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Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Construction on Cape Bailov/Bayil in Baku. Ca. 1910s.
by [Azerbaijan - Baku]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Seventeen loose gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in). Three photos with pencil captions in Russian on verso. One photo with a tear on the corner neatly repaired; overall a very good collection of interesting strong images.
Rare original photographs of a construction site on Cape Bailov (Baku), possibly an auxiliary building to the Bibi-Eybat electric plant (built in 1901). The photos show different states of construction in summer and winter, the shores of the Bay of Baku with boats and steamers and portray workers and engineers. Two photos feature a sailor in the uniform of the “Kars” steamship, which joined the Russian naval fleet on the Caspian Sea in 1911. One of the photos has an extensive pencil note on verso detailing the history of the “Kars’” naval service. The distant shore of the Bay of Baku on one of the photos shows the building of the Russian “Kavkaz i Merkuriy” steamship company which operated on the Caspian Sea and Volga and Kama Rivers. Overall an interesting collection showing the development in the area next to the modern-day port of Baku in the early 20th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Globus Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- P8
- Title
- Collection of Seventeen Large Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Construction on Cape Bailov/Bayil in Baku. Ca. 1910s.
- Author
- [Azerbaijan - Baku]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Photography, Middle East & Islamic World, AZERBAIJAN, BAKU
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About Globus Rare Books & Archives
Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers' Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success.
Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints.
Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections.
We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers.
We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers.
You can browse our collections in person during the shop's opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.
Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints.
Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections.
We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers.
We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers.
You can browse our collections in person during the shop's opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.
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