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

Oblong Folio album ca. 28,5x36 cm (11 ¼ x 14 ¼ in). 14 thick paper and card stock leaves. With nineteen mounted albumen photos, including six partly hand-coloured cabinet portrait photos ca. 12x19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ½ in), first mounted on the original card ca. 13x21 cm (5 x 8 ¼ in); all card with printed photographer’s credentials on the lower margins. Seven photos from ca. 20x24 cm (7 ¾ x 9 ½ in) to ca. 12x17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in) are mounted on the original card from ca. 25,5x30 cm (10 x 11 ¾ in) to ca. 13x19 cm (5 x 7 ½ in); two cards are with the photographers’ printed or embossed credentials on the lower margins. With six albumen photos ca. 18x23,5 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in). No captions. Period brown morocco album with gilt-lettered name “Samuel Parsons” on the… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 18x28 cm (7x11 in). 23 card stock leaves. With 46 mounted albumen photos from ca. 12,5x20 cm (4 ¾ x 8 in) to ca. 9,5x19,5 cm (3 ¾ x 7 ½ in). Over thirty photos signed and/or captioned and/or numbered or dated in negative. About thirty photos with period ink captions in English on the mounts. Period ink noted on the inner side of the front board: “April to September 1886. Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Smith; Mr. & Mrs. Elmer F. Smith.” Period brown full sheep from the Isaiah Taber’s studio, expertly rebacked using the original boards. Gilt-lettered title “Photographs, Taber Phot., S.F.” on the front board; the inner sides of both boards with moire paper; all edges gilt. Several mounts with minor chipping on extremities, the first and the last leaves with minor losses of the outer layer of… Read More

First and only edition. Very rare imprint (only six paper copies found in Worldcat). A biography of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) compiled by an anonymous author for this ‘‘Bulaq’’ edition. The book consists of two parts, the first one dedicated to Alexander’s early years, the death of his father Philip II of Macedon, and the beginning of Alexander’s reign; the second part narrates Alexander’s conquest of the Persian Empire. The book also includes Alexander’s best speeches to his army and people, the author’s comments on Macedonia and its people, and a short glossary of Greek gods and heroes.Library of Congress, Karl Süssheim Collection, no. 129. Özege 19837.

Octavo Bifolium (ca. 20x13 cm or 8x5 in). 4 pp. Brown ink on lined yellow laid paper. Fold marks, but overall a vey good letter written in a legible hand.Original autograph manuscript letter illustrating the bountiful agricultural wealth of Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington, as seen through the eyes of a pioneer sawmill worker.Bellingham was established in the late 19th century and named after Sir William Bellingham, a British naval officer who explored the area in the 1790s. In 1903, Bellingham consolidated with the neighboring community of Fairhaven, solidifying its status as a prominent center of commerce and agriculture in the region.George B. Taylor (1857-1938), the letter's author, was born in 1857 in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota. Together with his wife, Nellie R. Taylor (1865-1941), they moved to Washington in the late 1870s-early 1880s. The couple… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 19,5x24,5 cm (7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in). 14 card stock leaves (1 blank). With 41 mounted gelatin silver photographs (one photo mounted to verso of the front endpaper), mostly from ca. 11x15 cm (4 ¼ x 6 in) to ca. 8,5x9 cm (3 ½ x 3 ½ in). Period custom-made green pictorial papered board binding with a gilt-lettered title, gilt-tooled coat of arms of the United States Marine Corps, and color-stamped silhouette of Mt. Fuji on the front board; color-stamped name of the compiler (R. G. Taylor) on front paste down. Residue of a removed tape on the front board, mounts with some staining of residue of the old tape being removed, front endpaper loose, but overall a very good album with strong photos.Historically interesting album with original gelatin silver photographs documenting the 9th Marine Regiment of the US Marine… Read More

Small Quarto (ca. 20 x 16cm). One page pp. Brown ink on wove paper, verso blank. Letter with a minor crease of upper left corner, otherwise in near fine condition.The letter reads: "My Dear Sir, Upon my return to this place, ten days ago, after an absence of several months, I found here the beautiful and interesting books that you did me the favour to send me. Permit me to offer you my best thanks for this mark of remembrance. I shall read them with much interest. Often during your absence I thought of your labouring in that distant field, & I sincerely congratulate you upon the successful results of your expedition. Will you be pleased to present my respectful compliments to Mrs. Gilliss. Believe me sincere esteem. Yours very truly, Wm. Rufus Taylor. "Gilliss a naval astronomer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory, in August 1848… Read More

Oblong Quarto album ca. 17x24 cm (6 ½ x 9 ½ in). 23 black stock leaves. With 114 original gelatin silver photos, including nine large images ca. 13x17,5 cm (5x7 in); the rest of the photos are from ca. 9,5x12 cm (3 ¾ x 4 ¾ in) to ca. 6x9 cm (2 ½ x 3 ½ in). Ca. 60 photos with period ink captions on the margins. With the printed “Passenger List” of S.S. “Alaska” mounted on the first leaf; the front cover with a manuscript note “S.S. Alaska. Erma Tembreull. 527 – Malden, Seattle, Pictures of Alaska trip.” Period custom-made brown soft leather album fastened with a string; front cover with a painted scene with a Native American man in a canoe and a title “Alaska, 1938. E.T. Seattle, Wash.” Binding slightly rubbed on extremities, the first leaf with minor tears on… Read More

Three Oblong Folio albums (ca. 24x30,5 cm). 26, 25 and 20 stock leaves with tissue guards. With ca. 307 mounted gelatin silver photographs, including twenty-four larger ones, ca. 16,5x22 cm (6 ¼ x 8 ½ in); the other photos are or various size, from 8x12 cm (3 x 4 ¾ in), to ca. 2,5x3 cm (3/4 x 1 ¼ in). Most photos (especially the larger ones) with more or less detailed period ink captions in English on the mounts. With a loosely inserted printed menu ca. 19x25 cm (7 ½ x 9 ¾ in); ca. twenty period pencil signatures on the outer side. Three period paper cover albums fastened with strings and secured with metal pins; all three with period typewritten titles on the paper labels attached to the front boards. A couple of images very mildly faded, album covers with several minor tears or chipping on extremities, one small… Read More

Two Oblong Quarto albums, each ca. 23,5x28 cm (9 ¼ x 11 in). Each with 12 card stock leaves. With 192 gelatin silver photos, mounted in windows, each ca. 8x10,5 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ¼ in) or slightly smaller. About twenty-five photos with period white ink captions on the mounts, ca. 46 photos with period ink or pencil captions on verso (with over twenty repeating the captions on the mounts). Two period green and brown full cloth albums with gilt-lettered titles “Photographs” on the front covers. Bindings mildly rubbed on extremities and slightly weakened on hinges, a few photos mildly faded, but overall very good albums with interesting strong photographs.Interesting extensive collection of original photos, taken by a high-ranking official in British India who took part in the Delhi Durbar on December 7-16, 1911. There are about thirty… Read More

Two Oblong Quarto albums (ca. 21x29,5 cm). Each with 12 card stock leaves. With 192 gelatin silver photographs mounted in the windows, ca. 6x10 cm (2 ½ x 4 in); all but two photos with period ink captions on the mounts. Two period light-brown full cloth Johnson’s “Bedouin” albums with pictorial gilt stamps on front covers. The albums very mildly rubbed on extremities, very mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of strong interesting images.Interesting collection of original snapshot photos taken by British travellers during their trip to Australia and New Zealand in October 1925 – April 1926. The party left Tilbury on the River Thames on board R.M.S. “Narkunda” and proceeded to Australia via the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal. After their arrival in Perth, they rounded Australia from the south on board S.S.… Read More

Two Quarto Letters (ca. 26x20.5cm, 10x8in). In all 3 pp. Brown ink on lined wove paper. Fold marks, but overall very good letters, written in a legible hand.A collection of two manuscript letters shedding light on early negotiations for the purchase and transportation of lumber by the carload from Antioch, California, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. In the letters, dated 14 & 20 February 1881, Baldwin & Parker act as agents for potential buyers, Silver City’s (incorporated in 1876) pioneer entrepreneurs Meridith and Ailman. Later that year, the two established Meredith & Ailman Bank, which after its bankruptcy in 1887, transformed into a fire station, and eventually became the Silver City Museum in the late 20 th century.“…Meredith and Ailman wanted a business house as fine as any back east. The year was 1881… H. M. Meridith and H. B.… Read More

Two separate Folio leaves (ca. 32x20 cm or 12 ¾ x 7 ¾ in) and slightly smaller. 4 pp. Brown ink on blueish watermarked lined laid paper. Foldmarks, several minor tears on folds, but overall a very good letter written in a legible hand.Interesting, content-rich original letter that provides an insight into life, farming activities and land deals executed by Washington state pioneers. Written by an Olympia resident and Freemason George Tykel, the letter is addressed to Daniel J. Hubbard - a member of the same Masonic lodge (apparently, Olympia No. 1) and a resident of Thurston County since 1852. The letter mostly discusses the conditions of their potential co-ownership of a part of the Chambers Prairie – the territory now occupied by the town of Lacey, east of Olympia. Tykel describes the size of the land lot, the price per acre and the… Read More