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. Hegg, Eric A. (sometimes Eric A.Hägg).

Collection of six vintage prints of prospector photographs of Alaska by famous swedish-american photographer Eric A. Hegg. Photographs of: 1. Miles Glacier Bridge (Copper River & Northwestern Railway) (Hegg 388) / 2. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 Alaska (Hegg 404) / 3. Baird Canyon – C.R. & N.W. Railway – Alaska (Hegg 385) / 4. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 – Alaska (Hegg 394) / 5. Alaganik Copper River – (Hegg 134) / 6. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 129 – (Hegg 458)

Alaska, [c. 1898 – 1910]. Oblong Octavo. 24 cm x 19 cm. Very good conditon with some creasing to two photographs and a cut to the corner of one image. Provenance: From the collection of Expedition – insurer J.H.Lukach. / The collection of vintage photographs comes together with another collectable-item: The “Klondike – Album”, by Ethel Anderson Becker. The publication is called: “Klondike ‘98 – E.A. Hegg’s Gold Rush Album”. Revised Edition. Portland, Binfords & Mort, 1967. 22.5 cm x 28.5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. / Also included is an envelope with seven (7) vintage negatives (10.5 cm x 13 cm) titled “Fishing in Alaska”, inside an envelope of “McCoy & Stilwell Opticians, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, Established 1860, Branch at Flushing, N.Y.

4. 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.

5. 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 !

6. 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.

7. [Sierra Leone Content] – [Luke, Harry / Lukach, Harry] / Probyn, Sir Leslie.

Vintage Photograph of Harry Luke together with Sir Leslie Probyn, Governor of Sierra Leone from 1908-1910 (dated verso “Freetown, 1910”). The photograph shows a very young Harry Luke and was taken during Luke’s tenure as Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp to Sir Leslie Probyn.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1910. Large Octavo. Photograph itself: 14 cm x 19 cm. / Mounted on carton 20 cm x 26,5 cm. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

8. 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).

9. 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.

10. 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.