1. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar [Nassereddin Shah Qajar, the King of Persia].

Two vintage photographs of the visit of the Shah to England in 1873. The Two photographs show: 1. Forerunners of Shah crossing Artillery Square” and 2. The Shah crossing Artillery Square”.

London / England, Artillery Square, 1873. 21.5 cm x 16 cm. 2 photograph sheets. Original Softcover. Both photographs frayed but in overall good condition. condition with only minor signs of external wear. Two extremely scarce and early photographs of a state visit under Queen Victoria.

2. Knudsen, Knud.

Collection of four (4) 19th century photographs of traditional tourist locations in Norway by Knud Knudsen and Axel Lindahl. Included are: The Låtefossen or Låtefoss waterfall located in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland County, Norway (Odde) near Hardanger Fjord Bergen – Beautiful image, enriched through the two Ladies in the foreground, enjoying & drawing the view / 2. View over Bergen / 3. Parti fra Bratlandsdalen, Suldal, by Knud Knudsen / Ostmandlid, Hardanger in 1892 by Axel Lindahl //

Norway, Knudsen & Lindahl, c.1890-1892. 16.5 x 22.5 cm / 16 cm x 22 cm / 18 cm x 12.5 cm. 4 Photographs. Original Prints on paper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Kearton, Richard.

Wild Life at Home – How to Study and Photograph It. Author of “With Nature and a Camera”, “British Birds’ Nests”, etc. etc. Fully Illustrated by Photographs Taken Direct From Nature by C. Kearton.

London / Paris / a.o., Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece (Male bearded Tit feeding its young), XV, 188 pages. Several black and white photgraphs throughout. Hardcover / Stunning early 20th century masterbinding with ornament borders and gilt ornamented spine. Matching marbeled Endpapers and edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (abrasion to an area on the rear board). Very minor blemish to margin of pages VI to XV. Internal pages clean and bright. Private giftinscription on endpaper (Harry from Podsy, Xmas 1902). Bookplate of J.Henry H.V. Lane on pastedown.

4. Tennis (Eastbourne) – Anonymous.

Tennis Tournament – Eastbourne (Sep. 1899) – possibly showing the great rivals Charlotte Cooper and Blanche Bingley Hilliard during one of the two Challenge Cup Matches in the 1899 season at Eastbourne.

Large, vintage Albumen Silver Print of an original photograph. [Eastbourne], 1899. 19.3 cm wide x 14 cm high. Excellent condition. Very rare !

5. Wilson, Sarah [Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill].

South African Memories – Social, Warlike and Sporting, From Diaries Written at the Time. With a Photogravure of Lady Wilson.

London, Edward Arnold. 1909. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 331 pages. 20 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt letter and design on front board. Gilt top edge. Deckled edges. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Tear to cloth at front hinge of spine but binding still firm and strong. Interior bright and clean and the bookblock tight and complete with all illustrations. Excellent Provenance: With tiny – bookplate: “The Times” – Book Club – Oxford Street, London.

6. Gabain, Eduard.

Bilder aus der Südheide – Mit 188 Abbildungen nach photographischen Aufnahmen des Verfassers.

Hamburg, Otto Meissner Verlag, 1913. Gross-Quart (23 cm wide x 28 cm high). XIV, 135 Seiten mit zahlreichen, ganzseitigen Tafeln, welche die 188 Photographien der Heidelandschaft zeigen. Hardcover / Originales Verlagsleinen mit montierter Original-Photographie. Etwas berieben aber durch unsere Buchbinderei verstaerkter Einband. Der Band ist in Sammler-Schutzfolie eingeschlagen (lose).

7. Gehrts, M. / [Major Hans Schomburgk].

A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland. The Adventures, Observations and Experiences of a Cinematograph Actress in West African Forests Whilst Collecting Films Depicting Native Life and When Posing as the White Woman in Anglo-African Cinematograph Dramas. With an Introduction by Major H.Schomburgk.

Philadelphia / London, J. B. Lippincott Co / Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1915. 15.2 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XX, 315 pages. 41 illustrations including frontis. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt pictorial on front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges. One illustration slightly detached only. Interior is bright and clean. Binding is firm and strong. Rare in this very good condition. Tiny bookstamp from Chas.E. Lauriat Co. in Washington Street, Boston.

8. Rinehart, Mary Roberts / [The American Agatha Christie].

Original Portrait Photograph Signed by the “Amerian Agatha Christie”, Mary Roberts Rinehart.

[USA], c.1915. Quarto (19.5 cm wide xo 24.3 cm high). 1 sheet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

9. Editors Of Look.

Look at America – The Country You Know – And Don’t Know.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, [1930]. 23 cm x 30.9 cm. 341 pages. With many black and white photographs throughout. Features 8 colour photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing and fading to edges. Very minor fading to gilt title on spine and front cover. Minor dampstain to page edges. With illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Impressive pictorial book with an intimate insight into American history, life and culture. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

10. Trautz, F.M.

Japan, Korea und Formosa – Landschaft / Baukunst / Volksleben. Aufgenommen von A. von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Ponting u.a., Mit einem Geleitwort von Botschafter D. Dr. h.c. Dr. W.H. Solf.

First Edition (with captions in german, french, italian and english). Berlin, Atlantis Verlag, 1930. 24 cm x 32 cm. LIV, 256 pages. 256 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (Orange cloth with title in embossed gilt on front and along spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tiny stain to bottom edge only.