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$ 7500.00
Historically Significant Original Manuscript Logbook, Recording the First Voyage of a New England East Indiaman “America” from New York to Macao and Back in June 1809 – June 1810, Including Notes on the Trade with the Natives of the “Bally Town” (Eastern Lombok, Indonesia) and Audience with the Local “King,” Navigation in the Western Pacific Ocean and Sighting of an “island I did not Find Laid Down in any Chart,” Observation of Two Large Comets in the Indian Ocean “the Blare of Which Lasted Nearly 5 Minutes,” Entries on Endured Storms, Encountered Vessels, a Fight on Board, a Crew Member Falling Overboard, &c. 24 June 1809 – 9 June 1810.
$ 7500.00
XU, Song = 徐松 (1781-1848). Xiyu shuidao ji: [wu juan] = 西域水道記: 五卷 [Records of the Waterways of the Western Regions (five volumes)]; WITH: Han shu Xi yu zhuan bu zhu: [er juan] = 漢書西域傳補注 : 二卷 [Supplementary Notes to the Book of Han: The Western Regions (two volumes)]; WITH: Xinjiang fu = 新疆賦 [Xinjiang Rhapsody]. Daoguang = 道光 3-9 [ca. 1823-1829].
$ 525.00
Cook, Myra; Lamb, Herman Dwight (1823-1900). Original Autograph Letter Signed by Myra Cook and Herman Dwight Lamb of Big Oak Flat, Tuolumme County, California, Talking About Weather Conditions Over Christmas Holidays, Extended Family, and the Knowles & Maxim Publishing Company. Big Oak Flat, [Tuolumme County, CA], 26 January 1884.
$ 850.00
Thompson, William A. (1824-1857). An Interesting Content-Rich Original Autograph Letter Signed by a Sacramento Attorney, William A. Thompson, Addressed to His Mentor and Former Superior, Judge Hon. R.C. Hurd, Talking about Thompson’s Law Practice, Engagement in Land Title Cases, Anticipated Dissolution of the Sutter Land Title, Completion of Sacramento’s Second Courthouse, Local Climate and His Meeting with the Addressee’s Relative, J.W. Hurd, Who Resided in “Gun Valley, El Dorado County”. Sacramento, 30 April 1855.
$ 850.00
Beckmann, Conrad. Interesting Autograph Letter Signed by San Francisco Grocer Conrad Beckmann, Talking About a Steamer With a Limit of 400 Illegally Carrying 1300 Passengers to “the New Diggings” (Likely Gold) and Grocer Business, etc. San Francisco, 17 February 1862.
$ 1250.00
Collection of 75 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Destruction in Santa Barbara and Environs after the Earthquake on June 29, 1925.
$ 850.00
An Interesting Early Letter from a Resident of Osceola (Mo.) to His Father, Discussing Local and Family News, as Well as Efforts and Expenses of Former Local Resident and then California Gold Seeker and Politician, Captain William Waldo during His Operations to Help Starving Gold Prospectors in California. Oseola [Ocseola], Mo, 16 March 1851.
$ 2250.00
Badger, William Cogswell, 1st. Lieut., Quartermaster, 6th Infantry Regiment (1826-1897). Collection of Two Historically Significant Official Papers, Compiled by 1st Lieu. William Badger, a Quartermaster of the 6th Infantry, U.S. Army, Who at a Time Served with Lt.-Col. George A. Custer during the Latter’s Commission in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s; the Documents Include: “Abstract of Expenditures at the Standing Rock Cantonment” (December 1875) and “Quarterly Return of Quartermaster’s Stores at Fort Rice” (December 1878). Standing Rock [Cantonment], D.[akota] T.[erritory], December 1875.
$ 95000.00
Raymond of Peñafort, William of Rennes. Summa de poenitentiae et matrimonio and Apparatus in Summam Raymundi [i.e. Summa on Penance and Marriage with commentary]. [France (Paris?), c.1275-1300].
$ 3950.00
Historically Significant Album with 128 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 17 Printed Postcards Taken during a Voyage to German New Guinea, German Samoa and Fiji, Showing Settlements and Papuan People of the Bismark Archipelago, Ceremony of Hoisting German Imperial Flag in Samoa, the First Governor of German Samoa Wilhelm Solf, Paramount Chief of German Samoa Mata’afa Josefo, Wreck of SMS “Adler” in Apia Harbour, Native Samoans, German Colonial Residents, Samoan, Papuana dn Fijian Warriors, Views of Banda Islands, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Historically Important Album with Thirty-Four Original Photographs of Batumi, Taken by a Russian Soldier or his Female Companion in 1905, Showing the Turkish Bazaar with Fruit Sellers, Street Vendors, and Russian Officers on Patrol; Shoemakers Polishing Clients’ Footwear; Local Workers Smoking and Posing for the Camera; and Views of Decked Ships, the Riverfront, the Commercial Harbor, Gardens, Beaches, and Surrounding Areas (including Buknari and Cape Verde); also, with the Photos of Surami and Pyatigorsk; titled: Album. Ca. 1905.
$ 2500.00
Manuscript Document of a Report on French Defences in the French Colony of Saint-Domingue, Including Fort Dauphin, Cap-Français, the Dependencies of Port-de-Paix, and the West and South Governments, and Recommendations Concerning the King’s Troops. Ca. 1745.
$ 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.
$ 4500.00
[Goldberg, Boris Isaevich] (1892-1946). Historically Significant Album with 33 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Iran from the Estate of Boris Goldberg, USSR Official Trade Representative in Persia in 1925-1926, Showing Office and Associates of the Soviet Trade Mission in Tehran, Meetings and Events with Persian Officials, Front Entrance to the “Mixed Russo-Persian Textile Partnership Mansudjat Iran-o-Rus,” Iranian School and Students, Dervishes, Opium Smokers, Merchant, Water Carrier, Tooth Removal Procedure, &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 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.
$ 3250.00
Sommers, Giorgio (1834-1914, fl. 1857-1888); Rive, Roberto (fl. ca. 1865-1890s); Amodio, Michele (fl. ca. 1850s-1880s). Attractive Keepsake Folder with 59 Large Original Albumen Studio Photographs of Italy, Showing the Architectural Sites, Streets, and Art Pieces from Rome, Florence, Naples, Capri, Amalfi, Pozzuoli, Casamicciola, Sorrento, Herculaneum, Paestum, ect. Ca. 1870s-1880s.
$ 950.00
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].
$ 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].
$ 6250.00
[Goetzman, Henry Jacob] (1864 – after 1904); Larss & Duclos (fl. ca. 1899-1904); Cantwell, George (fl. ca. 1898-1920); Hegg, Eric A. (1867-1947) & Others. Historically Significant Album with 87 Rare Original Gelatin Silver Studio and Amateur Photographs of Klondike and Yukon Territory Taken During and Shortly After the Klondike Gold Rush and Showing Dawson City, &c. Ca. 1898-1900s.
$ 4500.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Five Albums, and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (altogether over 680 Images), Taken and Collected by U.S. Military Men During Their Service in the Korean War and Showing Military Actions, Seoul after its Capture by the UN Forces in September 1950, Service on the Border with North Korea during the Stalemate (Chuncheon, Kapyong Headquarters, Kumhwa), a Visit of South Korean President Syngman Rhee to the Positions in Kumhwa, American Military Bases and Field Camps, Everyday Life of American Soldiers, Operations and Activities of the U.S. Air Force in Korea and Japan, Hardships of Korean Civilians, Views of Seoul, Busan, South Korean Towns, Villages and Countryside, Portraits of Families, Peasants, Artisans, &c. Ca. 1950s.
$ 2250.00
[Le Roux, Pierre]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with ca. 200 Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photographs and Two Folders with ca. 140 Original Film Negatives, Taken by a Young French Military Man during His Service in Madagascar in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Antananarivo, Ambatolampy, Toamasina, Fenerive, Foulpointe, a Sugar Cane Distillery in Mamandrahana, Environs of Antsirabe, French Military Compounds, Camps and Exercises, Portraits of the Compiler, French and African Servicemen, Malagasy Farmers, Shepherds, Families, the Compiler’s Cousin Thérèse Lamiot Who was a Local Head of the Catholic Society of Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, &c. Ca. 1930s.
$ 1250.00
Slocum, Wilkes Almy (ca. 1824-1848). Original Autograph Letter by Wilkes Slocum, a Boatman Near Vera Cruz, Sharing with “Dear Mother” the Hot News of the Mexican Defeat in the Vera Cruz Battle and Writing about the Minimal Casualties Suffered by the American Forces. Vera Cruz: 29 March 1847.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Ninety-Four Original Gelatin Silver Stereoview Photographs of Mexico, Showing Chihuahua, Moneterey, Zacatecas, Aguas Calientes, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Juanacatlan, Mexico City, Santa Anita, Guadalupe, Amecameca, Cholulua, Popocatapetl, Ixtaccihuatl, Orizaba, Cordoba, Omealca, Vera Cruz, Jalapa, Tehuantepec, Aztec villages, Portraits of Natives on the Markets and In Their Trades, Including Native Indian Fair, Strawberry Fields and Farming Activities, Interior of the Local Cathedrals and Houses, Bull-fighting, Calendar Stone and Other Remarkable Objects in Local Museums, Factory Scenes, Scenes at the Cotton Mill, Primary School in Jalapa, Photos Relating To Coffee Production and Extracting Pulque From the Maguey Plant. Ca. 1900.
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.
$ 525.00
An Interesting Early Letter from a Settler in Boonville (Likely, in Missouri) Who Was Planning to “Engage in the Drug Business in or near Elgin” (One in Missouri or Possibly Oregon), Telling the Addressee that He is “Extremely Desirous of Having you as a Partner” and Remembering “of Your Intention of Going West with me to Look out a Suitable Place for Business”. Boonville, 8 August 1854.
$ 850.00
[Gilmore, J.W.], [Stephens, Adam] (1819-1891), Stephens, Lucinda Berilla (1823-1910, née Gilmore). An Interesting Early Letter to Oregon Pioneers, Adam and Lucinda Stephens (Founders of Hayesville near Salem), from Their Relative in Missouri, with Family News, Discussions about Real Estate and Confessions like “You have been Riting to me to Come to Oregon but I don’t think I ever will come” and “I Think as like as not I will Die in Missouri”. Sulphurlick, Lincoln Co., Mo, 16 [March?] 1853.
$ 3500.00
[Connor, John Richard, Colonel, Royal Pakistan Engineers, CBE] (1908-1970). Historically Significant Private Archive of Three Albums with ca. 870 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Seven Large Loose Photos and Seven Documents, From the Estate of the First Commandant of the Royal Pakistan Engineers, With Interesting Images of the Royal Pakistan Engineer Centres and Traning Facilities in Sialkot and Risalpur, Scenes from Visits and Inspecitons by Government Officials and Military Commanders, Numerous Portraits of Members of Pakistan Engineers’ Athletic Teams, Scenes from Athletic Competitions, “Olympic Games Trials, 1956,” “Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958,” Views of Attock, Tota Khan, Chakdara, Kund, Torbela, Kaghan Valley &c.; The Documents Include Two “Grants” for Connors’ awards of the Order of the British Empire (signed by King George VI and later Queen Elizabeth II), and Two Farewell Addresses from the Training Centre of the Royal Pakistan Engineers in Risalpur. Ca. 1940s – 1960s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with ca. 88 Photos, And Two Real Postcards of Mostly Philippines, Complied by an American Senior Chief Petty Officer In Service on US Navy Radio Station in Las Baños Showing The Panoramas of The Station, Views From The Top of Recently Constructed Radio Towers, And The Towers Itself, Coconut Rafts in Pagsanjan, Filipino Ferry, Fishing in the Filipino River, Santa Cruz Bridge, Manila, Candle Vendors in Antipolo, Market Scenes, Flooded Streets in Manila, Group Photos of Moro Children, The Excursion of the Nurses From St.Paul’s Hospital to Los Baños (1913), Riza St. in Los Baños, U.S. Ambulance & Signal Corp Camping in Los Baños Laguna, Isuan Factory Hotel, Los Baños Dock, Town Park in Cavite, Water Tower, Photos of 2 American Sailors, Their Wifes and Their Home in Philippines, Local Farmers with their Cattle and Riding Horseback, Taal Basilica, The Ricefields and Views of Philippine Scenery and Towns; Also Showing 7 Views of Radio Station on Tatoosh Island, WA. ca. 1913-1920s.
[Prevaux, Francis Edward, Reverend, Attributed to] (1822-1860). An Interesting Original Autograph Letter Signed “Frank E. Prevaux,” Written by a Young New England Port Worker (Future Baptist Missionary in San Francisco and Principal of the San Francisco Academy, Rev. F.E. Prevaux), Mentioning His Dining in the “Seamen’s Home” (Possibly, in Providence, Rhode Island), Work in Port, His “Theological Course” and Interactions with “an Old Tar” Who “Has Lately Run Away from a British Man of War, Was in the Late War between England and China and is Pretty Well Scarred Up”. [Likely, Providence, R.I., ca. 1840s].
$ 950.00
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.
$ 4500.00
Skeen & Co. (fl. ca. 1860s-1920s); The Colombo Apothecaries Co. LTD. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Scowen, Charles Thomas (1852-1948) & Others. Album with 77 Original Albumen Photos of Sri Lanka, Showing Colombo, Kandy, Portraits of Market Sellers, Tea Pluckers, Buddhist Monks, a “Kandian Chief,” a Female Musician, a Snake Charmer, &c., Titled: Der ferne Osten. Ca. 1890s.
$ 2600.00
Historically Significant Album with 72 Original Photos of a French Military Hospital Camp for Serbian Soldiers Recovering in Tunisia after the Great Retreat or Serbian Golgotha; the Photos Show Starved Serbian Soldiers in a Hospital at Vido Island (Greece), Their Arrival and Disembarkation at the Camp, Disinfection, Interior of Hospital Rooms, Medical Operations, Patients, Doctors and Nurses, Recovering Soldiers Dancing and Playing Musical Instruments, Official Visits and Reviews, Possibly by the Maritime Prefect of Bizerte Admiral Guépratte, Serbian Orthodox Funeral Service and Internment, Serbian Cemetery near “Sidi Yaya,” &c. Ca. 1916-1917.
$ 3250.00
Album with 76 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of London Missionary Society Stations in North-Eastern Rhodesia (Zambia); Including Portraits of Missionaries and their Families (W. Draper, H.E. Wareham, Rev. R.S. Wright, Rev. J.A. Ross, Rev. H.C. Nutter, W. Freshwater, B.R. Turner, Rev. W.G. Robertson, Rev. E.H. Clark), British Civil Servants (H.C. Marshall, G.M.E. Leyer, J. McNeil), Views of “Spirit Huts, Mambwe,” “Mrs. McNeil’s Grave, Kawimbe,” Kalambo Falls, Luena River, Lake Malawi, Mount Waller, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Portraits of Maasai, Kikuyu People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
