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[NAPOLEON'S EGYPT CAMPAIGN]. ESTEVE, [Martin-Roch-Xavier].Biblio.com

Réglement du Payeur Général sur les Fabriques d'eau - de - vie.

ref. 123044Cairo Egypt Impprimerie Nationale c. 1800. . Single broadside printed in parallel French and Arabic text 460 x 325 mm; type-set printed in dual French and Arabic presented in two columns leaf with wide margins uncut a little creased at outer edges and with fold lines along central horizontal and vertical folds light water-staining to lower edge overall very good condition. Napoleon Bonaparte's Egypt Campaign in 1798 lead to the establishment of the first printing press on the African continent preceding the well-known Egyptian Bulaq Press established by Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud by over two decades. The press was predominantly formed to print proclamations and official statements in French with Arabic translations that were often poorly translated and rife with grammatical error for use as political propaganda for Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. The single-sheet documents were meant to be wall mounted and therefore are ephemeral in nature with very few copies surviving. The present example is a rare proclamation announcing the new tarifs and laws relating to the production of liquor in Egypt under Napoleonic rule. It was issued by Martin-Roch-Xavier Estève 1772-1852 the paymaster of Napoleon's Armée de l'Orient and contains six articles regulating the production and introducing tarifs of liquor production in the region. The broadside notes that distilleries need to be registered and needed to clearly distinguish themselves with large 'Fabrique d'Eau de Vie' lettering there is a stipulation that frequent inspections would be made and that the finished product needed to have a minimum of 18 percent alcohol content per volume. The raw materials listed in the proclamation include five qualities of fresh dates dried dates figs and raisins. Very scarce: No other copies located not in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France or any records showing in OCLC. Cairo, Egypt, Impprimerie Nationale, c. 1800. unknown

Shapero Rare Books · Reino Unido£ 15.000,00≈ € 17.989,92

INDIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN – SECOND MOHMAND CAMPAIGNBiblio.com

Historically Important Album with Ninety-Eight Original Photos Taken by a British Soldier During his Service on the North-West Frontier in the Second Mohmand Campaign and Showing Armed Pashtuns in Peshawar During the British Blockade the First Light Tank Crossing the Nahakki Pass Mohmand Delegates at a Historic Jirga a Malik Reading the Final Treaty Terms a British Officer Posing with a Mohmand Malik After the Signing of the Agreement British captain posing with Mehtar of Chitral Sir Shuja Ul-Mulk 2nd Light Tank Company encamped on Khojak etc.; also with the Views of Kabul Bala Hissar the British Military Attache’s House Minister’s Central Official Residence and “New Kabul” Paghman Valley and Kabul River; as well as Major Sites in Kashmir Calcutta New Delhi Delhi. Ca. 1932-1936.

ref. PE82Oblong Folio album ca. 246x33 cm 9 ¾ x 13 in. 14 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 98 original gelatin silver photographs including one loose from ca. 88x135 cm 3 ½ x 5 ¼ in to ca. 46x7 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ¾ in and one four-part panorama ca. 79x378 cm 3 x 15 in; with an excerpt from the Imperial Gazetteer of India North-West Frontier Province or a closely related provincial civil-military handbook ca. 1930s. Ca. 206x166 cm 8 x 6 ½ in. 57-63 pp. in all 8 pp. Most photos with period white individual or group ink captions in English on the mounts. Period purple full-cloth album with gilt floral ornaments; fastened with a string. Binding worn with tears of the spine partially faded some tissue guards with tears and detached one photo from the panorama detached spine of the booklet rebacked with a non-archival paper partially obscuring text on p. 57 but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically significant collection of gelatin silver photos apparently compiled by a British military officer attached to the Royal Tank Corps or a specialized frontier brigade in the North-West Frontier area of British India now Pakistan during the Second Mohmand Campaign of 1935. The Mohmand Campaign was a British military operation fought from July to October 1935 against the Mohmand tribes north of the Khyber Pass in the North-West Frontier Province of British India. It combined British and Indian Army advances with Royal Air Force bombing to secure the frontier and suppress tribal resistance to the construction of the Mohmand–Gandab road. The campaign saw the first use of light tanks in frontier warfare and ended with the defeat of Mohmand forces restoring British control over the border region. As follows from the photos the compiler arrived in India via Singapore in 1932 traveling through key imperial hubs such as Calcutta and New Delhi en route to his frontier posting. By 1933 he was serving on the frontier spending summer leave in Kashmir and Srinagar before deployment to the remote outpost of Chitral. In March 1935 he traveled to Kabul Afghanistan likely on an official diplomatic or intelligence mission before seeing active frontline service later that year during the Second Mohmand Campaign. By 1936 he was stationed with the 2nd Light Tank Company at the Khojak Pass near Quetta where the unit tested its tracked vehicles while maintaining frontier surveillance. The album contains ninety-eight original gelatin silver photographs including about fifty excellent images taken in present-day Pakistan in 1935–1936. A well-executed series from the Second Mohmand Campaign feature more than six photographs of Peshawar the campaign's principal staging ground where British forces assembled before advancing into the Mohmand hills. The images capture the tree-lined Mall Road cantonment the bustling local bazaar and striking portraits of locals and armed Pashtuns during the British blockade. Several photographs follow the campaign into the mountains documenting the Wucha Jawar Camp of the British Indian Army the construction of the strategic military road through the Gandab Valley and the first-ever light tank to traverse the Nahakki Pass. Especially interesting are about five photographs illustrating the formal negotiations that brought the campaign to an end. The historic images show dozens of Mohmand delegates gathered for the Jirga the traditional Pashtun grand assembly with a Malik reading out the final treaty terms a portrait of a local clan chieftain and a British field officer and a Mohmand Malik smiling for the camera apparently after the conclusion of the peace talks. Other important photos from Pakistan mostly depict British captain posing with Mehtar of Chitral Sir Shuja Ul-Mulk 2nd Light Tank Company encamped on Khojak interior of the Guide’s Church in Mardan Jamrud & Shagai Forts in Khyber Agency and topographical views of the area. The Afghan series features about ten excellent photos of Kabul apparently taken during the compiler's military service or leisure time before the Second Mohmand Campaign. The images mostly show local landmarks ruins of Bala Hissar the British Military Attache’s House Minister’s Central Official Residence and topographical views of Amannulah Khan’s unfinished New Kabul project Paghman Valley and Kabul River. There’s also one important photo showing a narrow mountain pass where the catastrophic retreat of Major General Elphinstone’s British-Indian garrison occurred during the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1842. The incident resulted in the deaths capture or disappearance of ca. 16500 soldiers and civilians. The rest of the identified photographs mostly show Kashmir general views of Srinagar and Ali Kadal bridge the River Jhelum the mountain resort of Gulmarg the Sind Valley and the Mughal gardens of Nishat and Shalimar Bagh Calcutta Victoria Memorial Fort William Belvedere New Delhi Memorial to Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade India Gate and Delhi the Viceroy’s House; Parliament House. There’s also an excerpt from the Imperial Gazetteer of India North-West Frontier Province or a closely related provincial civil-military handbook likely dating to the 1930s. The booklet features a brief history of Peshawar and Khyber Railway. Overall historically significant album offering a rare window into the Second Mohmand Campaign of 1935. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Estados UnidosUS$ 950,00≈ € 850,34

MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN – WORLD WAR IBiblio.com

Historically Interesting Album with Sixty-Nine Original Photographs of the Newly British Occupied Mesopotamia Present-day Iraq Showing Baghdad the Ceremonial Entry of the 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment; Aerial Outskirts; New Street Tal Afar Officers Playing Football etc. Kut Al Amara Two Armed Arab Policemen Al-ʻUzair Ezra’s Tomb Al-Qurnah Garden of Eden Kirkuk Main St. with English Shop Signs Factory Barracks and Government House and Baqubah Bridge over Diyala River etc.; also with the Photographs of India including Official Portrait of British and Indian Soldiers the YMCA Quarters in Deolali and Parsi Haymakers Posing for the Photo. Ca. 1914-1917.

ref. PD36Quarto album ca. 249x205 cm 9 ¾ x 8 in. 24 card stock leaves. including 4 blank With 69 mounted original gelatin silver photographs from ca. 87x139 cm 3 ½ x 5 ½ in to ca. 29x56 cm 1 x 2 ¼ in. Most photos with period English captions either on the mounts or in negative; at least one photo dated; with ca. 10 period printed postcards ca. 84x13 cm 3 ¼ x 5 in; two greeting cards one signed by “Herb” from Poona India in 1914; and a souvenir fold-out set of 10 postcards each ca. 34x68 cm 1 ¼ x 2 ¾ in. Half-leather binding with a cloth glued on the spine. Binding worn and rubbed first page is detached from the main block at least one photo missing age-toning but otherwise a very good album with strong photos. Historically important collection of original gelatin silver photographs compiled by a British soldier associated with the 1/4th Hampshire Regiment during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. The Mesopotamian campaign 1914–1918 was a strategic offensive for control over Ottoman-held Iraq primarily managed by British and Indian forces. For the 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment service began with a 1914 deployment to India for garrison duty at Rawalpindi and Lucknow. In early 1915 the battalion joined the 33rd Indian Brigade for the invasion of the Persian Gulf advancing from the deltas of Basra into the arid interior. The unit participated in grueling operations along the Tigris including the 1916 attempts to relieve the besieged garrison at Kut-al-Amara. Following a logistical reorganization under General Maude the battalion joined the 1917 offensive that eventually captured Baghdad. The album contains ca. 69 early amateur photographs with most images taken in Mesopotamia today’s Iraq in the mid-1910s. Especially interesting are about five rare photographs of Baghdad captured shortly after the British occupation of the city. The images show Khalil Pasha Road or New Street with the clearly visible Haydar Khana Mosque a railway goods yard the outskirts of the city photographed from an airplane and the iconic ceremonial entry of the 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment watched by locals lining the street. The last scene was apparently staged with the battalion marching from a camp outside the city specifically for propaganda purposes. Other lively vernacular photographs from Mesopotamia include two heavily armed Arab policemen posing for a cameraman in Kut Al Amara officers of the 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment joyfully playing football in Tal Afar and an apparent compiler posing with local children. The rest of the Mesopotamian series mostly shows local landmarks and architecture in Al-ʻUzair Ezra’s Tomb Al-Qurnah the traditional site of the Garden of Eden Kirkuk main street view with English shop signs factory barracks and government house Tal Afar motor convoy and Baqubah a double pontoon bridge crossing the Diyala River ambulance cars at the railroad etc. About twenty-five photographs of India were taken and collected by the compiler prior to the 1/4th Hampshire Regiment’s deployment to Mesopotamia. Interesting images include group portraits of British and Indian soldiers Parsi haymakers in traditional attire clustered near barracks and soldiers landing mules in Parsik Hill. Other photographs primarily depict the compiler and his companions local children the YMCA quarters in Deolali nature views and scenes of oxen drawing water from a well. The collection also features about ten printed postcards of Mumbai and the Suez Canal; a WWI Christmas postcard; a New Year card from the 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment signed by "Herb; " and a vintage "pull-out " souvenir postcard shaped like a bear holding an "A ‘Bear’ Idea of Bombay " sign; the flap reveals twelve small black-and-white views including Queens Road Null Bazar Street Apollo Bunder and Victoria Gardens. Overall historically important collection of original gelatin silver photographs compiled by a British soldier associated with the 1/4th Hampshire Regiment during the Mesopotamian campaign of the Great War. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Estados UnidosUS$ 850,00≈ € 760,83

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