Search Results: Titles starting with A from Globus Rare Books & Archives

Oblong Small Folio album ca. 25x31,5 cm (9 ¾ x 12 ¼ in). 47 card stock leaves (3 blank). With ca. 320 mounted (in corners or pasted on) gelatin silver photos, from ca. 11x13,5 cm (4 ¼ x 5 ¼ in) to ca. 6x9,5 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¾ in). Over twenty photos with period ink manuscript captions on the lower margins. About ten photos of oil drilling in Texas and Louisiana with period ink, pencil or typewritten captions on verso; several photos are with the ink stamps of “Fox Tone Picture, San Antonio, Texas” (some are also with ink dates “Sep. 1929”) on verso. Period style black pebbled cloth album. Lower right corners of the mounts with minor tears and losses, a few photos with minor creases, silvering or mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting strong photos.Historically significant… Read More

Quarto (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand.Historically interesting original letter, containing an early reference to the Republicans in California. The author, Lewis D. Adkison, originally from Peru (Miami Co., IN), spent over twelve years in the Yuba county, at first running a general store in Oak Valley and later serving as a county sheriff. In the letter to George R. Bearss (1834 – ca. 1860), a son of his former employer from Peru (IN) Daniel Robert Bearss (1809-1884), Adkison conveys the latest news from the Oak Valley and discusses California politics. He talks about the elections to the California State Senate (which took place just a week earlier, on November 4, 1856), the loss of Democrat candidates, including a former representative of the Yuba County Dr.… Read More

Steel engraving, print size 39x34,5 cm on a large sheet 65,5x48,5 cm. “B.R. Davies direxit., J. Thomson sculpt.” underneath the image. With an engraved title in Russian and Lazarev’s coat of arms engraved on the lower margin. Blank margins with minor repaired tears, creases on the upper and lower blank margins not affecting the images, overall a very good print.Official portrait of Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (1788-1851), Russian naval officer, circumnavigator, and the discoverer of Antarctica. The print engraved in England on the special order of the Russian Naval Ministry shows Lazarev in his late years, as the Chief of Staff of the Black Sea Fleet (since 1832); the Admiral is depicted waist length, dressed in uniform with all his regalia and holding a spyglass under his left arm. His name under the portrait is adorned with the coat of… Read More

Thirty original watercolours on paper, from ca. 8,5x17,5 cm (3 ¼ x 7 in) to ca. 8,5x12,5 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¾ in), mounted within ink-drawn frames on the original white, greyish and greenish album leaves ca. 21x27,5 cm (8 ¼ x 11 in). All but one captioned and dated in period ink on the mounts. Period style brown half morocco album with gilt tooled spine and pebbled cloth boards, Several leaves with minor stains on the lower right blank corners of the mounts, not affecting the watercolours, otherwise a very good album of bright attractive watercolours.Attractive album of bright watercolour views drawn by a British traveller to the Holy Land in the spring of 1893. Dated between March 4th – April 27th, 1893, the watercolours include two views of Jaffa (city waterfront and the house of Simon the Tanner where St. Peter stayed during his… Read More

Nine original watercolours on paper, from ca. 12,5x17,5 cm (5 x 6 ¾ in) to ca. 6,5x12,5 cm (2 ½ x 5 in), mounted within ink-drawn frames on the original white album leaves ca. 21x27,5 cm (8 ¼ x 11 in). All watercolours captioned and dated in period ink on the mounts. Period style dark green morocco album with a gilt tooled spine and cloth boards. Several leaves with minor stains on the lower blank right corners of the mounts, not affecting the watercolours, otherwise a very good collection.An attractive album of bright watercolour views drawn by a British traveller during his Nile cruise in the winter of 1892-1893. Dated between December 1892 and February 25th 1893, the watercolours show Assouan (Aswan), Cairo, Girgeh (Girga), the ancient Thebes, the Great Pyramids of Giza, and the pyramids of Meidum and Saqqara. Overall a beautiful… Read More

Oblong Folio (ca. 28x38 cm). 26 leaves. 26 large albumen photographs ca. 20,5x26 cm (8 x 10 ¼ in) mounted on 26 stiff cardboard leaves. All photographs numbered and captioned in negative, 15 photographs with custom made labels with type written text. Period brown gilt lettered half morocco with cloth boards neatly rebacked and re-cornered in style with new endpapers. A few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album with interesting photosThe album includes early large photographs of the main sites of Nikko, a mountainous resort approximately 140 km north of Tokyo, which became especially popular among foreign visitors in the end of the 19th century. The photographs show Hatsuishi Street (numbered 1197), the Sacred Bridge (748) leading to the Futarasan Shrine, Manganji Garden (1129 and 1132), and a large group of views of the Tosho-gu Shrine. The… Read More

Oblong Folio (ca. 26x33 cm). 45 black stock leaves. With over 280 mounted original gelatin silver photographs from ca. 11x16 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ½ in) to ca. 5,5x8 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in). Several photos captioned in negative, ca. thirty with period ink captions on verso. Many photos bear ink stamp “Chateau Sauty’s Studio Print De Luxe, Hawaiian Islands” on verso. With eight mounted real photo postcards ca. 8,5x13,5 cm (3 ½ x 5 ¼ in). With eleven mounted colour printed postcards with Hawaiian views. With four negatives of family photos ca. 6x9 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¾ in) loosely inserted. Period brown faux leather album fastened with string. Binding rubbed on extremities, a few images mildly faded, several photos possibly previously removed, but overall a very good album of interesting photos.Interesting private… Read More

Five cut-out portraits drawn in ink, pencil and watercolour drawings each ca. 21 x 12.5 cm (8 ½ x 5 in.) or smaller, mounted on brown, beige or white leaves each ca. 28.5 x 22 cm (11 ¼ x 8 ½ in.). Two drawings are woven into their leaves with ribbons, two drawings have thin ribbons pasted on top. All are signed “CP” in period manuscript brown ink on drawing or leaves and titled in period manuscript black ink on the leaves, with hand-drawn embellishments in ink. Period style brown half calf album with gilt tooled spine and marbled paper boards. Two leaves have stains along fore-edge but overall a very good album of attractive watercolours.This historically interesting album of Indian school portraits were perhaps used as the original archetype illustrations for the book by Montstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) titled “An Account… Read More

Oblong Folio album (ca. 22,5x33,5 cm). 28 card stock leaves (9 blank). With 106 gelatin silver photographs (1 loosely inserted). Some of the photos mounted with tape, some photos with corner mounts, some glued. Four larger images ca. 20,5x25 cm (8 x 10 in), smaller images from ca. 10x12,5 (4 x 5 in) to 9x8,5 (3 ½ x 3 ½ in). Many photos with the printed stamp “U.S. Coast Guard Official Photo Eastwind” on verso. Most of the photos with period blue ink captions on verso, ca. 20 photos with captions on negatives. With 7 newspaper clippings of various sizes (2 loosely inserted) and 1 mounted postcard with the compiler’s manuscript note. Front cover suede, back cover cloth album fastened with a string; front cover embossed “Photo Album.” Mild wear of extremities, a few photos with mild silvering, but overall a very good… Read More

Folio (ca. 31,5x26,5 cm or 12 ¼ x 10 ¼ in). 21 card stock leaves. With 100 mounted original photographs. Among them are ninety-two albumen and gelatin silver photos, including a large image ca. 19x27,5 cm (7 ½ x 11 in) and over fifty large photos ca. 17x23 cm (6 ¾ x 9 in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 11,5x16,5 cm (4 ½ x 6 ½ in) to ca. 5x9 cm (2 x 3 ½ in); eight cyanotypes, each ca. 6,5x8,5 cm (2 ½ x 3 ¼ in). Over seventy images with period manuscript ink or pencil captions on special labels mounted underneath, on the album leaves or the margins of the photos. Four photos are captioned and signed “N.D. Phot.” in negative. Period style maroon half morocco with cloth boards. Mounts slightly soiled and waved, three photos with minor damage or losses on the extremities, a few… Read More

Oblong Small Folio album ca. 25,5x32 cm (10 x 12 ½ in). 22 card stock leaves (2 blank). With 110 mounted gelatin silver photos, including a two-part panorama ca. 11,5x34 cm (4 ½ x 13 ½ in) and thirty-nine larger photos ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ½ in); the rest of the photos are ca. 7,5x10,5 cm (3x4 in). All but about ten photos with period ink or pencil manuscript captions on the mounts (some captions relate to several images). Period black full cloth album, neatly recased. Several of the smaller photos mildly faded, several with visible defects of negatives, but overall a very good album with interesting photographs.Historically significant extensive collection of original photos of French colonial Madagascar in the early 1900s. Most likely, taken and collected by a French military officer, the album includes twenty-eight large… Read More

Oblong Quarto (ca. 26,5x32 cm). 17 card stock album leaves. With 84 mounted and three loosely inserted original gelatin silver photographs of various size, from ca. 11x18,5 cm (4 ¼ x 7 ¼ in) to ca. 4x5 cm (1 ½ x 2 in). Most photos with manuscript white ink captions in traditional Mongolian script on the mounts. With five leaves of tissue paper with period typewritten notes and commentaries in Russian, mounted on verso of the album leaves. Original brown full cloth binding with blind-stamped floral ornaments and a faded gilt-stamped title in traditional Mongolian script on the front board. One leaf slightly detached from the stub, a couple of photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of strong interesting photos.Historically significant content-rich original visual source on the first years of the State Sanitary-Bacteriological Institute… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 18x29 cm (7 ¼ x 11 ¼ in). 67 black card stock leaves (including eight blank at the rear). With 63 mounted gelatin silver photos, all ca. 8,5x8,5 cm (3 ¼ x 3 ¼ in). All photos with period white ink captions and dates on the mounts (captions relate to one or two images). With manuscript white ink title on the second leaf and extensive manuscript notes on separate leaves. Period brown sheep album fastened with a string; gilt-lettered title “Photographs” on the front board; paper labels “Savaco Photograph Album” and “A. Carlisle & Co., Printers, Stationers, Lithographers, San Francisco” on the inner side of the rear board. Album slightly rubbed on extremities, a couple of photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting strong photos.Interesting collection of… Read More

Oblong Folio album ca. 31x41 cm (12 ¼ x 16 in). 29 card stock leaves. With 194 mounted gelatin silver photos, including ca. 140 larger images ca. 8,5x14 cm (3 ¼ x 5 ½ in). The rest of the photos are ca. 6,5x11 cm (2 ½ x 4 ¼ in). All but about a dozen photos with period black ink manuscript captions on the mounts (related to a group of images or individual photos); some captions are extensive notes of four to over twenty lines. With a loosely inserted gelatin silver photo ca. 19x28 cm (7 ½ x 10 ¾ in); two period manuscript pencil notes on verso. Period brown half sheep album with cloth boards, neatly recased; decorative endpapers; paper label of “W. Johnson & Sons, London” on the rear pastedown endpaper. The boards slightly soiled, corners slightly bumped, a few photos mildly faded or with mild… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 18x27 cm (7 x 10 ¾ in). 16 card stock leaves (plus over thirty blank at rear). With 74 mounted gelatin silver photos (some issued as real photo postcards), mostly from ca. 10,5x16,5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¾ in) to ca. 8x14 cm (3 ¾ x 5 ½ in); five smaller photos at rear are ca. 5x6,5 cm (2 x 2 ½ in) or slightly smaller. One photo captioned in negative “U.S.S. Dale at 17 knots, enroute to Hong Kong, China,” several photos numbered in negative, otherwise no captions. One photo mounted on the studio card of “Lai Chong, North Cze Chun Rd., Shanghai.” Period black full cloth album with the paper label of “The Heinn Co., Milwaukee” on the inner side of the front board. Binding neatly repaired on hinges, a couple of photos very mildly faded, one of the photos on the first… Read More

Oblong Folio (ca. 27x35 cm). 6 card stock leaves. With 41 mounted albumen photos, including 39 smaller ones, ca. 11x16 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in) and two large images ca. 22x28 cm (8 ¾ x11 in). All photos with period ink captions in French on the mounts; three photos are dated 1895 in ink. Period style black half morocco with black cloth boards; all edges gilt. Album leaves slightly waved, several leaves slightly soiled, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting photos.Attractive collection of lively original photos of British Hong Kong, from the 1890s. Apparently compiled by a French visitor or resident of the colony, the album contains a classic view of the city taken from Victoria Peak, several photos of the Peak (including the Peak Hotel), a series of views of the “Public Garden” (now Hong Kong… Read More

Oblong Octavo album (ca. 15.5x20.5 cm). 11 brown card stock leaves. With 24 mounted gelatin silver photos, ca. 11x16.5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ½ in) and slightly smaller, all captioned in detail in manuscript black ink on mounts and all dated and initialled F.A. Period brown stiff card covers album titled on front cover "Photos. " Covers with some minor wear at extremities, but overall a very good album with strong sharp images.Historically interesting album of original gelatin silver photos taken on a voyage S.S. Boveric through the Strait of Magellan and include views of: Stern of S.S. Boveric in a gale 200 miles from the Strait of Magellan; Gale in South Atlantic; southern Patagonian channels (x2); Entrance of Chasm Reach (x2); English Narrows (x5); Glacier in Sarmiento Channel (x2); Indians coming alongside, in dug-out canoe; Plaza showing Cathedral,… Read More

Oblong Folio (ca. 25x32,5 cm). 6 card stock leaves. With 23 mounted albumen photos, all ca. 12,5x17 cm (5 x 6 ½ in) and two large images ca. 22x28 cm (8 ¾ x 11 in). Eleven photos with period pencil captions in Russian on the mounts; the first and the last leaves are with later pencil notes in Russian: “1895. Dad’s photos - Tashkent” and “Tashkent.”. Period style green half morocco with cloth boards; all edges coloured. A few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album with interesting rare early photos.Historically significant collection of early, original, well-preserved albumen rare studio photos of Tashkent (then the capital of the Syr-Darya Oblast of Russian Turkestan, now the capital of Uzbekistan). Eleven images are supplemented with the photographer’s pencil captions; the first leaf bears a later pencil… Read More

Oblong Folio album (ca. 22x31,5 cm). 17 card stock leaves (with two remaining tissue guards). With 35 mounted studio gelatin silver photographs, each ca. 18x24 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in). All but two photos with printed captions on small paper labels mounted on the photos’ lower corners, one photo signed by the photographer in negative (“Máas, Asunción”), two photos with period manuscript notes on the margin or the title label. Period ink presentation inscription on the front pastedown, dated 1929. Period brown full cloth album fastened with a string; paper label with a typewritten title “Paraguay” on the front cover. Binding slightly worn on extremities and loosened on hinges, several mounts with minor creases on extremities, one of the caption labels missing the right part, but overall a very good album of strong interesting… Read More

Oblong Folio album (ca. 27,5x35,5 cm). 31 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 238 mounted gelatin silver photographs, including a three-part panorama ca. 8x29 cm (3 x 11 ½ in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 8x15 cm (3 x 5 ¾ in) to ca. 5x7,5 cm (2x3 in). Most photos with period white pencil captions in German on the mounts. Period brown half cloth album with marbled papered boards; gilt-lettered title “Afrikanische Erinnerungen” on the front board. A few images very mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting strong photographs.Historically significant well-annotated album of original photos, taken and collected by a German Schutztruppe officer, employed during the construction of the Lüderitz-Keetmanshoop railway in German Southwest Africa in 1905-1907. The album contains several images documenting the Herero and… Read More