(Code No. 6960)

Charles Soulier. (In the style of).

Le Chateau de Chillon.

Date. (c.1870).

Paris. Image size [6 x 7 1/2ins] Original oval albumen photograph laid on to card, in the style of Charles Soupier of the Le Chateau de Chillon..

.Charles Soulier a French topographical photographer. Active during the second half of the nine-tenth century, particularly with very fine views of Mont Blanc, French and Swiss topography, Roman architecture and sculptures; many, taken in partnership for publication as stereoscope slides on glass......... £70.00

(Code No. 6936)

Anon.

(antique portrait photograph).

Photograph of a scientist with microscope.

Date. [c.1860].

British, Image size (7 1/2 x 5 3/4ins). Original albumen photograph within a rustic surround........ £60.00

(Code No. 6875)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

Victorian gardens.

Date. (c.1860).

England. Image size [9 1/4 x 7 3/4ins]. 2 Original albumen photographs recto and verso of a Victorian garden......... £70.00

(Code No. 6872)

Anon.

(3 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

A Senorita being serenaded + Harbour scene & Garden.

Date. (c.1860).

Spain Image size [6 1/4 x 8ins] & [7 x 4 1/4ins]. 3 Original albumen photographs recto and verso of a senorita being serenaded + harbour scene & garden........ £200.00

(Code No. 6871)

Anon.

( Antique photograph).

2 North African Berber ladies wearing their traditional dress + hookah pipe.

Date. (c.1860).

Europe. Image size [8 1/2 x 11ins]. Original albumen photograph with 2 printer's creases.

The Berber tribes traditionally weave kilims. The tapestry maintains the traditional appearance and distinctiveness of the region of origin of each tribe, which has in effect its own drawings. The textile of plain weave is represented by a wide variety of stripes, and more rarely by geometrical patterns such as triangles and diamonds. Additional decorations such as sequins or fringes, are typical of Berber weave in Morocco. The nomadic and semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Berbers is very suitable for weaving kilims. The customs and traditions differ from one region to another. ......£170.00

(Code No. 6870)

Skeen & Co.

( Antique photograph).. Number 845.

Library and Lake, Kandy, Ceylon.

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 1/2ins]. Original albumen photograph, slight crease mark.

Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library)........... £120.00

(Code No. 6869)

Anon.

( Antique photograph, laid on to card).

North African Berber gentleman with 6 ladies wearing their traditional dress + child.

Date. (c.1860).

Europe. Image size [6 1/4 x 8ins]. Original albumen photograph.

The Berber tribes traditionally weave kilims. The tapestry maintains the traditional appearance and distinctiveness of the region of origin of each tribe, which has in effect its own drawings. The textile of plain weave is represented by a wide variety of stripes, and more rarely by geometrical patterns such as triangles and diamonds. Additional decorations such as sequins or fringes, are typical of Berber weave in Morocco. The nomadic and semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Berbers is very suitable for weaving kilims. The customs and traditions differ from one region to another. .......£200.00

(Code No. 6867)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

( 2 Antique Photographs, laid on to card).

House & river scean,.

Date. (c.1880).

Colombo. Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 9ins]. 2 Original albumen photograph recto and verso, nick to bottom edge..

Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library)....... £65.00

(Code No. 6862)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

(Attributed to) The Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar, Burma. + Burmese girl flower seller.

Date. (c.1880).

Burma. (approx), Image size [8 x 6ins] 2 Original albumen photograph recto and verso. Shwedagon pagoda, slight nick to top edge, (1/2ins) + Burmese girl flower seller. There appears to be repair work being carried out at the base of the Pagoda. Very Rare....... £350.00

(Code No. 6863)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

Numbers 7 & 11.

3 Shanish men in a dispute + A Senorita being serenaded.

Date. (c.1860).

Spain Image size [6 1/4 x 8ins]. . 2 Original albumen photographs, recto and verso...... £300.00

(Code No. 6861)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

Children selling jackfruit + Large house.

Date. (c.1880).

Burma, (approx), Image size [8 x 6ins] 2 Original albumen photograph recto and verso of children selling jackfruit + Large house, nick to bottom edge, (1/2ins). The jackfruit has played a significant role in Indian agriculture for centuries. Archeological findings in India have revealed that jackfruit was cultivated in India 3000 to 6000 years ago. It has also been widely cultivated in southeast Asia. Stingless bees such as Tetragonula iridipennis are jackfruit pollinators, and as such, play an important role in jackfruit cultivation...... £100.00

(Code No. 6860)

Anon.

(Antique Photograph laid on to card).

Houseboat and river ransporton on a river, (attributed to) Ceylon..

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [8 x 6ins]. Original albumen photograph of Houseboats and river transporton on a river,(attributed to), Ceylon. showing a European 3 masted sailing ship in the background...... £90.00

(Code No. 6857)

(Possibly by),,Skeen & Co. Kandy.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

The Clock Tower From Upper Chatham Street (W to E).

Date. (c.1880).

Colombo. Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 3/4ins]. Original albumen photograph, slight foxing & crease to top right corner.

The Clock Tower is located in Colombo Fort, the Old Colombo Lighthouse or the Colombo Fort Clock Tower was a light house in Colombo. The structure is found at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha (Queens Road). Originally a lighthouse and then demolished, the current clock tower was constructed in 1856-57....... £90.00

(Code No. 6855)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

CONTROLLING ELEPHANTS. Working Elephants in Captivity.

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 3/4ins]. Original albumen photograph, a few creases. Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library)........ £165.00

(Code No. 6856)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

6 Spanish friends outside a house & the exterior of a house.& garden.

Date. (c.1860).

Europe. Images sizes [ 7 1/2 x 9 1/2ins] & [6 x 8ins] 2 Original albumen photograph....... £300.00

(Code No. 6853)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

House & Street sceen.

Date. (c.1880).

Colombo. Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 3/4ins]. Original albumen photograph, a few creases. Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library).......... £65.00

(Code No. 6852)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

Hindu Temple,

Date. (c.1880).

Colombo. Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 1/2ins]. . Original albumen photograph, slight nick to bottom left cornrer, ((approx, 1/8ins).

Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library)......... £65.00

(Code No. 6845)

Scowen, Charles T ?

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

Fruit Seller.

Date. (c.1880).

Colombo, Ceylon. Sri Lanka.. India ,Sri Lanka. Image size [11 x 8 1/2ins]. Original albumen photograph of a Singhalese Girl, carrying fruit, .possibly by Charles T. Scowen.......... £100.00

(Code No. 6849)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

Colombo-Kandy Railway. Sensation Rock. Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [8 1/2 x 10 3/4ins].. Original albumen photograph, slight nick to bottom right cornrer, ((approx, 1/8ins).

Date. (c.1880).

Photograph of the railway from Colombo to Kandy in Sri Lanka, taken by William Henry Louis Skeen & Co. in the 1870s. Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900. It also recorded the construction of the Ceylon Railways between the 1860s and 1890s. This view shows a locomotive on the line, with a steep drop on the leftt. British rule in Sri Lanka began in 1815 when the last bastion of the Sinhalese kings, the central hill region of Kandy, caved in after resisting colonial rule for 300 years after the fall of the coastal regions. In 1842 English coffee planters clamoured for a railway from Kandy to Colombo, to transport their estate produce for shipment quickly and regularly, as they had by then opened up virgin lands in the hill country to grow coffee, a viable commercial crop. The construction of the Ceylon Railways was a feat of engineering accomplished over difficult terrain with steep inclines, involving tunneling, cutting through solid rock formations, building steep embankments over valleys and ravines and constructing bridges and culverts. (British Library)....... £65.00

(Code No. 6846)

Anon.

(Antique Photograph, laid on to card).

Major Bredin - Woolwich..

Date. (c.1860).

Britain. Image size [8 1/2 x 7ins]. Original albumen photograph of Major Bredin leaning against an Armstrong Breech Loading 12 pounder 8 cwt, later known as RBL Major Bredin served in the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, including the battle of Inkerman and siege of Sebastopol.... £150.00

(Code No. 6829)

Anon.

The Interchangeable Photo-Scrap Album.

Date. [c.1890].

London, 4to [8 x 9 1/2ins]. 79 Original Photographs of the environs of the Mersey & Yarmouth. Image sizes, [4 x 3ins]. Titles in pencil below images.

Listing: - (approx), 21 Liverpool and the River Mersey, 5 Fleetwood, 44 of the Yarmouth area + others views. Original cloth gilt, lack spine cloth. Holding firm. ......... £100.00

(Code No. 6793)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

Number 15.

3 Spanish ladies seated outside a house + An unknown harbour view.

Date. (c1860).

Europe. Image sizes [6 3/4 x 8ins] & [6 x 8ins]. 2 Original albumen photographs recto and verso of 3 Spanish ladies seated outside a house with unclear lettering on a notice board + an unknown harbour view showing cannons etc....... £420.00

(Code No. 6788)

Anon.

(2 Antique photographs on one leaf, laid on to card).

(Attributed to) The Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar, Burma. + Burmese girl's meal time.

Date. (c.1880).

Burma. (approx), Image size [8 x 6ins] .. 2 Original albumen photograph recto and verso. Building the Shwedagon pagoda + Burmese girl's meal time. Very Rare...... £400.00

(Code No. 6787)

Skeen & Co. Kandy.

Indian rubber trees.

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). Image size (approx) [11 x 8 3/4ins]. Original albumen photograph, slight nick to right side.

Photography was introduced to Sri Lanka in the 1840s and by the end of the 19th century was practiced extensively, both local and foreign artists recording the many facets of the beautiful island. Skeen's firm, set up in Colombo in the 1860s, comprised the most famous photographers of the 19th century in Sri Lanka, extensively documenting industry, landscape and racial types and exhibiting at major international exhibitions between 1870-1900..(British Library). Indian rubber tree, is a species of plant in the fig genus, native to east India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China (Yunnan), Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has become naturalized in Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida........ £100.00

(Code No. 6786)

Anon.

(Antique Photograph).

(Attributed to),

A Photograph of Sinhalese Vedda tribesmen.

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka. Image size [8 x 6 1/4ins].

Original albumen photograph of Veddas tribesmen who were originally hunter-gatherers. They used bows and arrows to hunt game, harpoons and toxic plants for fishing and gathered wild plants, yams, honey, fruit and nuts. Many Veddas also farm, frequently using slash and burn or swidden cultivation, which is called "chena" in Sri Lanka. East Coast Veddas also practice sea fishing. Veddas are famously known for their rich meat diet. The Veddas kill only for food and do not harm young or pregnant animals. Game is commonly shared amongst the family and clan. Fish are caught by employing fish poisons. Split to top edge, approx (2ins) + printer's crease........ £180.00

(Code No. 6785)

Anon.

(Antique Photograph).

(Attributed to),

A Photograph of Burmese tribesmen .

Date. (c.1880).

Sri Lanka. Image size [8 x 6 1/4ins]

Original albumen photograph of Burmese tribesmen ..... £180.00

(Code No. 6782)

Milton M. Miller (American, 1830 - 1899).

(Antique photograph).

Chinese Family.

Date. (c.1864).

China, Hong Kong. Image size (approx). [9 3/4 x 7 3/4ins]. Original albumen silver print photograph of Chinese Family .Laid on to card. Paper crinkling throughout & edge splits. . Image size less than the Getty Museum's example.

Milton M. Miller (1830-1899), the American photographer active in Hong Kong, Canton, and Japan in the early 1860s, is one of the rare early Western photographers working in Asia who focused almost exclusively on portraiture. Few photographers attracted a wider range of portrait patrons: his Hong Kong sitters include Chinese, American, Parsi, European and Japanese clients; although his works include portraits of single sitters, his is notable for the number of pair and group portraits it contains......... £1100.00

(Code No. 6725)

Anon.

10 Loose albumen hand-tinted Japanese photographs.

Date. (c.1890).

Japan. Image size [5 1/2 x 3 1/2ins] 10 albumen hand-tinted photographs on.board mounted, 3 with English titles & numbers in the negative, mixed set various photographers.

Showing :- 5 Views + 5 Women. One photo foxed. All blank margins marked with edge nicks. Images on each side of boards...... £40.00

(Code No. 6724)

K. P Lewis.

56 Loose Photographs of Named Shipping on The River Mersey between the 1930-1950s. .

Dates. 1930-1950s.

Photograph sizes [7 x 5ins. ] 56 Photographs with description of the ships on back of photographs, K. P Lewis’ stamp on back of photographs, very good, ( a few duplicates.)

Showing: - A few ship interiors and ship dismantling etc..The Port of Liverpool served at one time more than 20,000 ships per year; Liverpool also became one of the United Kingdom's chief centres of shipbuilding activities, and provided the base for shipping giants such as the White Star Lines, who sailed the Titanic. ... £80.00

(Code No. 6721)

Muybridge, Eadweard 1830-1904.

Animals in Motion.

Date. 1918 4th imp..

London, Chapman Hall. Oblong 4to, [9 1/2 x 11 1/2ins]. Pp. 264 + Approx, 3,919 photographs (Chronophotography.), covering (approx) 34 different animals in 132 characteristic motions. Signed portrait print of Eadweard Muybridge opposite title page. Scattered spots throughout, mostly in margins.

Muybridge's photography of horses in motion began in 1872 at Leland Stanford's stock farm in Palo Alto. After one year of intense photography in 1877-8, Muybridge's work continued here intermittently until 1881. Muybridge and Stanford were close acquaintances at the beginning of this partnership. However, this particular business association is said to have started because Stanford wanted to settle a bet around whether all four of a horse's hooves left the ground at speed; something Muybridge's single shot motion photographs of 'Occident' - one of Stanford's trotters - proved correct. Nicks to outer edges not affecting images. Covers loose. Rare copy...... £200.00

(Code No. 6715)

Brown, Richard. (Photographer)

No 2 Special Service Department, Tank Corps, Seaforth. (Liverpool).

Date. August 1918.

Liverpool, Richard Brown, Size [30 1/2 x 8ins]. Original panoramic photograph of the Tank corps just before they were disbanded, one crease not split....... £60.00.

(Code No. 6707)Kinbei, Kusakabe. F. Beato & others unknown.Japanese photograph album.Date. [c.1880].Japan. Oblong folio (14 x 10 3/4 ins).50 hand-coloured albumen photographs, recto and verso on card mounts. including (approx) 5 Temples + 17 views (Yokohama etc) + 9 trades + 18 men & woman + 1 soldier.. Leather spine over lacquered pictorial covers, front covers decorated with hand painted scenes of women on a jinrikishas, lacks image of a man's face. Gilt edges..

(Code No. 6696)

Victorian photograph of Jane Powell.

Date. [c.1850].

Liverpool. Photograph by Vandyke. Frame size [ [7 x 9ins]. image size 3 1/2 x 5ins. Original photograph with contemporary hand colouring in plain mount, margins marked.

Showing on back of image in a contemporary hand ink title "Jane Powell born 1763 at Holt (UK). Married Thomas Davies 1808 died 1840". £60.00.

(Code No. 6683)

Anon.

Photograph Album.

Date. [c.1880].

Britain. 4to, [12 x 9ins]. 16 leaves with gilt edges to windows, some splits to edges of photograph windows. Including a few portrait photographs within a rural coloured design..Full leather with foliage decorated designs of on front cover. Spring loaded metal clasp. Spine bands. Slight chipping to top and bottom of spine.. Gilt edges....... £40.00

(Code No. 6654)

Cartwright, Ruth.

Photograph Album of a World Voyage.

Dates January 11th 1906 to May 19th 1906.

Britain. 4to, [8 1/2 x 10 1/4ins]..

60 Photographs taken by Ruth Cartwright, with her ink descriptions below images. Image sizes approx [5 x 3 1/2ins].

World voyage: - New Zealand, Cape Town, Tenerife, Tasmania, South America and Plymouth UK aboard the R.M.S Papanui and the R.M.S. Corinthic.

Corinthic was built for the White Star/Shaw, Savill & Albion joint service to New Zealand. Launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast, in 1902, She remained in service throughout World War. When she returned to White Star/Shaw, Savill service in 1920, and her route was changed, so that she now utilized the Panama Canal in both directions. In August 1931, Corinthic made her final voyage. Four months after that, she was on her way to the ship breakers, a victim of the worldwide economic depression...R.M.S Papanui launched by Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton and delivered 1898 to NZS. Half calf disbound....... £90.00

(Code No. 6556)

Wilson, George.Washington, James Valentine and Francis Bedford.

Photograph Album.

Date. [c.1870].

Photo sizes 7 1/2 x 5ins to 10 1/2 x 7 1/4ins. Total of 41photographs, a few with frayed edges. Areas: - 30 English, (Ludlow, Stokesay, Much Wenlock, Peak District, etc) + 11 Scottish. Named photographers, 8 by George.Washington.Wilson, 3 by James Valentine and 4 by Francis Bedford. Areas titled in ink below image. Gilt decorated cloth, chipped & faded...... £130.00

(Code No. 6494)

Cameron, C. P. (Photographer).

50 MAGIC LANTERN GLASS SLIDES of DEVON, titled:- "A holiday ramble in South Devon"

Date. [c.1890].

England, Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins. 50 Glass Magic lantern slide photographs of Marldon, Shaldon, Teignmouth, Watcome Cliff, Babbacombe, Torquay, Anatey's Cove, Cockington, Exeter, etc. Titled in ink. Housed in the original wood box. Heavy item...... £140.00

(Code No. 6490)

90 GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHS of Rural scenes, River Scenes, etc.

Date. [c.1890]

England, Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins. 90 GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHS of fishing, boating, sailing & rural scenes, etc. No Titles . Housed in the original wood box. No photographer named. Heavy item...... £140.00

(Code No. 6455)

Cameron, C. P. (Photographer).

50 GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHS of DEVON.

Date. [c.1890].

England, Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins. 50 Glass lantern slide photographs of Longcome, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Staverton, Dittishham Ferry, Dartmouth, Kingswear, River Dart, Brixham Fishing Fleet, Brixham, etc. Titled in ink. Housed in the original wood box. Heavy item.............. £140.00

(Code No. 6443)

Cameron, C. P. (Photographer).

50 GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHS of DEVON.

Date. [c.1890].

England, Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins...50 Glass lantern slide photographs of Paignton, Brixham, Plymouth, Saltash, Ivybridge, etc. Titled in ink. Housed in the original wood box. Heavy item...... £140.00.

(Code No. 6420)

Anon.

Photograph Album.

Date. [c.1890].

Britain. 4to, [11 x 9ins]. 20 Original photographs of English and Welsh scenes. Half morocco with later crude spine tape. Showing:- Churches, village scenes, rivers, etc. No titles....... £55.00

(Code No. 6412)

Daguerreotype Photograph.

Date. 1845-50.

London. Plate size [1 1/2 x 2 ins]. Daguerreotype Photograph of a male.

The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured. .... £75.00

(Code No. 6411)

Hardman & Burrell.

Photograph of a Lady.

(Signed in pencil by Hardman & Burrell).

Date. [c.1920].

Liverpool. 51a Bold Street. Page size 9 x 12ins]. Image size [4 1/4 x 6ins]. Original photographic portrait of a lady. Negative No. 9179. Signed "Hardman & Burrell" below image. Printed title on back of image. ...

Whilst stationed at the Khyber Pass Edward Hardman met Captain Kenneth Burrell, a man who hadn't planned on an army career but rather hoped to set up a photographic studio back home in Liverpool, England. Hardman and Burrell decided to go into business together and in 1923, they acquired 51a Bold Street in Liverpool's fashionable commercial centre. Starting the business was difficult, and Hardman resorted to selling and repairing wirelesses to subsidize the studio. Eventually it gained a reputation for being the place for anyone with distinction in Merseyside to be photographed by Burrell & Hardman. His house and studio, at 59 Rodney Street, was taken over by the E. Chambré Hardman Trust to conserve his work, which was later transferred to the National Trust...... £65.00

Code No. 6387.

Carte de Visite Photograph Album.

Date. 1860-70.

England. 12mo, [5 x 6 ins]. 20 Carte de Visite photographs. Original full embossed morocco with metal fastners. Gilt edges.

Cartes-de-visite were small visiting card portraits (usually measuring 4 1/2 x 2 1/2") introduced by a Parisian photographer, Andre Disdéri, who in late 1854 patented a way of taking a number of photographs on one plate, (usually eight)....... £55.00

(Code No. 6384)

Frith, Francis. Hudson series, James Vanentine and others..

Victorian Photograph Album. (UK Scenes).

Date. [c.1880].

England. Oblong Folio, [16 x 10 1/2ins]. Image sizes, (approx), [5 1/2 x 4ins] to [11 x 7 1/2ins]. 29 Albumen photographs pasted on original album page showing the Lake District with ink titles + 71 Albumen photographs pasted on original album page of various UK scenes & sizes.. Not all images titled. Photographers:- Francis Frith, Hudson series, James Vanentine and others. Original full morocco gilt, rubbed.....£130.00

(Code No. 6273)

Underwood & Underwood.

ITALY. THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE.

Date. [c.1890].

New York, London. Underwood & Underwood. 8vo, [7 1/2 x 6 1/2ins]. 98 of 100 Stereographs in the original publisher's cloth slipcase, slight marks. A stereoscope is a device for viewing a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image...... £350.00

(Code No. 6222)Lewis, K. P.35 Loose Photographs of Named Steam Shipping on The River Mersey between the 1920-1970s.Date. 1920-1970sLiverpool . 35 Photographs, description of the ships on back of photographs, signed by the photographer K. P Lewis, very good. Listing:- 26 Large photographs, approx, [10 1/2 x 8 ins]. 5 Medium, approx, [9 x 6ins]. 4 Small, Approx, [7 x 5ins].The Port of Liverpool served at one time more than 20,000 ships per year; Liverpool also became one of the United Kingdom's chief centres of shipbuilding activities, and provided the base for shipping giants such as the White Star Lines, who sailed the Titanic. .... .

(Code No. 5998)

Anon.

Victorian photograph of a seated lady and gentleman.

Date. [c.1870].

British, Frame size [ [10 x 9ins]. Original rococo style gesso and wood picture frame showing a photograph of a seated lady and gentleman, very good condition..... £60.00

(Code No. 5925)Brogi, Giacomo (1822-1881),Alinari, Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni.Photographs of Italian Antiquities.Date. [c.1880].Italy. Florence.14 English Church Images, size, (approx) [4 1/2 x 6 1/4ins] + 56 Images of Italian Antiquities, size, (approx) [8 1/2 x 10 1/2ins]. 4to.Albumen photographs of Italian Antiquities are by Brogi, Alinari, Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni.. Most of the photos are identified. Original cloth lacks lower cover. contents loose.Giacomo Brogi and son Carlo were Italian photographers active from 1863-1896. Carlo also photographed in Egypt and Palestine. Anderson (1813-1877) was a British photographer working mainly in Rome, Italy. His son Domenico Anderson (1854-1938) took over the business after his father's deaths, his archive was bought by the Fratelli Alinari firm, in Florence, which is still extant. Sold as a collection of photographs. ......

(Code No. 5883)Brogi, Giacomo (1822-1881), Alinari, Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni.Photographs of Italian Statues.Date. [c.1880].Italy. Florence. Images, size (approx) [8 x 10 ins]. 4to, [9 1/2 x 12ins]. 56 Albumen photographs of Statues by Brogi, Alinari, Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni.. Most of the photos are identified. Original cloth, contents loose.Giacomo Brogi and son Carlo were Italian photographers active from 1863-1896. Carlo also photographed in Egypt and Palestine. Anderson (1813-1877) was a British photographer working mainly in Rome, Italy. His son Domenico Anderson (1854-1938) took over the business after his father's deaths, his archive was bought by the Fratelli Alinari firm, in Florence, which is still extant........

(Code No. 5881)

Anon.

Victorian Photograph Album. (UK).

Date. [c.1880].

England. Oblong 4to, [12 x 9 1/2ins]. Image sizes, (approx), [3 1/2 x 3ins] to [11 x 6 3/4ins]. 36 Albumen photographs pasted on original album page. Showing:- Lake District, Yorkshire, etc. Not all images titled.

Photographers:- George Washington Wilson, Francis Frith, James Vanentine and others. Original half morocco gilt, slight chipping...... £130.00

(Code No. 5790)

Stephens, F. G.

English children as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. An essay ... illustrated with 15 photographs by Alfred & Edward Seeley.

Date. 1867.

London, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London, Seeley, Jackson & Halliday. 4to, [8 1/2 x 11ins]. Pp. vi, 72 + 15 Photographs by Alfred & Edward Seeley, very good condition. Original half calf gilt over marble boards. Elaborate gilt-decorated spine, Split to hinge leather, with slight loss..... £100.00

(Code No. 5771)

Photograph Album with Musical Box .

(The Regina Album).

Date. [c.1880].

Germany. 4to, [ 9 x 11ins.]. Music box with original key and inside holder. Brass book latch with a locking lever. Plays 2 tunes.. 10 Full pages of chromolithographic (printed colour) views, all photograph windows empty, some damage. Showing rural scenes. Original gilt-decorated full morocco, Lacks spine leather. Holding firm. All edges gilt......£160.00

(Code No. 5770)

Giacomo Brogi, (1822-1881), & others.

Victorian Full-Page Photograph Album of Italy including Small European Town Photographic Images.

Date. 1870-80.

7 Full-page photographs, size 10 x 8ins + 27 Photographs, size 4 x 6 1/2ins, (approx) + Many other images taken from shipping magazines. Original coloured decorated boards, faded & marked. Showing - Napoli. Panorama preso dalla Tomba di Virgilio, Roma ponte e castello s angelo, Pompei - Panorama preso dalle mura, etc.

In 1878 Giacomo Brogi was appointed official photographer for the Savoy royal family, and was among the founders of the Italian Photographic Society....... £150.00.

(Code No. 5735)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850].London. Image size, (approx), [2 1/2 x 2ins]. Daguerreotype Photograph of a young man.. Original leatherette case with a plain glass gilt-edged surround.The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured. .

(Code No. 5717)Anon.

Photograph Album with Musical Box .

(The Balmoral Album).

Date. [c.1880].

Germany. J.G.M & Co Ltd. 4to, [ 9 x 11 1/2 ins.]. Music box with original key and inside holder. Brass book latch with a locking lever. Lever has become detached from music box, operate manually. Plays 2 tunes. Lacks inner glass musical box lid. 10 Full pages of chromolithographic (printed colour) views. Showing Scottish scenes. Original gilt-decorated full morocco, split to front hinge & some leather loss. Holding firm. All edges gilt......£180.00

(Code No. 5716)

Anon.

Victorian Photograph Album.

(North East England).

Date. [c.1880].

England. (Approx), image sizes, [6 x 4 1/4ins]. 70 Albumen photographs pasted on original album page, some foxing. Showing:- Newcastle, Tyne, Gateshead, Jasmond Dene, Tynemouth, Cullercoat, Jarrow on Tyne, etc. Not all images titled. Original cloth boards, lack spine cloth. .......£220.00

(Code No. 5682)

Anon.

Ricordo di Roma.

(Part 1).

Date. [c,1900].

Rome. 8vo, [5 x 6 3/4ins].. 32 coloured photographs opening in a concertina-style, with Italian and English text. Original decorated boards, slight rubbing...... £45.00

(Code No. 5678)

Anon.

Photograph Album.

Date. [c.1860].

Britain. 4to, [12 x 9ins]. 18 leaves with gilt edges to windows, some splits to edges of photograph windows. Including a few photographs of pet animals. Full leather with two gilt-decorated designs of birds and foliage on front cover. Metal clasp. Raised spine bands gilt. vg. Gilt edges. Decorated endpapers, vg...... £60.00

(Code No. 5540)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850].London. Image size, (approx), [2 1/2 x 2ins]. Daguerreotype Photograph of a seated lady.. Original leatherette case with a plain glass gilt-edged surround. Lacking top cover.The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured. .....

(Code No. 5526)

Anon.

Two Victorian photographs of a seated lady and a gamekeeper holding a gun..

Date.[c.1870].

British, Frame sizes [7 x 8ins] & [8 x 9ins].Two original rococo style gesso and wood picture frames showing photographs of a gamekeeper and a seated lady, lacks part of the plaster at the top left corner. Slight marks and surface dust. Not seen out of the frames.... £80.00

(Code No. 5494)

Bedford, Francis, (1816-1894): and another.

9 Loose Photographs of Old Chester, UK.

Date. 1870-80.

Chester publishers, Catherall and Pritchard. Image sizes 8 3/4 x 6 1/2ins to 5 x 8ins. 9 Loose Albumen photographic print, very good. Not all the images are titled. Listing:- Houses, Street scenes and the Chester rows, etc.

Francis Bedford was an architect, as well as a draughtsman and lithographer. In 1854 he was commissioned by Queen Victoria to photograph objects in the royal collection, and later photographed Prince Albert’s native town of Coburg. He also captured previously unrecorded sites when accompanying the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Holy Land. But Bedford is best known for his numerous views of Great Britain; including views of Wales, Devon, Chester, Warwickshire and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as a stereoscopic series, "English Scenery".... £110.00

(Code No. 5434)

Stereographoscope + 56 Miscellaneous stereoscope cards + 12 contemporary photographs and coloured pierced printed cards.

Date. [c.1880].

(France or English). Box size, width 12ins, length 8 1/4ins, height 4ins. Rosewood? veneered box, with ornate metal centrepiece, in two compartments. The upper compartment houses a rosewood? mounted 4 inch diameter magnifying single lens with stereo lens below, that can be adjusted vertically with ivory finials on vertical rods, and an adjustable height ratchet, listing a faint stamped manufacturer's name?. The lower compartment houses a folding metal hinged wood and linen box with smoked frosted glass backing for back lighting, slight marks + 12 contemporary photographs and coloured pierced printed cards, sizes 7 3/4 x 7 3/4ins, two slightly damage + 56 Miscellaneous stereoscope cards... £650.00

(Code No. 5361)

Ambrotype Photograph.

Date. [c.1850].

London. Image size, (approx), [2 1/2 x 2ins]. Ambrotype Photograph with a gilt-edged surround of a mother and child, some decaying of the varnish backing. Original full leatherette case and metal catch.

The ambrotype or amphitype is a photograph that creates a positive image on a sheet of glass using the wet plate collodion process.The ambrotypes first came into use in the early 1850s. The wet plate collodion process was invented just a few years before that by Frederick Scott Archer, but ambrotypes used the plate image as a positive, instead of a negative. ... £40.00

(Code No. 5312)Ponti, Carlo (1823?-1893).(26 Loose photographs.)Photographs of Venice.No Dates. [c.1870.]Italy, Venezia, photographer's blind stamp "Ponti Rivadeischiavoni Venezia". Page size [12 x 17 1/2ins.] Image sizes, (approx), [10 x 14ins.] 26 Beautiful Loose Albumen Photographs of Venice on card mounts, (as published), with a descriptive text on the back of each photograph and Carlo Ponti's trade blind stamp below the images. All images with wide margins, (no cropping). Original quarter morocco portfolio gilt over cloth boards, some chipping, and the original morocco gilt-tooled title centrepiece ....Born in Sagno, Italy, Carlo Ponti is one of the best-known Italian photographers of his era. From 1840, he studied in Paris for five years in the Cauchoix photographic studio before opening a photography and optician shop in Venice at the beginning of the 1850's . He soon became famous for inventing camera lenses, especially one that produces panoramic views. His first catalogue, including 160 architectural views, was issued in 1855. At this point, his closest assistants are Giuseppe Bresolio (Bresolin?), Fortunato Antonio Perini and Carlo Naya. During the 1860's Carlo Ponti offered an album of about 20 views of Venice, entitled "Ricordo di Venezia". The albums are all different and indicate that clients could choose the photographs to be bound up or if preferred loose in a portfolio. In 1866 he was appointed optician and photographer to the King of Italy Victor-Emmanuel II.

(Code No. 5260)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850].London. Image size, (approx), [2 1/2 x 2ins]. Daguerreotype Photograph of a young male. Original full leatherette case with a plain glass gilt-edged surround. Lacking hook and eye fastener.The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 5176)Anon.Photograph Album of old Japan .Date. [c.1880].Japan. 8vo, [8 x 6ins]. 23 Hand-coloured albumen tissue guarded photographs, bound in a concertina style, not numbered or titled, very good. Original black lacquered gilt decorated covers, slight chipping to edges. Views of cities, landscapes, street scenes, gardens and portraits of women, etc.With the decline in popularity of the woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), many of the finest Japanese artists turned to hand-colouring photographs for part of their livelihood.

(Code No. 5141)Anon.Victorian Photograph Album of Italy, (mostly), and a few other European towns.Date. 1870-80.Italy. Image sizes, (approx), [10 x 8ins] & (approx) Image sizes, [6 x 4ins]. 76 Albumen photographs of Italy and other European towns. Showing :- Image sizes, (approx), [10 x 8ins], 16 Churches + 16 Views + 10 Misc, (Photos of paintings, etc.) and Image sizes, (approx), [6 x 4ins], 8 Churches + 28 Views + 4 Misc. No titles. Original cloth gilt, chipping to top of spine..

(Code No. 5087)Anon.48 Loose albumen lantern slide photographs of old China.Date. [c.1880].Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins. 10 Images showing, People at work, etc. 20 images showing, Life on the river, 19 images showing topographical views, all with paper title labels, 4 Glass slides cracked and one image faded. All images loose.

(Code No. 5078)Various Photographers.Victorian Photograph Album of Italy.Date. 1870-80.Italy. Image sizes, (approx) [10 x 8ins]54 Albumen photographs of Italy,( 10 Photographs loose). Showing :- 3 Tradesmen, 16 Views, 10 Churches, 23 Antiquities and Statues + 2 others. Original gilt-decorated cloth, slight split to cloth hinge.

(Code No. 5061)Beato. Felice. Kusakabe Kimbei, ( and others.)64 Albumen lantern slide photographs of old Japan.Date. [c.1880]Plate size 3 1/4 x 3 1/4ins.. 23 Images showing, occupational, samurai, priests and Japanese women studies, etc. 41 images showing Japanese topographical views, several with paper title labels, some loose. all images fitted into the original sliding wood box. (Complete). The western image of Japan was also partly formed through photography. Felix Beato is the most well known photographer. He arrived in 1873 and stayed there for over 20 years. His images, and the commentaries that accompany them, helped to create what became the dominant image of Japan as simple, rustic and picturesque.

(Code No. 5056)Anon.50 Photographs of Italian Antiquities.Date. [1870-80s]. Italy. Rome. Folio, [ 14 1/2 x 11ins ]. Images sizes (approx) [8 x 10 ins]. 50 Original albumen photographs of Antiquities,etc, All photograph are captioned in ink, very good condition. one numbered in the negative. Original half calf gilt, poor. Holding firm.

(Code No. 5054)

VALENTINE, James.

12 Albumen Photograph Views of Stratford-on-Avon.

Date. [c.1880].

London, 8vo, [10 x 7ins]. Showing :- Portrait of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's house, Interior of Shakespeare's house, Trinity Church Stratford on Avon, Holy Trinity Church From River, Interior of Trinity Church Stratford on Avon, Shakespeare's Monument at Trinity Church, Memorial Theatre, Shakespeare's Memorial Fountain, Grammmar School, Ann Hathaway’s Cottage and Interior of Ann Hathaway’s Cottage, very good. All titled in the negative and on thick card. Original cloth gilt, rubbed. All edges gilt. £100.00

Valentine (1815-1880) was a founder of the Edinburgh Photographic Society, and his company was an important supplier of cartes-de-visite, view books and, postcards.

(Code No. 4990)6 Hand-coloured Magic Lantern slides.Date. [c.1850].London. Size, [5 1/2 x 3 1/4ins]. Diameter size [2 1/2ins.] 6 Oval hand-coloured children's magic lantern slides in wood frames.In the early 19th. Century, itinerant 'Galantee' showman using hand-painted slides (often with movable effects) to conjure-up "... pictures in glass to make strange things appear on a wall, very pretty", Samuel Pepys diary". (1666), walked from town to town bringing the wonders of the lantern to their audiences. New mechanical developments, such as 'dissolving views' became very popular later in the 19th. Century. Subsequently the toy lantern for domestic use became popular.Ref- 2003 Thomas Weynants.

(Code No. 4988)

19th Century Toy Magic Lantern Glass Slides.

Date. [c.1860.]

England. Size [6 x 1 1/2ins.] 9 Loose hand painted lithographic lantern glass slides for children, old abrasions. £100.00

In the early 19th. Century, itinerant 'Galantee' showman using hand-painted glass slides (often with movable effects) to conjure-up "... pictures in glass to make strange things appear on a wall, very pretty", Samuel Pepys diary". (1666), walked from town to town bringing the wonders of the lantern to their audiences. New mechanical developments, such as 'dissolving views' became very popular later in the 19th. Century. Subsequently the toy lantern for domestic use became popular, Ref- 2003 Thomas Weynants

(Code No. 4987)

Chromotrope lantern slide.

Date. [c.1870.]

Size 7 x 4 1/2ins. Animation is accomplished by turning a small crank extending to the right showing a kaleidoscope water fountain effect. £120.00

Early glass slides were hand painted with minute precision and then bordered by mahogany frames.The subsequent development of the printed lithographic prints were used for slides, a technique which allowed mass production and reliable detail. The desire for realism was finally answered with the photographic plate.

(Code No. 4881)Wilson, George. Washington.Edinburgh.Date 1880-90.Oblong 4to, [11 x 8 ins.] 12 Photographs of Edinburgh views, pasted on to thick card, (as issued). Image sizes, 8 x 6ins. Titled in the negative. Original cloth, marked. Areas shown - Edinburgh from Carlton Hill, Edinburgh from the Castle, Edinburgh Castle from Grassmarket, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh Princes Street, Holyrood Palace, Holyrood Chapel, Edinburgh John Knox's House, St Giles West Front, Rosslyn Chapel, Rosslyn Chapel's Chancel and The Forth Bridge.

(Code No. 4783)Chromotrope lantern slide.Date. [c.1870.] Size 7 x 4 1/2ins. Animation is accomplished by turning a small crank extending to the right showing a kaleidoscope surrounding bees around a hive.Early glass slides were hand painted with minute precision and then bordered by mahogany frames.The subsequent development of the printed lithographic prints were used for slides, a technique which allowed mass production and reliable detail. The desire for realism was finally answered with the photographic plate.

(Code No. 4776)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850.]London. Image size 2 3/4 x 2 1/2, Daguerreotype photograph, (resealed), of a seated female, in full leatherette case with original hook and eye fastener, slight damage. .The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 4771)

Chromotrope lantern slide.

Date. [c.1870.]

Size 7 x 4 1/2ins. Animation is accomplished by a lever moving a second strip of hand painted glass over a fixed one with an image of a dentist's surgery. The dentist removing the patient's head on and off in his effort to remove a tooth. Wood framed Chromotrope lantern slide, slight chip to glass. £110.00.

The subsequent development of the printed lithographic prints were used for slides, a technique which allowed mass production and reliable detail. The desire for realism was finally answered with the photographic plate.

(Code No. 4768)Hughes.Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. ca1850.Glascow. Monteith Rooms. Image size [2 x 2 1/2ins]. Daguerreotype Photograph of a female, Original plain gilt-edged glass surround, Lacks upper lid. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured. .

(Code No. 4767)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850.]London. Image size 2 x 2 1/2. Daguerreotype Photograph of an elderly male, Original plain gilt-edged glass surround, vg. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 4765)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date. [c.1850].London. Image size 4 1/2 x 3 1/2ins. Daguerreotype Photograph of a male, Original plain gilt-edged black glass surround. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 4721)Howitt, Williams.Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain and Ireland.Date. 1864. 2nd Series.London. A, W, Bennett, 8vo [ 170 x 225 mm ]. Pp 223, foxing spots throughout. one photograph affected. 26 MOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS by S, Thompson and others. Approx image sizes [ 105 x 85 mm, to 75 x 55 mm ] , vg. Original elaborate gilt - decorated embossed cloth, rubbed and marked. lacks spine cloth. All edges gilt. S, Thompson was an English topographical photographer of the 1860s.

(Code No. 4716)62 Loose Photographs of Named Shipping on The River Mersey between the 1930-1950s.Date. 1930-1950s.Photograph sizes [7 x 5ins. Approx.] 1930-1950s. 63 Photographs, description of the ships on back of photographs, signed by the photographer K. P Lewis, very good, ( some duplicates.) The Port of Liverpool served at one time more than 20,000 ships per year; Liverpool also became one of the United Kingdom's chief centres of shipbuilding activities, and provided the base for shipping giants such as the White Star Lines, who sailed the Titanic.

(Code No. 4714)Florence Holt . No 1227.37 Loose Photographs of the Building and Launch of the Florence Holt , owner's Alfred Holt 's Ocean Shipping Group.Date. Launched 3rd March 1952.Birkenhead, Cammell Laird & Co. Photograph size [6 1/2 x 9ins.] 37 Photographs signed by K. P Lewis, very good. .Florence Holt Cargo turbine steamer built 1952 by Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead, 1965 sold, renamed Admiralty Flyer, subseq. renamed Trias, 1973 renamed Mr.Norman, 1974 renamed Dayton and scrapped at Kaohsiung.

(Code No.4709)Elizabeth Holt . No 1226.(42 Loose Photographs of the Building and Launch of the Elizabeth Holt, owner's Alfred Holt 's Ocean Shipping Group.Date. 7th October 1952.Birkenhead, Cammell Laird & Co., Photograph size [6 1/2 x 9ins.] 42 Photographs signed by K. P Lewis, very good. The history of the Alfred Holt 's Ocean Shipping Group begins in 1865, when two brothers, Alfred and Philip Holt of Liverpool, set up the Ocean Steamship Company. This would later evolve into the Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd (in 1973), and then in 1990 it would be renamed as Ocean Group plc. One of its subsidiaries was the famous shipping company, Blue Funnel Line. Elizabeth Holt was scrapped Shanghai, date unknown.

(Code No. 4448)Photograph Album of India and Iraq.Date. 1915-18.8vo, Image sizes 5 1/2 x 3 1/2ins to 3 1/2 x 2 1/2ins. 247 Photographs of India and Iraq, including the towns of Calcutta Baghdad & Samarra, showing images of the people and their trades and also the British and Indian soldiers after the defeat of the Turkish Army. Original album gilt, very good condition. In a campaign aimed at taking Baghdad, the British suffered a defeat at Kut al-'Amarah in April 1916, but a reinforced British army marched into Baghdad on March 11, 1917. An administration staffed largely by British and Indian officials replaced the Ottoman provincial government in occupied Iraq, but Mosul remained in Ottoman hands until after the Armistice of Mudros (Oct. 30, 1918), which brought an end to the war in the Middle East.

(Code No. 4447)

Photograph Album of India + Negatives.

Rochester, New York. Eastman Kodak Co.

Date. 1915-18.

8vo, [5 1/2 x 7 1/2ins.] Negative's folder 12mo, [3 1/4 x 5ins.] 96 Photographs of Indian scenes and people, including 64 Towns shown:- Roorkee, Nasik, Bhagur, Deolali, Pashavar, Lucknow and Calcutta + 32 Images of People and their trades + 48 negative photographs of India, housed in an Eastman Album. Image sizes, (approx), 3 1/2 x 2 1/4ins. £100.00

(Code No. 4425)

Victorian Photograph Album.

(114 Various Photographs).

Date. ca1890.

4to, [9 1/2 x 11 1/2ins.] (Approx) areas shown:- Cambridge (5), South Coast of England (62), Isle of Wight (7), North Wales (13), Scilly Isles (10), Misc' & family photographs (17). Pasted on to thick card. Image sizes 11 x 7ins to 4 1/2 x 4ins (approx). Some foxing. Photographers - Frith & Co, James Valentine and others. No Covers. £200.00

(Code No. 4269)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date ca1850.London. Image size 3 x 2 1/2ins. Daguerreotype Photograph of a female in full leatherette case with original hook and eye fastener. Hinge missing. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 4246)

WORLD WAR I.

67 POSTCARDS in 4 BOOKS.

Date,1914-15.

12mo, [6 x 3 1/2 ins.] 4 books of detachable postcards. Les Eglises Martyres, series 11, 20 postcards + Les Allies sur le Front, series 1, 20 postcards + Arras, lacking paper covers,17 Postcards + Ypres, series 1, 10 Postcards. Captions in English. £110.00

(Code No. 4244)Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894.British architect and photographer.Photographic No date 1860-70s.Chester. Catherall and Pritchard. 8vo, [6 1/4 x 4 3/4 ins.] Albumen photographs, [image size 3 1/2 x 3ins ,] with tissue guards, very good condition. Dedication on front endpaper. Original gilt-decorated cloth, slight rubbing.Bedford is one of Britain's foremost early landscape photographers. His architectural photographs are of almost equal importance and that his interiors would be difficult to better.Queen Victoria commissioned him to produce some views of Coburg as a gift for Prince Albert. This was not his first royal commission but it led to Bedford being appointment as photographer on the tour of the Middle East by Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1862.

(Code No. 4243)Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894. British architect and photographer.Photographic No date 1860-70s.Chester. Catherall and Pritchard. 8vo, [6 1/4 x 4 3/4 ins.] Albumen photographs, [image size 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins,] with tissue guards, very good condition. Original gilt-decorated cloth, slight rubbing.Bedford is one of Britain's foremost early landscape photographers. His architectural photographs are of almost equal importance and that his interiors would be difficult to

better.Queen Victoria commissioned him to produce some views of Coburg as a gift for Prince Albert. This was not his first royal commission but it led to Bedford being appointment as photographer on the tour of the Middle East by Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1862.

(Code No. 4224)

James Valentine.

16 Loose Victorian Photographs of Welsh Views..

No date,ca1880.

England. [Size 9 x 6 1/2 ins.] 16 Original Hand-Coloured Victorian Photographs, margins marked, of Welsh Views by "JV".

(James Valentine. 1815-80). Scottish topographical and landscape photographer. Based at Dundee, Though very active widely, producing numbers of consistently fine topographical photographs often rendered the more interesting by the inclusion of figures. His photographs were very seldom hand-coloured. Titled and numbered in the negative and on thick card mounts. £75.00

(Code No. 4204)Daguerreotype Photograph.Date, ca1855.

London. Image size 3 x 4. Original Daguerreotype photograph (hand tinted,) of a family in the original wood frame. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 4175)

Photograph Album of THE IMPERIAL THEATRE, TOKYO, JAPAN.

Date,1929.

Oblong 4to, [15 x 11 ins.] Title + 7 Original photographs, Image size 10 1/2 x 8 ins, creasing to the bottom right corners. Held in a folding portfolio with ties and bone fastener. All edges gilt. £160.00.

Local playwrights were encouraged to mount Western-style operatic and musical productions that had appeal to a growing middle- and upper class sophistication. The Teikoku Gekijo Kaisha (Imperial Theatre Company), had seating for 1700, was founded in 1910 with the purpose of building Japan's first Western-style theatre and producing the country's first non-Japanese theatre programs. The result was the Teikoku Gekijo (Imperial Theatre, also known as the Imperial Garden Theatre), completed in 1911 on land in the Marunouchi district across from the Imperial Palace plaza. Many of the Imperial Theatre's earliest productions were translations of foreign operas, plays and musicals. A translation of Hamlet, written by Tsubouchi Shoyo and produced by the Bungei Kyokai (Literary Arts Society) in 1911, was the theatre's first complete work performed on the theatre's stage. The Magic Flute, produced in early 1912 with an all-Japanese cast, was the theatre's first operatic performance.

(Code No. 4154)Victorian photograph Album.ca1880. 60 Images, sizes 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins to 6 x 7 ins. 35 Images, sizes 4 1/2 x 6 ins. 10 Images, sizes 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins, (approx).105 Original photographs of UK Cathedrals, Abbeys,Churches. One image, slight foxing, others fine. A few images numbered in the negative and stamped "Frith Series". No other studio or photographer listed. Titled in ink below images. Some of the interior views are outstanding. Original full morocco gilt, some marks.

(Code No. 4139)Victorian photograph Album.1880-90.Image sizes 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 ins to 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins (approx). 46 Photographs, ( Frith & Co , AP?), pasted into an album. 20,(approx) Continental Europe. The rest, UK, Lake District, etc. Original binding, poor..

(Code No. 4136)Diderot. Denis. 1713-84.(Antique print of the Camera Obscura).Dessein, chambre Obscure.ca.1800. Page size, 15 1/2 x 10 ins. Original copper engraved plate of the Camera Obscura, very good condition.The camera obscura (dark chamber) was an optical device used in drawing, and one of the ancestral threads leading to the invention of photography.An Iraqi Muslim scientist named Abu Ali Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (965-1039 CE), known in the West as Alhacen, is credited with the discovery of the camera obscura.

(Code No. 4121)

30 Photographs showing the Installation of a Steam Pumping Engine.

(Possibly at Birkenhead).

Ca1890.

Wood Bros, 72 Lord Street, Liverpool. 8vo, [8 1/2 x 6 ins]. 30 Original photographs, very good condition. (Approx) image size 6 x 4 1/2ins. Original cloth gilt, slight rubbing.  £200.00

(Code No. 4119)

220 Post Card views and a few Photographs.

Hawaii..California.. Mexico..Texas... New York and Japan.

Approx' date, 1910.

Folio, [11 x 15 ins]. 200 Original coloured post cards, (pasted down) + one post card folding out to 22 views in a concertina style of San Francisco and neighbourhood, (not included in the total) + 20 Original uncoloured photograph views, (pasted down). Photograph image sizes (approx), 4 x 4/12 ins. Showing, (approx), 34 Hawaii, 70 California, 10 Mexico, 25 Texas, 25 New York, 55 Japan + Misc. Original full morocco, slight marks. All edges gilt. £300.00

(Code No. 4037)Carte de Visite Photograph Album.England. ca1860. 12mo, [5 x 6 ins]. 24 Carte de Visite Photographs, (50 spaces), by Maull and others. Showing: - Lever & Green families and their children (5), and others. Original full morocco, faded and slight splits to top of spine One metal fastner, missing. Cartes-de-visite were small visiting card portraits (usually measuring 4 1/2 x 2 1/2") introduced by a Parisian photographer, Andre Disdéri, who in late 1854 patented a way of taking a number of photographs on one plate (usually eight).

(Code No. 4032)

77 Vintage Japanese Hand-Coloured Postcard.

Japan. ca1912. 77 Postcards of old Japan, some hand coloured,(30). Showing Japanese gardens, manners, customs. public entertainments, trades, etc. Postcard folder with transparent plastic card holders. £150.00

(Code No. 4049)Underwood & Underwood.15 Stereoview Photographs of Old Japan + Hand Held Stereoscope..London & New York. Underwood and Underwood. ca1900. Size 7 x 3 1/2 ins. 15 Stereoview Photographs with descriptive text on the back, very good condition. + Hand held stereoscope, one wire holder missing. Stereoscopic prints were mounted on a rigid card in the process two almost identical photographs were taken from a slightly different point of view ; they were then mounted side by side on a card and when viewed through a binocular device (Stereoscope), they created the illusion of a three-dimensional view.

(Code No. 4001)Japanese Black Lacquer Photograph Album with Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl raised design Inlays.Japan. ca1900. 4to, [14 1/2 x 11 ins]. 20 Hand coloured pages with 45 photograph windows, (empty) , very good. Original Japanese black lacquer photograph album, marked, one inlay repaired and strengthened front hinge.

(Code No. 3929)The White Star Royal Mail Steamship.TEUTONIC.(H.M. Armed Cruiser).At the Naval Review, Spithead, June 26, 1897. In commemoration of the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. (Diamond Jubilee Naval Review, SS Teutonic).London. Stas. Walery and Co. 1898. Oblong Folio [ 20 x 15 ins]. (For Private Circulation Only). SIGNED by Thomas H. Ismay.. .. Half title + Title page + pp. (6) Contents + pp. (2) Card of Invitation + Portrait frontis (Queen Victoria) + 46 PHOTOGRAPHS on 44 pages, Approx image size [11 x 8 ins], vg, each with descriptive text, including appendix with 2 photographs of the construction of the Teutonic + 2 photographs of the S.S Oceanic, pioneer steamer of the White Star Line (launched 1870). Ink dedication to Mrs. McKean from Thomas H. Ismay. Photographs show - Teutonic, crew and guests etc, that includes a portrait of BRUCE ISMAY (Chairman of the White Star Line) who sailed on the ill-fated voyage of the steamship TITANIC. Original full morocco gilt, worn and rubbed corners with some loss, raised spine bands, rubbed. All edges gilt. Binding firm. The Teutonic Details: 9,984 tons gross. The engine delivered 1,875 nominal horsepower, that gave the ship the impressing speed of 20 knots. There was passenger accommodation for 399 1st class, 190 2nd class and 1000 3rd class passengers. She replaced the Titanic on the Southampton to New York run after the sinking of the Titanic.

(Code No. 3918)

Japanese Miniature Photograph Album.

ca1900. 12mo, [5 x 3 /1/2 ins]. Image size 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 ins. 12 Photographic images of Japanese life bound in a folding concertina style, very good condition. Original cardboards with printed Japanese title label. £80.00

(Code No. 3687). Daguerreotype Photograph.London. ca1850. Image size 2 x 2 1/2, 1/9 plate. Daguerreotype Photograph of a male. Full leatherette case with original hook and eye fastener, vg. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No. 3686).Kilburn. William Edward. (1818-1891)Daguerreotype Photograph.London. 234 Regent Street. 1850. Image size 2 x 2 1/2, 1/9 plate. Daguerreotype Photograph of a female. Full leatherette case with original hook and eye fastener, vg. "C. ?. W , 1850" etched in left corner of image.Edward Kilburn was one of the leading London Daguerreotype Photographers. The first successful daguerreotype was made by Louis Deguerre and N.Niepce in 1839. it was a very complicated and long process and was almost impossible to make additional copies. The daguerreotype image, developed on a silver coated copper plate, was commonly referred to as the "Mirror of Nature," for the surface of a daguerreotype image reflects back its spectator as well as the subject pictured.

(Code No.3586).90 Photographs of 1920-30s.Silent Film Stars and Stage Actors.British & American Stars.Approx sizes 9 1/2 x 7 ins to 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 ins. Most photographs signed with a few letters of acknowledgment. The rest with facsimile signatures. Actors Shown:- Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Bobby Howes, Ronald Colman,Gary Cooper, Ivor Novello, Bromley Davenport, Gibb McLaughlin, etc. All the letters were addressed to a Mr. James Bellinger.

(Code No. 3623).

14 Photographs of the Building of the Liverpool Docks. (Loose).

Liverpool. ca1880. Image size (Approx), 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 ins. Page Size (Approx), 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins. 14 Photographs of the Liverpool Docks pasted on to thick card on both sides of the page. Shown:- Langdon Dock, Lighthouse, Alexander Dock, Engine House Langdon Dock, Canada Basin, Dock Entrance, Graving Dock Langdon, Engine House Langdon Dock, Foremen South Dock, Masonry of Dock Entrance, Shed Alexander Dock, Dock Wall Alexander Dock, Commencement of Herculaneum Dock, Herculaneum Dock & Petroleum Shore. £400.00

(Code No. 3600).Tokyo. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. 4to [10 1/2 x 14 ins]. 1896. 100 Hand coloured collotypes, on plain paper, trades, portraits, sport etc, no towns or temple views, ( The hand colouring & image definition is very fine ). Each plate has a title and English descriptive text below the image by S. Takashima. Image size 7 x 9 3 /4 ins, very good condition. Bound Japanese style, some wear and marks, with some loss. Ogawa is renowned for the high quality of his ambrotypes, cabinet photographs, carte de visite, cabinet cards, stereographs, colour collotype printing and the multi-pass collotype process, His photographs were often assembled into albums and sold to tourists.

(Code No.3584).Folio [15 1/2 x 11ins]. Ca1900. 150 Photographs of Shropshire & Cheshire pasted into an album. [ sizes approx 11 x 9 ins to 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins]. 80 Post card size. Approx areas shown :- Northwich, Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Much Wenlock, Bridgenorth, Ludlow, Great Budworth, Clun, Arley and Tenbury, etc. Original full morocco gilt, split to front hinge. Holding firm.