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[ca. 1920]. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" commercial album by Badger Albums (cat. no 1220-0). Black cloth over flexible boards. String binding through left margin holding 11 linen backed black and white silver print photographs, each approximately 7" x 5." About near fine throughout. A lovely circa-1920 album of forestry photographs. This lacks any notation or identification and came to me without provenance or background information, though the style of photography, coupled with the final print showing a group of men standing around a motion picture film camera, strongly suggests these are reference photographs for an educational or documentary film. Additionally, the variety of trees shown most often appear to be white pines and one image clearly shows a man pointing at an outbreak of blister rust on the trunk and branches of one. The invasive fungus, which came to the U.S. from Asia around the turn of The 20th Century, was a rampant blight on American pines around 1920 and while I know nothing with certainty… Read More

Paris, France, (ca. 1910). Approximately 54cm x 42 cm (21 1/4" x 16 1/2"). Broadside map, black lithograph ink on paper. Single center fold. One square of toning at about center, lower right in image. Two tiny closed tears about center fold at upper-center. Overall presents well. About very good. An anonymous, circa-early 20th Century bird's eye view map of The Calvary of Pontchateau religous site in Western France. With: "Imprimerie Francaise 52 Rue Des Archives, Paris" printed at lower right. Scarce.