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Two Original Signed Watercolours: One of the Interior of Russian American Company’s Fort...
Important Alaska Watercolours from the Russian-American Telegraph Expedition

[Two Original Signed Watercolours: One of the Interior of Russian American Company’s Fort Mikhailovsky on St. Michael Island, Norton Sound and the Other, the Travelling Party Arriving to the Russian Fur Trading Post at Nulato, on the West Bank of the Yukon River, on November 15, 1866, Titled: "Nearing Nulato...

[Alaska]: Ca. 1866. Two watercolours on paper, ca, 12x35,5 cm (4 ¾ x 14 in). Ca. 21,5x35,5 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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Historically Significant Archive of Twenty Autograph Letters, Nineteen Signed by William Hardy...
Early Original Letters Documenting the Beginnings of Hardyville and the Arizona Territory

[Historically Significant Archive of Twenty Autograph Letters, Nineteen Signed by William Hardy and Addressed to His Business Partner John G. Garrison and one Letter from Garrison to Hardy, Describing the Pioneering Days of Hardyville (now Bullhead City) and Prescott, Including the Construction of the first Dwellings, Skirmishes with the Native...

San Francisco, Hardy’s Landing, Hardyville, and Sacramento: 1862-1868. Twenty letters written on single pieces of paper or bifoliums, from ca.....

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Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre...
Burials in Rio de Janeiro

[Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro: Ca. 1813-1816. Folio (ca. 33x20 cm). 4 pp., with two integral blank leaves, tied with two pink...

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Two Historically Important Expedition Autograph Letters Signed "Yours Most Truely Dr. Barth" from...
Rare Expedition Letters Written by Dr. Heinrich Barth on his way back from Timbuktu

[Two Historically Important Expedition Autograph Letters Signed "Yours Most Truely Dr. Barth" from Tejerri and Murzuk (Libya) to Frederic Warrington (British Consul in Murzuk) and Richard Reade (British Acting Consul in Tripoli) Describing Barth's Experiences and Impressions on His Expedition to Timbuktu; With: A Mounted Carte-de-Visite Photograph of Heinrich Barth.]

Tejerri & Mourzuk (Libya): 1855. Tejerri 5 July 1855 and Mourzuk 19 July 1855. Two bifolia manuscript letters each ca...

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Original Autograph Signed Manuscript in French on the Maroons (Escaped Slaves) of Suriname in...
Manuscript on the Aluku Maroons of Suriname

[Original Autograph Signed Manuscript in French on the Maroons (Escaped Slaves) of Suriname in French Guiana Including their Customs, Society, and their Relations with the French Colonial Administration, Titled (In French):] Renseignemens sur les Nègres marrons de Surinam [Information on the Maroons of Suriname].

Signed Barthelemy, Cayenne, October 5th, 1837. Manuscript ca. 28.5 x 19 cm (11 ¼ x 7 ¼ in.). 9 p....

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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 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 Letter Signed by California Gold Miner and Future Pioneer of Seattle, Timothy Hinkley,...
Northern California Gold Rush Letter

[Autograph Letter Signed by California Gold Miner and Future Pioneer of Seattle, Timothy Hinkley, with an Early Description of the Weaverville Gold Mining Town, Mentioning its Stores, Hotels, “Gambling Halls and Whorehouses,” as well as the “Shasta Courier” Gold Mining Newspaper Founded by his Brother].

Weaver Creek, Trinity County, California: 1 June 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove...

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Autograph Letter Signed “Meredith” to James McFesters, the Mayor of Bowmanville, Regarding...
Russian Guns Captured During the Crimean War and Transferred to Canada

[Autograph Letter Signed “Meredith” to James McFesters, the Mayor of Bowmanville, Regarding Russian Guns Captured During the Crimean War and Transferred to Canada].

Toronto: Secretary's Office, 19 May 1859. Folio (ca. 33x20,5 cm). 2 pp., with an integral blank leaf. Brown ink on...

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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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Sepia Watercolour and Ink Painting:] Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado - Drawn from Nature by J....
Attractive Watercolour of Mount Holy Cross, Colorado by a Listed Artist

[Sepia Watercolour and Ink Painting:] Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado - Drawn from Nature by J. Dynes. Quebec V.C. [Canada].

1879. Mounted on period board with manuscript title on recto and verso. One small spot mildly rubbed, otherwise a very...

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Historically Early and Important Autograph Letter Signed from Whaling Master Geo[rge] Crocker to...
Early Years of American Whaling in the South Pacific

[Historically Early and Important Autograph Letter Signed from Whaling Master Geo[rge] Crocker to his Business Partner in New Bedford, MA, Merchant John Russell, Dated Mowee [Lahaina?, Maui], Nov. 29th,1834. This Content Rich Letter Describes the Crew Including Native Hawaiians, Conditions on the Ship Including a Hurricane, Punishments and Injuries the...

[Lahaina?, Maui]: Nov. 29th,1834. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25 x 20.5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink written in a legible hand...

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Interesting Content Rich Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife with a Description of Temples and...
Description of Temples and Antiquities in Athens

[Interesting Content Rich Autograph Letter Signed to His Wife with a Description of Temples and Other Antiquities of Athens, Including the Acropolis, the Prison where Socrates was Sentenced to Death, the “Bema” or pulpit “where Demosthenes and other orators went to address the people," Hill of Areopagus, Temple of Hephaestus...

Athens: 6 December 1851. Quarto (ca. 27x21 cm). 7 pp. On two bifoliums. Brown ink on bluish wove paper, addressed...

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Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la...
First American Ascent of Aconcagua

[Typewritten Manuscript Account of the Fifth Ascent of Aconcagua, by British Climber Edward de la Motte and American Mountaineer James Ramsey Ullman, Being also the First American Ascent of Aconcagua, Titled:] Horcones Valley and Aconcagua. February/March 1928.

Ca. 1928. Quarto (ca. 28,5x22 cm). 25 numbered leaves of typewritten text. Occasional period ink corrections in text. Vertical centrefold...

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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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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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Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760-1825 - French Cartographer and...
Original Letter on Mapping the Plain of Bournabat

[Autograph Letter Signed to Jean-Denis Barbie du Bocage (1760-1825 - French Cartographer and Geographer) About a Geometrical map of the Plain of Bournabat Along with a View of Mount Sipylos].

Smyrna [Turkey]: 27 Thermidor, year 11 (14 August 1802). Quarto (ca. 24x19,5 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on laid paper...

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Anonymous Period French Manuscript Account of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 Titled:]...
Original Manuscript on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

[Anonymous Period French Manuscript Account of Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia in 1812 Titled:] Campaigne de Russie. Toujour victorieux depuis 19 ans, Napoleon revait la conquete du monde, et les limites de la terre semblaiens trop rapprochee, pour fixer le terme de ses exploits!...

[ca. 1820-1825]. Folio (ca. 32,5x22 cm), 73, [2] stitched with a string. Brown ink on watermarked lined paper, text in...

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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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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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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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