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Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during...
Historically Important Archive Which Gives A First-Hand Account of the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush

[Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush (1895-98); the Archive Consists of Wiswell’s Pocket “Excelsior” Diary with over 60 Pages of Entries; Two “Notices of Location” for the Claims in the Turnagain Arm Mining District, Two Related Power of Attorney...

Diary: ca. 12,5x8 cm (4 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Standard pocket full calf “Excelsior” diary with a closing flap.....

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Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at...
Letter from Ill-fated Expedition to Timbuktu

[Interesting Autograph Letter to John Whishaw, Secretary of the African Institution, Written at the Beginning of Ritchie's Ill-Fated Expedition to Africa, to Introduce Sidi Hassuna D'Ghies, who was a son of the Prime Minister of the Pasha of Tripoli, and Later Would Become the Pasha?s Foreign Minister, and Additionally he...

Marseilles: 28 August 1818. Quarto (ca. 25,5x19,5 cm), 1. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper. Mild fold marks and light.....

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Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional...
Watercolours of the Afghan Portraits in Montstuart Elphinstone's "An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul"

[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...

ca. 1815. Five cut-out portraits drawn in ink, pencil and watercolour drawings each ca. 21 x 12.5 cm (8 ½.....

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Two Original Watercolours of the Andaman Islands, Titled on Verso]: 1) Ross Islands from the...
Rare Watercolour Views of Port Blair, Capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

[Two Original Watercolours of the Andaman Islands, Titled on Verso]: 1) Ross Islands from the Aberdeen District Officers’ House, Port Blair; and 2) Government Rest House, Mount Harriet – Port Blair.

ca. 1890. Two watercolours on paper, each ca. 14x22,5 cm (5 ½ x 8 ¾ in). Period manuscript captions in.....

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Autograph Letter Signed by David Jones Edwardes, a British Diplomat in the Kingdom of Siam,...
Account of Burning the Remains of a Siamese Prince

[Autograph Letter Signed by David Jones Edwardes, a British Diplomat in the Kingdom of Siam, Talking about the Funeral of a Siamese Prince (with a Separate Captivating Four-page Manuscript Account of the Funeral), the Delimitation of Siamese-Burmese Boundary, American Baptist Missionaries in Bangkok, Including Ms. Adele Fielde, etc.; the Manuscript...

Bangkok: British Consulate, 8 February 1868. Two Quarto bifoliums (ca. 26,5x21,5 cm ). Brown ink on bluish paper. 4 +.....

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Historically Significant Journal Recording a Travel from Peking to Hankou (a part of present-day...
Manuscript Journal of Early Travel on the Peking-Hankou Railway

[Historically Significant Journal Recording a Travel from Peking to Hankou (a part of present-day Wuhan), along the Line of the Unfinished Peking-Hankou (Jinghan) Railway, with the Eye-Witness Account on the Railway Construction, Notes on the Meetings with the Railway Company Officials, Chinese Workers, Inhabitants of Nearby Villages, Local Places of...

6-21 November [1903]. Octavo, ca. 22,5x17,5 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ¾ in). 32 leaves. Manuscript text in French. Black.....

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Album of Three Original Albumen Photographs, One Pencil Drawing and Two Watercolour Plans...
Third Battle of the Taku Forts, Second Opium War

[Album of Three Original Albumen Photographs, One Pencil Drawing and Two Watercolour Plans Illustrating the Third Battle of the Taku Forts during the Second Opium War in July-August 1860, Including Plans of the Forts and a nearby City of Tientsin/ Tianjin, a Scene with British Naval and Troop Ships Approaching...

[China]: Ca. 1860-2. Folio album (ca. 40x29 cm). With three original albumen photos from ca. 13x18,5 cm (5 x 7.....

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Collection of Several Original Logbooks of 1882-1886, Kept by a Young Midshipman on Board of...
Interesting China Station Logbooks Describing Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan

[Collection of Several Original Logbooks of 1882-1886, Kept by a Young Midshipman on Board of Several Royal Navy Ships, Bound Together with Information on Hong Kong, Singapore, Geomundo Islands, Battle of Fuzhou, French Blockade of Taiwan, Bombardment Of Alexandria and Titled:] Logs of Her Majesty’s Ships “Achilles” Commanded by Captain...

[Various places at sea]: 21 January 1882 - 12 October 1886. Folio (ca. 32x20,5 cm). Ca. 295 leaves (20 blank).....

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Early 19th Century Manuscript Hand Coloured Copy of a Map from Hayashi’s Prohibited Book...
Surreptitious Manuscript Map of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Manchuria, Russian Tartary and Kamchatka

[Early 19th Century Manuscript Hand Coloured Copy of a Map from Hayashi’s Prohibited Book “Sangoku tsûran zusetsu”, or "Illustrated Outline of the Three Countries” (1785), Depicting Ezo (Hokkaido), Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands, Coasts of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Tartary and Manchuria, Titled:] Ezo Chi No Zu [Map of the Country...

[Japan]: Bunka 4 (1807). Ca. 92x58,5 cm (36 ¼ x 23 ¼ in). Black ink on rice paper, hand coloured.....

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Original Autograph Letter Written in Akbarpur by a British Officer during the Indian Mutiny,...
Interesting First Hand Account of the British Suppression of the Indian Mutiny

[Original Autograph Letter Written in Akbarpur by a British Officer during the Indian Mutiny, Mentioning the Capture of Lucknow, Death of Captain William Thunne, the Troops' Movement, "Calpee Force," the Beginning of the Hot Season, Plans to Hunt and Take Part in a Steeplechase, etc.]

Akberpore [Akbarpur]: 24 March 1858. Small Octavo bifoium ca. 18x11 cm (7 x 4 ¼ in). 4 pp. Brown ink.....

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Album of Ten Original Watercolour Views of India and from the Homeward Voyage back to England]....
Original Watercolours by the Artist "Views in India, from Drawings Taken During the Seapoy Mutiny"

[Album of Ten Original Watercolour Views of India and from the Homeward Voyage back to England].

ca. 1857-8. Oblong Small Folio (ca. 25.5 x 32.5cm). 12 beige album leaves. With ten watercolours, each ca. 17 x......

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Extensive Private Archive of 29 Letters, Describing Her Life as an Upper Class Lady in British...
Extensive Private Archive Describing Colonial Life in British India

[Extensive Private Archive of 29 Letters, Describing Her Life as an Upper Class Lady in British India, with Notes on the Vice Roy of India, Lord Hardinge and an Attempt of Hardinge's Assassination, Planning of the Construction of New Delhi, Fort William in Calcutta, Delhi Fort and Chandni Chowk Market...

17 December 1911 - 2 September 1914. Mostly large Octavo (ca. 25x20,5 cm), with six smaller letters ca. 21x13,5 cm.....

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Autograph Letter Signed to a Superior (Most likely Governor-General of Bengal, Francis, Earl of...
Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War

[Autograph Letter Signed to a Superior (Most likely Governor-General of Bengal, Francis, Earl of Moira (later 1st Marquis of Hastings) Reporting the Latest Intelligence Including Troop Strengths and Movements of the Gurkhas (Nepali Troops) in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16)].

Hawalbagh (India): 18th Dec. 1815. Quarto (ca. 25x20 cm). 6 pp. Brown ink on beige wove paper. Original fold marks.....

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Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales,...
British Military Service in Ceylon

[Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed “W.H. Cleather” to his Sister Mary Littlehales, Describing his Early Service in the Military Regiment in British Ceylon, with notes on His Travel to Ceylon on Board HMS Thalia, Colombo Garrison and Officers, Local Society, Day Schedule et al].

1805-6. HMS Thalia, “18 leagues to the North of St. Jago”, 20 October 1805 and Colombo Fort, 21 June (completed.....

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A Collection of Seven Original Ink Drawings (Three initialed "C.A.") Used as Illustrations in...
Historically Important Tibetan Sketches

[A Collection of Seven Original Ink Drawings (Three initialed "C.A.") Used as Illustrations in Wilhelm Filchner's Book " Das Kloster Kumbum in Tibet. Ein Beitrag zu Seiner Geschichte (The Monastery Kumbum in Tibet. A Contribution to its History)" Berlin: Mittler & Sohn 1906].

ca. 1905. Seven ink drawings on thick paper ca. 27 x 23cm (11 x 9 in.) and slightly smaller. The.....

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Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous...
Original Sketches from the French Pacification of Tonkin

[Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous Views of Tonkin (North Vietnam) Taken by a Participant of the French Military Campaign on Pacification of Tonkin (1886-1896)].

Ca. 1891. With ten sketches in pen and wash on beige paper each ca. 13x21 cm (5 ¼ x 8.....

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Autograph Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law Written and Dated by Professor and Legal Expert...
Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law

[Autograph Manuscript Notes on Vietnamese Law Written and Dated by Professor and Legal Expert Charles Fruteau, Including 26 Lessons on Ritual, Administrative, Civil, Family, and Property Law, Titled:] Droit civil annamite.

Hanoi: 1914-1915. Period manuscript black ink on lined paper with annotations in the margins and in the text. Quarto ca.....

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Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38,...
Imprisonment of an American Seaman by Cuban Authorities

[Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38, from U.S. Acting Consul in Havana John Morland, Asking for Release of Eugine Newman, an American Seaman of the U.S. Vessel “Cavalier” who was “confined in the Stocks at the Prison;” With: the Official Translation...

Havana: Consulate of the United States of America, 7 August 1834. Folio (ca. 33x20 cm). 1 pp., with an integral.....

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