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$ 1250.00
Historically Important Collection of Ninety-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photos of an Early Cruise through Colonial India, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean, Mostly Showing Iconic Landmarks and Lively Street Scenes in Calcutta, Varanasi, Jaipur, Agra, Delhi, Lucknow, Madurai, Madras, and Mumbai in India; also with the Photographs of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Destroyed City of St. Pierre (Martinique), the Sunken USS Maine in Havana Harbor (Cuba), Port Kingston (Jamaica), and Port Said (Egypt); titled: Photographs. Ca. 1898-1905
$ 1500.00
Historically Interesting Album with Ca. 207 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Voyage to Present-day India (Mumbai, Bhandardara, Daulatabad, Aurangabad, Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Patna, Lucknow, Cawnpore), Pakistan (Peshawar, Landi Kotal, Lahore), Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia (Penang, Johor). Ca. 1934-1936.
Historically Interesting Album with ca. 158 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting an English Traveler’s Early Voyages to India (Agra, Mumbai, Delhi, Varanasi, Madurai, Chennai, Kolkatta), Sri Lanka (Colombo, Kandi), Australia (Melbourne, Hobart), Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo), and Canada (Quebec, Ottawa, Victoria, Sault St. Marie). Ca. 1907-1910.
$ 1500.00
Historically Important Album with About 185 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Bougainville Campaign, Showing American Troops Landing at Torokina, Descending Cargo from Transport Ships, Wrecks of Japanese Aircraft and Ships, and Burned Casualties; also with Photographs from the Northern Solomon Islands Depicting Indigenous People in Traditional Attire Engaged in Ceremonies, Dancing, Hunting, Playing Ball, Posing with the Compiler & his Friends, etc. Ca. 1943-1945.
$ 850.00
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.
$ 750.00
Wardenaar, O. Historically Important Album with Fifty-One Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Construction and Inauguration of the Solo–Kata Railway Station, Dutch and Indonesian Officials Attending the Opening Ceremony, Local Workers Building a Dam under Dutch Supervision, Hundreds of Local Residents Watching a Military Parade; as well as the Collapse of a Railway Bridge and the Subsequent Inspection in the Presence of Survivors. Ca. 1920s.
$ 950.00
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.
$ 850.00
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.
$ 1250.00
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.
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.
Morse, Jay C. (ca. 1873-1954). Historically Interesting Album with Seventy-One Original Gelatin Silver Photos of an Early Voyage to Alaska, Showing Ketchikan (General Views, Ketchikan Creek, etc.), Wrangell (Waterfront, Indigenous Girls, Raven Totem, etc.), Petersburg (Harbor), Juneau (Harbor, Street Scene with Visible Signs “Kodaks” and “Studio Portraits”), Skagway (Broadway St. View with Clearly Visible Swastika Sign, White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad, Skagway Canyon, etc.), and Sitka (Lovers Lane, Mount Verstovia, and the Waterfront); as well as with the Photos of Field (British Columbia) and Toronto (Ontario). Ca. 1929.
$ 1500.00
Ames, Sullivan Dorr (1840-1880), Lieutenant Commander, Executive Officer of U.S.S. Constellation. Historically Significant Original Letter Book, Assembled by the Executive Officer of the U.S.S. “Constellation,” Sullivan Dorr Ames, and Documenting the Preparations for her First Cruise along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, As a Training Ship for the Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, in the Summer of 1871; WITH: Three Notebooks with Lections of Nautical Astronomy and Naval Tactics, Recorded by S.D. Ames during his Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, 1856-1860. Letter book: ca. 1871.
$ 900.00
Saturin, D. Novaya Zelandiya I ey’a rabochee zakonodatel’stvo [i.e. New Zealand and its labor legislation] // Zhizn. The literary, scientific and political journal. Volume 1. January. Saint-Petersburg: A.E.Kolpinskiy typography, 1901.
$ 1400.00
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.
$ 3250.00
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.
$ 1500.00
Ames, Samuel Jr. (1849-1900), Ensign. Historically Significant Original Logbook of U.S.S. “Ticonderoga” During Her Service in the European Squadron of the U.S. Navy, Documenting Her Cruise in the Mediterranean on October 30, 1868 – February 28, 1869; With a Logbook of U.S.S. “Franklin” During Her Stay in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 4-5, 1869; WITH: An Official U.S. Navy Printed Booklet of Instructions to the Crew, Inscribed by Ames while in Lisbon (March 13, 1869), and Two Albumen Group Portraits of U.S. Naval Officers Posing on Decks of American Naval Ships. Ca. 1868-1869.
$ 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.
$ 3500.00
Gardner, Edward (1784-1861), British Resident in Kathmandu 1816-29; [Nicollas, Sir Jasper, Future Commander-in-Chief, India] (1778-1849); Fagan, George Hickson, Adjutant General, East India Co. Army (1778-1821); [Weguelin, Thomas Matthias, Commissary General of Bengal] (d. 1828); Nicol, James, Office of Deputy Adjutant General, Field Army; Lumsdaine, William, Mayor, “Deputy Commissary General, Nepal.” Historically Significant Collection of Eleven Original Manuscripts (Autograph Letters Signed and Period Copies of Official Dispatches) Related to the Planned Advance of a British Force under the Command of Colonel Jasper Nicolls to the Doti and Salena Districts in the Western Kingdom of Nepal in December 1815, during the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816. Presidency of Fort William, Cawnpore [Kanpur], Seetapore [Sitapur], Hawal Bagh, November 3 -December 22, 1815.
$ 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].
$ 750.00
Louis Agassiz. Conversações scientificas sobre o amazonas : feitas na sala do externato do Collegio de Pedro II durante o mez de maio de 1866 [i.e.Scientific discussions about the Amazon: held in the lecture hall of the Pedro II College during the month of May 1866]. Rio de Janeiro: Typ. Imp. e Const. de J. Villeneuve, 1866.
$ 950.00
Photo Album With Hundred Seventeen Photos and a Diary of Mary Louise Fitzgerald, a Teacher of Arts & English, documenting her being a substitute teacher for Boston Public Schools in the year 1952-1953, spending few months teaching predominately African-American 7th grade in Charlestown High School, Boston, later being transformed to a number of other schools in Boston for a short period of time that year, before being assigned to a permanent position in Randolph Public School for the year 1954. Boston, MA. Ca.1953.
$ 650.00
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Dębicki, Z. Za Atlantykiem. Wrażenia z pobytu w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki północnej. [i.e. Across the Atlantic. Impressions from a stay in the United States of America] Lwow: Nakł. Gebethnera i Wolffa, 1921.
$ 450.00
A small archive of Valgie Bluzmans, a Latvian Immigrant to Be, at The Time of Him Being Held at DP Camp in Germany, Getting Ready to Make a Trip to United States.
Russkaya zhenschina v emigratsii [i.e. A Russian Woman in Emigration]. Washington, 1970.
