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Click here to subscribe*Adams Archive. A group of gelatin silver print photographs of the royal family by Marcus Adams, circa late 1920s and later, depicting the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) with Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret, from young age to adulthood, various sizes, modern acid-free aperture mounts with printed captions to mount versos (20)
*Greece. A group of 34 photographs including albumen prints and collotypes, circa 1880/1900, mostly views and ruins, plus some with figures, approximately 20 x 25 cm and similar sizes, plus one albumen print of Constantinople and 3 albumen prints of Burma including a two-part panorama, each 23 x 27 cm (37)
*Stanley (Sir Henry Morton, 1841-1904). A signed portrait photograph, 1886, carbon print mounted on card, signed in ink 'Henry M. Stanley, Aug. 1886' at foot, image 23 x 17.7 cm (9 x 7 ins), tiny water stain and crease to upper blank margin, together with Authorized Souvenir Programme of the Henry M. Stanley Lecture Tour through the United States and Canada, New York, 1890-91, 24 pp., half-tone illustrations, a little soiled and creased with closed tear to final leaf, original wrappers (detached, frayed and chipped), 8vo, both contained in modern cloth foldover box (2)
New Zealand. An album of 52 mounted albumen print photographs, circa 1880s, including 36 views of New Zealand including Hobart, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, etc., mostly captioned in the negatives, mostly 15 x 20 cm and mounted back to back on stiff card leaves, the remaining photographs including two of Cape Town and one of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro, mounts heavily spotted, contemporary half morocco, partly broken, covers detached and backstrip deficient, 4to (1)
*Sansone (Antonio, born 1929). Barcelona (la stazione), circa 1960s, vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's wetstamp to verso, 24 x 35.5 cm, together with 2 further vintage gelatin silver prints by Sansone, a political gathering in England, wetstamp to verso, 35.5 x 24 cm, and a band and followers in West Berlin going to a meeting, 19.5 x 35.5 cm, subject and photographer identified in ink to verso (3)
Iraq. An album containing approximately 80 corner-mounted gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1930s, showing buildings and views including some aerial shots, aircraft, tribesmen, market scenes (real photo postcards), coronation parade, Hinaidi, 1937, etc., photographs 11 x 15.5 cm and many smaller, corner-mounted and with white china ink captions to mounts (some fraying), contemporary card covers, edge wear and torn on spine, oblong small folio (1)
*Kilburn (William Edward, 19th century). A ninth-plate daguerreotype of a young lady, circa 1855, hand-tinted with cloud studio backdrop, oval mat, case heavily rubbed and upper lid detached, together with a quarter-plate daguerreotype by Kilburn of a young brother and sister, circa 1855, hand tinted, arched top, leather case rubbed, plus a hand-tinted sixth-plate daguerreotype of two young boys, arched top, desk stand, plus a hand-tinted albumen print on card from the same daguerreotype, loosely contained in contemporary and partly broken desk frame The sitters in the last photograph are identified as C.W.S. and A.S. in pencil to card verso, and dated 1852. C.W.S. was Charles Witt Simson, an East India merchant, and ancestor of the vendor. (4)
*Daguerreotype. A quarter-plate daguerreotype of a man in a top hat, circa 1850s, octagonal mat, presented in a modern aperture mount surrounded by 8 well-toned cartes de visite of unidentified men, women and children, circa 1860s, framed and glazed, together with an albumen print of the Echo Rock, Fountains Abbey, 1856, by Delamotte & Cundall, 22 x 26 cm, both modern gilt frames, glazed (2)
*[Gems of Photographic Art]. A group of 29 mounted albumen print views, etc., circa 1862, mostly uncaptioned and uncredited, images approximately 21 x 16.5 cm and similar, most with pencil details to mounts, some spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth covers, backstrip deficient and contents loose, folio Gernsheim 161. The book contained 20 albumen prints by Bedford, Fenton, Frith, etc., some found in the collection offered here. (29)
Arbuthnot Family Memorial Album. A partially completed album in memory of Alice Arbuthnot, circa 1865, containing 24 mounted albumen print photographs, mostly of Mrs Arbuthnot or family members, several of her memorial stone and Swiss Alpine scenery, plus 5 watercolour designs for the memorial, a related letter and 3 cuttings, contemporary roan, heavily rubbed and some wear, clasps broken, 4to, together with 2 unrelated albums, one containing mostly British albumen print views, circa 1870, the other containing some albumen print portraits plus pencil sketches, watercolours and pressed flowers, circa 1860, all 4to The first album relates to the tragedy when Alice Arbuthnot (nee Pitt) was killed when struck dead by lightning while walking in the Bernese Alps with her husband. (3)
*Vigier (Le Vicomte Joseph, 1821-1894). Two albumen print views in the Pyrenees, 3rd September & 9th September 1851, paper mounts, 25 x 36 cm, contemporary dated ink captions to mounts beneath, 'Sentier et rochers du Chaos - between St Sauveur & the Cirque de Gavarnie' and 'Les montagnes de l'Aragon - du haut du Port de Venasque' (2)
*Stereoviews - North America. A group of approximately 110 stereoviews, late 19th and early 20th century, mostly albumen print views including some hand-tinted plus 8 collotypes, studios include H. Ropes & Co., John S. Moulton, Thomas Houseworth, E. Anthony, Watkins' Pacific Coast, etc., card mounts, some soiling (approx. 110)
Cartes de Visite. An album containing 99 window-mounted cartes de visite albumen print portraits, circa 1860s, including portraits of the Aga Khan, inscribed Teheran 1869-70 to verso, Shirza Aga, M. Cartier and H. Cartier, a young Chinese noble boy in traditional dress (Mayer & Pierson), the young princess of Romania, Alfonse Pichon, Colonel Colonieu, the Count and Countess de Criseney, Count and Countess de Villemont, Viscount and Count de Turpin, two vignettes of M. Flersheim (jockey), 5 photographs not from life, most portraits with pencil identification to lower mounts and some with ink identification to versos, contemporary diced calf with gilt clasps and monogrammed black to upper cover bearing the initials OC surmounted by a crown, slightly rubbed, oblong 8vo (1)
Bronte (Charlotte, Emily & Anne). [Poems, by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, 1st edition, later issue, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846, i.e.1848], title-page lacking, 16pp. publisher's catalogue with date May 1848 at rear, no errata slip, occasional marks, original blind-stamped olive green cloth, some water staining and fading, 8vo, together with Crabbe (Rev. George), The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-Four Letters, 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1812, half-titles present with inscription to volume 1 half-title 'To Miss Waldron from the Author', contemporary gilt decorated calf, upper board to volume 1 detached, joints cracked and light wear, small 8vo First title see Hayward 266; Parrish pp.82-85; Wise 2. The Bronte sisters' first venture into print was a failure, selling only a few copies of the 1,000 printed when it was first published by Aylott and Jones in 1846. Several copies were distributed by the Brontes to friends, but the balance of 961 copies was tranferred to Smith, Elder and Co., who, after the success of Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', reissued the volume in October 1848 with a cancel title-page. (3)
*Ethnographic Art. A group of approximately 300 gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1960s/1970s, including images of tribal art, sculptures, masks, etc., including African, Oceanic, South American and Asian, many press photos with stamps to versos, some damp fraying to lower rignt corners, various sizes but mostly 25 x 20 cm and slightly smaller (approx. 300)
*Australia. A group of 5 albumen print photographs of the house of Samuel Amess in Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1870, three of the photographs showing Amess by the house, images 25 x 30 cm and smaller, individual contemporary mounts, together with 3 related smaller albumen print photographs and 2 cabinet card photographs by Foster and Martin of a portrait painting of Amess Samuel Amess (1826-1898) was mayor of Melbourne from 1869 to 1870. (10)
*Bisson (Louis-Auguste & Auguste-Rosalie). A group of 3 architectural photographs, circa 1860, all details of Amiens Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral and (?)Palais de Justice, all with Bisson Freres circular red ink stamp lower left, contemporary paper mounts, each approximately 45 x 33 cm and similar, plus 6 further mounted albumen print photographs of similar subjects, all possibly by Bisson Freres, all mounted and similar sizes (9)
*Stereoviews. An assorted group of 13 stereoviews, circa 1855-60, including 2 salt print stereoviews on off-white mounts, one depicting a seated group of four children (one image with small dark spot and closed tear to upper margin), the other of a resting dog, both mounts somewhat dust-soiled, the remainder albumen prints, including 4 with printed paper labels from the series 'Scenes in the Domestic Life of a Blue Stocking', plus 2 similar, one with title label 'The Black Draught No. 3' and one blank, all on buff mounts, some soiling and marks and one with slight surface adhesion damage to right image, the remaining 5 printed on single sheets of photographic paper and mounted on light blue mounts, all showing groups of figures, all but one (including one duplicate) posing near fishing boats on a beach, the last showing rural folk with one woman on a donkey, all with some dust-soiling and marks (13)
*Capa (Robert, 1913-1954). A group of 9 black and white exhibition photographs, 8 from Israel 1948, pasted on backing paper on 3 card mounts with metal edges, introductory letterpress printed to first mount, all with some spotting and surface damage, various sizes, 47 x 61 cm and smaller, together with a large matching exhibition print by Capa of Indochina, 1954, printed label (defective) tipped to lower left corner, minor marks, 60 x 91 cm (9)
*India. A group of 20 albumen print photographs, circa 1880, mostly buildings and palaces in Delhi and Agra, approximately 22 x 28 cm and similar, all on original stiff card mounts, many with modern ballpoint pen captions to margins, together with 2 late 19th-century albumen prints of Middle Eastern tribesmen by Arnoux, 22 x 27 cm, original mounts (22)
South Africa. An album containing approximately 75 window-mounted and loose gelatin silver print photographs, early 20th century, including views in Johannesburg and ethnographic portraits by F. Pollard, plus mining scenes, buildings, troops, an explosion, etc., 15 x 20 cm and smaller, contemporary cloth, small folio, together with two later albums including photographs of Africa, circa 1950s, including Tanganyika, Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone, plus a smaller album containing 6 early 20th-century photographs of scenes in Tangiers, oblong folio and smaller (4)
European Nobility. An album containing 42 window-mounted albumen print cabinet card portraits, circa 1870, mostly single figure portraits, pencil captioned to mounts including Princesse de Sant Elia, Mlle. de Ortega, Marquis and Marquise de la Ferronnayo, Prince Frederic of Germany, Don Luis de Soveral, Doctor Chinier, Prince Michel Gortchacow, Comte de Castijo, M. d'Essen (second secretary to Russian delegation), all edges gilt, contemporary embossed morocco with two gilt clasps, rubbed, 8vo (1)
*Baldus (Edouard-Denis, 1813-1882). Temple de Diane, Nimes, circa 1860, albumen print, 21 x 28 cm, original mount with printed caption and signature to lower margin, together with a mounted albumen print of Rievaulx Abbey by Delamotte and Cundall, circa 1856, showing the trifolium arches, 28 x 23.5 cm, plus a group of 10 albumen prints of Spanish architectural details by Laurent, including buildings in Toledo, Cordoba, Grenada and Seville, printed captions to lower margins, 33 x 24 cm, 7 loose and 3 on individual contemporary mounts (12)
*India. An album of 30 gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1902, showing scenes in Ladakh including a head llama, travelling with yaks, a Ladakh woman and Tibetans from Lhasa, plus views in Kashmir, Srinagar, mostly approximately 9 x 12 cm, window mounted and some loose, captions to mount versos, contemporary cloth, rubbed, square 8vo, together with a group of 8 gelatin silver prints of Taj Mahal, early 20th century, 10 x 15 cm, plus a group of 25 gelatin silver print photographs of President Nehru, some with photo credit wetstamp R.G. Shrestha, Patan to versos, tipped on to folded sheets, images 9 x 12.5 cm (a packet)
*France. An album containing 18 albumen print photographs of French architecture, etc., circa 1870, including 6 photographs of chateaux by Mieusement, 24 x 36 cm, original mounts with printed caption, plus a similar size photograph of a chalet by Collard and other photographs of Luchon, etc., various sizes, some photographs and album leaves loose, contemporary cloth, soiling and wear, large folio (1)
North Wales. An album containing 30 platinum print views, circa 1880, the first a small vignette of an engraving, the remainder large format, including views of Carnarvon Castle, Conwy Castle, Bettws-Coed, Lledr Valley, Chester, Holyhead, etc., some views as oval vignettes, 27.5 x 36.5 cm, mounted to rectos of stiff card leaves with neat red ink captions to lower margins, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt with desk bosses and brass upper clasp, rubbed, oblong folio (1)
*Modern photography. A group of approximately 100 mostly vintage gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1960s, including portraits of President J.F. Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, Noel Coward, Bertrand Russell, plus other assorted subjects, some with credits to versos, various sizes, 33 x 27 cm and smaller, together with a group of approximately 40 vintage gelatin silver print skiing photographs, various sizes, some of the photographs by Otto Karminski (approx. 140)
After John Harrison (British 20th century); a limited edition print, 'Sutton Oak', signed in pencil lower-right, no.19/200, approx 30 x 45cm, framed and glazed and a further print after David Weston (20th century); 'Brousholm Hall', limited edition no.332/500, signed in pencil lower-right, 37 x 56cm, framed and glazed (2).
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