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Two Albums with 199 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Ascension Island, Including the...
Rare Photos of Ascension Island

[Two Albums with 199 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Ascension Island, Including the Laying of Cable for the Western Telegraph Company in 1910, Military Presence, Local Life, Buildings and Landscapes].

1910-13. Two albums with a total of 199 gelatin silver photographs including one panorama ca. 7 x 18.5 cm (2.....

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Album of Fifty-Six Original Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photographs Showing Ethnographic Views...
Rare Ethnographic and Colonial Photos of British East Africa

[Album of Fifty-Six Original Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photographs Showing Ethnographic Views and Colonial Buildings and Infrastructure in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania Following the Construction of the Uganda Railway (1896-1901).]

Ca. 1907. Large oblong folio album ca. 26 x 33.5 cm (10 ¼ x 13 in.). 13 light green stiff.....

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Album with Sixty-one Original Albumen Photographs, the Majority of Which are of South Africa...
Early Photos of Kimberley & De Beers Diamond Mines

[Album with Sixty-one Original Albumen Photographs, the Majority of Which are of South Africa Showing Detailed Views of Kimberley and De Beers Diamond Mines, Johannesburg Gold Mine, Sites and Memorials of the Anglo-Zulu and First Boer Wars, Views of Pietermaritzburg, Georgetown, Durban, Newcastle; Ethnographic Photos of Zulus and “Kaffirs”; With...

Ca. late 1880s. Ca. late 1880s. Oblong Folio (ca. 37,5x46,5 cm). 40 beige card stock album leaves. With 61 recto.....

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Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Where it is Titled]: "Combating the...
Attractive Watercolour Showing the Surveying Expedition to Kumassi, West Africa

[Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Where it is Titled]: "Combating the Difficulties of a new Route to Kumassi."

1 July 1899. Grisaille watercolour on cardboard, heightened in white, ca. 16x22 cm (ca. 6 ¼ x 8 ½ in).....

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Historically Interesting Album with 40 Original Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photos of French...
Historically Interesting Photos of Conakry and the Interior French Guinea.

[Historically Interesting Album with 40 Original Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photos of French Guinea, Showing Conakry, Samou River Rapids and Waterfalls, the “Baptism” of a Morane Plane of Conakry “Aero-club,” Children’s Costume Party in Conakry in March 1935, Susu Women and Girls, Kolente River Bridge Under Construction, etc.]

Ca. 1935. Oblong Octavo album ca. 19x27 cm (7 ¼ x 10 ½ in). 23 stiff card leaves. With 44.....

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Historically Significant Collection of over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Including...
Historically Important Extensive Photo Collection Showing the Construction and the Beginning of Operation of the First Sisal Rope Factory in British East Africa.

[Historically Significant Collection of over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Including 112 Photos and Real Photo Postcards Taken by the Founder of the Afro-American Trading & Navigation Company’s Sisal Rope Factory in Voi, British East Africa, and Showing the Factory’s Construction and Operation, Auxiliary Railway and Trolley Tracks, Steam Engines...

Ca. 1904-1909 (with a few later family photos). Over two hundred loose gelatin silver photos of various size, including one.....

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Collection of Five Large Signed Mounted Black and White Monochrome Watercolours Showing Scenes of...
Large Evocative Monochrome Watercolours of Livingstone's Last Expedition

[Collection of Five Large Signed Mounted Black and White Monochrome Watercolours Showing Scenes of David Livingstone's Last Expedition Including his Meeting with Henry Stanley].

ca. 1920. Watercolours each ca. 39 x 30cm (15.5 x 12 in.), painted on larger board ca. 54.5 x 37cm.....

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Album with Sixty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Companhia do Boror’s Concessions in the...
Historically Interesting Photos Illustrating the Activities of one of the Largest Agricultural Companies in Colonial Mozambique

[Album with Sixty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Companhia do Boror’s Concessions in the Zambezia Province of Mozambique, Showing Various Operations at the Coconut, Sugar Cane & Sisal Plantations, Sugar Factories, Processing Facilities, Warehouses, Trading Posts, Residential Buildings, etc.]

Ca. 1920s. Oblong Folio (ca. 29x36 cm). 60 light-green card stock leaves. With 60 mounted original gelatin silver photographs, each.....

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Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled:] "The Transvaal Crisis: Despatching...
Attractive Watercolour of the Transvaal Crisis

[Original Watercolour prepared for the “Graphic”, Titled:] "The Transvaal Crisis: Despatching Gold from the National Bank of Johannesburg to catch the Cape Mail."

7 Oct. 1899. Grisaille watercolour on paper, heightened in white, ca. 17x25,5 cm (ca. 6 ¾ x 10 in), within.....

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Album with Fifty-Three Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Luncheon and Fantasia (Arab...
Photos of Arab Equestrian Show

[Album with Fifty-Three Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Luncheon and Fantasia (Arab Equestrian Show) Performed for French Spectators near Morsott, Northeastern Algeria, Titled:] Déjeuner et Fantasia Dans la Forêt de Bourlaya / Dimanche 1er Avril 1928.

1928. Oblong Quarto, ca. 24x31,5 cm (9 ½ x 12 ½ in) with 53 original gelatin silver photographs each ca.....

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Album with Fifty-Eight Early Original Albumen Photographs of French Algeria, Showing Algiers,...
Large Early Photos of Algeria

[Album with Fifty-Eight Early Original Albumen Photographs of French Algeria, Showing Algiers, Constantine, Bone, El Kantara, Katara Gorge, Roman Ruins in Timgad, Portraits of Native Algerians, Views of Smaller French Settlements and Country Houses, Algerian Villages etc.]

Ca. 1878. Oblong Folio album ca. 36x48 cm (14 x 18 ¾ in). 54 card stock leaves. Total of 58.....

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Collection of Two Albums with 128 Original Gelatin Silver Photos Taken by a French Participant of...
Historically Important Photos Documenting the Algerian South-Oranese Campaign 1903-7

[Collection of Two Albums with 128 Original Gelatin Silver Photos Taken by a French Participant of the South-Oranese Campaign in Southwestern Algeria, Showing Towns and Military Posts (Taghit, Béni Abbès, Mazzer, Igli, Kerzaz, Tamtert, Béni Ounif, Duveyrier, Ain Sefra, Saida), Native Ksars, Military Convoys, Wounded French Military Men, Funeral and...

Ca. 1903-7. Two oblong Quarto albums (ca. 19x29 and 19x26 cm). 22 and 50 (33 blank) card stock leaves. With.....

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Album with 49 Original Albumen Studio Photos of Algeria, Showing Algiers, Oran, Tlemcen, Mers El...
Large Early Photos of Colonial Algeria

[Album with 49 Original Albumen Studio Photos of Algeria, Showing Algiers, Oran, Tlemcen, Mers El Kebir, Mansoura, Constantine, Algerian People, French Colonial Residents and Catholic Missionaries, etc.]

Ca. 1880s-1890s. Oblong Folio album (ca. 35,5x44 cm). 28 paper leaves (mostly, double). With 49 pasted on original albumen photographs.....

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Rare Collection of Twenty-Seven Early Original Watercolour Views of the Nile, Taken During a...
Rare Watercolours from an Early Nile Voyage

[Rare Collection of Twenty-Seven Early Original Watercolour Views of the Nile, Taken During a Cruise in Winter 1864-1865 and Showing the Ancient Sites and Cliffs of Upper Egypt and Nubia, and the Second Cataract].

November 1864 - February 1865. Twenty-seven original watercolours on paper, including one three-part panorama ca. 13x108,5 cm (5 x 42.....

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Collection of 63 Original Albumen Studio Photos, Housed in a Custom-Made Folder, Titled:] Le...
Extensive Portfolio of Large Early Photos of Egypt

[Collection of 63 Original Albumen Studio Photos, Housed in a Custom-Made Folder, Titled:] Le Caire, Egypte, Nubie.

Ca. 1870s-1890s. Elephant Folio folder (ca. 41x32 cm). With 63 albumen photographs, mounted on the original studio card; the photos.....

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A Historically Important Manuscript Diary Documenting Butler's Work in Egypt as a Tutor to the...
Historically Important Manuscript Diary Documenting Butler's Work in Egypt as a Tutor to the Sons to Khedive Tewfik Pasha

[A Historically Important Manuscript Diary Documenting Butler's Work in Egypt as a Tutor to the Sons to Khedive Tewfik Pasha, with Detailed Descriptions of His Conversations with the Khedive, His Ministers and Courtiers, European Diplomats and Residents, Mutiny in the Egyptian Army in February 1881, Religious Holidays, State Ceremonies, Coptic...

15 January – 10 May 1881. Folio journal (ca. 36x23 cm). 376 numbered pages, of which 217 are filled in.....

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Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Passenger of the SS “City of...
Interesting Upper Nile and Sudan Photos

[Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by a Passenger of the SS “City of Cairo”, Showing Nubian and Sudanese Cities and Villages along the White Nile, from Ibrim to Kosti, Including Khartoum, Omdurman, Wad-Alzaky, Ad Douiem and Others; Several Views of the Blue Nile, and a Three-Part Panorama...

1924-6. Oblong folio ca. 32,5x42 cm (13 x 16 ½ in). Six grey card album leaves. With 56 mounted gelatin.....

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Album with Twenty-three Large Original Albumen Photographs Including Two Panoramas by Hippolyte...
Rare Early Photos of the Suez Canal

[Album with Twenty-three Large Original Albumen Photographs Including Two Panoramas by Hippolyte Arnoux Showing the Newly Completed Suez Canal (1869) with Views of Port Said and Ismaïlia].

Port Said, Egypt: Ca. 1869. Oblong folio album ca. 36 x 46 cm (14 x 18 in.) with 23 large.....

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Collection of Sixty-nine Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing the...
Early Unique Stereoviews of a Nile Voyage made by an Associate of the Alexandria Waterworks

[Collection of Sixty-nine Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing the Alexandria Waterworks and Kom Ad Dikah Neighbourhood, Almost Certainly Taken by European Associates of the Waterworks and Their Servants, Views of Cairo, and Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile].

1863-4. Sixty-nine pairs of mounted albumen stereoview photographs on card, each pair ca. 8x14 cm (3 x 5 ½ in).....

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Collection of Twenty Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing Cairo,...
Interesting Collection of Early Stereoviews of Egypt

[Collection of Twenty Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing Cairo, Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile and Suez Canal Under Construction].

Ca. 1860s. Twenty pairs of albumen stereoview photographs, each pair ca. 7,5x14,5 cm (3 x 5 ¾ in) mounted on.....

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Collection of Nine Original Drawings by Wilhelm and Ismael Gentz, Leopold Mueller, and Charles...
Beautiful Artist Sketches used for "Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque"

[Collection of Nine Original Drawings by Wilhelm and Ismael Gentz, Leopold Mueller, and Charles Welsch, Used as Prototypes for Illustrations in Georg Ebers’ Encyclopaedic Work “Aegypten in Bild und Wort (Stuttgart & Leipzig 1879-80);” [Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque] [With]: Complete Sets of both the First German and the First...

ca. 1870s. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on album paper, some heightened in white, all but one signed by the.....

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Album with Twenty-One Original Albumen Photos of the Ancient Temples of Egypt (Djoser Pyramid in...
Rare Early Hammerschmidt Photos of Egypt

[Album with Twenty-One Original Albumen Photos of the Ancient Temples of Egypt (Djoser Pyramid in Saqqara, Temples in Dendera, Karnak, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Philae Island), Nile’s First Cataract, Tombs of the Califs and Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, the Bacchus Temple in Baalbec, Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the Valley of...

Ca. 1870s. Oblong Elephant Folio (ca. 45,5x62 cm). 22 leaves. With 21 albumen photographs, from ca. 23x30,5 cm (9x12 in).....

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