Photograph Albums

  • Views in Japan, India, & China

    # 48431

    BEATO, Felix; FLOYD, William Pryor; BOURNE, Samuel

    Views in Japan, India, & China

    [1867-1870]. Photograph album, large oblong folio (320 x 480 mm), original red morocco richly gilt (worn at corners and spine ends), upper board lettered in gilt ‘Views in Japan, India, & China’; all edges gilt; moire pastedowns and endpapers; verso of front free-endpaper with the inscription of the original owner Frederick Woods, dated July 1871; …

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  • Peeps at Japan.

    # 49585

    BEATO, Felice (1832-1909)

    Peeps at Japan.

    [Yokohama, 1872]. Oblong quarto (230 x 300 mm), half morocco over marbled papered boards (rubbed), upper board with original printed title label ‘Peeps at Japan’, spine lettered in gilt ‘Beato / Peeps at Japan’; original marbled endpapers, containing [20] albumen prints in format 155 x 200 mm, mounted recto only on leaves of lightweight card …

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  • Through China with a camera

    # 49519

    THOMSON, John (1837 - 1921)

    Through China with a camera

    With nearly 100 illustrations. Westminster : A. Constable, 1898. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (corners a little bumped), pp. xiv; 284, photographic plates, a fine copy. Scottish-born photographer John Thomson moved to Hong Kong in 1868, after spending three years as a professional photographer with a studio in Singapore and another year in Bangkok. From his base in …

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  • Persian Gulf Command.

    # 49080

    [Compiler unknown].

    Persian Gulf Command.

    [Teheran : Headquarters, Persian Gulf. Command, United States Army, c.1945]. Folio photograph album (320 x 255 mm), original brown textured cloth over boards with embossed silver lettering ‘Persian Gulf Command / Iran’ and embossed insignia of the Persian Gulf Command to upper board, original silk ties; [19] leaves with 268 corner-mounted gelatin silver photographs, most …

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  • An Australian birthday book / compiled by M.F. and J.B.S. Printed for private circulation only. (Presented by Mabel Fairfax Barr Smith and Jean Balfour St Clare Barr Smith to their younger sister, Joanna Fitzgerald Barr Smith)

    # 47367

    M. F. (Mabel Fitzgerald) & J. (Jean) B. S. (BARR SMITH); SWEET, Samuel White (photographer)

    An Australian birthday book / compiled by M.F. and J.B.S. Printed for private circulation only. (Presented by Mabel Fairfax Barr Smith and Jean Balfour St Clare Barr Smith to their younger sister, Joanna Fitzgerald Barr Smith)

    Adelaide : George Robertson, 1883. Octavo (185 x 130 mm), original brown calf, upper board ruled and lettered in gilt (re-backed, boards scuffed and lightly marked); all edges gilt; original floral endpapers; title-page with presentation inscription by the compilers ‘With Mabel & Jean Barr Smith’s Kind regards / March 2nd 1884’; dedication with ownership signature …

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  • Illustrations of China and its people.

    # 48250

    THOMSON, John (1837 - 1921)

    Illustrations of China and its people.

    A series of two hundred photographs with letterpress descriptions of the places and people represented. London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873-74. First edition. Four volumes, folio, gilt-illustrated pictorial cloth over bevelled boards (corners bumped, edges rubbed and scuffed), the first volume rebacked with original spine laid down; containing a total of 200 …

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  • [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS] Northern Japan [and] Southern Japan

    # 48430

    STILLFRIED & ANDERSEN

    [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS] Northern Japan [and] Southern Japan

    [Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, 1876-1885]. Pair of nineteenth-century photograph albums, in identical large folio format (360 x 470 mm), in original matching bindings of gilt-ruled half morocco over brown pebbled cloth, the upper boards with gilt-stamped titles ‘Northern Japan’ and ‘Southern Japan’ (scuffed, worn at corners), spines in compartments with ornate gilt decoration; all …

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  • Brisbane and Environs Illustrated: Twelve Views of the Scenery of the City and Neighbourhood.

    # 23023

    WRIGHT, George P[arkinson]. (photographer and publisher)

    Brisbane and Environs Illustrated: Twelve Views of the Scenery of the City and Neighbourhood.

    Second Series … [Contents …] Photographed by Geo. P. Wright, Creek Street, (Opposite the Union Bank) Brisbane. MDCCCLXXVIII. At head of title: Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Governor. Brisbane : George P. Wright [printed by Cleghorn & Co.], 1878. Oblong folio, original half morocco over brown cloth boards with gilt lettering (boards marked and …

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  • Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    # 46820

    BESLEY, Richard Bradfield (1912-1990)

    Photograph album documenting experiences at a hydroelectric plant on the Swat River in Malakand District, Northwest Frontier Province, India, 1937-38.

    Small oblong quarto album (200 x 270 mm), original brown cloth over boards with string ties, containing 116 b/w photographs in corner mounts, 113 being in 60 x 60 mm format, with 3 in larger 115 x 160 mm format; the majority are captioned in ink below the image; very good condition throughout. This album …

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  • Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers' photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    # 45904

    FARNDELL, Edward; DURYEA, Townsend; MARCHANT, E. W.; VON HARTITZSCH, Otto; RUSHTON & JUST; STUMP & CO., et al.

    Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers’ photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    Quarto (290 x 230 mm), embossed green leather decorated in gilt (upper board detached and lacking backstrip); title leaf with later family member’s inscription identifying the original owners of the album as ‘Janet and William Howard, Alma Plains – Dalkey’; containing a total of [82] albumen print photographs – [73] in carte de visite format, …

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  • The “Sino-Japanese Disturbances” souvenir album. Shanghai. 1932

    # 21848

    TANAKA, Ryozo, ed.

    The “Sino-Japanese Disturbances” souvenir album. Shanghai. 1932

    [Tokyo: Shomi-do, 1932]. Oblong quarto, silk-bound boards with ribbon binding, unpaginated, title page, two maps printed in colour, 48 leaves of photographic plates interlined with tissue, colophon, a fine copy in the original lettered cardboard box. Scarce in this condition.

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  • [NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway

    # 45096

    PITT, C.A.

    [NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway

    Cover title: Series of magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway, Northern Territory, Australia. Payneham, South Australia : C. A. Pitt, [c.1950]. Oblong quarto, pictorial limp wrappers (grey variant, other examples printed on yellow and red paper stocks), 16 pp, black and white photographic plates of Alice Springs, Aileron, Barrow Creek, the Devil’s Marbles, …

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  • [NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway

    # 45095

    PITT, C.A.

    [NORTHERN TERRITORY] Magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway

    Cover title: Series of magnificent views illustrating scenes along the North South Highway, Northern Territory, Australia. Payneham, South Australia : C. A. Pitt, [c.1950]. Oblong quarto, pictorial limp wrappers (red variant, other examples printed on yellow and grey paper stocks), 16 pp, black and white photographic plates of Alice Springs, Aileron, Barrow Creek, the Devil’s Marbles, …

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  • Brisbane illustrated : a series of twelve views of some of the principal public buildings and scenery of the city / photographed and published by Geo P. Wright.

    # 43682

    WRIGHT. Geo. P. (George Parkinson)

    Brisbane illustrated : a series of twelve views of some of the principal public buildings and scenery of the city / photographed and published by Geo P. Wright.

    Brisbane : Geo. P. Wright, James Street, Fortitude Valley, 1875. Oblong elephant folio (340 x 440 mm), original half black morocco over dark green cloth ruled in gilt, upper board titled in gilt (boards rubbed, spine somewhat worn); marbled endpapers, title-leaf printed in red and black, [12] albumen print photographs in more or less uniform …

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  • The house New Zealand built in England

    # 42611

    "The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition"

    The house New Zealand built in England

    London : The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, 1950. Oblong quarto, full crushed red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, the panels ruled and lettered in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, endpapers creased, introductory text, 35 original photographs mounted on cards with printed captions opposite. Ex-library the …

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  • Photographic Memoirs: Visit to Launceston of September's Prettiest Bride (Mrs W. H. Dando).

    # 39619

    BURROWS' STUDIOS (LAUNCESTON)

    Photographic Memoirs: Visit to Launceston of September’s Prettiest Bride (Mrs W. H. Dando).

    With Compliments from Burrows’ Studios, Launceston, 1926. Photograph album, oblong folio (240 x 340 mm), original burgundy crushed morocco over boards with gilt-stamped initials ‘T.D.’ (Thelma Dando) to front (upper boards with a few scuff marks; lower board with the leather worn at fore-edge); gilt-stamped title leaf, followed by [20] sepia-tone gelatin silver print photographs …

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