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INDIA & SRI LANKA, THE CARIBBEAN & THE MEDITERRANEANBiblio.com

Historically Important Collection of Ninety-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photos of an Early Cruise through Colonial India the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Mostly Showing Iconic Landmarks and Lively Street Scenes in Calcutta Varanasi Jaipur Agra Delhi Lucknow Madurai Madras and Mumbai in India; also with the Photographs of Ceylon Sri Lanka Destroyed City of St. Pierre Martinique the Sunken USS Maine in Havana Harbor Cuba Port Kingston Jamaica and Port Said Egypt; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1898-1905

Best.-Nr. PF38Quarto album ca. 282x175 cm 11 x 7 in. 24 card stock leaves. With 94 mounted original gelatin silver photographs ca. 9x115 cm 3 ¾ x 4 ½ in. Ca. 77 photos with period English ink captions on the mounts. Period hunter green full-cloth album with the gilt-tooled sunburst motif and the generic title “Photographs” on the front cover. Paper inventory label and pencil trances on the front cover worn edges two photos missing but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photographs. Historically interesting album with excellent original photographs apparently taken by a British tourist during a voyage from England to present-day India the Mediterranean and the Caribbean at the turn of the twentieth century. The album follows a wide-ranging journey that begins in Calcutta then the capital of British India and continues through Varanasi Lucknow Agra and Delhi capturing the movement of the travelers across northern India. From there the route turns south to Madras and Colombo in Sri Lanka where the party embarked on a long sea passage. Traveling by steamer through the Suez Canal with recorded stops at Port Said and Malta the voyage gradually leads to the Caribbean. The final portion of the album centers on their time in Havana and is especially notable for its firsthand visual record of the aftermath of the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée which devastated the city of Saint-Pierre on Martinique. The album contains ninety-four well-executed photographs with most images of colonial India. About thirty early vibrant views portray iconic landmarks of Calcutta Tagore Castle Varanasi Monkey Temple Manikarnia Ghat Jaipur temples Agra exterior and entrance of Taj Mahal Delhi Sixty-four pillars interior the Great Mosque Jama Masjid jumping wells city gates Lucknow Gate of Kaiser Bagh the Residency Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple and Madras the Great Pagoda Parthasarathy Temple. Especially interesting are over twenty candid urban scenes showing a snake charmer playing pungi an elephant transporting passengers boys gathering coal near railway tracks steamer passengers crossing the Ganges at embarkation point and dozens of Indians strolling through native markets guiding ox carts or gathered for communal prayer. The rest of the Indian photos comprise excellent nature and street views as well as a portrait of the apparent well-dressed compiler posing by his/her companion at a Bombay Harbor. About fifteen lively vernacular photos from Sri Lanka include views of the Galle Road Maligakane Temple the Galle Face Hotel and vibrant street scenes with locals in traditional attire strolling through the bustling thoroughfares. The Caribbean series contains over twenty-five excellent photos with the most interesting images documenting the infamous 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée and the ruins of Saint-Pierre Martinique. Other important identified photographs feature the sunken USS Maine in Havana Harbor an event that helped prompt the Spanish–American War as well as views of Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro Havana Wharf and Havana street scenes. The series also includes views of Kingston Harbor in Jamaica together with other lively candid scenes. The collection further contains several photographs of Port Said and Valetta mostly showing harbor and sea views. Overall a historically interesting album with excellent original gelatin silver photographs taken during a voyage from British India to the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean at the turn of the twentieth century. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Vereinigte Staaten1.250,00 $≈ 1.114,58 €

CARIBBEAN - BERMUDABiblio.com

Interesting Album with 233 Original Mounted and Loosely Inserted Gelatin Silver Photos Including 112 Images of Bermuda Showing St. George’s St. Peter’s Church and Clock Tower Salvation Army Church Stewart Hall Harbour Streets Hamilton Princess Hotel Wharf Private Residences Roads Local People &c.; The Album is Titled: Bermuda. 1906. Ca. 1900s.

Best.-Nr. PE22Oblong Folio album ca. 285x37 cm 11 ¼ x 14 ¾ in. 50 black paper leaves 22 blank. With 218 mounted gelatin silver photos from ca. 8x135 cm 3 x 5 ¼ in to ca. 6x8 cm 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. No captions. With 15 loosely inserted photos including 5 duplicates: three large images ca. 22x34 cm 8 ½ x 13 ¼ in ten photos ca. 1520 cm 6x8 in and two smaller images. Period maroon full sheep album with a gilt-lettered title on the front cover. Binding rubbed on extremities the first leaf detached from the stub and loosely inserted several images slightly faded two large loosely inserted photos with creases and tears on extremities but overall a very good album. Interesting collection of original snapshot gelatin silver photos taken by an American or British family in the early 19th century which includes about 112 lively images of Bermuda and its people. The photos of Bermuda include a series of views of the Town of St. George showing the harbour with the Ordnance Island a graveyard with a pink Salvation Army church in the background St. Peter’s church and clock tower the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous use outside of British Isles Stewart Hall city streets and historical houses &c. The identified views of Hamilton the territorial capital show the Princess Hotel taken from the harbour and city wharf. The other pictures of Bermuda show streets roads harbours with sailboats and naval ships coastal views private city houses and countryside residences portraits of local cart drivers local children the album’s compiler and his companions scenes on board a passenger steamer &c. The second half of the album with over a hundred photos depicts the compiler’s family life and their travels around Europe and the United States. The identified images show the “Peacock Hotel” Rowsley Derbyshire the Cliff Palace 11th-12th-century cliff dwelling in Montezuma County Colorado and the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs. A portrait of an elderly lady features a sign that says “Cave of the Winds Pleases Everybody” most likely referring to the Cave of the Winds in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. The other photos include scenes from an auto trip coastal views family portraits views of European cities likely in France &c. The loosely inserted photos are mostly views of the exterior and interior of a manor most likely in England. Overall an interesting collection of original snapshot photos of Bermuda in the early 20th century. unknown

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Vereinigte Staaten1.500,00 $≈ 1.337,49 €

[Maine – Maritime History – Caribbean] Higgins, William; Burritt, Elijah H; et alBiblio.com

Logbook and Other Materials of William Higgins Sea Captain from Bowdoinham Maine 1830–1898

1898Best.-Nr. List2965United States and Caribbean 1898. Approximately twenty-nine pieces: logbook of eighty-four double-sided pages measuring 13 x 20 inches; eight letters seventeen documents and forms and three pieces of miscellany. Much wear and significant damage to logbook including water damage mildew and tearing; log book overall fair to good minus. Other materials good to very good. Overall good. William Higgins 1791–1872 was a farmer sea captain and owner of and investor in ships from Bowdoinham Maine. According to the Maine Maritime Museum which holds his family papers Higgins’ ships traded mainly in lumber which they took from Wilmington North Carolina to the Caribbean. Offered here is a logbook recording the travels of several of Higgins’ ships particularly the brigs Mary Jane and Llewellyn alongside related documents and personal letters. The logbook dating between 1832 and 1836 extensively documents the course wind data and weather remarks for travels of the ships between east coast US port cities and various locations in the Caribbean including Barbados St. Thomas and Martinique. The logbook also contains a copy of astronomer and mathematician Elijah Burritt’s illustration “A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances” engraved by W. G Evans and printed in 1835 by F.J. Huntington. The letters and documents date from 1830 to 1867 and are also mostly business-related including an insurance document for the brig William Parrington a roll of sailors enlisted to work on a six-month journey between the Caribbean and the US in 1845 a bill of sale for ¼ stake in the brig Mary Jane and receipts and logs for items including various liquors sugar molasses casks and so on. One letter from a young man in Wilmington requests advice on how to start his own business in the style of Higgins’; other letters concern family matters. One interesting undated document is a writ addressed to the Marshal of the District of Maine concerning a lawsuit filed against Higgins and Rufus Carr master of the William Parrington by Zachrisson Nelson Co. The suit alleged that Carr acting as an agent for the ship’s owners that is Higgins had agreed to an affreightment involving shipping from Jamaica to Spain to New York but had then “wholly neglected and refused to do so”. Of interest to scholars of maritime history and trade in the mid-19th century. unknown