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

Three Octavo bifoliums (ca. 20,5x16 cm or 8 x 6 ¼ in). 12 pp. Brown ink on creamy lined wove paper. First leaves of each bifolium with blind-stamped papermaker’s monograms in the left upper corners. With the original envelope ca. 8x14 cm (3 x 5 ½ in), addressed to “Col. Benj. Stark, Portland, Ogn.” and with an ink postal stamp. Foldmarks, several minor tears on folds, envelope with a residue of a paper leaf it used to be attached to on verso, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Historically significant extensive original manuscript letter illustrating political struggle and disagreements among the Oregonian Democrats before the Presidential election on November 6, 1860, and their emotions after the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln had become the President of the United States. The author noted Oregonian Democrat… Read More

Three albums with ca. 416 original gelatin silver photos. Oblong Folio album (ca. 27,5x36,5 cm). 25 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 206 mounted gelatin silver photographs from ca. 8,5x14 cm (3 ¼ x 5 ½ in) to ca. 6,5x10,5 cm (2 ½ x 4 ¼ in). Most photos with period white ink notes in English on the mounts (the captions relate either to individual photos or groups of photos). Period decorative cloth album fastened with a string; gilt-lettered title “Photographs” on the front board. One album leaf removed from the stub and loosely inserted, five or six photos were previously removed from the album, but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Oblong Folio album (ca. 29,5x40 cm). 24 card stock leaves with tissue guards (9 blank). With 132 mounted gelatin silver photographs of various size, including one… Read More

Four Oblong Folio albums (ca. 23x32,5 cm). Each with eight card stock leaves. In all 254 gelatin silver photographs mounted in windows, each ca. 8x10,5 cm (3 x 4 ¼ in) or slightly smaller. Over seventy photos captioned in pencil on verso; many also dated 1908-1910. One album with a period paper leaf with the typewritten list of captions to all photos in that album. Four period grey card albums fastened with ribbons. With a notebook ca. 29x22,5 cm (11 ¼ x 8 ¾ in); 59 leaves are filled in manuscript on rectos (35 leaves of carbon copies and 24 leaves of originals, supplemented with carbon copies). The front cover with a paper label and a manuscript pencil title “Oehler, 19.1.10.” With Oehler’s photograph portrait ca. 14x10 cm (5 ½ x 4 ¾ in), mounted on the period card ca. 18,5x24,5 cm (7 ¼ x 9… Read More

First edition. Octavo (ca. 21x14 cm). [1 – t.p.], 398 pp. Ink stamps “Donated by the will of Professor Artemy Robertovich Orbinsky” on the title page, pp. 1 and 398; ink-stamped decorative ex-libris of Konrad Berezowsky on verso of the title page. 20th-century brown half morocco with marbled papered boards; spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered title. Title page and several leaves very mildly soiled, but overall a very good copy.Rare content-rich original travel account by a Russian dissident to the United States in August-September 1869, with a detailed description of the state of affairs of the Russian diaspora in San Francisco and the former possessions of the Russian American Company two years after the Alaska purchase by the United States (the Treaty of Alaska Purchase was signed on March 30, 1867, and came into effect on October 18 that… Read More

Pencil on paper, ca. 15x25,5 cm (6x10 in). Pencil caption ‘Hebron’ on the lower margin. Recently matted, very good drawing.Fine pencil-drawn panorama of Hebron showing the skyline of the old city, with two travellers entering the city gate, a shepherd talking to a woman carrying water in the foreground, and the Judean mountains in the distance.“Hebron also known as City of the Patriarchs, is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, 30 km (19 mi) south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to approximately 250,000 Palestinians, and between 500 and 800 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter. The city is most notable for containing the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs and is… Read More

Watercolours on paper ca. 17,5x25,5 cm (7x10 in). Mounted on a period album leaf ca. 23,5x30 cm (9 ¼ x 12 in), captioned in period ink on the mount. With another watercolour of the same size mounted on verso, the second watercolour is also captioned in period ink on the mount. Overall beautiful bright watercolours.Attractive early watercolour view of the Pachacamac archaeological site near Lima, drawn by a British or American tourist in the early 20th century. The watercolour shows Pachacamac looking northeast towards the Andes. The site was settled before the Inca conquest and dedicated to the “Earth Maker” creator god Pacha Kamaq. It was utilized by the Incas and flourished for about 1,300 years until the Spanish invasion. Modern-day excavations in Pachacamac started in the 1890s. The watercolour on verso, taken during a ride on the Peruvian… Read More

Quarto bifolium (20,2x12,5 cm. or 8x5 in). 4 pp. Brown ink on yellowish wove paper. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand.Historically interesting private letter from a young woman in San Francisco to “Dear Uncle” Jas. A. Bradley. In the letter, one “Claude” shares news about her brother’s poor health, talking about his inability to leave the room or continue working as a teacher. She also mentions sending him a Christmas cake and writes about "Charlie's wife " being unhappy with his stay at their house. In the rest of the letter, Claude thanks the addressee for financial & moral support and discusses common acquaintances, cold weather, her improving health & finances, etc. Overall, historically interesting early California private letter.The text of the letter:“Your most kind letter with… Read More

Quarto bifolium (20,2x12,5 cm. or 8x5 in). 4 pp. Brown ink on yellow lined wove paper. Fold marks, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand.Historically interesting California letter with notes about Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918), the sixth president of the Church of the Latter Day-Saints, and his multiple wives.The LDS Church practiced plural marriage from 1830 to 1904, when Smith finally withdrew permission for any news instances of polygamy due to intense legal scrutiny.Addressed to “Dear Bro Hyrum,” the letter was likely written in the early 1880s by one “Anna.” In the text, the author conveys the latest news from San Francisco, discussing severe snowfall and a visit of pioneer Mormon Bishop Joseph Fish (1840-1926). Anna also talks about Apostle Joseph F. Smith (then, the second counselor in the First Presidency to the LDS… Read More

Quarto bifolium (31,5 x 19 cm or 12 ½ x 7 ¾  in). 4 pp. Brown ink on bluish lined laid paper. Fold marks, slightly age-toned, tear on the last page, but overall a very good letter, written in a legible hand.An early, historically interesting California letter by a salesman from “Beach’s Fruit Store” in Marysville (inc. 1851), Yuba County. The author likely moved to California in the mid-1850s, and after several years in San Francisco, settled in Marysville in 1859.The author writes to “Dear Sister Sarah” (apparently a teacher) and talks about the upcoming city elections, California’s rich agriculture, his exceptional cooking skills (“I can beat any of the girls cooking”), and weekly attendance at the Presbyterian church. He then mentions seeing the “droves” of Chinese immigrants with ankle-length… Read More

Gouache drawing on a plant leaf ca. 16,5x11,5 cm (6 ¼ x 4 ½ in), mounted on a period album leaf ca. 24,5x18 cm (9 ½ x 7 ½ in). A minor crack on the leaf’s top point, paper slightly age-toned, but overall a beautiful drawing in very good condition.Attractive unusual 19th-century gouache drawing of Napoleon’s first tomb on Saint Helena Island. The ex-Emperor spent there his last years in exile (1816-1821) and died in his residence, the Longwood House, on May 5, 1821. He was first buried in the Valley of the Willows near the Longwood House with full military honours for the rank of general. “The tomb was temporarily covered with a slab. In the days that followed, the grave was filled in with three square metres of cement and sealed with three heavy slabs. The plot was then fenced with an asphalt-coated cast iron… Read More

Watercolour ca. 19 x 28 cm (8 x 11.5 in.) Grey wash on paper, mounted on an album leaf with double borders ruled in ink, manuscript caption title. Overall a very good watercolour.This early attractive well-executed watercolour by an anonymous French voyager shows an island of the Martim Vaz Archipelago with a ship's launch at sea in the foreground. "Trindade and Martim Vaz is an archipelago located about 1,200 kilometers (740 mi) east of Vitória in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, belonging to the State of Espírito Santo, Southeast Brazil. The archipelago consists of five islands and several rocks and stacks; Trindade is the largest island.The islands are of volcanic origin and have rugged terrain. They are largely barren, except for the southern part of Trindade. They were discovered in 1502 by Portuguese explorer Estêvão da Gama and stayed… 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