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

Large folio album ca. 46 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.) with 50 large original albumen photographs, each ca. 28 x 22 cm (11 x 8 ½ in.), mounted loosely one per leaf on brown paper leaves. All captioned in French and/or English, and signed and/or numbered in negative by the studio “Bonfils.”. Period red quarter morocco with marbled boards. Mild wear at album extremities and spine, one hinge with a crack at tail of the spine, two photographs with a very small tear (ca. 0.5 cm), and one photograph mildly faded, but overall a very good album with strong, sharp photographs.This interesting album contains 50 large photographs by Maison Bonfils (active 1867-81, studio in Beirut) showing important religious sites in the Holy Land of Israel and Palestine. The majority of the photographs show Jerusalem, including detailed images of the interior and exterior of… Read More

First Edition. Large Octavo. [4], vii, 293 pp. 24,8x16,5 cm. With sixteen photographic plates. Original publisher's printer wrappers. Spine is carefully restored. The pre-revolutionary stamp of the student reading group on the title page. Overall very good, clean copy.First comprehensive ethnographic study of religious and folk holidays and festivities in Eastern Siberia, in particular in the Yenisei province (Krasnoyarsk, Achinsk, Minusinsk). The author focuses mostly on Russian peasants and indigenous converts to Orthodox Christianity, but notes that paganism and superstitions of the natives highly influenced the traditions and mentality of the Russian settlers. Makarenko describes Siberian folk festivities for every day of the year, their character, traditions of celebration and significance in people’s life. The illustrations reproduce thirty-two photographs, showing… Read More

Oblong Folio (ca. 28,5x37,5 cm). 45 grey card stock leaves (20 blank). With 139 original gelatin silver and albumen photos (mostly mounted, four loosely inserted) of various size, from ca. 20,5x28cm (8x11 in) to ca. 4,5x8,5 cm (1 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Over thirty photos are captioned and/or signed in negative (“Mallitte,” “O.M.,” “C.S.”). At least five photos with ink or pencil captions on the mounts or the verso. Period dark brown full cloth album. Binding rubbed and with minor tears on the extremities and the spine; two leaves at the front are detached and loosely inserted; one leaf in the middle of the album with the right half cut off; about ten photos with minor creases, losses or damage to the image; three photos previously removed; a few photos mildly faded; overall a good album of strong interesting… Read More

Quarto (ca. 32,7x20,4 cm. or 13x8 in). 3 pp. of text. Brown ink on yellow lined wove paper. Seal in the lower right corner of the last page. Fold marks, but overall very good.Historically interesting original document illustrating legal negotiations regarding early coal mining in Nicola Valley, B.C.By the late 1890s, Nicola Valley housed one of the northwest's largest and most extensive coal fields. The exceptional quality of deposits along the Coldwater River attracted significant attention, sparking a surge in coal mining activity. The coal boom continued until the 1930s when depleted coal seams eventually took their toll on the local mining industry.The agreement was made between James Corbett, Joseph Castillon, George Murray of Nicola Lake, B.C. (the first party), and Soren Andrew Hartman of Tacoma, Washington (the second party) on 19 December 1903. The document… Read More

Quarto (ca. 27x21 cm). A bifolium and a single leaf with 5 pp. of text. Brown ink on thin wove paper. Both leaves with blind-stamped papermaker’s monograms in the left upper corners. Addressed, stamped and sealed on verso of the last leaf. Fold marks, paper slightly age-toned, the last leaf with a minor loss on the right margin after opening, affecting several letters, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Historically significant original autograph signed letter, addressed to noted US military officer George A. McCall, who took part in the Florida War (Second Seminole War, 1835-1846), Mexican-American War (April 1846 – February 1848), and American Civil War (1861-1865). The letter was written by McCall’s elder sister Mary Dickinson McCall and was sent to the “4th infantry, Texas,” via the “care of a quarter… Read More

Octavo (ca. 20x16 cm or 7 ¾ x 6 ¼ in). 68 watermarked creamy laid paper leaves (19 blank), with period ink numbers in the right upper corners. With 78 original albumen photographs (60 mounted or tipped in and 18 loosely inserted), including one large image ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ½ in) and two small images ca. 4x4,5 cm (1 ½ x 1 ¾ in); the rest of the photos are ca. 8x11 cm (3 x 4 ¼ in) or slightly smaller. Most photos are with period manuscript ink captions by McCrackan on the mounts or versos; many images are also with manuscript ink dates from April to May 1889; ca. ten photos are also captioned in negative. With over thirty newspaper clippings (mounted and loosely inserted) with Rondthaler’s account of the trip, from the “Moravian” newspaper (Bethlehem, Pa, ca. 1889-1891). With six loosely… Read More

Ca. 1900-1901. Oblong Quarto album ca. 25,5x29,5 cm (10 x 11 ½ in). 26 card stock leaves. With 153 mounted gelatin silver photos, including a four-part panorama ca. 8x34 cm (3 x 13 ½ in) with corners trimmed to fit the mount; a two-part panorama ca. 11x43 cm (4 ¼ x 17 cm); and twelve large images from ca. 20x25,5 cm (7 ¾ x 10 in) to ca. 16,5x21,5 cm (6 ½ x 8 ½ in). The rest of the photos are from ca. 11x20 cm (4 ¼ x 7 ¾ in) to ca. 4,5x9 cm (1 ¾ x 3 ½ in); the majority are ca. 9x11,5 cm (3 ½ x 4 ½ in). Most photos are with period manuscript ink captions on the mounts (some captions relate to two or more images, some are also dated from November 1900 to March 1901). The two-part panorama with a period ink stamp “Countinho Brothers, Photographers, Main Road,… Read More

Two Octavo bifoliums (ca. 19,5x11,5 cm). 8 pp. Brown ink on creamy lined wove paper. With the original envelope, addressed to “Mrs. S.A. Davis, Pittsburg, Carroll County, Indiana,” with a cancelled postage stamp. Fold marks, one page with a minor tear in the right lower corner, the envelope taped on the lower margin, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Historically interesting extensive original letter by female Oregon pioneer, Margaret Rebecca McLean. Originally from Pittsburg, Indiana, she “came to Oregon in 1853 with the immigrant train which was lost for several months in crossing the mountains and was rescued by friends here who sent help to the settlers. She has lived in various parts of Lane county, including Pleasant Hill and Walterville, but has made her home in Eugene for many years” (Birthday Celebrated Sunday//… Read More

Two Oblong Quarto albums (each ca. 18,5x27 cm or 7 ¼ x 10 ¾ in). 25 and 23 card stock leaves. With 79 (52 + 27) mounted original gelatin silver photos, mostly from ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in) to ca. 10x15,5 cm (3 ¾ x 6 in); five smaller photos are ca. 7,5x10,5 cm (3x4 in). Over fifty photos are numbered in negative, over a dozen with period manuscript pencil captions on the mounts (two images are also dated September and October 1911 in manuscript). One photo is partly hand-coloured. With one mounted real photo postcard, addressed to “Dr. J.D. Laidlaw, Bridgetown, Barbados,” and dated “Dec. 9, 1911.” Two period black full cloth albums with very mild wear of extremities. One photo with minor creases, a few photos mildly faded or with mild silvering, but overall very good collection of two albums of… Read More

2 pp. Quarto (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ in). Black ink on lined wove paper with the printed letterhead of “United States Indian Service,” the Agency, address, and date completed in manuscript as “Yakama,” “Fort Simcoe,” “Mch, 2, (188)3.” Fold marks, very mildly age-toned, small damp smears affecting two words (legible), but overall a very good interesting Yakama letter.A historically interesting original autograph manuscript letter penned by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and Indian Agent for the Yakama Agency, Gen. Robert H. Milroy (Ca. 1814-1890). “Gen. Robert H. Milroy was born in Indiana in 1814. He was educated a lawyer, but served as a volunteer in the Mexican war. When the Civil War began he offered his services as a volunteer. He commanded a brigade of Indiana troops in West Virginia… Read More

Second edition. Quarto. Book 1 and only. [1 – t.p.], [1 – dedication to Empress Elizaveta Petrovna from Mueller], [4 – dedication to Empress Elizaveta Petrovna from the Academy of Sciences], [4 - Preface], 368, [6 – Brief Chronology of Siberian History]; [24 Alphabetical Index] pp. 20th-century owner’s inscription on the title page; Soviet bookshop’s ink stamp on the rear pastedown endpaper. Period brown full calf; maroon spine with a gilt-lettered title label and gilt-tooled decorative vignettes. Binding expertly repaired on extremities, mild water stains in text and on the title page, occasional pencil and ink markings in text, but overall a very good copy.Very rare Russian imprint with only four paper copies found in Worldcat (Library of Congress, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California Berkeley, University of… Read More

Folio album (ca. 31x25 cm or ca. 12 ¼ x 9 ¾ in). 55 card stock leaves (most with loosely inserted tissue guards). With ca. 170 mounted and loosely inserted original gelatin silver photographs and real photo postcards; the size of the photos from ca. 23x29 cm (9 x 11 ¼ in) to ca. 2x3 cm (1 x 1 ¼ in); most images are from ca. 7x11,5 cm (2 ¾ x 4 ½ in) to ca. 6,5x9 cm (2 ½ x 3 ½ in). Over twenty photos with period ink or pencil captions on the mounts or versos; ca. eighteen real photo postcards with captions in negative or photographers’ stamps in the image. With twenty-five printed postcards, showing Goa and Singapore. With over 230 pieces of various printed and hand-written ephemera, mounted and loosely inserted. With five loosely inserted watercolours, from ca. 17,5x24 cm (6 ¾ x 9 ½… Read More

Folio (ca. 33x20 cm). 1 pp., with an integral blank leaf. Black ink on paper, legible text in English. Mild fold marks, paper age toned, minor tears at folds, otherwise a very good document. The translation by Luis Paynes [?]: Habana, 7 de Agosti 1834. Folio (ca. 30x21 cm). 1 pp., with an integral blank leaf. Brown ink on laid paper, legible text in Spanish. Mild fold marks, paper slightly age toned, otherwise a very good document.Interesting historical document relating to a case of imprisonment of an American seaman by Cuban authorities in the 1830s, and moreover of putting him in stocks: “Sir, Application having been made to me by Silvestre P. Fogg, master of the American ship Cavalier, for means of releasing Eugine Newman, a seaman belonging to said vessel, [taken?] up the day before yesterday, and confined in the Stocks at the Prison, & put… Read More

Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on laid paper. Docketed on verso of the second leaf. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand.Historically significant content-rich original letter, from the first years of the gold mining town of Moores Flat (Nevada Co.) and closely related to its founder Henry M. Moore. In 1851, Moore became the first settler who brought his family to a flat site on the Middle Yuba River, several kilometres northeast of the North Bloomfield, and the growing mining camp was named after him (Bean, E.F. Bean’s History and Directory of Nevada County, California. Nevada, 1867, p. 402). “Shortly thereafter, Moore's Flat became an important hydraulic mining town, with large-scale operations at Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Woolsey Flat, Snow Point, and Snow Tent. By 1880, the town had grown to a… Read More