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$ 1250.00
Album of Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional Dress of People and Leaders in the Kingdom of Caubul [Kabul] During the Durrani Dynasty (1747-1842) Perhaps used as the Original Archetype Illustrations for Montstuart Elphinstone's, 1815 Book:] “An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun Nation, and a history of the Doorauni Monarchy.” Ca. 1815.
$ 1500.00
Tarih-İ İskender Bin Filipos [i.e. A History of Alexander the Great, the Son of Philip]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1838.
$ 1250.00
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.
$ 1800.00
Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406) Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtada' wa-al-khabar : fī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-al-barbar wa-man ʻāṣarahum min dhawī al-ṣulṭān al-akbar : al-Juz' 7. [i.e. The Book of Lessons and the Collection of Beginnings and Endings: Concerning the Days of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Berbers, and those who lived alongside them among the rulers of great power] Part 1 [and all published] Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1858.
$ 1500.00
Karaçelebizade, Abdülaziz Efendi (1591-1658). Ravzat ül-ebrar [The Garden of Piety]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1248 H. [1832].
$ 1500.00
Ahmed Vâsıf Efendi (1740-1806). Mehâsin ül-âsâr ve hakâyîk ül-ahbar. [i.e. The beauties of relics and the truths of narratives]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1830.
Castéra, Jean Henri (1749-1838) & Argyropolous Iakovos [transl.] (1776-1850). İcmal-i eva'il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya [or] Katerina Tarihi [General Overview of the History of the Russian Empire [or] The History of Catherine]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1246 H. [1830].
$ 1500.00
Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].
$ 2500.00
Besim, Rüstem (translator). Seyâhatnâme tercümesi; Tercüme-i Rufaa Bey seyâhatnâmesi [The travelogue of Rifa'a Bey]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1839.
$ 950.00
Album of Nine Attractive Original Watercolour Views of Egypt and the River Nile. December 1892 - February 1893.
$ 2250.00
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Désiré, Ermé (fl. ca. 1864-1885); Royer & Aufiére (fl. ca. 1860s), Délié, Hippolyte (fl ca. 1860-1880s), De Michele, Luigi/Fotografia Egiziana (fl. ca. 1850-1890), Neurdein, Étienne (fl. ca. 1870s-1900s), Deplanque, Jules, & Others. Album of Sixty Early Original Carte-de-visite Albumen Photographs of Egypt - Mostly Portraits of the Locals (Water Carriers, Musicians, “Bedouins from Giza,” Camel, Oxen and Donkey Riders, Sellers of Oranges or Sugar Canes, a Beggar, a Barber and His Client, a “Tobacco Cutter,” lsmail Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Arab and Nubian Women with Water Jugs, Smoking Hookah, Posing in Traditional Dress, with Covered Faces, and Others), Also Views of Cairo (Muhammad Ali Mosque, Mosque of Qani-Bay, “Houses of Copts,” &c.), Suez Canal, Pompey’s Pillar, &c. Ca. 1860s.-1880s.
$ 2250.00
Zangaki brothers (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Beato, Antonio (-1906); Arnoux, Hippolyte (fl. ca.1860s-1900); Maison Bonfils (fl. ca. 1860s-1939); Sebah, Jean (1872-1947); Maison Fiorillo (fl. ca. 1870s-1915). Album of 74 Albumen Studio Photographs of Egyptian Cities (Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria, Tell el-Kebir), the Suez Canal (Suez, Port Said, Construction of the Canal, Suez Company Offices), Portraits of Locals (Nubians, Merchants, Vendors, Street Scenes, etc.), and Ancient Sites (Pyramids of Giza, Karnak Temple, Philae Temple Complex). Ca. 1880s-1890s.
$ 2250.00
Album of 87 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Egypt, Including Ancient Temples and Sites (Philae, Medinet-Abou, Dendera, Karnak, Luxor, Edfu, Abydos, Esna), Cairo (Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, Cairo Citadel, Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Qaytbay Funerary Complex, French Legation), Aswan (Elephantine, Street Market, Quarry), a Malwid Celebration, a Street Demonstration, etc. Ca. 1914.
$ 1500.00
Zangaki Brothers (fl. ca. 1860s-1890s); Peridis, Pappa (fl. ca. 1880s-1900s); Marquis & Fiorillo, & Others. Interesting Collection of Twenty-Eight Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Egypt, Showing Cairo (Citadel, Muhammad Ali Mosque, Nile River at Bulaq, Streets), Aswan, Pyramids of Giza (Featuring Mena House Hotel, Nile River, a Small Dam), Philae Temple (General Views, Temple of Hathor), Karnak Temple (Great Hypostyle Hall, Pylon of Ptolemy III), Nile’s First Cataract at Aswan, Dahabiya Boat “Olga” under the Swedish Flag, Cataract Hotel in Aswan, a Scene of Official Celebration on the Nile Bank, Likely in Aswan, &c. Ca. 1880s.-1900s.
$ 3500.00
Frith, Francis (1822-1898). Historically Significant Collection of Twenty-Five Early Original Albumen Photos of Egypt from His Famous Series “Egypt, Palestine and Nubia” (1862), Showing Cairo (General View with Aqsunqur Mosque and Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha’ban; Funerary Mosque of Quani-Bay, Southern Cemetery of Cairo Necropolis, Azbakeya District, Al-Hakim Mosque, Bab al-Azab Gate to the Citadel), Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara, the Sphinx Partly Buried in Sand, Philae Temple (General Views, First Pylon, Trajan’s Kiosk, Western Colonnade), Ruins on Bigeh Island, Aswan, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, Aswan, Bas-Reliefs of Isis and Horus in Kalabsha Temple, &c. Ca. 1857-1859.
$ 3250.00
Zangaki Brothers (fl. ca. 1860s-1890s); Frith, Francis (1822-1898); Fiorillo, Luigi (active ca. 1870s-1890s); Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830-1869); Bonfils, Felix (1831-1885), & others. Historically Significant Collection of Seventy-Five Early Original Albumen Photos of Egypt, Showing Cairo (Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, Necropolis, Qasr el Nil/El Gezira Bridge, Gezira Palace, Ablution Fountain in Muhammad Ali Mosque, Interior of Sultan Barquq Mosque, a Street in Old Cairo, a Hotel in Helwan, “village Com-el-Assuit”), Alexandria (Pompey’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Needle, Harbour and Port, Hippodrome, Abandoned Palace of Said Pasha in El Max, Muhammad Ali Square, Mahmudiyya Canal, Ras El-Tin Palace), Port Said (Suez Canal Company’s Office, Quay, Lighthouse, Palais Hollandaise, Rue du Commerce, Eastern Exchange Hotel), Suez and Suez Canal, Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, Philae Temple, Fallen Statue of Ramses II near the Ruins of Memphis, Portraits of Egyptians, &c. Ca. 1850s-1880s.
$ 1750.00
Interesting Album with 48 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Egyptian Government Vehicles (Automobiles, Trucks, Motorcycles), Garages and Mechanical Workshops in the 1920s, Titled: Mechanical Transport. Ministry of Communications. Ca. 1920s.
$ 3250.00
Cosens, Robert, Lieutenant-Colonel (1866-1943). Album of 192 Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs Compiled by Robert Cosens, a British Military Officer, Documenting His Service in Gibraltar, India, Egypt, and Burma, with Group Portraits of Regiments and Officers; Photos of British Barracks, Camps, Reviews, a Wedding of a British Officer in Madras; and Views of Gibraltar, Alexandria, Port Said, Cairo, Malta, etc. Ca. 1890s-1930s.
$ 2750.00
Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with 77 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of British Royal Air Force Aircraft (Fairey III Ds and Fs, Ninak DH9A, Vickers Victoria), and Bases in Egypt (Abu Sueir and Aboukir), Crashed RAF Planes and Excellent Aerial and Ground Views of Abu Sueir, Ismailia, Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Port Said, Cairo, Alexandria, the Great Sphinx of Giza during Emile Baraize’s Excavations, Illumination on Alexandria Streets “on the Return of King Fuad from England,” &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 2750.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Three Albums with over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Studio and Amateur Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Pilot of the Royal Air Force during His Service in the 208th (Army Cooperation) RAF Squadron, Stationed on the Ismailia Air Base near Cairo in the 1920s – early 1930s. Ca. 1920s – early 1930s.
$ 2500.00
Bonfils, Maison (1867-1909). Historically Important Collection of Fifteen Albumen Photographs of Alexandria, Showing the City Ruins after the British Bombardment in 1882. Ca. 1882.
$ 7500.00
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.
$ 7500.00
Historically Significant Archive of Nine Original Autograph Letters to Colonel Charles Nugent and Lt. Charles Watson of the Royal Engineers, Talking about Relations with the Ethiopian Empire and Gordon being Kept “Semi Prisoner” by the Emperor Yohannes IV, Who “Cuts the Lips of Those Who Smoke, <…> Never Smiles or Looks You in the Face,” Suppression of the Rebellion of Slave Traders in Shaka, Plans to Eliminate Slave Trade in Darfur, Gordon’s Attempts to Manage Sudan’s Financial Deficit, a Slave Woman Sneaking into His Tent at Night, Gordon Suffering from “the Plague of Egypt, Boils” and a Scorpion Bite, &c.; One Letter Being Supplemented with Two Original Gordon’s Manuscripts; WITH: an Original Autograph Letter Signed to Col. Nugent by His Friend, Retired Royal Engineers Major-General George Wrottesley (1882). Gordon’s nine ALS: “Massowah,” “Kartoum”, “Edowa, Darfur, en route to Shaka,” “Massawa”, “en route to Suez”, 28 December 1877 - 14 December 1879.
$ 2750.00
Mehmed Hafid Efendi (?-1811). Ed-Dürer ül-müntehabât ül-mensûre fî ıslâh il-galatat il-meşhûre. [i.e., Selected Pearls for Correcting a Famous Error]. Istanbul: Dar ut-Tibaa [Üsküdar Matbaasi], 1806.
$ 2250.00
Album of Thirty Very Attractive Original Watercolour Views of the Holy Land; Including: Two Watercolours from the Same Travel Showing Surghaya village in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains (Syria) and the Acropolis in Smyrna/Izmir (Turkey). March-May 1893.
$ 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.
$ 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.
$ 1500.00
Bonfils, Felix (1831-1885), Dumas, Tancrède (1830-1905); Berggren, Guillaume (1835-1920). Album with 39 Original Albumen Studio Photos, Including 26 Images of Baalbek and Beirut in Lebanon; the Rest of the Photos Shows Damascus, Jerusalem, and Istanbul. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
$ 1500.00
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.
$ 1500.00
Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Casablanca During French Occupation After the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907). Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1500.00
Album of 107 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing French Military Activity (Camps, Camp Raids, etc. in Casablanca; French Soldiers and Officers in “Dar el Baroud”), the Bombardment of Casablanca (Preparations, Aftermath), a “Nzaha” in “Dar el Baroud,” Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Rabat. Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1750.00
Helbert, Raymond Ferdinand Marie (1877-1972), colonel. Historically Significant Album of ca. 410 Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by Raymond Helbert, a Lieutenant of the 4th Zouave Regiment, During His Service in Tunisia (1904-1906) and the Conquest of Morocco (1909-1911), Showing Sidi Abdallah (French Military Base in Bizerte), Zouave Barracks, a Series of “Manoeuvres” (Camps of the 4thZouaves, “Artillery in Position”), the Departure of General d’Amade, the “Méhalla des Grands Vizirs,” Moroccan Goumiers, Senegalese Tirailleurs, Helbert’s Legion d’Honneur Ceremonies, etc. Ca. 1904-1919, 1930-1933.
$ 1200.00
Anne Jean Marie René Savary, 1st duc de Rovigo (1774 – 1833) Tarih-i Napolyon Bonaparta mütercimi [i.e. Memoirs of the Duke of Rovigo to serve as a contribution to the history of Emperor Napoleon]. Vol 1. [and all published]. Alexandria: Saray el-İskenderiye Matbaasi, 1833.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Troops’ Movements and Maneuvres in the Western Provinces of British India – mostly, in Punjab and Sind (Modern-Day Pakistan), Showing Military Camps, Officers and Soldiers, a Military Train of the North Western Railway, Sialkot (British Cantonment, Clock Tower, Holy Trinity Cathedral, St. James Catholic Church, 0-Mile Monument), Kotri Bridge, Kamoke Railway Station, &c. Ca. 1920s.
$ 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
[Faulkner, Farr. G.J.?] Album with 189 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars’ Military Service on the North West Frontier, Showing Group Portraits of the Regiment’s Officers, Military Marches and Reviews, Cantonments, Khyber Pass, Landi Kotal, Peshawar, Lahore, Attock, Aerial Views of the Himalayas, Nowshera, Jamrud and Attock Forts, Taj Mahal, Delhi, Gilgit Landing Ground, Takht-i-Bahi Ruins near Mardan, Destruction after the 1935 Quetta Earthquake, Robert Baden-Powell in Risalpur. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
$ 1750.00
Holmes, Randolph Bezzant (1888-1973). Collection of Twenty-One Loose Gelatin Silver Photos of the Operations of British Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign of 1919-1920, and Showing British Camp in Sorarogha, Military Engineering Works and Roads in Barari Tangi, Hazara Cliff, Zawa Kili Tangi, Hurley’s Corner, Marobi, Piazha Algal River, Bangilawa Tower, Portraits of British Military Commanders, Local Chiefs, Scenes with British Troops Firing Cannons, Taking Part in a Review, &c. Ca. 1919-early 1920s.
$ 1250.00
Historically Significant Collection of Nineteen Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Military Actions during WW1, Including Fourteen Views of Palestine and Syria (Official Surrender of Jerusalem, British Troops in the Judean Foothills, Pontoon Bridge over Jordan River at El Ghoraniyeh, Turkish Al Arish Redoubt in Gaza, Arab, Indian and British Troops in Damascus, Mt. Quruntul/Mount of Temptation Occupied by British Troops, &c.); and Five Photos from the Western Front, Showing the Ruins of Ypres, a Destroyed Railway, a Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps and a Group Portrait of King George V, French President Raymong Poincare and British and French Military Commanders. Ca. 1917-1918.
$ 2750.00
Historically Significant Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Vernacular Photographs, Taken by French Travellers in Tunisia, Showing Tunis (Al-Zaytuna Mosque and Minaret, French Gate, Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, Hotel Eymon, Medina), Saint Louis Cathedral in Carthage, Chapel Saint-Louis de Carthage, Borj Cedria (School, Mansion of Paul Potin, Winery), Kairouan (Great Mosque, Tunis Gate, Street Views), Sousse (Port, General and Street Views), Bedouins, &c. Ca. 1900s – early 1910s.
$ 2250.00
Maison Garrigues (fl. ca. 1870s-1911); Soler, F. (fl. ca. 1892-1930). Album of 92 Albumen Studio and Amateur Photographs of Tunis and Environs, Including Carthage, La Goulette, Le Bardo; Portraits of Tunisians, etc. Ca. 1890s-1910s.
Leroux, Alexandre (1836-1912); Rhomaïdès Frères (fl. ca. 1868-1910s); Neurdien Frères (fl. ca. 1850s-1900s). Album of 93 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Countries in the Mediterranean, Including Greece (Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Panorama of Nafplio), and Turkey (Izmir, Ephesus, Honaz), and Algeria (Algiers, Biskra, Roman Ruins, Portraits of Algerians), etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Album of 173 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Greece, Including Athens (the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Church of Panagia Kapnikarea, Royal Palace, Kerameikos, Street Scenes), Sparta (Street Scenes), Meteora Monasteries, Temple of Hera Olympia, Temple of Apollo Delphi, Delos, Knossos; Turkey, Including Istanbul and Smyrna, etc. Ca. 1910-1912.
$ 1250.00
[Rare Early Drawings of Soviet Turkmenistan] Collection of Twenty-One Pencil Drawings of Ashgabat and Merv in Soviet Turkmenistan. September 1928.
$ 2250.00
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.
