William Reese Company Rare Books, Americana, Literature & Pictorial Americana 409 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 203 / 789 · 8081 fax: 203 / 865 · 7653 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.williamreesecompany.com Bulletin 44:

A Classic of Western Photography 1. Adams, Ansel E., and Mary H. Austin: TAOS PUEBLO. San Francisco. 1930. [6] preliminary pages followed by [14]pp. of text and twelve original mounted , printed on Dessonville paper by , various sizes to 9 x 6½ inches, each with a corresponding caption leaf. Large folio. Publisher’s half tan morocco and cloth, spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers. Very good. From an edition limited to 108 copies (this copy is number 64) signed by Mary Austin and Ansel Adams. Possibly the most famous modern photographic work on the West, Taos Pueblo was a collaboration between the young photographer, Ansel Adams, and one of the most evocative writers on the Southwest, Mary Austin. An elegant design by the Grabhorn Press provides a counterpoint to Adams’ photo- graphs of the adobe Pueblo. The book distilled the romance and naturalism that many Americans found in the Indian pueblos of New Mexico, and defined the style that was to make Adams the most popular photographer of the American West. $85,000. An Early Boston African-American 2. [African-American Photographica]: [PORTRAIT OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, ELIZA MIDDLETON, CIRCA 1847]. Boston. [ca. 1847]. Ninth-plate daguerreotype, 2 x 2½ inches. Brass mat, framed under glass in contemporary leather case. Slight silvering of the surface area, spine of case perished. Very good. A significant, early daguerreotype portrait of an austere African-American woman, Eliza Middleton, taken in Boston in the mid- 19th century. Includes a printed price list on verso, reading “Plumbe National Daguerrian Gallery, 75 Court Street, Boston, W.B. Eastman, Proprietor.” There was a substantial African-American community in Boston from Revolutionary times, centered around the north slope of Beacon Hill. Images of African-Americans in are very rare $3750. An Impressive Album of Photographs of Angkor Wat, the Bayon Temple, and the Environs 3. [Angkor]: [SIGNIFICANT ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANGKOR WAT, THE BAYON TEMPLE, ANGKOR THOM, AND ENVIRONS]. [Angkor, ca. 1920s]. Ninety-three photographs. Large folio album, leather spine, the front cover a tooled copper sheet representing the Bayon Temple. Front hinge cracking slightly. Ninety-three matte silver gelatin photographs, on sheets of slightly variable size but generally 30 x 24 cm.; images uniformly 23.5 x 16.5 cm. All photographs in excellent condition, tipped onto larger sheets, interleaved with protective tissue. A very handsome and impressive album of Angkor Wat, the Bayon Temple, and the larger environs of Angkor Thom, taken by an unidentified but professional photogra- pher, almost certainly in the 1920s. The photographs depict architecture; sculptures both freestanding and as friezes; waterworks; and other features of the larger landscape of Angkor. A handsome and significant album of photographs on the world’s greatest archeological site, at a point when many parts of it were little disturbed. $9000. Early Photographs of a Remote Pacific Island 4. [Australia]: [Norfolk Island]: [ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENERY AND PEOPLE OF NORFOLK ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN]. Norfolk Island. [ca. 1900]. Forty-two carbon prints, approximately 6 x 8 inches, on forty-two cream card album leaves, each mounted within ruled frame with printed caption below. Oblong small folio. Contemporary red morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Very good. First sighted by Capt. James Cook on his second voyage, for the first half of the 19th cen- tury Norfolk Island was largely used as a penal colony. In the 1850s, it was subsequently settled by the Pitcairn Island descendents of the Bligh mutineers. In the 1860s the Angli- can Church established a large Melanesian mission on the island. The present images, by an unknown but probably Australian photographer, comprise views of Kingston, various lagoons and bays, landscape scenes featuring the island’s iconic pine trees and other vegeta- tion, images at the Melanesian Mission, and group portraits of the island’s inhabitants (pre- sumably including Bligh mutineer descendents). $12,000.

A Stunning Civil War Landscape Image by Barnard 5. Barnard, George N.: [BATTLE GROUND OF RESACCA, GA. No. 2]. [1866]. Albumen from a negative taken in 1866, 10⅝ x 14¹ /₁ ₆ inches, on period card mount, 18 x 21¾ inches. Printed caption below the image. Very good. Matted. This image was used by Barnard in his Photographic Views of Sherman’s Cam- paign, but is here separately printed at a contemporary date in slightly larger format. The present image offers a poignant reminder of the trail of destruc- tion left across the Confederacy by General William T. Sherman’s army in 1864 to 1865 during his famous campaign from Nashville to Chattanooga then Atlanta and so to Savannah and the sea. $2000. A Fine Album of Early Bermuda Photographs 6. [Bermuda]: Lusher, N.E.: [ALBUM OF THIRTY-ONE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING SCENES IN BERMUDA AND ELSEWHERE]. [Bermuda. ca. 1882]. Sixteen leaves, containing thirty- one mounted photographs, each approximately 7 x 9 inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth, neatly rebacked and recornered in contemporary black morocco, gilt. Light wear and soiling to cards. Images generally crisp and clean. Very good plus. A handsome 19th-century photo album which includes the work of one of the great photographers of Bermuda. Three of the images have been definitely attributed to N.E. Lusher—the first, showing the construction of a gangway to a docked vessel at St. Georges; the eighth image, showing a shaded crossroads; and the charming ninth image of a black woman and a young boy seated in a donkey cart. The remainder of the album includes a number of images of Bermuda subjects which are of a similarly high quality which suggest that they are all the work of Lusher. $10,000.

A Handsome Album of Bermuda Photographs 7. [Bermuda]: Weiss, William: [ALBUM OF FORTY-FOUR ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF BERMUDA]. [Bermuda. ca. 1902–1910]. Forty-four mounted albumen photographs, each 7¾ x 9¼ inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary three-quarter pebbled leather and cloth, gilt. Spine neatly repaired in matching calf. Gift inscription penciled on a front blank. Images generally crisp and clean. Very good. In a red cloth clamshell box, gilt leather label. A fascinating collection of early 20th-century photographs of Bermuda, from one of the noted local photogra- phers of the era, William Weiss. Most of the photographs are stamped by Weiss’s photography studio in the nega- tive, and those that are not stamped are very likely also Weiss compositions. William Weiss was a commercial photographer active in Bermuda from about 1902 until his death in 1925. Many of the images here are iconic rep- resentations of Bermudian locations, also appearing later in reproductions, both monochromatic and in , and on postcards. $7500. A Wonderful Album of West Coast Bridges 8. [Bridge Construction in the West]: [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF WEST COAST BRIDGES]. [Washington, D.C. ca. 1935]. Over 300 original mounted silver gelatin photographs, most from approximately 3 x 5½ to 7½ x 9½ inches, with seven panoramas, the largest about 3 x 13¾ inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary paper-covered thin boards, twin-bolt binding, calligraphic title on front cover. Paper along the joints largely chipped away, corners worn, some rubbing and soiling to boards. Mounted photographs generally in excellent condition. Very good. A fantastic photograph album, largely composed of images featuring bridges located on the West Coast of the United States. Except for the first twenty- six photographs, which concern bridges at Mount Vernon and the Boundary Channel Bridge in Arlington, and a handful showing bridges in New Mexico and Montana, all the bridges photographed are located on the West Coast, including California, , Washington, and also Arizona, many con- structed with the help of the Fed- eral Aid Project. The album itself has the impres- sion of a WPA product, though it is not identified as such. At the least, it is likely the work of an engineer familiar with the techni- cal aspects of bridge construction, evidenced by the captions. $5000. A Striking Bust Portrait of the Radical Abolitionist 9. [Brown, John]: [STRIKING OVAL SALT PAPER PRINT PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF RADICAL ABOLITIONIST, JOHN BROWN]. [Boston. 1856]. Oval salt print, 3½ x 2¾ inches, mounted to a larger backing sheet. Some tiny surface spots, image slightly faded, minor adhesive stain from a newspaper clipping affixed just below the image. Very good. Matted. Following his bloody anti-slavery activities in Kansas, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry in the fall of 1859 is often thought of as the spark that ignited the Civil War. This image was taken in Boston in 1856 at the photog- raphy studio of John Adams Whipple. Following the Pottawatomie Massacre, Brown spent the years 1856–57 in Boston to promote his cause and raise funds for what would become his famous raid on Harper’s Ferry. A rare and essential image of the great abolitionist. $2000. Handsome Salt Print Portraits, Including an Early Portrait of Sam Houston 10. Brinckerhoff, J. De Witt (photographer): [ALBUM OF TWENTY MOUNTED OVAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS, ON MOUNTS WITH BRINCKERHOFF’S IMPRINT]. [New York. ca. 1856]. Twenty mounted oval varnished salt print portrait photographs, guarded on old linen and interleaved with tissue. The image size of the portraits measuring approximately 8 x 6 inches. Folio. Bound to style in half black morocco and period dark purple cloth, upper cover with a period mounted label with the date 1856, spine gilt, period marbled endpapers. With Brinckerhoff’s trade label mounted on the front pastedown. Very good. The reason for assembling this album is unclear, though it would seem to have served as a trade catalogue or salesman’s sample book to encourage sitters at Brinckerhoff’s studio. A similar album containing twenty-three images was sold in the sale of the famed pioneering collection of Sidney Strober (Parke Bernet, Feb, 7, 1970, lot 18). In the Strober copy the sitters in two of the images are identified, both present here: daguerreotypist and lens maker Charles C. Harrison, and famed Texan Samuel Houston. $27,500. Photographic Album of Byrd’s First Antarctic Expedition 11. [Byrd, Richard E.]: [Antarctic Exploration]: [PHOTO ALBUM OF ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD’S FIRST EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC, 1928–1930]. [Antarctica; New York. 1928–1930; 1939]. 130 photographs, mostly 3 x 4 inches, on twenty-one album leaves. Original black cloth, twine ties. Album leaves brittle, edges chipped and torn. Several leaves detached. Minor soiling to some photos, but generally very good. Over the course of three summers, Byrd and his men conducted geological surveys, collected photographs, and carried out aerial reconnaissance from their base on the Ross Ice Shelf. In November 1929, he and his crew completed the first round trip flight to the South Pole. This album contains eighty-four photos depicting vari- ous aspects of the voyage, including the men in transit and in camp, the ships and airplanes used, preparations for overland exploration, scientific and photographic endeavors, wildlife, and scenery. The album also contains a series of forty-six other photos from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. $5000. With Original Photographs of Redwood Lumbering 12. Cherry, Edgar: REDWOOD AND LUMBERING IN CALIFORNIA FORESTS. San Francisco. 1884. ii,107pp. plus twenty-four photographs, each on an individual thin card mount within a purple printed border, twenty with purple printed titles, the other four with no printed title. Quarto. Original red cloth, title stamped in gilt on front board. Corners bumped and worn, spine lightly soiled, head and foot of spine slightly frayed. Personal embossed stamp on first two leaves and final plate. Light foxing, primarily to first and last few leaves. Images generally clean and bright. About very good. Displaying astonishing photographs whose publication surely unsettled an east- ern audience unprepared for the room-size circular saw blades, strange “donkey engines,” and endlessly long logging trains used to harvest the giants, this vol- ume, published to promote the use of “superior” redwood, was illustrated with pho- tographs to prove, where engravings might appear to exaggerate, the enormous growth of the redwood. $8500. “San Quentin’s been livin’ hell for me. . . .” 13. [California Criminals]: [San Quentin Mug Shot Book]: DESCRIPTION OF PRISONERS RECEIVED AT CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT SAN QUENTIN [caption title]. [San Quentin, Ca. 1928–1929]. [458]pp. (numbered 11627–12085). Approximately 1,300 silver gelatin photographs. Original gray cloth album, screw-bound, spine stamped “SAN QUENTIN” with prisoner number range and “VOL. K.” Minor edge wear, some insect damage to spine. First leaf detached but present, a few leaves with a diagonal closed tear. Overall very good. An incredible record of all inmates pro- cessed into San Quentin Prison between Sept. 1928 and June 1929. With over 450 pages of information, and with virtually every page including statistics for three prisoners, this fascinating logbook contains vital statistics on approximately 1,300 pris- oners in the California penal system at the beginning of the Great Depression. Almost all of the inmates are depicted with a mug shot, resulting in approximately 1,300 silver gelatin photographs mounted in the album. Prison mug shot books are exceedingly rare in the market. $13,500. A Remarkable Album of Chicago Architecture by Photographer John W. Taylor 14. [Chicago]: [Taylor, John W., photographer]: [ALBUM CONTAINING 154 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHICAGO BY A NOTED PHOTOGRAPHER, INCLUDING IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL IMAGES, AS WELL AS IMAGES RELATING TO THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR, THE STOCKYARDS AS DESCRIBED BY UPTON SINCLAIR, AND MORE]. [Chicago. ca 1890]. 152 albumen photographs, most 7 x 9 inches, mounted recto and verso of each leaf within the album. Images captioned in manuscript on the mount below the image, many signed in white ink or in the negative by Taylor. Oblong folio. Expertly bound to style in half dark purple morocco and period cloth-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Very good. A major photographic record of the city of Chicago and its architec- ture in the late 19th century, almost entirely the work of the significant photographer John W. Taylor, with his imprint in the negative. Taylor was a bookseller and stationer before advertising himself as a commercial photographer in the late 1880s. He concentrated his work on Chicago- area architecture and city infrastruc- ture. Today he is recognized as a pioneering photographer of architec- ture, working in Chicago at the very beginning of the skyscraper era. This superb photograph album presents a fairly comprehensive view of Chi- cago’s architecture and life during one of the city’s most interesting and vibrant periods, from the highest of the skyscrapers to the interiors of pig pens in the stockyards, with numer- ous residences, parks, lush interiors, the 1893 World’s Fair, and more in- between. $27,500. An Amazing Collection of Photographs of Gilded Age Mansions in Chicago and Elsewhere 15. [Chicago]: [Architectural Photography]: [OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF EARLY ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURING BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, NEW YORK CITY, BUFFALO, BOSTON, AND MICHIGAN]. [Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Buffalo, Boston, & Battle Creek, Mi. ca. 1880s]. Three volumes. 219 albumen photographs, backed on linen. Oblong quarto. Contemporary cloth. A handful of photos in the second volume dampstained, else very good. In a black half morocco box. An astounding collection of photographs highlighting the golden age of architecture in Chicago, particularly the style of Richardsonian Romanesque, named for the prominent archi- tect Henry Hobson Richard- son. Some of Richardson’s own work is featured in this archive, including some of his buildings in Cleveland and Boston. Other architects represented in these photographs include an array of the most famous designers in Chicago during the latter part of the 19th century. A number of the images show buildings at various stages of construction, a rare feature for albums of archi- tectural photographs like this. An amazing archive of Rich- ardsonian Romanesque archi- tectural photographs from the style’s heyday. $25,000. A Remarkable Album of Photographs of Union Generals, with Their Signatures 16. [Civil War Photographica]: [Union General Autographs]: [A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING EIGHTY- SEVEN CARTES DE VISITE OF UNION COMMANDERS, MOST WITH AN ORIGINAL CUT SIGNATURE MOUNTED BENEATH THE PHOTO]. [Various places. ca. 1862–1865]. Eighty-seven carte de visite photographs by Anthony, Taber, and Brady, and sixty-three mounted cut signatures, within twenty-four pasteboard leaves with diecut windows. With a lithographed titlepage printed in gilt. Contemporary brown morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt and with a central inset sunken panel, spine gilt, brass hinges and clasps embossed with Union shields and onlaid belt buckles, a.e.g., silk endpapers. Very good. An extensive Civil War photo album containing carte de visite portraits of eighty-seven Union generals, admi- rals, commodores, and a captain, sixty-three of which include original signature cuts or letter closings mounted underneath the portraits. The index leaf in the rear is inscribed in a contemporary hand with almost all of the names of the officers contained in the album. A handsome and painstakingly created memorial of the men who saved the Union. A complete list is available upon request. $13,500. With Fourteen Original Photographs 17. Collier, John (photographer); and [Harrington, Charles]: SUMMERING IN COLORADO. Denver. 1874. 158pp. plus [5]pp. advertisements and fourteen mounted photographs. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown, dated 1880 in Colorado. Some scattered light tanning in text, else clean. Eight contemporary botanical specimens mounted on blank pages throughout text; some minor offsetting from specimens. First photographic leaf loose. All the photographs are bright and clean and show rich tonality. Near fine. Published to promote tourism, this work contains images of Central City, Boulder Canyon, Clear Creek Can- yon, Grand Crater, Rainbow Falls (Manitou), Monument Park, and more. Unlike many Colorado pieces, the scenes are all over the state and not concentrated around Colorado Springs. Rarely found with all fourteen photos. $2750. Building Connecticut, Especially the Bethany Dam 18. [Connecticut]: [MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF OVER 1,550 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, MAINLY IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, 1892–1951]. [Mainly Waterbury, Ct. 1892–1951]. Approximately 1,550 sepia- toned or black-and-white photographs, most between 2 x 4 inches and 4 x 6 inches (a handful slightly smaller, some slightly larger), a handful of panoramas, and about ten examples 8 x 10 inches. One cloth photograph album, two paperbound photo albums, numerous loose album pages, and the remainder of approximately 950 photographs loose. Some slightly faded, minor edge wear, a handful unevenly trimmed, almost all of the loose photos previously mounted, with adhesive and paper remnants on verso. A handsome and engaging assemblage. An amazing collection of , most detailing public works projects in Connecticut from the late 1920s through the 1940s, including the Bethany Dam, the Shepaug Dam, and other projects in New Haven County. This archive is an important treasure trove for the urban planner or developer, or anyone studying water use, engineering, architecture, or public works projects, specifically dam, bridge, and road construction. Some groups of photographs are like time-lapse photography; one can almost watch the Shepaug River Bridge being built from the foundation to finished product through a couple hundred photographs. The photos reveal the massive nature of this and other public works projects, espe- cially interesting since most of the work here was begun and completed in the darkest years of the Great Depression. A full description is available upon request. $7500. Original Photographs of a Sailing Classic of the Caribbean 19. Fenger, Frederic A.: [ARCHIVE OF 109 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE VOYAGE OF FREDERIC FENGER’S SAILING CLASSIC, Alone in the Caribbean]. [Grenada, Carriacou, and other Caribbean locations. ca. 1911]. Group of 109 original silver gelatin photographs, each approximately 3 x 4 inches. Most mounted to stiff cards with typed captions below the image, some with Fenger’s hand stamp on verso. Photographs in generally near fine condition. A fantastic archive of over one hundred original photographs taken by Frederic Fenger documenting his famous voyage through the Lesser Antilles aboard his handmade canoe, the Yakaboo. The majority of these photographs were not published, and thus represent an important and unique cache of images. From the photographs, it is apparent that Fenger was not only an excellent boatman and fine author, but quite an accomplished photographer. The photographs cover a broad range of subjects, including local peoples, cus- toms, architecture, natural formations, maritime subjects, street scenes, and more. Includes a first edition of the printed book, Alone in the Caribbean. An excellent photographic record of Fenger’s Caribbean exploits, with the finished, published product of his efforts. $5750. Magnificent Suite of Photographs of Erskine’s Expedition to New Guinea 20. [Erskine, Commodore James E.]: [Augustine Dyer, photographer]: NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON TO THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF NEW GUINEA. OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1884. Sydney. 1885. [4],99pp. plus map, three chromolithographic plates, thirty-three original silver albumen prints, a four-sheet folding panorama of albumen prints, and a two-sheet panorama of albumen prints. Panoramas backed with linen, photographs mounted on card with printed captions. Large folio. Contemporary blue morocco, gilt, title gilt on cover. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped, boards lightly scuffed. Lightly foxed. Map with closed tear at right edge. Scattered foxing and wear to photographic mounts, but the images generally bright and crisp. Very good. This remarkable album contains a superb and highly important series of ethnographic ish and the New Guinean natives. It is most impressive as an ethnographic album, one and exploration photographs taken in the course of the Erskine expedition, in which of the very first such photodocumentations of South Pacific natives. All were printed Great Britain established a Protectorate over the southern coast of New Guinea. The and produced in Sydney, in a small edition for presentation. A special copy was deliv- magnificent photographs document the landing of the Australian Squadron under ered to Her Majesty the Queen as “a keen supporter of photography.” $52,500. Commodore James Erskine in the fall of 1884, and the ceremonies between the Brit- Early Images of Montana 21. Foote, Morris C., Lieut.: [GROUP OF NINETEEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLATHEAD LAKE, BIG FORK, MONTANA FROM THE COLLECTION OF LIEUT. MORRIS C. FOOTE]. [Montana. ca. 1878]. Nineteen sepia-toned photographs, housed in plastic sleeves and stored in a three-ring binder. Almost all 5 x 7 inches. Three photographs separated into pieces, some somewhat faded. Else good. A group of photographs of the Bigfork and Flathead Lake area of Montana, from the collection of U.S. Army officer Lieut. Morris C. Foote. Highlights include an image of Kootenai Indians near Dayton Creek, located on the west side of Flathead Lake, as well as multiple views of camp scenes in which several men are gathered together, including images of a surveying party and images of hunters armed with their rifles. Images from this area of the West during this period are rare. $2500.

Important Cuban Book Illustrated with Original Mounted Photographs 22. Gelpi y Ferro, Gil: ALBUM HISTORICO FOTOGRAFICO DE LA GUERRA DE CUBA DESDE SU PRINCIPIO HASTA EL REINADO DE AMADEO I. Havana. 1872. 413pp. plus folding map and twenty-four mounted albumen photographs, each 7 x 10 inches. Half title. Folio. Original printed wrappers bound into half leather and cloth, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed, front hinge starting. Lower corner of front cover and half title torn away, repaired with tissue. Minor foxing. Very good. Illustrated work on the Ten Years’ War, the bloody civil war between Spanish loyalists and rebels fight- ing for Cuba’s independence, with twenty-four photographs by Varela y Suarez, comprised of images of notable citizens and views of Cuba. This is a history produced by the loyalist forces, dominated by the large plantation owners. The photographer, Leopoldo Varela y Suarez, was one of a small group of photogra- phers to photograph and publish images of this war. $7500. Interesting Photographic Album, Especially of Florida 23. Goodale, D.C.: REMINISCENCES OF FLORIDA, ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI [cover title]. [Various locations. 1892]. Twenty-six leaves containing 104 albumen photographs. Each photo caption in contemporary ink on the mount. Oblong octavo. Original brown morocco, cover gilt, sympathetically rebacked, a.e.g. Corners heavily worn, covers rubbed. Minor soiling and wear to mounts, but images clean. Very good. An interesting album of photographs com- piled by one photographer—presumably an amateur—which includes scenes in Mis- souri, Illinois, and Florida. The images, which start with scenes of street illumina- tion in St. Louis, include views of significant architectural monuments and parkland in major cities, steamers coaling and loading grain on the Illinois River, and other vernacular subjects such as farms, gardens, rail yards, and people. The album jumps around between states, showing areas around St. Louis, Kansas City, Allendale, and St. Joseph in Mis- souri; Peoria, Pullman, and Patoka in Illinois; two photographs in Patriot, Indiana, located just south of Cincinnati on the Kentucky border; and views in Palatka, Jacksonville, Tampa, and St. Augustine in Florida. $3500.

Portrait of a Yale Man 24. [Hadley, James]: [HALF-PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF YALE PROFESSOR JAMES HADLEY]. [New York? nd, ca. 1850]. Oval daguerreotype, 4½ x 3½ inches, in an attractive contemporary stamped gutta-percha frame, gilt, lined in red velvet. A few light spots. Near fine. A handsome daguerreotype of Yale professor James Hadley (1821–72). Hadley was born in Fairfield, New York and graduated from Yale in 1842. He was a philologist and professor of Greek there from 1851 to 1872. His son, Arthur T. Hadley, later became president of Yale University. $3000. Classic Photographically Illustrated Book on the American West 25. Hayden, Ferdinand V.: Russell, Andrew J., photographer: SUN PICTURES OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE GREAT WEST; CONTAINING THIRTY PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS ALONG THE LINE OF THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD, FROM OMAHA TO SACRAMENTO. New York. 1870. viii,150pp. Thirty mounted albumen photographs. Large quarto. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco and cloth, spine gilt, a.e.g. Very good. This impressive book, one of the standard pieces of photographically illustrated West- ern Americana, was prepared by the famous geologist, Ferdinand V. Hayden. The views, depicting scenes along the line of the Union Pacific Rail Road, are intended to illustrate the geology which can be observed from the train. Despite the title, all the photographs are of locales within the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada (twelve in Wyo- ming, sixteen in Utah, and two in California). $15,000.

Images from the Hayden Survey 26. [Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer]: Jackson, William Henry: [FIVE ALBUMEN PRINTS FROM HAYDEN’S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CIRCA 1873–1874]. [Colorado & Arizona. 1873–1874]. Five albumen prints, all about 4¼ x 7¼ inches, with printed titles (in the negative), and mounted on cards with U.S. Geological Survey imprints. Minor foxing to one image, light edge wear. Very good. Five important photographs taken by esteemed photographer William Henry Jackson during the latter years of Ferdinand V. Hayden’s primary survey of the American West. Hayden’s survey explored large portions of the American West for the first time, and these five images by Jackson represent some of the earliest and famous views of the high central Rocky Mountains and the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde. The five photographs in this selec- tion are: “65. North from Berthoud Pass”; “79. Middle Park. East from Mt. Bross”; “281. Casa del Eco. Rio San Juan”; “283. Cave Town on the Rio de Chelley. Arizona”; “284. Cave Town on the Rio de Chelley. Arizona”. $3000. Early Photographs of Aged Revolutionaries 27. Hillard, Elias B., Rev.: THE LAST MEN OF THE REVOLUTION. A PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH FROM LIFE, TOGETHER WITH VIEWS OF THEIR HOMES PRINTED IN . ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MEN. Hartford. 1864. 64pp. plus six original mounted photographs and six colored lithographs. 12mo. Original half leather and pebbled green cloth, front board gilt, spine gilt. Some rubbing and spotting to cloth. Very good. This book is remarkable for its extraordi- narily early mounted photographs of actual veterans of the American Revolution. The photographs provide a remarkable reach back in time, showing persons born in the 1750s and 1760s. “The photographs were made uniformly under makeshift circum- stances as would have been required if the photographs were made in situ while Hill- ard visited each for a personal interview”— Goldschmidt & Naef. A truly wonderful lit- tle book. $7500.

A Jackson Mammoth Plate Image 28. Jackson, William H.: THE ROYAL GORGE (GRAND CANON OF THE ARKANSAS.) DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILWAY—THE SCENIC LINE OF AMERICA [manuscript caption title]. Denver. [ca. 1880]. Mammoth-plate albumen photograph, 22 x 17¼ inches. Jackson’s name printed on the mat. Light discoloration in the sky in the upper center portion of the image. Near fine. Matted, glazed, and framed, with calligraphic manuscript title below the photograph. Contemporary wooden presentation frame (see below). A beautiful mammoth-plate albumen photograph by William H. Jackson of the Royal Gorge in central Colorado. This photograph was taken during Jackson’s Denver era when he did extensive work for the railroads of Colorado and was given his own per- sonal railroad car from which he based his photographic excursions and operations. $7500. A Unique Photographic Catalogue of Jackson’s Stereoview Images of Colorado and Yellowstone 29. Jackson, William H.: [COLLECTION OF MOUNTED ALBUMEN HALF STEREO VIEWS BY JACKSON, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED AS A STUDIO OR SALESMAN’S CATALOGUE]. [Colorado, Utah, Wyoming & Idaho. ca. 1879–1885]. 742 arch-topped albumen photographs by Jackson, mounted recto and verso onto fifty-four cards, images approximately 3¾ x 3 inches, the green paper card mounts edged with dark purple cloth. A few manuscript annotations. Very good. In a red half morocco box. William Henry Jackson was one of the great 19th-century American landscape photographers, best known vast areas of the West, including Yellowstone and parts of Colorado, Montana, Utah, for his descriptive photographs chronicling the western expansion. Jackson began his and Nevada. career in photography in 1858, working as a retouching artist in a studio in Troy, New It would appear that the present albums of half stereo views were assembled, York. In the 1860s, after serving briefly in the Union Army, he worked at several stu- perhaps by Jackson, to serve as a trade catalogue from which stereoviews could be dios in Vermont before moving to Omaha, Nebraska in 1867, where he established ordered. Several annotations within the albums would seem to support this theory, his own studio. He worked on an extensive series of views for the Union Pacific Rail- with some images crossed out in wax pencil and annotated in the margin with the road, which earned him enough notice to be recruited by Ferdinand Hayden for the word “out.” We have never encountered a similar album of Jackson photographs. U.S. Geological Survey team. With the Survey, Jackson explored and photographed $90,000. Photography and Tobacco Come to 30. [Japan]: [ORIGINAL COLORED JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT SHOWING A MEETING BETWEEN THE KABUKI ACTOR DANJURO IX AND THE ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER ADOLFO FARSARI]. [. 1874]. Colored woodblock print, 13¾ x 9 inches. Left edge trimmed a bit in border. Light wrinkling. Very good, the colors bright and robust. An attractive and vibrant colored Japanese woodblock print, showing a meeting between renowned Kabuki actor Danjuro Ix and Italian-born photographer Adolfo Farsari. The illustration provides a striking image of a meeting between East and West, and between western technological innovation and traditional Japanese culture. $1000.

Turn-of-the Centry Japan 31. [Japan]: [Photographs]: REMINISCENCES OF KYUSHU [cover title]. [Various locations in Japan. ca. 1900]. Ten leaves containing eighty photographs, each 2¼ x 3¼ inches. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black three-quarter morocco and cloth. Hinges and corners lightly worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing, primarily to mounts and not images. Prints sharp and clear. Very good. Eighty attractive images of turn-of-the-century Japan, as seen through a Western lens. Evidently narrating a trip in Japan, each photograph is captioned in English, usually stating location, including Kagoshima, the Kuma River, Kumamoto, Nakatshu, Fukuoka, , and Isahaya. While most of the images show landscapes and the scenery of the area, many of them include local people—at temples and shrines, in city streets, going about everyday life. $2000. Early Photographically Illustrated Guide to Yosemite 32. Kneeland, Samuel: [Hazeltine, Martin M., photographer]: THE WONDERS OF , AND OF CALIFORNIA . . . WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, BY JOHN P. SOULE. . . . Boston. 1871. Ten mounted original albumen photographs. Half title. Original blue publisher’s cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, recased in blue cloth, portion of original spine retained. Rear cover stained, endpapers renewed. Scattered minor browning and staining. Else very good. A significant early guidebook to the Yosemite Valley by a professor of Zoology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kneeland traveled across the continent on the newly opened transcontinen- tal railroad and returned east via Panama. The source of the photographs in this work is the subject of some conjecture. Though John Soule is credited with the photographs on the titlepage, he apparently never visited Yosemite. It is believed that he purchased negatives from Yosemite photographer Mar- tin Mason Hazeltine, although some in the past have suggested as an alternative attribution. $1500.

The Little Eskimo Lady 33. [Krarer, Olof]: [BROADSHEET PROGRAM AND TWO CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISS OLOF KRARER, “THE LITTLE ESQUIMAUX LADY”]. Illinois. 1890/1893. 4pp. on a folded folio sheet, accompanied by two cabinet card photographs, 6½ x 4¼ inches. Old folds, some chipping and wear to program. About very good. Cabinet cards near fine. Promotional items for Miss Olof Krarer, “The Little Esquimaux Lady,” an Icelan- nineteen. Unable to find any work beyond the circus sideshow, she reinvented herself dic dwarf who toured and lectured about her supposed life as a Greenland Eskimo. as a Greenland Eskimo and took to the lecture circuit, where she told outlandish (and Krarer (1858–1935), an Icelandic native, emigrated to the United States at the age of incorrect) tales of life as a Greenland native. $1500. With Original Photographs of the Sierras 34. [LeConte, Joseph]: A JOURNAL OF RAMBLINGS THROUGH THE HIGH SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA BY THE “UNIVERSITY EXCURSION PARTY.” San Francisco. 1875. 103pp. plus nine original mounted albumen photographs. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and blue cloth, spine gilt. Spine sunned. Frontispiece photograph with three small stains, and the final two photographs exhibiting some moderate fading, else quite clean internally. A very good copy. LeConte studied with Agassiz at Harvard before going to California to serve as professor of geology, and he was among the charter members of the Sierra Club. This work describes LeConte’s first expedition, with students of the University, into the Sierras, and the text wonderfully conveys LeConte’s enthusiasm for the region and its natural beauty. A beautiful book, with superb photographs depicting the range of northern California’s natural splendor. $9000. A Significant Album of Architectural Photographs 35. Marble, Albert P., compiler: [Massachusetts]: [Architectural Photography]: PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester. 1873. 10pp. (printed on recto only) plus thirty-two mounted albumen photographs on captioned card mounts. Small oblong folio. Contemporary three- quarter green morocco and marbled boards, leather label on front cover, marbled endpapers.Very good. Provenance: Albert Marble (inscription on titlepage). A rare American photographically illustrated book and a wonderful collection of Massa- chusetts architectural photography. The thirty-two albumen photographs depict various schools and other public buildings in Worcester, Massachusetts in the latter half of the 19th century, including a few floor plans. The buildings include Worcester High School, Wal- nut Street School, Thomas Street School, Sycamore Street School, the Worcester Public Library, the College of Holy Cross, Antiquarian Hall, Highland Military Academy, and many more. Unrecorded in OCLC. $2850. Historic Photographs of the Pennsylvania Oil Regions 36. [Mather, John A.]: MATHER’S HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS. PART 1. Titusville, Pa. 1895. Letterpress titlepage, two text leaves and twelve linen-backed photographs bound in on stubs, as issued. Original cloth, gilt. Minor wear at spine ends, hinges starting. Front free endpaper a bit chipped, with edges reinforced on verso. Very good. Edwin Laurentine Drake was the first American to drill for oil, at Oil Creek, Pennsyl- vania, near Titusville, in 1859. Mather quickly became fascinated by Drake and the oil business, moved to Titusville, opened a photography gallery, and compiled an exhaustive photographic history of the area’s oil industry over the next forty years. Collected here are twelve photographs, the majority printed in 1895 from older negatives, and captioned in the negatives by Mather. $4000.

Very Early Album of New Zealand Views 37. [New Zealand Photographica]: DUNEDIN 1860 [cover title]. [Dunedin, New Zealand. ca. 1885]. Ten album cards, each with a vintage albumen photograph mounted on recto and verso, for a total of twenty photographs. Each image measuring 8¾ x 6¾ inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary green cloth, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, gilt-stamped title on cover. Moderate spotting on cards, affecting a few images. Photographs captioned on images. Very good, with small promotional bookplate of Frank Coxhead on front pastedown reading: “We invite inspection of our superior collection of Photo Views of the West Coast Sounds, and other Views, before purchasing elsewhere.” A wonderful assemblage of incredibly early New Zealand views. The images were taken by Kiwi photographer William Meluish, whose shop can be seen in one of the views of Princes Street. They were issued as a set after Frank Coxhead purchased the glass plates. The images depict the port, mercantile areas, and certain residential districts. In 1861 gold was discovered in New Zealand, and the rush that followed prompted a rapid change in the physical environment. These images provide an excellent record of this early boom phase that vaulted Dunedin to the status of New Zealand’s leading economic center by the end of the 19th century. $9500. Perhaps the Most Famous Early View of San Francisco 38. Muybridge, Eadweard: PANORAMA OF SAN FRANCISCO, FROM CALIFORNIA ST. HILL. [San Francisco]. 1877. Albumen photographic panorama mounted on eleven panels, the entire panorama measuring a total of 7½ x 87¼ inches. Caption title, photographic credit, and publisher’s imprint printed on center panel. Backed by cloth and folding into original gilt cloth binding. Cloth boards with some old dampstaining on lower edge. Old staining on panels below photographic prints. The images themselves are quite clean and sharp. Very good condition. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. One of the landmarks of 19th-century American photography, and an iconic image some fifty miles into the distance and encompasses a width of fifteen miles. Despite of San Francisco, this remarkable panorama dramatically shows the growth of San the great scope of the work, precise details of the city are visible throughout. A high Francisco nearly thirty years after the onset of the Gold Rush. The work was done in point in the photographic representation of the West. $48,000. June or July, 1877, and took some five hours to complete. Muybridge’s view reaches Stereo Cards by Timothy O’Sullivan and William Bell on the Wheeler Survey, 1871–74 39. O’Sullivan, Timothy, and William Bell: [SET OF FIFTY STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS, TAKEN ON THE 1871–1874 EXPEDITIONS OF THE WHEELER SURVEY, WITH SERIES TITLE ON THE VERSO OF EACH MOUNT: GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS WEST OF THE 100th MERIDIAN]. Washington. [1873–1874]. Fifty stereoscopic albumen prints (forty-two by O’Sullivan, eight by Bell), on original card mounts (4 x 7 inches), the mounts with the series number, photographer’s name and descriptive title on the verso. Very good. In a modern dark blue morocco backed box. A fine series of stereographic views from one of the major western surveys, Lieut. George They show the expedition ascending the Colorado and at work in the Canyon; scenes Wheeler’s 1871–74 investigation of the Grand Canyon, northern New Mexico, and Col- at Zuni Pueblo, Canon de Chelly, and among the Navajo; among the Apache; scenes orado. The photographs were taken by the famous photographer, Timothy O’Sullivan, along the Colorado, in northern New Mexico, and among the Utes; and several views or his assistant, William Bell, in the course of three different seasons in the field. in Idaho. $12,500. With Original Albumen Photographs 40. Poole, William F.: THE TYLER DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN. Cincinnati. 1872. [2],117pp. plus thirteen original albumen photographs. Frontis. Quarto. Contemporary three quarter black morocco and brown cloth, ornate gilt spine, a.e.g. Minor wear to extremities, heavier along hinges. Slight tanning and occasional foxing. Very good. This is one of 100 special presentation copies in this elaborate format. The work commemorates the unveiling of the Tyler Davidson fountain in Cincinnati in 1871, which was a gift to the city by Henry Probasco, a prominent local businessman, and named for his brother-in-law and partner, Tyler Davidson. $2850.

With Original Mounted Photographs 41. Ritzhaupt, Curt: EIN FERIEN-AUSFLUG UM DIE ERDE. SEINEN LIEBEN WERWANDTEN UND FREUNDEN. Leipzig. [1894]. 133pp., including sixteen full-page illustrations (nine of them original photographs) and two folding colored maps. 12mo. Original brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt. Light wear at corners and spine ends. Very clean internally. Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the page facing his portrait. A rare photo- graphically illustrated account of a trip around the world by a German traveller. Among the photographs illustrating his travels are images of Calcutta, the Ganges, and Bombay in India, Ceylon, Japan, Hong Kong, Hawaii, and the Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone. The maps show the course of Ritzhaupt’s journey. Undoubtedly printed in a small edition for private distribution. $2250. With Some of the Earliest Photographic Images from South Africa, with a Striking Portrait of a Basuto Chief 42. [South Africa]: [Photography]: THE PROGRESS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT THROUGH THE CAPE COLONY, BRITISH KAFFRARIA, THE ORANGE FREE STATE, AND PORT NATAL, IN THE YEAR 1860. Cape Town. 1861. xii,180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Original publisher’s cloth, stamped in gilt, rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning, heavier in some places. Most images clean, though one or two with some light foxing at the edges. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book, and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, one of Queen Victoria’s sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony, which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Photographer Joseph Kirkman was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. $4500. Stereo Cards of Hopi Indians in Arizona 43. [Underwood and Underwood]: [Native American Photographica]: [TWENTY-FOUR STEREO CARDS OF HOPI INDIANS, THEIR LIVES, HOMES, AND CEREMONIES]. New York. 1903. Twenty-four stereoscopic views, mounted on thick gray cardstock. Many of the cards with captions or further information on the verso. Fine. In a contemporary cloth slipcase, spine gilt. A very interesting group of twenty-four stereoviews of Hopi Indians in Arizona, including images of village life, Indians making crafts, their dwellings, and their ceremonial dances. Many of the images come from the Hopi village at Oraibi, Arizona, and others show the ruins of cliff dwellings at Bonito Cañon, Walnut Cañon, and the Pueblo ruins at Mishonginovi. An interesting collection of photographs documenting a Hopi existence that had already become commercialized and fetishized, yet still retained important aspects of their culture and traditions. $1250. An American Flagship: The U.S.S. Tennessee 44. [United States Navy]: [LETTER BOOK AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FOR THE U.S.S. TENNESSEE]. [Various places, including Japan]. 1875–1885. 133 sheets mounted on stubs; twenty-eight mounted photographs, most measuring 7 x 9¾ inches. Letter book: Folio. Original half black morocco and cloth, stamped in blind on cover, spine gilt. Corners rubbed. Spine heavily worn and chipped, hinges weak. Light soiling to some letters, some chipped at edges. In a very legible hand. About very good. In a blue cloth clamshell case, leather label. Album: Oblong folio. Original blue publisher’s cloth, stamped in gilt on cover. Boards scuffed and slightly stained. Expertly rebacked in matching cloth. Some mounts with slight chipping at edges. Some soiling, though photographs are generally clean. Good.

Manuscript and photographic records of the U.S.S. Tennessee, launched in July 1865. Her duties included service as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron under Rear Admiral Wil- liam Reynolds, with Captain William W. Low in command. By 1879 she was flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Robert W. Wyman, with Captain David B. Harmony in command. These items pertain to both of these notable periods of service. The photo album is dated circa 1885, when the Tennessee was flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. $3000. A Huge Panorama of Venice in the 1870s 45. [Venice]: [Italian Photographica]: [EPIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PANORAMA OF VENICE, ITALY]. [Venice. ca. 1870s]. Panoramic photograph, 11¼ x 150 inches. Mounted on card, linen-backed in nine sections, folding into leather slipcase stamped in gilt. Light surface dusting. Slipcase worn and partially split. Panorama near fine. An amazing panorama of the “Queen of the Adriatic.” Measur- ing over twelve feet, this striking panorama shows the southern side of Venice as taken from the bell tower of the Chiesa del San Giorgio Maggiore, a 16th-century Benedictine church located just east of the barrier island of Giudecca, directly opposite San Marco and the Doge’s Palace. The photograph shows the entire expanse of the city, from the western end to the public gardens on the eastern extreme of the island, and depicts a bustling port city, with numerous ships running in the Vene- tian Lagoon. A stunning and important photographic record of one of the planet’s most romantic cities. $7500. An American Advisor in Vietnam: A Massive Photographic Archive 46. [Vietnam War Photographica]: Harris, Jacob Joseph: [MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF THOUSANDS OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SLIDES, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS AUDIO RECORDINGS, COMPILED BY JACOB HARRIS, AN AMERICAN WHO SERVED AS A SENIOR POLICE ADVISOR IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND DURING THE VIETNAM WAR]. [Vietnam, Thailand, and elsewhere in Asia, as well as the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. ca. 1964–1974]. More than 1,700 original photographic prints and 2,000 original photographic slides, plus fourteen audio recordings and miscellaneous documents. Most of the slides preserved in their original Kodak processing boxes. Some photographs loose, but most bound into albums. On the whole, in near fine condition. A large and remarkable archive of images from Vietnam and Thai- land, covering the decade from the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the beginning of the buildup of American forces in Vietnam to a year before the evacuation of the American embassy. Most notable are the many images showing the training of local security forces by Ameri- can civil and military advisors. The collection was compiled by Jacob Harris, an employee of USAID’s “Office of Public Safety” (OPS), whose task was to train Vietnamese and Thai police and counterin- surgency forces. Most of the images were created by Harris, his wife, or his associates, and illustrate all aspects of life in those countries at the time. Harris travelled widely throughout the region, and the collection includes images from not only Vietnam and Thailand, but also from Laos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia, India, and elsewhere. The images also document Harris’ lengthy career as a New Jersey State Trooper and his travels in other parts of the world. A full description is available upon request. $15,000. Early Photographs of Saigon 47. [Vietnam Photographica]: VUES DE SAIGON [binding title]. [France. ca. 1875]. Thirty-two mounted albumen photographs, ranging from 4½ x 6½ to 9½ x 13½ inches. Oblong small folio. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and cloth, gilt title on front cover, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Very good. A rare album of early photographs of Saigon, Vietnam. The first image is a portrait of a high-ranking military officer with Cambodian script in the lower margin. Other subjects include eleven views of the Norodom Palace from various angles; three views of shipping operations in the port and river; two of a large three-mast ship in dry dock; one of a passenger river steamer; one showing hundreds of laborers work- ing on a canal; two are captioned Convent de Carmelites; and the remainder show various scenes around the city. The album lacks photographer credits save for the photographs of the palace, with “Jugant” signed in the negative, likely the French military photographer M. Jugant who was working in Saigon at the time. $7500.

The Russian Window on the Pacific 48. [Vladivostok]: [EARLY 20th-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, CONSISTING OF TWENTY-FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN VLADIVOSTOK CIRCA JUNE 1900, EACH WITH CONTEMPORARY HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS IN GERMAN]. [Vladivostok. 1900]. Twenty-four photographs (3½ x 4½ inches each), each print matted on heavy paper of commercial photograph album. Early 20th-century German photograph album with textured paper boards and spine. Front board decoratively embossed with image of a flower and the words, “Moderne Lichtbildere.” Top and bottom of spine, edges of boards, and outer joints moderately worn. Mounts separating, but very good. Images very clean overall and in very good condition. Includes views of the port, Russian naval ships and numerous other vessels, the city center, the post office, street scenes, buildings and houses (including a German brew- ery), and pictures of everyday life. Due to its location in the Russian Far East on the coast of the Sea of Japan and near both the Chinese and Korean borders, Vladivostok was a settlement with numerous international residents and visitors, and this hetero- geneity is recorded in this album. Half of the photographs are of people, including images of Russians, Chinese, and Koreans. $2000. Important Collection of Watkins Stereoviews of Yosemite 49. Watkins, Carleton E.: [COLLECTION OF FIFTY-SIX STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS FROM WATKINS’ PACIFIC COAST SERIES, PRINCIPALLY DEPICTING SCENES IN YOSEMITE]. San Francisco. 1867 [copyright date]. Fifty-six stereoscopic albumen prints by Watkins, on original yellow card mounts (3¼ x 6¾ inches), with his 429 Montgomery Street address. Very good. In a modern half morocco and cloth box. Carleton Watkins was one of the finest 19th-century landscape photographers. to the public. Watkins’ vistas of a serene and underpopulated land demonstrated the The magnificence of the Yosemite Valley was unknown to settlers until 1849 and it ideal harmony between man and nature. These photographs helped clinch the notion remained so until Watkins brought photographic images of its extraordinary beauty that Yosemite was a relic of Eden in North America. $12,000. Cruising the Caribees, and Quasi-Published 50. [West Indies Photographica]: THE WEST INDIES AND PANAMA MARCH AND APRIL, 1913. [Various Caribbean locations. March and April, 1913]. Title leaf and sixty-six silver gelatin photographs, all approx. 3¼ x 5½, with printed captions mounted near photos, and occasional sectional titles with explanatory text. Full brown leather, string-bound. Minor edge wear. Internally clean, with photos in excellent condition. Very good. A delightful and well-produced souvenir photograph album of a 1913 vacation cruise through the Carib- bean, compiled by Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph Donovan, and presented to their daughter Geraldine Good- heart Donovan on the title leaf. In a printed note titled “Our Trip” mounted to the verso of the titlepage, the Donovans explain that “these notes and pictures of our trip to Panama, the West Indies and Cara- cas are prepared as a souvenir for a few personal friends and relatives.” The photographs are arranged according to each location they visited, with each section beginning with a short printed commentary by them. $2250.

A Mining Career in Mexico, Alaska, and Oregon, with Exceptional Photographs of Inuit Peoples near Nome 51. Wyatt, James S.: [PHOTO ALBUM CONTAINING 188 PHOTOS DOCUMENTING THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S MINING CAREER IN MEXICO, ALASKA, THE KLONDIKE, AND OREGON]. [Sausalito, Ca. 1905–1906]. Twenty-six leaves containing 188 silver gelatin photographs, captioned in pencil. Final four leaves laid in from another album. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth covers, black leaves. Some silver-mirroring, particularly to first few images. Some light wear to album, but images generally clean. Very good. This exceptional vernacular photo album records the mining career of James Strauder Wyatt (1874–1953), who was an Oregon native and a descendant of a pio- neer family which had traveled the Oregon Trail to settle in the Willamette Valley. It encompasses Wyatt’s time at his mine in Monterde, Mexico; in Nome, Alaska; a dogsled trip from Dawson to Fairbanks; and mining activities in Wallowa County, Oregon. A nice vernacular album full of mining images, as well as many images of native peoples in the areas visited. $5000. A Great Monument of American Photography 52. Gardner, Alexander: GARDNER’S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH BOOK OF THE WAR. Washington. [1866]. Two volumes. [53]; [53]pp. of text. Mounted on guards throughout, tinted lithographic titles with lettering within integral pictorial borders. 100 original albumen silver print photographs (each approximately 7 x 9 inches), each mounted on card within a lithographed frame with letterpress caption, each image accompanied by a page of letterpress description. Oblong folio. Original publisher’s black morocco, gilt, spines gilt, a.e.g. Expert repairs at joints. Very good. Perhaps the most famous American photographi- cally illustrated book, Gardner’s Photographic Sketch- book of the War contains 100 large format albumen photographs of some of the most graphic scenes of the Civil War. The photographs form an unequaled pictorial record of the war, spanning the length of the conflict, from the aftermath of action at Center- ville and Manassas in 1862, to the dedication of the monument at Bull Run in June 1865. Gardner and his staff of photographers grimly documented the terrain of the battles (Bull Run, Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Gettysburg, etc.), encampments, headquar- ters of the troops, officers and enlisted men, soldiers in drill formation and in the field under fire, and the ruins and dead soldiers left in the countryside after the battles. A legendary photographically illustrated book, with some of the most graphic scenes of the Civil War, and one of the most important American books. $200,000.

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