Search Results: Titles starting with C from Globus Rare Books & Archives

Oblong Quarto Album (ca. 18 x 28cm). Ten watercolour and ink on paper sketches; six larger sketches, ca. 13x21 cm (5x8 in), and four smaller ones, ca. 10,5x14 cm (4 x 5 ½ in). All captioned and dated in ink in the lower margins of the images, with additional pencil captions or notes on the mounts. Period style maroon gilt tooled half morocco with cloth sides. Watercolours mounted laid paper leaves. Album overall in very good condition.Beautiful sketches taken from life by a French colonial engineer, while serving in Indochina. The collection includes several interesting views of Saigon showing the La Sainte Enfance School, St. Joseph Seminary (‘Seminaire Annamite’), the house of the director of the French arsenal, a horse-driven carriage or ‘Malabar’ et al. The watercolours include some nice portraits of the locals, including a sketch… Read More

Second edition. Octavo (ca. 27x17 cm). [9], 225 pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). Text in Ottoman Turkish within a double border, first text page decorated with traditional floral ornaments. Occasional pencil notes in Turkish in text. Period Ottoman green quarter sheep with marbled papered boards, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and gilt lettered title “Tevarih Caterinié.” Expertly recased using original spine, paper slightly age toned, but overall a very good copy.Very Rare Ottoman imprint with only five paper copies found in Worldcat.Second Bulaq edition of the popular biography of Catherine the Great written by marquis Jean Henri Castéra, French diplomat, traveler and translator, who gathered much of the original information while on diplomatic service in Saint Petersburg. The book was first published just a year after the death of the… Read More

Oblong Folio album (ca. 24x30,5 cm). 29 card stock leaves. With 150 mounted albumen photographs, including thirty-two large ones, from ca. 18,5x27 cm (7 ¼ x 10 ½ in) to ca. 15x20 cm (6 x 7 ¾ in); the other photos are from ca. 11x15 cm (4 ¼ x 5 ¾ in) to ca. 3,5x5 cm (1 ¼ x 2 in). All but six photos with period ink captions in English on the mounts; sixteen studio photos are captioned and/or signed in negative. Period red half morocco album with red pebbled cloth boards; gilt-tooled borders on the spine and boards; moire endpapers. Album mildly rubbed at extremities, a few images mildly faded, but overall a very good album of strong interesting photos.Historically significant unique collection of original snapshot and studio photos, illustrating the charity trip of Lady Rahmeh Chamberlain to Cape Town, Mafeking and… Read More

First and only Russian edition. A period collection of four parts (Part 1, book 1; Part 2, book 1; Part 3, book 1 & Part 4, book 1) bound together. Octavo (ca. 21x13 cm). [2 – t.p.], 3-121; [2 – t.p.], 3-114; [2 – t.p.], 3-102; [2 – t.p.], 3-100 pp. The first title page with a period faded ink inscription by the owner. Period brown quarter sheep with papered boards; spine with gilt-tooled decorations and a green label with a gilt-lettered title. Binding neatly repaired on the spine, occasional water stains and foxing in text, but overall a very good original copy.Very rare Russian imprint with only two paper copies found in Worldcat - Yale University and New York Public Library (both holding complete sets of the magazine, comprising four parts, each in three books; no holdings of odd volumes found).Very rare and early (possibly,… Read More

Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper. Fold marks, two small holes on folds, ink mildly faded but still legible, paper slightly age-toned, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.A captivating original autograph letter written by a California gold miner, talking about his experiences in Garden Valley (El Dorado Co.) in the 1850s. The author (originally from Vermont) vividly describes his challenging voyage from New York to San Francisco on board a steamer, when steerage passengers were fed with “hard bread & stinking meat,” many people contracted “Panama fever,” and the author himself was so sick that “he could hardly crawl, walk or tumble around.” In great detail, he talks about the jobs he took, including gold mining, tree cutting and working at a sawmill, and records his… Read More

HMS Thalia, “18 leagues to the North of St. Jago”, 20 October 1805 and Colombo Fort, 21 June (completed 2 September) 1806. Both Octavos (ca. 23x18 cm and 25x20 cm). Each 3 ½ pp. Both addressed and sealed on the last pages. Brown ink on watermarked laid and white paper. Fold marks, both letters with minor holes on the 4th pages after opening, affecting several words; second letter with tears and minor holes on folds, but overall very good letters.Two extensive letters giving an interesting firsthand account of the early British rule in Sri Lanka (the British occupied former Dutch possessions on the island only ten years earlier, in 1795). The first letter describes Cleather’s voyage to Ceylon from England on board HMS Thalia, with the notes on the heat of the gun room‚ the frigate’s captain Walker, Santiago Island (Cape Verde)… Read More

Folio (ca. 37x30,5 cm or 14 ½ x 12 in). 62 card stock leaves. With 73 mounted gelatin silver photos, including seventeen large images from ca. 22x28 cm (8 ½ x 11 in) to ca. 18,5x23 cm (7 ¼ x 9 in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 14x21 cm (5 ½ x 8 ¼ in) to ca. 10x14 cm (4 x 5 ½ in). Over a dozen photos are numbered in negative. Also with 24 mounted collotypes, each ca. 19x23,5 cm (7 ¼ x 9 ¼ in); all but three are signed “Clifton & Co., Bombay” in negative; sixteen are also captioned in negative. Over fifty images with period manuscript ink captions in Urdu. The first leaf with a paper label with printed and manuscript notes in Urdu, mounted on verso. Period maroon quarter morocco with cloth boards; spine with raised bands; gilt-lettered title “Album/Inde” on the front… Read More

Three folded Folio manuscripts: two folio bifoliums ca. 36,5x22,5 cm and ca. 44x27,5 cm, and a single folio leaf ca. 40,5x26 cm. 3, 3 and 1 pp. All written in brown ink on watermarked laid paper, each docketed on the last blank page. Two signed by deponents and notaries, one with two tax stamps and a notarial seal. Fold marks, but overall a very good collection of manuscripts written in a legible hand.Historically significant collection of three original manuscripts documenting the voyage to Jamaica of a British merchant brig “Jane” in August 1780 – March 1781, with a detailed eye-witness account of the Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane on October 3, 1780, which seriously damaged “Jane” and destroyed a large part of her cargo. The Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane ran on October 1-3, 1780, mostly affecting Jamaica, where it destroyed the community of… Read More

Thirteen unmounted gelatin silver prints, ca. 15,5x20,5 cm (6x8 in). All with pencil titles in English on versos.This interesting collection of photos of New South Wales includes views of the Sydney Harbour taken from the deck of HMS “Powerful,” Circular Quay taken from RMS “Orontes,” two images of Bondi Beach and three rare views of the Parramatta River taken on a day of the famous scull boat race between George Towns and Jim Stanbury (one of two races between them, either in 1905 or in 1906). The photos show the Parramatta river full of canoes, paddle boats, and “steamers going up to the starting point,” as well as “the Parramatta River after the finish of the Stanbury-Towns boat race, the boats hurrying back to town.” The other images show the Hacking River taken from the Moombara district (Port Hacking, southern… Read More

Fourteen loose real photo postcards ca.8x13 cm (3 ¼ x 5 in), one original gelatin silver photo ca. 8,5x12,5 cm (3 ½ x 5 in), all with pencil captions in Russian on versos. Overall a very good collection of strong images.Interesting collection of Soviet real photo postcards showing Bukhara, one of the oldest centers in Central Asia. Once an important stop of the Silk Route and a capital of a powerful Emirate, it became a Russian protectorate in 1868. During the Russian Civil War the Emirate of Bukhara declared independency, but was invaded by the Red Army and was annexed to the USSR in 1920. On September 2, 1920 Soviet troops under command of Mikhail Frunze stormed and captured Bukhara, with the bombardment destroying a large part of the city, including the walls and many palaces in the Ark (the citadel of the Emirs), mosques, madrasas and… Read More

Seventeen loose gelatin silver photos ca. 11x16 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in) mounted on period card ca. 21x27 cm (8 ¼ x 10 ½ in). All photos with period pencil or ink captions in French on recto or verso of the mounts; all but one photo also with period ink numbers on the mounts. A couple of photos mildly faded, several mounts slightly soiled, with creases or small tears, but overall a very good collection of interesting photos.Interesting collection of lively vernacular photos showing the archaeological sites and contemporary life of the Ottoman Empire Vilayet of Beirut in the early 20th century. The photos were taken by a French traveller who visited Beirut and Baalbek in 1905. Eight photos of Baalbek include general and street views, showing stone houses, shops and sellers, passers-by, &c. A photo of a large stream possibly depicts the… Read More

Fifteen albumen stereoview photographs each ca. 10x14.5cm (4 x 4.5 in) All mounted on original thick card, all captioned in negative. Overall a very good collection of strong, sharp and interesting images.The rare views include: Jacksonville: St. James Hotel (x2), Windsor Hotel, Palmettos near Jacksonville (x2); St. Augustine: City & Sea Wall, Entrance to Ft. Marion, Date Palms; Alexander Mitchel's Estate; Steamboat Landing Arlington; Harriett Beecher Stowe's Winter Residence, Mandarin; Rogers Landing, Ocklawaha River; Ancient Spanish Governor's Residence; Claredon Hotel at Green Cove Springs; Love in a Cottage.From the estate of Alfred I. duPont (1864-1935), "American industrialist, financier, philanthropist and a member of the influential Du Pont family "(Wikipedia).

Four oblong folio album leaves pp. The five mounted watercolours each ca. 16 x 29cm (6.5 x 11.5in.) or slightly smaller, with pencil captions on mounts. Mounts with a couple of minor marginal tears, but otherwise a very good collection.An attractive collection of scenic watercolours of colonial Australia. The Botany Bay (Sydney) view shows the bay with a steamship moored at a pier. The Lake Midgeon view shows a homestead in the background with a lake (Midgeon) and a bridge in the foreground. Today Lake Midgeon has dried up and is now Mejum Swamp. The first Tamar River view shows a steam and sail ship while the second view is purely a river view.

With 21 large loose albumen studio photographs mounted on light green-grey stiff card mounts, each ca. (20.5 x 26.5 cm) (8 x 10.5 in). All photos captioned (places) in German in manuscript black ink. Some mild foxing of blank margins of mount leaves, one mount margin with minor damage, but overall a very good collection of strong sharp images.These attractive photographs of Classic period sights in Greece Include the Acropolis; Acropolis (Detail); Acropolis with Olympieion; Acropolis with Theseion; Erechtheion (x2); Theater (Acropolis); Theater (Detail) (Acropolis); Parthenon; Temple of Athena Nike; Ancient Greek Temple (Athens); Grave stele (Athens) (x2); Byzantine Greek Orthodox Church (Athens); Statue of Pallas Athena (Athens); Ancient Greek Male Statue (Athens) (x2); Ancient Greek Statute of Male Bust (Athens); Carved ancient Greek stone column top piece (Eleusis);… Read More

Twenty-eight loose cyanotypes ca. 8,5x11 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¼ in), printed on paper ca. 12,5x17,5 cm (5x6 in); one leaf trimmed to fit the image. No captions. All leaves with pencil numbers on verso. One cyanotype with an ink stamp “Keuffel & Esse Co., New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco” on verso. One cyanotype with a minor staining, several slightly faded, but overall a very good collection.Rare collection of early western American cyanotypes. Most photos apparently show Northern California and the Yosemite National Park (est. 1890). Among them are two photos of the Yosemite Falls and one image of the Yosemite Half Dome rock formation. Ca. fifteen photos show California rivers, lakes, and forests, tourists posing on a boulder or next to their cabin, their pack horses, &c. Nine photos apparently depict Alaska, including three… Read More

Thirty one loose original gelatin silver and one cyanotype photographs, including three large photos ca. 12,5x17 cm (5 x 6 ¾ in) comprising a panorama, two large photos from ca. 15x20 cm (5 ¾ x 8 in) to ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in), and the rest of the photos from ca. 9x11,5 (3 ½ x 4 ½ in) to ca. 6,5x9 (2 ½ x 3 ½ in); with eighteen photos mounted on period card (eight with period ink stamps on verso “Amateur Photographer S. S. Didarov” (In Russian); nine photos with period pencil or ink captions on recto or verso, including four photos with dates indicated. One photo lacks a small fragment in the upper right corner, ca. three photos with small, closed tears, a couple of photos very mildly faded, but overall a very good collection with strong photos.An important collection of thirty-one… Read More

Two pen and wash watercolours on paper ca. 12x19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in) and 13x19,5 cm (5 x 7 ½ in). Each mounted on a period album leaf ca. 19x23 cm (7 ½ x 9 in), captioned and signed “H.E.R.” in period ink on the mount or in the right lower corner. Paper slightly age-toned, one mount with a couple of tears on the lower margin not affecting the image; overall very good watercolours.Two attractive 19th-century pen and wash watercolours, drawn after the aquatints from Thomas and William Daniell’s “A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China” (London: Longman, Hurst, Reees and Orme, 1810). The drawings, in a detailed and accurate manner, recreated two of Daniell’s “Javanese” aquatints – “Anjere Point, Strait of Sunda” and “Malays of Java.” The first one depicts… Read More

Twenty pairs of albumen stereoview photographs, each pair ca. 7,5x14,5 cm (3 x 5 ¾ in) mounted on original grey, yellow and orange cards. Over a dozen cards numbered in negative (from “51” to “222”), one with a signature in negative partly trimmed off; one photo with a printed caption in French in negative; one photo with a printed caption in English on the paper label attached to the card’s verso. Seventeen photos with period manuscript captions and/or numbers in English or French on the cards’ versos. One photo with a paper label of a 19th-century Vienna dealer C. Jos. Rospini on the card’s verso, one photo with a photo dealer’s ink stamp dated “1965” on the card’s verso. Several images mildly faded or with minor stains, otherwise a very good collection of strong stereoviews.Interesting… Read More

Fifteen loose original albumen photos, each ca. 14x21,5 cm (5 ½ x 8 ½ in). Each photo is mounted on the original cabinet card ca. 15x30 cm (6 x 11 ¾ in). No captions. All edges of the card mounts are gilt. Card mounts are slightly rubber or scratched on extremities or verso; a couple of photos mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of rare cabinet card photos.Attractive collection of early, well-preserved albumen photos of Gibraltar and Tangier.The images of Gibraltar: General view from the Bay of Gibraltar; The Rock from the Road to Spain (with the border fence and guards in the lower right corner); The Rock from La Linea de la Concepcion; Naval ships at the New Mole in the Gibraltar Harbour; Gibraltar Harbour from the Upper Town; Grand Casemates Square and Moorish Castle; Gardiner’s Battery; Alameda Gardens (two views);… Read More

Two Folio albums (ca. 31x24 cm). Each with 24 stock leaves. Both albums house 78 gelatin silver prints, including 35 larger photos from ca. 17,5x23 cm (6 ¾ x 9 in) to ca. 14x16,5 cm (5 ¼ x 6 ½ in), and 43 smaller photos from ca. 10,5x16,5 cm (4 x 6 ½ in) to ca. 7x8,5 cm (2 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Over twenty photos with the anagram of the Turkish “Anadolu Agency” in negative (“AA”); several photos with the ink stamps of British press agencies on verso (“The Times Copyright,” “Planet News Ltd., London,” “Sport & General Press Agency Ltd., London”); many photos with ink stamps on verso reading “Passed for publication. General Section, Press & Censorship Bureau” and dated February 1940. With over 120 British newspaper cuttings (dated January – April 1940),… Read More