Search Results: Authors starting with R from Globus Rare Books & Archives

First and only edition. Octavo. xii, 433 pp. With four lithographed maps (three folding). Period Russian dark green quarter sheep with cloth boards; spine with blind-stamped decorations and a gilt-lettered title. Corners slightly bumped, the rear cover with a minor scrape, pages slightly age-toned and with occasional foxing, map at rear with minor tear but overall a very good copy.Very Rare Russian imprint with only one paper copy found in Worldcat (British Library). First and only edition of the original Russian travel account to the Lower Egypt and Nile River Delta, written by a doctor and criminal medical expert, Artemy Rafalovich. A son of a wealthy Jewish merchant from Odessa, he studied medicine at the Berlin and Dorpat Universities, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In February 1846 – November 1848, Rafalovich travelled to Ottoman Turkey,… Read More

Octavo, ca. 22,5x17,5 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ¾ in). 32 leaves. Manuscript text in French. Black and brown ink on lined white laid paper (one page written in pencil), all entries with dates on the margins. Occasional markings in red or blue pencil in text. Period style maroon half morocco album with cloth boards, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and gilt lettered title “PEKIN A HANKAO,” original paper wrappers bound in. Manuscript table of contents on verso of the front wrapper. First leaf slightly soiled on the bottom, paper slightly age toned, but overall a very good journal written in a legible hand. Interesting historically significant journal describing a travel from Beijing to Hankou (a part of modern-day Wuhan) in November 1903; the traveller apparently was a French member of the “Société d’étude de chemis de… Read More

Oblong Folio album (ca. 27,5x35,5 cm). 31 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 238 mounted gelatin silver photographs, including a three-part panorama ca. 8x29 cm (3 x 11 ½ in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 8x15 cm (3 x 5 ¾ in) to ca. 5x7,5 cm (2x3 in). Most photos with period white pencil captions in German on the mounts. Period brown half cloth album with marbled papered boards; gilt-lettered title “Afrikanische Erinnerungen” on the front board. A few images very mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting strong photographs.Historically significant well-annotated album of original photos, taken and collected by a German Schutztruppe officer, employed during the construction of the Lüderitz-Keetmanshoop railway in German Southwest Africa in 1905-1907. The album contains several images documenting the Herero and… Read More

Octavo, ca. 22,5x17,5 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ¾ in). 32 leaves. Manuscript text in French. Black and brown ink on lined white laid paper (one page written in pencil), all entries with dates on the margins. Occasional markings in red or blue pencil in text. Period style maroon half morocco album with cloth boards, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and gilt lettered title “PEKIN A HANKAO,” original paper wrappers bound in. Manuscript table of contents on verso of the front wrapper. First leaf slightly soiled on the bottom, paper slightly age toned, but overall a very good journal written in a legible hand. Interesting historically significant journal describing a travel from Beijing to Hankou (a part of modern-day Wuhan) in November 1903; the traveller apparently was a French member of the “Société d’étude de chemis de… Read More

Octavo, ca. 22,5x17,5 cm (8 ¾ x 6 ¾ in). 32 leaves. Manuscript text in French. Black and brown ink on lined white laid paper (one page written in pencil), all entries with dates on the margins. Occasional markings in red or blue pencil in text. Period style maroon half morocco album with cloth boards, spine with gilt tooled ornaments and gilt lettered title “PEKIN A HANKAO,” original paper wrappers bound in. Manuscript table of contents on verso of the front wrapper. First leaf slightly soiled on the bottom, paper slightly age toned, but overall a very good journal written in a legible hand. Interesting historically significant journal describing a travel from Beijing to Hankou (a part of modern-day Wuhan) in November 1903; the traveller apparently was a French member of the “Société d’étude de chemis de… Read More

Octavo Bifolium (ca. 20,5x12,5 cm or 8x5 in). 3 pp. Brown ink on lined wove paper; blind-stamped papermaker’s monogram in the left upper corner of the first leaf. Foldmarks, minor stain and tears on the right margins of both leaves affecting a couple of words, but still readable, otherwise a very good letter.Penned at the height of the Great Dakota Boom and only two years before the Big Die-Up (the disastrous winter of 1886-1887), the letter documents the activities of one of the most prosperous cattle businesses in the American West in the 1880s.Dakota Territory, soon after its establishment in 1861 and against the backdrop of increased migration to the West, emerged as a center of the range cattle industry. In 1882, when W. Sturgis and G. Goodell founded the Union Cattle Co. in Cheyenne (Wyoming) and located the S&G Ranch in the present-day town… Read More

Oblong Large Octavo album ca. 16x22,5 cm (6 ¼ x 9 in). 50 card stock leaves. With 100 mounted gelatin silver photos, all ca. 10,5x15 cm (4x6 in). All photos are mounted on the leaves within printed black frames; all are supplemented with printed numbers (from 1 to 100) and captions (on paper labels, mounted under the images). Period olive half sheep album with cloth boards; front board with a gilt-lettered title; marbled endpapers. Two printed paper labels, identifying the owner (“Hon. H. Scotland, Pahi”), and the history of the creation of the album, are mounted on the front pastedown endpaper. A paper leaf with printed presentation note tipped onto the front free endpaper. First leaf with a minor scratch and a very small hole on the mount, not affecting the images; mounts with occasional foxing, a few photos mildly faded, binding mildly… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 18x27 cm (7 x 10 ¾ in). 16 card stock leaves (plus over thirty blank at rear). With 74 mounted gelatin silver photos (some issued as real photo postcards), mostly from ca. 10,5x16,5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¾ in) to ca. 8x14 cm (3 ¾ x 5 ½ in); five smaller photos at rear are ca. 5x6,5 cm (2 x 2 ½ in) or slightly smaller. One photo captioned in negative “U.S.S. Dale at 17 knots, enroute to Hong Kong, China,” several photos numbered in negative, otherwise no captions. One photo mounted on the studio card of “Lai Chong, North Cze Chun Rd., Shanghai.” Period black full cloth album with the paper label of “The Heinn Co., Milwaukee” on the inner side of the front board. Binding neatly repaired on hinges, a couple of photos very mildly faded, one of the photos on the first… Read More

Quarto (ca. 31.5x19.5 cm, 12.5x7.5 in.) 2 pp. black ink on yellowish lined wove paper. Fold marks, minor tear, one left side with rough edge, slightly age-toned, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand. With the original yellow postmarked envelope.A historically interesting original autograph manuscript letter from the Long Depression (1873-1879), offering a firsthand account of Indiana, economic hardship and food scarcity during the Long Depression through the eyes of a local farmer.Dated 11 June 1876, the letter was penned by a farmer Peter Rickard (ca. 1843-1918) and his wife Ellen Rickard (ca. 1845-1909) in Indiana. At the time of writing, the couple, along with their four children, resided in Pike County. Later, the Rickards would move to Gibson County and eventually settle in Oregon.The authors address the letter, full of grammatical mistakes,… Read More

First Edition. Quarto. [vi], 138, [ii] pp. With four folding copper engraved maps and plans after P. Rikord, and an aquatint portrait of Takadaya-Kahei.Period Russian full calf binding. Marbled endpapers. Tail of spine is restored, otherwise a very good clean copy. The previous owner’s name ‘Alexander Pavlov’ in period manuscript at the beginning and end of the text, The same name is crossed out on the title page.Rare Russian imprint as only nine copies were found in Worldcat (Library of Congress, Cornell University, Yale University, Harvard University, New York Public Library, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, Berlin State Library, National Diet Library in Japan). The primary source of the early history of Russian-Japanese relations closely connected with the first Russian circumnavigation (1803-1806) under the command of Ivan Krusenstern and… Read More

Large Octavo Bifolium (ca. 23 x 20cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on yellowish lined watermarked laid paper. Fold marks, glue residue along the back page margin, closed tear on one edge of the back two pages, very light toning of the last page, but overall a content-rich letter, written in a legible hand.A historically interesting letter from the pioneer days of West Las Animas (incorporated in 1886; Bent County), offering a fascinating insight into the negotiations in Colorado’s early cattle industry.Dated 21 August 1878, the letter was written by Charles Henry Ripley (1842-1887), a pioneer stockman of Bent County, Colorado, and the owner of one of the largest cattle ranches in West Las Animas. Ripley was a son of a wealthy marble quarry owner and banker from Vermont. After serving in the Civil War and running a family business for a few years, Charles decided to… Read More

Quarto (ca. 25,5x19,5 cm), 1. Brown ink on watermarked laid paper. Mild fold marks and light chipping of the top margin, ink slightly faded, but overall a very good legible letter.Rare historically important letter by Joseph Ritchie, an English surgeon and African explorer, written during his ill-fated expedition to Northern Africa in 1818-1819, which tried to ascertain the course of the Niger and the location of the fabled Timbuktu. Ritchie and George Lyon followed the route of Frederick Hornemann’s expedition of 1797, crossing the Sahara via Murzuq. “The expedition was underfunded, lacked support and because of the ideas of Barrow departed from Tripoli and thus had to cross the Sahara as part of their journey. A year later, due to much officialdom they had only got as far as Murzuk, the capital of Fezzan, where they both fell ill. Ritchie never… Read More

Six loose original salt paper prints, from ca. 22x29 cm (8 ½ x 11 ½ in) to ca. 19x29 cm (7 ½ x 11 ¼ in). Each photo is mounted on the original wove paper album leaf ca. 23,5x30 cm (9 ¼ x 11 ¾ in) or slightly smaller. All photos with period brown ink captions in English on the mounts; two photos with additional ink captions on verso; one photo is signed “Robertson” in negative. Photos mildly faded, a couple with minor creases, but overall a very good collection of exceedingly rare photos.Important collection of six rare original salt paper prints, from the famous series of Crimean War views, taken by James Robertson and Felice Beato in 1855-1856.“As a pioneer war reporter, Robertson paid several brief visits to the Crimea between June 1855 and late spring 1856. <…> By the end of 1854 he… Read More

Quarto bifolium ca. 25,5x20 cm (10 x 8 in). 2 pp. Brown ink on blueish watermarked laid paper (watermark "Moinier's London "). Fold marks, paper slightly age-toned, but overall a very good letter.A historically interesting California Gold Rush letter, giving details on the quickest way to get to California from the United States’ East Coast - via the Isthmus of Central America, crossing either at San Juan (Nicaragua) or Panama.The letter was written by San Jose resident M. W. Packard (ca. 1822-?) to his brother Charles R. Packard - at the time, one of three professors of music in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada West (1853 Hamilton And Dundas Directory). M. Packard discusses Charles’ and presumably, their younger brother’s (Francis) trip to San Jose, suggesting the best possible route to California, the most comfortable accommodation in steamboats, and the… Read More

Octavo (ca. 20.5x16 cm or 8x6.5 in). 2 pp. Brown ink on yellowish wove paper. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Historically important letter written at the height of the Fraser River Gold Rush by a disheartened fortune-seeker from Dayton (incorporated in 1880), Yamhill County, Oregon. Dated 27 November 1858, the letter provides lesser-known details about the journey of prospectors traveling from Oregon to British Columbia via steamboat.In 1858, James Douglas discovered gold in the Fraser River, British Columbia, triggering a rush that attracted thousands of prospectors from San Francisco and beyond. While some struck gold, most faced challenging conditions and limited success, leading to the decline of the Fraser River Gold Rush in the early 1860s.In the letter, the author, “C.B.,” declares the entire Fraser River gold… Read More