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

Oblong Folio album (ca. 27,5x37 cm or 10 ¾ x 14 ½ in). 43 thick paper leaves (10 blank). With over 210 mounted original gelatin silver photos of various size (several hand-coloured), from ca. 12x16,5 cm (4 ½ x 6 ½ in) to ca. 5,5x7,5 cm (2 ¼ x 3 in); most photos are ca. 8x13,5 cm (3 ¼ x 5 ¼ in) or slightly smaller. At least half the photos with period manuscript ink captions on the mounts (related to individual images or the entire leaf). With over forty mounted real photo and printed postcards (some trimmed to fit on the mount), from ca. 9x14 cm (3 ½ x 5 ½ in) to ca. 4,5x6,5 cm (1 ¾ x 2 ½ in). With over forty pieces of various printed, manuscript and hand-drawn ephemera and magazine clippings, from ca. 24,5x16,5 cm (9 ¾ x 6 ½ in) to ca. 4x7,5 cm (1 ½ x 3… Read More

[4], iv, [4], 707 pp. 23,5x16,5 cm. With several woodcuts in text. Contemporary quarter leather with original pebbled papered boards; rebacked in style. Title page with a minor loss on the blank outer margin neatly repaired, some mild foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy.Very rare. First edition of this ‘encyclopaedia’ on Siberian hunting written by a Russian mining engineer, hunter, ethnographer and writer Alexander Cherkasov (1834-1895), during his service in 1856-1863 on the gold mines in Dauria (Transbaikal region). The book contains a captivating description of Eastern Siberian animals and ways of trapping and hunting them: there are 21 sketches about predators (including bear, wolf, fox, lynx, wolverine, marten, sable, stoat, badger, and others) and 12 sketches about ‘edible’ animals (including moose, Manchurian wapiti, Capreolus, deer,… Read More

Oblong Folio album ca. 27,5x36,5 cm (10 ¾ x 14 ½ in). 24 black card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 189 mounted gelatin silver photos, including thirty large images from ca. 21,5x28 cm (8 ½ x 11 in) to ca. 18,5x18,5 cm (7 ¼ x 7 ¼ in) and nine medium-sized photos ca. 11x15,5 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in). The rest of the photos are from ca. 8x10,5 cm (3x4 in) to ca. 4,5x7 cm (1 ¾ x 2 ¾ in). Over 160 photos with period white ink captions on the mounts (some captions relate to several photos). Nine medium-sized photos with the ink stamps “R.B. Holmes, Photographer, 42, The Mall, Peshawar” on verso. Period maroon and decorative patterned cloth album boards, fastened with a string. Binding rubbed on extremities and loosened on hinges, cloth on the front board with a minor tear, one tissue… Read More

First edition. Octavo (ca. 22,5x15 cm). 2 vols. 8, 847; [6], 850-1693 pp. (numbered in Eastern Arabic system). Text in Ottoman Turkish within printed border, first pages of text in both volumes decorated with traditional floral and geometric ornaments. Late 19th century Ottoman red quarter sheep with decorative stamped cloth boards and gilt lettered titles on the spines; marbled endpapers, all edges speckled. Bindings slightly rubbed on extremities, paper slightly age toned, an ink note on the last page of vol. 2, but overall a very good copy.A grand Islamic historiographical work by a noted Ottoman historian and writer, presenting a comprehensive world history written from the Muslim perspective. The narration starts from the creation of the Universe, covering history of the first prophets, establishment of the Islamic Caliphate, history of the Ottoman Empire from… Read More

Forty-eight pairs of albumen stereo-view photographs, each pair ca. 8.5x16 cm (3 ¼ x 6 ¼ in) mounted on original publisher?s cards; printed captions in French on the mount rectos, occasional pencil numbers on versos. A couple of images mildly faded, most mounts with small cutouts of lower corners to fit viewer, otherwise a very good collection of strong interesting images.Interesting collection of early stereo-view photographs showing both universal Christian and specifically Catholic landmarks of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethphage and Bethany. Thirty-four views of Jerusalem show the City of David archaeological site, eleven views of different parts of Via Dolorosa, three views of the Armenian Cathedral of Saint James (interior and exterior), the Palace of High Priest, Zion Gate, Palace of Caiaphas on Mount Zion, Franciscan Chapel of Flagellation, Catholic Church… Read More

Ink drawing on thick paper ca. 16 x 26cm (6.5 x 10.5 in). Recently matted, with a minor tear of blank margin, but overall in very good condition.This well executed ink drawing shows the main gate at Xining, China. "Xining has a history of over 2,100 years and was a chief commercial hub on the Hexi Corridor caravan route to Tibet, handling especially timber, wool and salt in ancient times. The trade along the Hexi Corridor was part of a larger trade corridor along the Northern Silk Road, whose use was intensified in the 1st century BC after efforts by the Han dynasty to control this route "(Wikipedia). This ink drawing was created by an artist under Filchner's direction after a photograph made by Filchner en route to Tibet on his 1903-5 "expedition to Tibet to carry out geomagnetic and topographical surveys on the high plateau. In addition to its… Read More

Watercolour ca. 13.5 by 21.5cm (5.5 x 8.5inches). Mounted on paper with a manuscript title and lengthy manuscript quote from Walter Scott on verso. Overall a very good watercolour.This finely executed watercolour shows Allen's residence with a garden tended by a native Indian, three Englishmen (two on horseback) and two dogs playing in the foreground with Pune's rolling hill landscape shown in the background. Reverend Allen went to India and then on to Scinde and Afghanistan in 1840 to preach to wounded soldiers from the First Anglo-Afghan War fought between the British East India Company and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Then in 1843 he went on to Gujarat before ending up in Pune. Ecclesiastical Gazette.

55 loose gelatin silver photographs; including a large photo ca. 19,5x25 cm (7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in) and over twenty photos from ca. 12,5x17,5 cm (5x7 in) to ca. 10x15 cm (4x6 in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 9x14 cm (3 ¾ x 5 ½ in) to ca. 5,5x5,5 cm (2 ¼ x 2 ¼ in). Over forty photos with period pencil, ink or typewritten captions on verso; over twenty photos with typewritten or ink-stamped copyright: “Harrison Forman, Twin Lakes Village, South Salem, N. York,” “Harrison Forman World Photos, 500 Fifth Avenue (at 42nd St.), New York,” “Harrison Forman World Travel Inc.,” “Harrison Forman, price $5.00 for publication,” “Harrison Forman, The Explorers Club,” or “Harrison Forman, 6 Colby Rd., Port Washington, Long Island, New York.” Two photos are dated… Read More

Oblong Small Quarto album (ca. 18,5x25 cm). 51 leaves. With 46 mounted gelatin silver snapshot photographs, from ca. 11,5x12 cm (4 ½ x 4 ¾ in) to ca. 3,5x4,5 cm (1 ¼ x 1 ¾ in), most photos are ca. 7,5x11 cm (3 x 4 ¼ in). With a mounted lithographed plan of the Cape Coast Castle ca. 14x20 cm (5 ½ x 7 ¾ in). All but five private photos with period pencil captions on the mounts. Pencil dedication inscription on the second leaf. Period light brown full morocco album with a gilt-lettered dedication “June 20th, 1899, Dodo” on the front board. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A couple of images mildly faded, but overall a beautiful keepsake album in near fine condition with interesting photographs.Historically significant collection of rare early amateur photos of Sierra Leone, taken by British officer… Read More

Folio album (ca. 33,5x35 cm or 13 ¼ x 14 in). 35 card stock leaves. With over 160 mounted original gelatin silver photos, including seven large images from ca. 18x23,5 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in) to ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 8,5x12 cm (3 ½ x 4 ¾ in) to ca. 8,5x10 cm (3 ¼ x 4 in); four small images are ca. 6x8,5 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in). With ca. eighteen mounted real photo postcards, all ca. 8,5x13,5 cm (3 ¼ x 5 ¼ in). All but six leaves with period manuscript ink captions in Czech, mostly related to groups of images (sometimes to individual images). Period brown soft cardboard album, fastened with a string. Covers with creases, minor wear to extremities, one image apparently previously removed, otherwise a very good album of strong interesting… Read More

First edition. Octavo (ca. 20x14 cm). A custom-made convolute (collection) of two articles from the “Russky Vestnik” magazine: pp. 321-347; 670-702 [= 60 pp.]. 20th-century paper wrappers. An ink stamp “A magazine offprint” and an ink note “Russky Vestnik, vol. CLXIV, 1892” on the first page. Paper slightly age-toned, but overall a very good copy.Interesting original account of a visit of a Russian naval cruiser “Africa” to Vladivostok, Sakhalin, Petropavlovsk, Bering and Medny Islands (the Commodores) and Unalaska (the Aleutians) in the summer of 1881. The voyage was a part of a circumnavigation of a Russian naval squadron in 1880-1883, under command of rear admiral Avramy Aslanbegov (1822-1900). Cruisers “Asia” and “Africa,” who were later joined by clippers “Vestnik” and “Plastun,”… Read More