Historically Interesting Album with ca. 200 Original Private Photos Taken and Collected by Veva Warren, a Stenography Student in the State College of Washington (Today’s Washington State University), Showing the Premises of the College (President’s Mansion, McCroskey Hall, the Ferry Hall, the Campus) and Early “Campus Day” Traditions (Undergraduates Queueing for Outdoor Meals, Gathering Around Timber Debris, Competing in Varsity Sprints, and Distributing Refreshments); also with Candid Family Snapshots of Inland Northwest Recreation, a Procession of Soldiers in Sandpoint, Idaho, and Diverse Collegiate Ephemera (a Dance Program, Fraternity Greetings, and Press Clippings). Ca. 1914-1922.
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Historically Interesting Album with Sixty-Nine Original Photographs of the Newly British Occupied Mesopotamia (Present-day Iraq), Showing Baghdad (the Ceremonial Entry of the 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment; Aerial Outskirts; New Street), Tal Afar (Officers Playing Football, etc.), Kut Al Amara (Two Armed Arab Policemen), Al-ʻUzair (Ezra’s Tomb), Al-Qurnah (Garden of Eden), Kirkuk (Main St. with English Shop Signs, Factory Barracks, and Government House), and Baqubah (Bridge over Diyala River, etc.); also with the Photographs of India, including Official Portrait of British and Indian Soldiers, the YMCA Quarters in Deolali, and Parsi Haymakers Posing for the Photo. Ca. 1914-1917.
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Historically Important Album with 105 Gelatin Silver Photographs Likely Taken by a Technician of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Manila After the End of World War II, Showing U.S. Soldiers Reconstructing Communication Networks (Repairing Overhead Trunk Lines, Operating Specialized Consoles, Restoring Exchange Equipment, etc.), the City Views Before and After the Bombardment (City Hall, Manila Hotel, Legislative, Finance, Commerce & Agricultural Buildings, Jones Bridge, Escolta St., etc.), and Japanese Ships Sunk in Manila Bay; also with Photographs from New Guinea, Mostly Depicting the Compiler and His Friends at the Height of the War. Ca. 1943-1945.
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