Ottoman map and photographs of Tarablus i Garb (Libya) by The Ottoman authority in Libya - 0

1995. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH, 8 X 10 IN.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Unbound. Very Good/No Jacket.

Cairo Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. The photographs are a part of Naum Shoucair's collection has been published (except tow un known photographs in this collection) in his book, Tarikh Sina al Qadim wa al Hadith wa Jografiyyatuha, The history of Sinai and Arabs. Al Ma'arif press, Cairo 1916, inventory no. 000456. 11 photographs are mounted on cards (not included in the measurements mentioned) of which four are signed. (1) Sir Lee Stack Pasha, royal secretary to the Sudanese government and former director of the intelligence agent and one other (un known and un published), both signed in 1913. 21.5 x 14 cm. (2) Colone G. F. Clayton, director of the intelligence agency and rep. of the Sudanese government, signed. Photogrpah by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde. 15 x 10.5 cm. (3) Captain A W Weymouth commander of Minerva, signed. 15 x 10 cm. Photo by Symonds & Co. Portsmouth (4) Rudolph Slatin Pasha, signed in 24-6-1895. Photo by Zangaki, Cairo. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. (5) Lord Kitchener. 27 x 17 cm. (6)… Read More

Göttingen: Steidl. Lrg. 4to. 400pp. prof. illus. color & b&w. 1st Ed. Appendix. Pict. Boards (sm. Nick rear cover, o/w New.Please Note: this book is heavy and may require extra shipping/insurance. Please inquire.

LIMITED EDITION, ONE of 1,500 copies. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the photographer, Gil Garcetti. NEW and UNREAD.

5 illustrated text-volumes and 3 volumes with original pen- and ink drawings by the traveller (= complete). Text-volumes illustrated with 281 original photographs (each ca 75 x 74 mm to 125 x 82 mm) of places and people and 276 photographs with reproductions of pen- and ink sketches (each ca 126 x 72 mm) pasted onto to 183 plates. 443 unnumb. leaves, including a photo portrait of the author, and 3 maps. Atlas-volumes illustrated with 287 original pen- and ink sketches by the author (each ca 135 x 80 mm), mounted to 36 cardboard leaves with views of towns, landscapes and local residents. Compehensive and detailed description of a world tour by Friedrich Zahn-Geigy (1848-1929), a 23-year-old descendant of a Swiss banker's family from Basle. The journey, not only undertaken for educational purposes solely, but as is related in the text also for business reasons, visiting long-standing business partners and looking out for new fields of business especially in the US and South East Asia, first led them to… Read More

New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1997. Bound in full crimson cloth with imprinted paper label laid-on to Front Cover. Matching Suede-lined Solander box with imprinted black titles to spine. Large Square Folio. 16.25" x 15 inches. This Edition Limited to only 300 numbered copies of which this is #142. Boldly signed byHenri Cartier-Bresson to Colophon. LEC Letter laid-in. Illustrated with four spectacular full-page photogravure prints, printed on hand- made paper by Cartier-Bresson and selected by him especially for this Edition. Cartier-Bresson's only published nude studies to date. Spine of Box mildly and evenly sunned with a tiny, short scratch. Small patch of mild sunning to top front cover of Box. A Very Fine, Pristine, apparently unread copy of this most rare and exquisite production in a Near Fine+ Box.

Cairo Photographic Image. Very Good. No Binding. The photographs are a part of Naum Shoucair's collection has been published (except tow un known photographs in this collection) in his book, Tarikh Sina al Qadim wa al Hadith wa Jografiyyatuha, The history of Sinai and Arabs. Al Ma'arif press, Cairo 1916, inventory no. 000456. 11 photographs are mounted on cards (not included in the measurements mentioned) of which four are signed. (1) Sir Lee Stack Pasha, royal secretary to the Sudanese government and former director of the intelligence agent and one other (un known and un published), both signed in 1913. 21.5 x 14 cm. (2) Colone G. F. Clayton, director of the intelligence agency and rep. of the Sudanese government, signed. Photogrpah by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde. 15 x 10.5 cm. (3) Captain A W Weymouth commander of Minerva, signed. 15 x 10 cm. Photo by Symonds & Co. Portsmouth (4) Rudolph Slatin Pasha, signed in 24-6-1895. Photo by Zangaki, Cairo. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. (5) Lord Kitchener. 27 x 17 cm. (6)… Read More

New York: Aperture, 2000. Signed by Salgado and rare thus. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press [0-312-08220-7] 1992, 1st printing. (Folio hardcover) np. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographic endpapers, photographs. "George Hurrell was the glamour photographer of the golden age of Hollywood. From the dawn of his career in 1928 until his death in 1992 at the age of eighty-seven, no Hollywood actor had realized the pinnacle of stardom until he or she was captured through the Hurrell lens". Time Period 1928-1990. (Photography, Actors, Cinema/Film, Glamor Photography, Hollywood, Movies, Photography, Stars).

An extremely important album from the Wolcott family`s travel to Europe, covering their stay in Great Britain August 1865 – March 1866.
Full leather bound (worn) folio (34.5 x 27 cm); 101 leaves; ca. 761 albumen photos and ca. 106 Wood engravings and lithographs; all dipped in. The photos show landscapes, historic buildings, important people and important paintings from visited galleries.
On inside of front cover ex libris of Roger Wolcott`s father Joshua Huntington Wolcott (1804-1891). On fore edge handwritten: "Roger Walcott // Souvenir of travel".
Leather worn; Front hinge broken and loose; fore edge loose; leaves uneven, worn margins; photos in general in fine condition with good contrast.; only few stains; overall, considering age, in good condition.
There is also the famous 1863 portrait of Charles Dickens by Jahn Watkins (see Getty Museum 84.XD.1157.1005).
Many pages have the month and year of the visit on top, starting August 1865 on page 1 and ending with March 1866 on the last page. All… Read More