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Mannering, Eva (selected and introduced by)
Pierre-Joseph Redoute: Roses 2
London: The Ariel Press 1956. 1st. Soft cover. Good. 16.0x11.7x0.3in. lacking dust jacket soiling to covers. <br>Contains 24 color plates printed one-side only each 16 x 11 inches. <br>40pp 1.64lb 16.0x11.7x0.3in The Ariel Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23188
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Dunthorne, Gordon
Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries
Washington D.C.: Gordon Dunthorne 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 13.5x10.0x1.6in. in slipcase 1 of 750 subscriber's edition; a few spots of foxing on pastedowns and endpapers interior clean and bright slipcase bumped at upper back corner soiled on bottom edge. <br>275pp 5.24lb 13.5x10.0x1.6in Gordon Dunthorne hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12620
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Wheat, Carl I
Mapping the Transmississippi West Volume 5 Part 2 From the Civil War to the Geological Survey
San Francisco CA: The Institute of Historical Cartography 1963. 1st. Hardcover. As New. 14.4x10.8x1.6in. 1/4 green leather spine linen boards; in plain brown wrapper. <br>The final volume in the six volume set with page numbers 223-487: From the Civil War to the Geological Survey with a biblio-cartography of all maps considered in Volume Five Part One and Part Two plus an Alphabetical Index of all maps in Volumes One through Five. <br>265pp 5.55lb 14.4x10.8x1.6in The Institute of Historical Cartography hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11611
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RITCHIE, JAMES & WESTRA, ANS (Photography)
Maori
New Zealand: REED 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Shelf wear and edging to dust jacket. tears and soiling throughout dust jacket. Signed by James Ritchie on title page. <br/> <br/> REED hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006532
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John Everard
In Camera
London: Robert Hale 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Boards a little marked with slight rubbing. No D/J. Darkening to end papers. Robert Hale hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 724152
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Geldzahler, Henry (text) and Louis K Meisel (essay)
Charles Bell: The Complete Works 1970-1990
New York: Harry N. Abrams 1991. Hardcover. As New/As New. 10.0x10.6x0.9in. Inscribed by Illustrators. inscribed by Charles Bell in 1991. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>With 196 illustrations including 145 plates in full color. <br>144pp 2.76lb 10.0x10.6x0.9in Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31379 ISBN : 0810931141 9780810931145
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Lord Lichfield
A Private View
Singapore: Shangri-La Hotal No date. Hardcover. Good/No D/J as Published. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Boards and spine a little marked with rubbing to edges and dent to bottom edge of rear. Shangri-La Hotal hardcover
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - IRAQ AND PERSIA].
Two photo albums of Red Sea Ports Mesopotamia and Bushehr.
Iran and Iraq 1917. Contemporary cloth one album in in red and one in grey with 'Kodak' lettered in gold on the front board and a black classical meander border tooled near the foot. The albums are kept together by a black ribbon. Oblong 8vo ca. 15.5 x 20 cm. With 191 resp. 95 and 96 gelatin silver prints all ca. 4 x 6 cm. 2 volumes. Remarkable set of Kodak photo albums with nearly 200 photographs of military life and the oil industry in Iran and Iraq in the early 20th century. The photographs were most likely taken by the compiler of the albums and show scenes from his daily life. Most of them are captioned. Included are images of Persian oil fields Abu Zenema Sinai coast Port Sudan Bushehr Basra various locations along the Tigris Euphrate and Shatt al-Arab rivers Ashwaz and Shush. The photographs also show locals involved in various activities including races shark hunting and selling wares. The compiler of the album was likely a British soldier who was stationed in Basra and other locations in Iran and Iraq after the First World War.The edges and corners of both albums are slightly scuffed with a few light stains on the back board of the red album. The paper on which the photographs are mounted is slightly browned ten of the photos have either creased corners or a damaged surface some photographs a little loose within their windows missing a photo on the final page of the red album. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48426
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Baharnaz, M R
Nomads Of Iran: Photographs Of Iranian Tribes
Tehran: Farhang-Sara Publications 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Color Photographic Plates Throughout. Hardcover. First Printing 1994. Fine Inscription On Front Endpaper In Near Fine Dj With Touch Of Wear At Corners. <br/> <br/> Farhang-Sara Publications hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 058105
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - JERUSALEM].
Photo album of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem 1880. Later black shark leather. Ca. 20 x 15 cm. With 20 albumen prints each ca. 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Portable album with twenty late 19th-century photographs of various locations in Jerusalem primarily the Western Wall the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Mosque of Omar. The carte-de-visite size images are beautifully sharp and clear with rich tonal quality. They depict both the interior and exterior of the mosques with great detail showcasing the beauty of Islamic architecture.With an owner's inscription in Arabic on the front pastedown. The tissue paper guards are partly browned. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48518
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - SHARJAH].
The Blue Souk in Sharjah.
Sharjah 1980. Housed in a clear plastic folder with a piece of cardboard for protection. Ca. 19.5 x 29 cm. One photograph. Beautiful glossy press photograph of the Souk al-Markazi or Blue Souk in Sharjah. The impressive building was designed by British architects Michael Lyle & Partners and completed in 1978. Meant to ressemble a traditional bazaar it is one of the most iconic buildings in Sharjah and serves as the main shopping centre. The present photograph of the souk was taken in January 1980 for the Sunday edition of Associated Press News APN. It accompanied an article by Elias Antar dates unknown about the United Arab Emirates. The description by APN that would have come with the photograph when it was requested for use is included on the back.The lower right corner of the photograph is slightly creased without affecting the image. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48493
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - PALESTINE - LEBANON - EGYPT].
Album with 128 photographs of Palestine and Lebanon.
1940. Contemporary embossed brown calf with flowers on the front and back board and an aluminium view of David's Tower and Jerusalem's old city wall embedded in the front board. Oblong album 30 x 20 cm. With 128 gelatin silver prints most ca. 6.5 x 9.5 cm. Beautiful album with 128 photographs of Egypt and Palestine present day Israel and the West Bank during the British Mandate. It was likely compiled by a British soldier who was stationed in the Middle East during the 1940s. Some of the photographs are numbered in the negative and may have been made by important photographers active in the area at the time like G. Eric Matson and his wife Edith the founders of the Matson Photo Service. The images show Cairo and various locations in Palestine including Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth Tiberias Sea of Galilee Nathanya Tel Aviv the Jordan river Haifa Beirut and the Dead Sea. Other than important locations like churches and gates the photographs also show many locals including for example street barbers in Cairo shepherds and farmers in Palestine and beautifully dressed women in Haifa. In the back of the work a few dried leaves from local plants have been mounted namely orange lemon fig eucalyptus grapevine and mulberry. The eucalyptus leaf still retains some of its scent.The edges and vorners of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine and around the edges of the embedded aluminium plate. The photographs mounted on the inside of the front board are slightly stained the fig leaf mounted on one of the final pages is damaged and the cyprus leaf is missing. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48425
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - CAR SHOW].
Car show.
1970. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Eight photographs all ca. 9 x 12.5 cm. Collection of photographs from the 1970s of a Nissan car show in which the newest models were presented. The show most likely took place in Saudi Arabia where Nissan had a strong presence at the time.The photographs have an orange hue because of fading of the dyes which is common in photographs of this time period. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48729
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - HOLY CARPET]. RAU, William Herman and Roddo York YOUNG (photographers).
Holy carpet.
1900. Mounted on cardboard. Various sizes. With two stereographic cards and one photographic print. Collection of three early twentieth century photographs taken by American photographers showing the holy carpet and a street scene in Yemen. The holy carpet was woven every year by the best Egyptian craftsmen. It was then placed into the mahmal a special reliquary and carried to Mecca where it would cover the Kaaba during hajj. The present stereographs show the arrival of the carpet in Cairo and Damascus. The photograph of Yemen is of a later date.The stereograph from Damascus was taken by William Herman Rau 1855-1920 a photographer from Pennsylvania. He became the photographer for the United States government expedition and traveled around the world to observe the transit of Venus. In 1881 he briefly worked in Egypt Palestine and Syria. The image of the holy carpet was likely taken during this time although the present stereographic print is of a later date. The photograph of Cairo was taken by Roddo York Young 1871-1955 an American photographer who worked around the world.Both stereographs have printed text on the back explaining the image. The stereographic cards have been warped but the images themselves are in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48720
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - MIDDLE EAST].
Collection of eleven snapshots from the Middle East.
Iraq 1920. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. With 11 snapshots all ca. 6 x 9 cm. Collection of 11 snapshots from the early 1920s likely taken by a British soldier stationed in the Middle East. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly where these photographs were taken but presumably in Mesopotamia present day Iraq. Great Britain was actively involved in Mesopotamia from 1914-1932. Prior to the First World War a large portion of the Middle East was in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. However when the Ottomans sided with Germany in 1914 Great Britain sent forces to Mesopotamia to protect the Anglo-Persian oil fields. The British army initially suffered a major defeat but eventually gained the upper hand and captured Baghdad in 1917. In 1920 after the Ottoman Empire was partitioned the United Kingdom formally established control in the region under a mandate of the League of Nations. However the Iraqi people resented this idea and revolted. In 1922 Great Britain and Iraq then signed the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty in which Iraq was given the right for self-government while Great Britain stayed in control of the country's foreign policy. This would last until Iraq's independence in 1932.The present snapshots were taken in the early days of British control in the region and depict the atmosphere at the time. They show the daily life of locals including women collecting water from the river men standing guard and the hustle and bustle in the streets. Also included are various group photos of British soldiers and locals.The photographs show some traces of wear around the corners and edges but are overall in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48727
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA].
Collection of thirteen press photographs.
1930. Kept in a brown kraft paper envelope. With 13 gelatin silver prints various sizes. A collection of thirteen press photographs from the 1930s showing Saudi Arabian leaders during diplomatic visits to Europe. The beautifully sharp and clear photographs give a good impressions of what these events must have been like at the time. Most of the photographs come with the text that would have accompanied them when they were published in a newspaper and are stamped on the back by the press agency that had the rights for publication. We have not been able to find any of these photographs in online archives.Four of the images show Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1906-1975 during a diplomatic visit to Great Britain. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Faisal was very intelligent and was given numerous important duties as a result. He was sent on a five-month long diplomatic visit to Great Britain and France when he was just 13 and achieved his first military successes when he was 16. He succeeded his half brother as king of Saudi Arabia in 1964 and became a well-loved ruler. The present photographs however show his visit to Great Britain in 1939. In particular his visit to the Royal Air Force stations in Middlesex and Northolt where he viewed the Hawker Hurricane planes which he considered to buy for the Royal Saudi Air Force. After his return however he decided against it.The other photographs show Fuad Bey Hamza 1899-1951 the Saudi ambassador in France and Fakry Pacha dates unknown the Egyptian ambassador in France during an Eid al-Fitr celebration in Paris in 1939 a portrait of Sheikh Sir Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah 1895-1965 the 11th ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait and the Kaaba in Mecca during hajj.Some of the photographs are slightly discoloured or creased around the corners. Mostly in very good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48597
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA].
Lawrence of Arabia.
1962. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One glossy photograph ca. 20 x 26 cm. Promotional picture for Lawrence of Arabia 1962 the epic adventure drama based on the life of T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935. Lawrence was a diplomat and an officer in the British army known for his role during the Arab Revolt 1916-1918 and the Sinai and Palestine campaign 1915-1918. Because of his activities and his abilities to describe his experiences vividly he became widely known. The film based on his life is still very influential and often considered one of the best films of all time.Slightly creased around the edges with some ink marks and small brown stains in the top half somewhat affecting the image. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALGERIA].
Sahara Algérien - la prière.
1880. Mounted on grey/green cardboard ca. 28 x 39 cm with a black border around the albumen print. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One albumen print ca. 21 x 27.5 cm. Large format albumen print showing three Arabic men at prayer in the Algerian desert. The image is numbered and titled in the negative and signed with the initials "ND" a photographer who is otherwise unknown. The present photograph is part of a series of images of the same three men in various praying positions. On the present work they demonstrate ruku the bowing position.The cardboard is slightly discoloured scratched along the top margin with creased lower corners. The albumen print itself is slightly creased and scratched only visible in raking light with some insect droppings in the top right corner. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48719
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - KING FAISAL].
King Faisal.
1970. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Ca. 40 x 30.5 cm. Two large photographic prints. Two large photographs of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1906-1975 during the later years of his reign 1964-1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. His intelligence was already apparent from a young age and he was chosen to represent his father in international forums as a result. He was sent on a five-month long diplomatic visit to Great Britain and France when he was just 13 and became Saudi Arabia's first Minister of Foreign Affairs at the age of 25. He succeeded his half-brother as King of Saudi Arabia in 1964 and became a well-loved ruler until he was shot in 1975.The corners are slightly creased with a small vertical tear in the left margin of one of the photographs not affecting the image. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48731
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - MIDDLE EAST].
Arabic men praying outside.
1880. Tipped onto a stiff paper mount ca. 40 x 30 cm. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One albumen print ca. 22.5 x 27.5 cm. Striking image of a large group of Arabic men dressed in white engaged in prayer on a field. The large image was likely taken by a photographer who was active in the Middle East in the late 19th-century but is unfortunately unsigned.The edges are somewhat discoloured and the corners are creased from a past mounting method. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48723
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAIT].
Arabic Bedouin.
1935. Mounted on beige cardboard ca. 33.5 x 25.5 cm with a gold-coloured border around the photograph. Kept in a clear plastic folder. One photographic print ca. 30.5 x 23.5 cm signed and dated. 1 photograph. Beautiful large portrait of an Arabic Bedouin in excellent condition. The work is dated in pencil to the year 1935. The signature is unfortunately unclear.Signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner of the cardboard "M Monneto. Été 1935". The cardboard is torn in the lower margin not affecting the photograph. The photograph itself is in very good condition. ABE CAT Anthropology & Ethnography ABE CAT Middle East Arabian Peninsula unknown
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA - KUWAIT].
Collection of twelve photographs capturing daily life in Saudi Arabia in the 1950s.
Saudi Arabia or Kuwait 1954. Ca. 28.8 x 22.8 cm sheet size: ca. 35.3 x 27.8 cm. Kept in clear plastic folder. Twelve photographic prints all signed and dated. 12 photographs. Remarkable collection of twelve photographs showing daily life of a community in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait in a time before oil wealth. The photographed people are likely all members of the same family. The moving images show the children engaged in wool spinning playing music on homemade instruments or posing in front of a wooden shed with their mother. The men are shown playing music and engaged in falconry. The beautifully captured portraits truly offer a glimpse into the lives and personalities of these people. All photographs are signed and dated by hand. They must have been made by a skilled photographer but the signature is unfortunately unclear. The corners of some of the photographs are very slightly creased otherwise in excellent condition. ABE CAT Anthropology & Ethnography ABE CAT Middle East Arabian Peninsula unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48728
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - FALCONRY].
Two Bedouins hunting with birds of prey.
1880. Tipped onto a stiff paper mount ca. 40 x 30 cm. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One albumen print ca. 22 x 27.5 cm. Striking large photograph of two Bedouins on horseback carrying large birds of prey for hunting. Bedouins have a long history of falconry as it was difficult for them to catch live prey in the desert otherwise. They typically captured the falcons trained them for a few months then released them back into the wild before breeding season. This tradition no longer exists in this manner as hunting is now forbidden throughout most of the Arabian Peninsula. As such the present photograph offers a unique insight into 19th-century falconry in the Arabian Desert.The edges are somewhat discoloured and the corners are creased from a past mounting method. Otherwise in very good condition. ABE CAT Falconry & Hunting ABE CAT Middle East Arabian Peninsula unknown
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Hongwei, Jin (photographs)
Solidification & Extension: Selected Photography Works of Jin Hongwei in the United States
Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House 2001. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 13.0x9.8x0.6in. Illustrated with 80 photographs in color. Text in English and Chinese. <br>160pp 2.72lb 13.0x9.8x0.6in Culture and Art Publishing House paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31486 ISBN : 7503920262 9787503920264
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Crouch, Daniel, Lucy Garrett, Noah Goldrach, Kate Hunter, Elena Napoleone, and Nick Trimming (editors)
The John W. Galiardo Collection of World Maps
London: Daniel Crouch Rare Books 2017. Soft cover. Fine. 10.6x8.3x0.5in. 37 maps are described and illustrated. <br>115pp 1.33lb 10.6x8.3x0.5in Daniel Crouch Rare Books paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31538 ISBN : 0995755817 9780995755819
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Ost, Daniel and Jean-Pierre Gabriel, text and Robert Dewilde, photography
Remaining Flowers
Tielt Belgium: Lannoo/Terra 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full page and double page color photographs; text in English French and Dutch; dust jacket has 3 short closed tears; with 144 pages. <br/> <br/> Lannoo/Terra hardcover
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - LATIN AMERICA].
Album with photographs engravings and drawings relating to Madeira Tenerife Brazil Argentina Uruguay and Chile.
1885. Contemporary gold-tooled dark purple quarter morocco brownish-purple pebble-grain cloth sides with a paper label "3" mounted on the front. Oblong ca. 38 x 27.5 cm. With 20 albumen prints 43 plates engraved and lithographed and 3 drawings. Remarkable album documenting the travels of HMS Calliope 1837-1883 a British warship in the first few years after her launch. The ship first sailed to Madeira and Tenerife after which she crossed the Atlantic Ocean to visit various harbour cities in Brazil Argentina Uruguay and Chile. Many of the illustrations and photographs include handwritten annotations about the ship's journey with the exact dates of when she arrived where. As such the album was likely compiled by someone who sailed on the ship during these years possibly a crew member. The album contains photographs drawings and plates relating to the places the Calliope visited between 1838-1840. It starts with photographs of Madeira and Tenerife like the Loo Rock in the harbour of Madeira locals carrying a tourist down the Pico Grande the town of Güímar in Tenerife and an age-old Dragon Tree. As the ship's next destination was Brazil the album contains a number of photographs and illustrations of Rio de Janeiro as well as a drawing of a picnic at the summit of the Corcovado. The Calliope then sailed to Buenos Aires and Santa Fe arriving in August 1838. This part of the album contains a drawing of a gaucho and 6 beautiful photographs by Samuel Boote 1844-1921 one of the most important photographers working in Argentina in the 19th century. His work shows the interior and exterior of the St. Felicitas Church in Santa Fe as well as daily life in this city. The ship then carried the British ambassador from Argentina to Montevideo arriving in June 1839 before continuing to Valparaíso. The final pages of the album contain a map of Montevideo views of Valparaíso and the mountains nearby and a drawing of a bridge.The plates in the album were taken from other works such as Journal of a voyage to Brazil 1824 by Maria Graham and A history of the Brazil 1821 by James Henderson. The photographs were taken in the 1880s which means the album must have been compiled several decades after this particular voyage of the Calliope. However as some of the annotations mention that a location looked different on the plate than when the Calliope arrived the album must have been compiled by a crew member.The Calliope sailed to China after the visit to Valparaíso to serve in the First Anglo-Chinese War 1839-1842. After she sailed to New Zealand and primarily operated in that region until she was converted into a floating chapel in 1855 and deconstructed in 1883. With the yellow bookseller's label of "A & N.C.S.Ld Stationery Dept. 105 Victoria St. S.W." mounted on the back pastedown. The leaves and plates are somewhat foxed likely lacking a plate or drawing on the recto of leaf 16. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
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Modica, Andrea (photographs) and J Michael Hoffman (anthropological descriptions)
Human Being
Tucson AZ: Nazraeli Press 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 12.0x9.7x0.5in. Signed by Authors. signed by photographer on title page limited to 1500 copies. <br>Published to coincide with exhibitions at Edwynn Houk Gallery New York May 10 to June 30 2001 and Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Colorado Springs June 8 - September 1 2002. <br>77pp 1.67lb 12.0x9.7x0.5in Nazraeli Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31616 ISBN : 1590050061 9781590050064
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Becker, Howard (introduction)
Exploring Society Photographically
Evanston IL: Mary and Leigh Block Gallery Northwestern University 1981. Soft cover. Fine. 12.0x9.0x0.3in. The catalogue of an exhibition at the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery Northwestern University Evanston Illinois October 16 to November 29 1981. Illustrated with black and white photographs accompanied by essays. <br>96pp 1.05lb 12.0x9.0x0.3in Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University paperback
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALHAMBRA - ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE]. LAURENT, Jean (photographer).
Photograph album containing pictures of the Alhambra and its Islamic architectural treasures.
Madrid 1870. Contemporary gold- and blind-stamped green leather with the intials "M.L.B." blind-stamped on the front board gold-tooled turn-ins green watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 62 x 46.5 cm. With 72 large size albumen photographic prints with architectural views including numerous views of Spanish and Western Islamic architectural treasures ca. 33.5 x 24.5 cm 3 large composite photographic panoramas the Alhambra and Granada Cordoba and San Sebastian and 5 photographs of people 3 handcoloured photographs of Spanish costumes and 2 portraits of a woman. 58 of the 72 photographs contain the name of photographer title and number of the image in the negative. An exceptional album with fine views of Sevilla Granada Cordoba San Sebastian and many more. The photographer Jean Laurent was born in France but opened a photo studio in Madrid in 1856. In 1858 the Spanish government commissioned him to photograph the construction of the railroad line from Madrid to Alicante. The results were published and exhibited in many places which brought him considerable success. From 1861-68 Laurent held the title of "Fotógrafo de S. M. la Reina" and produced photos of members of the Spanish royal family. His photo studio in Madrid became one of the best-known from his time which allowed him to open gallery in Paris where he exhibited and sold premium-quality prints from his work in Spain. Although he was interested in industrialisation and intended to convey the image of a modern and economically flourishing country his photographs of the more picturesque aspects of Spain became more popular. The present album contains 34 views of Western Islamic architectural structures and a large 4-part folding panorama of the Alhambra and Granada. Furthermore it contains two examples of photographs on leptographic paper a collodio-chloride printing paper which was sold ready to use. Its manufacture was perfected by Laurent in collaboration with Martínez-Sánchez in 1866.With some slight signs of wear around the spine and the corners of the boards the panorama views are mounted on grey cloth which is somewhat foxed not affecting the actual photograph the album leaves are very slightly browned. Overall in very good condition.l Hannavy Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography II 829/830. hardcover
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - INDIA - HUNTING].
Photograph album showing hunting society in Britsh India.
Cambridge Mumbai New Delhi: Scott & Wilkinson Clifton & Co Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros. 1933. Oblong half morocco photograph album by W. Johnson & sons London. With 105 photographs mounted in the album ranging from 16 x 28 cm to 4 x 6 cm 2 photographs loosely inserted and a watercolour mounted at the back 11.5 x 21 cm. Unique photograph album showcasing the vigorous "fox" hunting scene in British India in the early 1930s particularly around Delhi. Most of the photographs show members of the British upper class in India often mounted on horses or posing for a group photograph and accompanied by hounds. The album contains no titles captions or inscriptions and the photographs do not seem to figure recurring individuals which suggests that it was probably compiled to commemorate the hunting and or riding club and its activities in the early 1930s. Numerous photographs show groups of mostly men posing with hounds at lunches and possibly a hunt ball or mounted on horses at jumping events and even a few cup trophies. The very first photograph is by Scott & Wilkinson in Cambridge active before 1933 and was therefore probably taken in England. The other inscribed photographs are by Clifton & Co. and Hamilton Studios from Bombay and Kinsey Bros. which started in New Delhi in 1935.British life in India mirrored life in native Britain and included popular equestrian activities such as hunting. Starting in the second half of the 19th century foxhounds were imported from Britain and subsequently bred in India. Regiments and brigades kept their own packs but at the beginning of the 20th century these had morphed into local hunts. Hounds were kept at over 12 hunting clubs which included Delhi Meerut Narbuda Vale Jaora Poona Bombay Bangalore Ooty Madras Lahore Quetta Peshawar and Karachi. Although the Indian silver fox was sometimes hunted the most common prey was the golden jackal.A different type of hunting popular in India was pig sticking: the chase of a wild boar on horseback with the spear. Several photographs in the album show pig sticking parties either posing or in action and sometimes accompanied by spectators on elephants. In contrast to the jackal-hunt parties the pigstick groups are composed of more military looking men and also include Indian men as opposed to the British-only hound groups.Most photographs show the area around Delhi and include a hunt near Shah Alam's Tomb. A photograph of this event is loosely inserted in the album and dated 1933/34 on the back. Other photographs show the Rashtrapati Bhavan one group shows the Earl later Marquess of Willingdon India's Governor-General from 1931 to 1936. Two images show the monumental Gateway of India completed in 1924 in Bombay Mumbai which can also be seen in an aerial photograph. Several photographs show what is probably the airfield at Karachi as it shows two airplanes loading mail on apparently the first voyage of the Indian Transcontinental Airways. Imperial Airways liner "Hanno" departing from Croydon had left for Karachi on 1 July 1933 via Bahrain and Sharjah. In Karachi the cargo was transferred to the Transcontinental airliner "Arethusa" as can be seen on the photographs.It is unclear why only half of the album was used. It is possible the compiler transferred to Kut in British Mesopotamia Kut al-Imara in modern Iraq. A watercolour on the final page of the album is captioned "A river bank north of Kut".Binding slightly rubbed and worn at the edges. Album leaves foxed throughout but most of the photographs in very good condition. The paper of the large photograph of the group near Shah Alam's Tomb is heavily damaged at the top and left side but the image itself is undamaged. A unique collection of British-Indian hunting photographs in very good condition.l Cf. Hamid "Riding with the Peshawar Vale hunt" thefridaytimes.com; Hunt "Delhi" in: Ten cities that made an empire; "1933 Eastwards: Karachi to Calcutta" indianairmails.com; Lucas Hunt and working terriers pp. 116-120; Mitter et al. The artful pose. Scott & Wilkinson, Clifton & Co, Hamilton Studios and Kinsey Bros., unknown
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA].
Views of New South Wales.
Australia 1885. Folio ca. 44 x 36.5 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco with the title lettered in gold on the front gold-tooled turn-ins gilt edges watered-silk end papers. With 65 albumen prints. 29 ll. Late 19th-century photo album with views of New South Wales. The album contains 65 albumen prints of highlights in the region primarily in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. It was bought by the civil engineer Clément van de Velde dates unknown who was born in Belgium and moved to Australia in 1884 where he attempted to set up a sugar-beet industry. He also served as the vice-consul for Belgium. He gifted the album to his friend Cobus in 1885 possibly as a keepsake for a trip they undertook together.At least a third of the photographs show important buildings and other landmarks in Sydney including the Government House the Town Hall the General Post Office the Australian Museum the different colleges of the University of Sydney the Department of Lands building and the public library in Bent Street that has been demolished in 1967. Most of these buildings were relatively new at the time these photographs were taken. Also included are photographs of Hyde park and the Captain Cook monument the Man O'War steps Argyle cut Mrs Macquarie's Chair and the botanic gardens. The other photographs in the album show the towns and nature surrounding Sydney such as the Katoomba Falls the Three Sisters Govetts Leap and Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains the Zig Zag railway the Fitzroy Falls Fort Denison Broken Bay various views of the Nepean River as well as four portraits of Australian Aboriginals.With a contemporary French inscription on the verso of the first flyleaf "Mon cher Cobus Je prie de vouloir accepter cet album en souvenir de nos bons rapporte. Votre dévote Clément van de Velde. Sydney 10 may 1885.". The binding has been professionally restored the boards are somewhat scratched and dented. The leaves are warped and foxed the lower corners of some of the leaves are torn without affecting the photographs the photographs have somewhat discoloured. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. McLennan N. T. "Henri van de Velde 1878-1947" in: Australian Dictionary of Biography 16 2002. hardcover
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA, EGYPT & FRANCE].
Album containing photographs of Australia Egypt and France.
1895. Oblong folio 28 x 39 cm. Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco gilt edges. With 58 photograph prints ca. 21 x 25.5 to 13.5 x 20 cm. Mounted on both sides of the leaves in the album. 60 pp. The album contains 15 silver albumen photographs of Melbourne taken mainly from the series C. Rudd's new views of Melbourne 1886-1887 by Charles Rudd 1849-1901. They show Collins Street Melbourne town hall the public library Parliament House the Court of Law Government House and various other buildings and infrastructure as well as botanical gardens such as Fitzroy Gardens. The photographs of Sydney were the work of the renowned Australian photographer Henry King 1855-1923 born in England in 1855 who emigrated to Australia with his family in 1856. He worked as a photographer at J. Hubert Newman's studio in Sydney before opening his own studio in 1880. King gained recognition for his photographic studies of Australian Aboriginal people and his scenic views of Sydney. He died in 1923 leaving behind his wife son and three daughters. His glass negatives were acquired by J.R. Tyrrell after his death and are now held by the Powerhouse Museum. King is one of Australia's most significant early photographers. The album contains seventeen of Kings photographs of the harbour including Farm Cove and the Circular Quay Government House and interior and exterior photographs of the town hall King and George Street the Mutual Life Association Building the General Post Office and the Ferner Botanical Garden. Rural New South Was appears in nine photographs including images of Illawarra National Park the Hawkesbury River and a series of outdoor photographs taken along the coast at Blackwall and dated July 1895.This curious album of 58 photographs from France Egypt and most importantly Australia opens with a section with six photos from Marseille showing street views the city harbour the Avenue du Prado and the castles.The ten photographs from Egypt depict both the cultural highlights of the country such as the Pyramids the Sphinx the Citadel of Cairo and the Palace of Gizeh as well as ordinary Arabian villages and street scenes. They stemmed from the ateliers of the Abdullah brothers of Constantinople. The Abdullah Frères namely Viçen 1820-1902 Hovsep 1830-1908 and Kevork 1839-1918 Abdullahyan were three Ottoman brothers of Armenian heritage who gained international fame as photographers during the late Ottoman Empire. Some evidence suggests that he may have collaborated with the Zangaki Brothers and he may have been the official photographer for the Universal Company of the Suez Canal. Later he worked in partnership with the British-Italian photographer Antonio Beato.With an owners inscription in pencil "a appartenu Alfred Schmid" some photographs are captioned in black ink or pencil detailing the places. With a small label from the bookshop that sold the album: "Papeterie Sauwen-Jehotte" in Antwerp. The edges are somewhat bumped and some browning and foxing throughout. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - AUSTRALIA].
Sydney Harbour and Circular Quay.
Sydney 1875. Ca. 8 x 46.5 cm. Panorama photograph consisting of three albumen prints joined together with white bookcloth. A long folding panorama photograph of Sydney Harbour in the late 19th century. It prominently features the east side of Circular Quay which at the time was a commercial working wharf dominated by the wool trade. The many wool stores that were built here have since been demolished. The large wool store of Hill Clark and Co at the end of the wharf which was completed in 1883 cannot be found on the photograph which means it must have been taken in 1882 at the latest. The photograph is not signed but is reminiscent of the work of Australian photographers Charles Bayliss 1850-1897 and Francis Whitfield Robinson ca. 1819-after 1882 who made similar panorama photos of Sydney around this time.The photograph is slightly discoloured one of the bookcloth hinges is partly torn. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_48856
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Peter Wilkinson [Editor]; Harry Ricketts [Editor]; Sir David Attenborough [Foreword];
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio One: Portfolio 1
Surrey: Fountain Press Ltd 1992-04-01. hardcover. Good/Good/Price Clipped. 10x1x10. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spine. Creasing to D/J with large and small tear to rear these have been repaired with sellotape. Inch long closed tear to top edge of front D/J also repaired with sellotape. Fountain Press Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 729318 ISBN : 0863433952 9780863433955
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Kurt Markus [photography]; Walter Kirn [shorts]
Boxers: Photographs & Introductions Inscribed and Signed by Markus
Santa Fe NM: Twin Palms 1998. Near Fine/Very Good. Santa Fe NM: Twin Palms 1998. First Edition Trade Issue. Square quarto 26cm; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 105pp.; halftone plates throughout. Rather extensive shallow surface scratches to dust jacket panels corners very gently nudged else a Near Fine example in Very Good jacket. Twin Palms order form laid in. Inscribed and signed by the photographer Kurt Markus in year of publication on p. 2. <br /> <br /> Wonderful photo book of boxers and their trainers accompanied by excerpts from works by Nelson Algren Thom Jones George Plimpton and others. Twin Palms unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 42010 ISBN : 0944092365 9780944092361
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BROWN, Charles E (photography), HAROLD, Anthony (compiled and edited)
Camera Above the Clouds Volume 2
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing 1985. Folio grey cloth hardcover dust jacket 175 pp. profusely illustrated throughout. Minor rubbing on peripheries of dust jacket otherwise a near fine copy. Volume 2 of Camera Above the Clouds is a continuation of Charles E. Brown's superb skyscapes. From over five decades as being Britain's premier press and aviation photographer this book showcases many of the seminal images captures throughout his life. Airlife Publishing unknown
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Holder, Jenni (essay)
John Chamberlain: Photographs
Paris: Galerie Karsten Greve 2017. 1st. Soft cover. New. 8.2x5.8x0.2in. The catalogue for an exhibition at the Galerie Karsten Greve Paris 11 March - 29 April 2017. Contains essay "Wide-eyed: on looking at John Chamberlain's photographs" by Jenni Holder. Illustrated with 44 color photographs. Text in French and English. <br>70pp 0.35lb 8.2x5.8x0.2in Galerie Karsten Greve paperback
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - YEMEN - EGYPT].
Album containing photographs of Yemen and Egypt.
Yemen Egypt and other places 1889. Contemporary burgundy/auburn gold- and blindstamped calf lozenge-patterned blindstamping. Re-backed with the original back strip laid down. Gold-stamped turn-ins white watered silk endpapers gilt edges. Oblong folio 37.8 x 28 cm. An album containing 25 albumen prints ca. 20 x 27 cm including 1 double page mounted on thick card leaves many captioned in English. Photographic record of a journey begun in Australia and taken via Aden through the Suez canal and to the Mediterranean and then on to England. While the first image shows the steamship R.M.S. Ormuz in the port of Sydney three images including a double-page spread show the port of Aden in Yemen the famous water tanks and a native of the Southern Arabian region in a studio portrait. The majority of the album is dedicated to Egypt showing Arabs on their camels the Khedive's Ismailia Palace the Suez Canal Port Said and members the local population as well as the famous pyramids. The last few photographs show the final leg of the journey Naples and ultimately Gibraltar. Among the studios identified in the photographs are those of Hippolyte Arnoux and the Zangaki brothers based at Port Said.With a near-contemporary manuscript inscription in blue ink on the verso of the first flyleaf: "Edith Elkington or Elrington Aunt Ediths voyage home - to England about 1889". Foxed throughout slightly water stained but the prints are largely clean and clear some paper repairs in the margins the last flyleaf is lacking the final leaf is nearly detached. unknown
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - EGYPT]. ZANGAKI BROTHERS
Cover title: Aegypten 1891.
Egypt: Zangaki brothers 1891. Original gold-stamped bubble-grained maroon cloth over boards modern maroon cloth spine and leather corners. Gold stamped title and year on the front white watered silk endpapers. Oblong album 31.5 x 41 cm. With 34 large albumen prints mounted on heavy cardstock leaves. Most of the photographs are numbered and captioned in French in the negative and signed 'Zangaki'. The last one is signed Sebah & Joallier. The Zangaki prints measure 22.5 x 28.5 cm; the Sebah & Joallier one is 20.5 x 26.5 cm. A large German album with 34 albumen prints of Egypt. The Greek brothers G. and C. Zangaki were photographers who worked in Egypt in the second half of the 19th century. Due to increased tourism to this region after the opening of the Suez Canal there was a large demand for souvenir photographs. Photographers like the Zangaki brothers as well as Sebah & Joallier catered to this. The Zangakis were among the first commercial photographers to produce large-scale images of Egypt. They travelled through the country with a portable darkroom to capture high-quality images of famous monuments and daily life though the latter were usually posed. These images were then printed and sold to tourists either separately or compiled into albums. According to John Hannavy the brothers "produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt". The 34 photographs include: the great pyramid Cairo and the Nile dervishes and other exotic looking locals Egyptians standing on top of the sphinx obeliscs the Ramesseum Karnak temple the temple of Dendera the Great Pyramid Egyptians climbing the pyramid the mosque and tomb of Muhammad Ali Saqqara and many others.With two small library stamps on the first page not affecting the photograph. The book has been rebacked. The left side of the front board has faded and the corners are worn. Minor browning around the edges of the leaves. Back flyleaf loose. The photos are crisp and clear and the book is otherwise in good condition.l Erdem Views of Egypt by Georgios and Constantinos Zangaki: Examining a late nineteenth-century photographic album at the Art Gallery of Ontario thesis 2006; Hannavy Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography pp. 1036 1093 & 1521. Zangaki brothers, hardcover
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[Texas Revolution]: [Photography]
Large-Format Photograph Picturing the Last Reunion of the Final Five Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto Posed with Colonel Fannin's Goliad Cannon and a Large Texas State Flag
Houston: Nelson Art Studio 1906. About good. Albumen photograph 9.25 x 7.25 inches on a printed studio mount measuring 14 x 11 inches. Substantial rubbing and soiling to printed mount with some loss of printed text top two corners chipped right corner chip costing a few words of text. Extremities of photograph worn and a bit chipped with some soiling to the image area. Overall a battered but charming survivor. A stunning original photograph of the final five survivors of the crescendo of the Texas Revolution the Battle of San Jacinto on a detailed printed mount which provides important information on the subjects. These five Texian veterans are all identified in the printed caption at the bottom. From left to right they are: William Physick Zuber of Austin John Washington Darling of Taylor Stephen Franklin Sparks of Rockport Levi T. Lawlor or Lawler of Florence and Alfonso or Alphonso Steele of Mexia. Each man's age is listed as well. The latter man Alfonso Steele was the last surviving participant in the battle when he died in 1911. Zuber stretches the Texas flag out from the flag staff while the other four men sit or stand at right facing the camera. One of the veterans sits on the cannon used by Colonel James Fannin at Goliad. The photograph was taken at the final annual meeting of the Texas Veterans Association on April 21 1906 the seventieth anniversary of the battle.<br /> <br /> According to the online Portal to Texas History: "The Texas Veterans Association an organization of those who had served prior to during and immediately after the Texas Revolution held its first convention in Houston on May 13-15 1873 with about seventy-five veterans present. After 1876 the annual meetings held in some seventeen different Texas cities always took place in the week including April 21 San Jacinto Day. The association dissolved in Austin on April 19 1907 during its thirty-fifth annual convention. With its dissolution its work was taken over by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas."<br /> <br /> The present card mount containing the photograph is printed with important information on all four sides though some of the information at the top has been chipped away. We would prefer to know the handful of missing words but we cannot find another example of this photograph on the same mount for comparison. Still the heading of the photograph identifies the subjects as survivors of General Sam Houston's Army from the Battle of San Jacinto fought April 21 1836. The caption in the left margin states that "This Picture Was Taken at Their Last Reunion. They Have Resolved Never to Meet Again Being Too Old to Travel. This Picture Can Be Had for One Dollar. Address V.C Terry Houston Texas General Delivery." A few words in the right margin are obscured but can be easily inferred: "These are the Remnant of General Houston's Army. Five Living Out of Six Hundred and Eighty-Six Who Captured Santa Ana and His Murderers Twenty Miles Below Houston." The last portion of text below the identifying captions at bottom addresses the other Texas war relic in the photograph: "This is Colonel Fannin's Cannon at the Massacre near Goliad where Two Hundred and Eighty Men Were Shot Next Day Two Weeks After the Fall of the Alamo."<br /> <br /> The present photograph is decidedly rare but not completely unknown. The only other version of the image we can locate measures roughly the same size but includes a sixth Texas veteran named Asa Collinsworth Hill who holds the flag staff but was not part of Houston's forces during the Revolution and is affixed to a different printed mount with identifying captions for the veterans but with a simple title reading "Veterans of the Mexican War -- 1836" above two lines of poetry. This other version contains a photo credit and copyright notice from C.A. Major of Goliad who apparently took the original photograph at the reunion.<br /> <br /> The present example pictures only the five surviving veterans of San Jacinto is affixed to a much more verbose printed mount with a blindstamp in the center of the bottom margin credited to Nelson Art Studio in Houston. Curiously Asa Hill may have been removed from the middle of this version of the photograph through photographic development methods. In any case these are the only two versions of this photograph we can find. We locate examples of the six-man version on the simpler mount at the Bee County Historical Commission in Beeville with an image hosted by the University of North Texas's Portal to Texas History the Texas State Library and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library which may own more than one copy. We have been unable to locate any other examples of the present photograph on the same printed mount as seen here. This somehow appropriately-wounded photographic relic featuring the heroes of the Texas Revolution should positively sing to collectors of Texas history. Nelson Art Studio unknown
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[African Americana]: [Photography]: [Kansas]
Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas
Salina Ks: Atherton & Hopkins 1900. Very good. Cabinet card photograph 5.5 x 4 inches on a slightly larger studio mount printed "Atherton & Hopkins Salina Kans." Minor edge wear small "X" handwritten above one subject's head within the image a few small paper remnants to verso. A striking image of an African-American family of six a mother and five children living in Kansas around the last decade of the 19th century. The African-American population in Kansas grew in the 1880s as families left the South to escape the rollback of Reconstruction-era protections. African Americans settled across Kansas largely in the eastern states. The present photograph was taken in Salina in central Kansas about a hundred miles from either Wichita or Topeka. Images of African-American families in Kansas in the 19th century are exceedingly rare. Atherton & Hopkins unknown
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[Bar Radio (Tokyo)]; Koji Ozaki; Fujio Enoki; Masayuki Ohwa (photography)
Bar Radio Cocktail Book
Tokyo: Kadokawa Bunko 1985. Duodecimo-sized book 15 x 10.5 cm. 221 3 pages. Color illustrated. Text in Japanese only. FIRST EDITION. A collection of cocktail recipes from the iconic Bar Radio in Tokyo's Aoyama district. Koji Ozaka was head bartender there for over forty years. Clean and sound in publisher's pink and orange wrapper. Additional color illustrated dust jacket has lightest abrasions at edges. With printed blue belly band. Overall very near fine. Very scarce. OCLC locates no copies one copy in Japan of the revised edtion of 2003. Kadokawa Bunko unknown
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Fink, Roman and Anton Stankowski
Augen Blick: Ein Bilderbuch vom Sehen und Drucken
Stuttgart: Belser Verlag 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12.4x9.7x0.6in. dust jacket lightly edge worn. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>A beautifully produced picture book about seeing and printing. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Several pages with fold-outs contrasting stock or tipped-in images. Text in German. <br>193pp 2.64lb 12.4x9.7x0.6in Belser Verlag hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31828
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Beckham, Brooklyn
What I See
New York. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9.9x7.7x1.1in. pictorial boards; light rubbing to extremities. <br>304pp 2.28lb 9.9x7.7x1.1in hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31886 ISBN : 0789334208 9780789334206
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - IRAN - OIL INDUSTRY].
Collection of ten photographs of the oil industry.
Iran 1970. The collection is housed in a plastic file folder with each photograph also separately kept in a plastic folder. Various sizes. With 10 photographs. Collection of ten beautiful press photographs of the oil industry in Abadan Iran which was home to the largest oil refinery in the world at the time these photographs were taken. They show various parts of the industry such as the oil refinery oil tankers pipelines and fire department. The photographs were take by various French and German news agencies.With the stamps of various French and German news agencies on the back of each photograph. Some of the photographs are slightly creased. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_50132
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Hooks, Margaret
Frida Kahlo: Portraits of an Icon
New York: Throckmorton Fine Art 2002. 1st. Hardcover. As New. 12.3x9.7x0.9in. not issued with dust jacket. <br>Illustrated with 59 photographs. <br>152pp 2.93lb 12.3x9.7x0.9in Throckmorton Fine Art hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31918 ISBN : 8475065643 9788475065649
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Posada, Jose Guadalupe (illustrator)
José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana
Mexico: Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 13.8x10.8x1.6in. dust jacket rubbed on back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>José Guadalupe Posada 1852-1913 was a Mexican illustrator known for his satirical calaveras illustrations featuring skeletons and skulls. This monumental work has 937 illustrations. Text in Spanish. <br>500pp 8.29lb 13.8x10.8x1.6in <br>EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31919 ISBN : 9686658157 9789686658156
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Sandweiss, Martha A, Rick Stewart, and Ben W Huseman
Eyewitness to War: Prints and Daguerreotypes of the Mexican War 1846-1848
Fort Worth TX: Amon Carter Museum 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10.3x11.4x1.4in. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>368pp 4.74lb 10.3x11.4x1.4in Amon Carter Museum hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31915 ISBN : 0874748623 9780874748628
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[PHOTOGRAPHY - INDIA - SRI LANKA].
Indes 2e partie et Ceylan.
1870. Oblong album ca. 31.5 x 35.5 cm. Near-contemporary half red velvet spine rubbed/faded beige and multi-colour floral cloth sides decorated with brown woven ribbon trims the velvet and cloth cover greenish-blue pebble-grained cloth boards blue marbled endpapers the pastedowns covered with red silk. With 125 black-and-white photographic prints mounted on cardboard accompanied by numerous handwritten annotations in French on the album pages. 45 ll. A substantial and historically important late 19th-century photograph album comprising 125 photos documenting British India and Ceylon present-day Sri Lanka. Of the total 100 photographs depict India and 25 Ceylon. The album offers a wide-ranging visual survey of architecture urban life religious monuments landscapes botanical subjects and scenes of daily activity during the high colonial period. 21 photographs within the album are identified to named photographers or studios. 7 prints bear the imprint of Charles Thomas Scowen 1852-1948 of Scowen & Co. Kandy and Colombo with a further 3 issued from Scowen negatives by the Colombo Apothecaries Company after that firm acquired Scowens stock in the early 1890s. Scowen was one of the most accomplished photographers active in 19th-century Ceylon establishing his studio in Kandy by 1876 and later opening in Colombo. His work produced primarily for the tourist and commercial market is distinguished by technical refinement clarity of detail and strong compositional qualities and is today represented in major institutional collections including the Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The album also contains 1 identified photograph by Bourne & Shepherd the pre-eminent photographic firm of 19th-century India renowned for its architectural and landscape views and for its official role at imperial events such as the Delhi Durbar. 2 photographs are attributed to Lala Deen Dayal 1844-1905 the most celebrated Indian photographer of his generation court photographer to the Nizam of Hyderabad and recipient of a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria his work is widely regarded for both artistic merit and documentary importance. Further identified material includes one photograph by the Bombay studio of Edward Taurines 5 architectural views attributed to Charles Lickfold 1846-1909 in Ahmedabad one view of the Ellora caves attributed to John Johnston and one Ceylon photograph by the German Alfred William Amandus Plâté 1859-1931.The Indian and Pakistani section includes extensive architectural and topographical views from Lahore Amritsar Peshawar Jaipur Amber Ahmedabad Baroda Vadodara Aurangabad since 2023 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Ellora Caves Bijapur Hyderabad Golconda Pondicherry now Puducherry Trichinopoly now Tiruchirappalli and Madurai. Among the Lahore subjects are views of the Wazir Khan Mosque the Badshahi Mosque the Shalimar Gardens and the tomb of Jahangir Amritsar is represented by the Golden Temple Jaipur and Amber by palace complexes zenana quarters gateways and lakeside views Ahmedabad by the Jami Masjid Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Rani Sipri Mosque and Jain temples; while the Deccan is illustrated through monuments at Aurangabad Daulatabad Fort Bijapurs Gol Gumbaz and Ibrahim Rauza and Hyderabad and Golconda fortifications.The Ceylon section presents Colombo harbour and jetty views Kandy and its lake Peradeniya Botanical Gardens Nuwara Eliya tea cultivation scenes indigenous fishing craft and a number of carefully composed botanical studies including breadfruit talipot palms bamboo ferns and ficus. The album ends with a panoramic view of Aden Yemen then an important British coaling station and strategic port at the entrance to the Red Sea.The binding shows some wear with the fabric around the boards and on the pastedowns slightly loosened. Some of the unidentified photographs display mild sepia tonal fading consistent with age. The final unidentified photograph in the India section exhibits some surface loss the album shows some foxing browning and occasional staining to the card mounts not affecting the photographs. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Edwards "Photography in colonial India" Emire and Art: British India 2017 pp. 110-143; Paranavitana"Image in Photographic Print in the Context of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Sri Lanka." 2009; Shinde "Photography in India" Studii si cercetari de istoria artei Seria Arta plastica 10.54 2020 pp. 107-118. hardcover
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