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Lot 1402

An early 20th century Swiss silver cased trench style manual wind wristwatch with unsigned black dial having Arabic numerals and spade hands in white and seconds subsidiary dial at 6 o'clock, the 25 x 32mm square case having 20mm fixed bar lugs and snap back referenced and hallmarked to inside, no strap. Condition: currently in working order but will not be sold with any guarantees, dial very clean, no damage, case has some surface wear with surface scratches and small dents, case inside back with Swiss hallmarks and London import marks 1917.

Lot 1405

A Victorian hallmarked silver centre seconds chronograph pocket watch, the white enamel dial having Roman numerals, spade hands and outer track to 300, the gilt movement inscribed J. Harris & Sons, London & Manchester, numbered 149760, the 56mm case hallmarked Chester 1887 to both outer and inner case backs, outer case back with engraved cartouche, comes with winding key. Condition: in working order but wont be sold with any guarantees, dial has slight hairline near 10 o'clock, slight bend to end of seconds hand, case with surface scratches and small dents.

Lot 1406

Three pocket watches comprising an unsigned Swiss silver mid sized pocket watch marked 0.935 with plain white enamel dial and Roman numerals with winding key, a chrome plated mid sized pocket watch with Arabic numerals and seconds subsidiary dial and a Kay & Co chrome plated pocket watch with white enamel dial, Roman numerals and seconds subsidiary dial, case diameters 39mm, 42mm & 53mm. Condition: all three in working order but not sold with any guarantees, dials clean, glass on largest heavily scratched, outer surface wear to all cases but no significant damage.

Lot 1414

A mixed lot comprising a hallmarked silver belt buckle, a hallmarked silver vesta and a white metal pendant brooch marked 'PGW' and 'INS'.

Lot 1416

A mixed lot of jewellery comprising four Art Deco style costume rings, a hallmarked silver bangle, other jewellery marked '925' and four further rings.

Lot 1417

Two hallmarked silver stamp cases. Condition - good, both open/close fine, general wear including residue polish, minor marks and scratches, both marked (illustrated).

Lot 1421

Three dressing table sets comprising one ivory circa 1900, a seven piece WMF set including three graduated boxes, five piece hallmarked silver set and another hallmarked silver comb.

Lot 1426

A mixed lot comprising a tortoiseshell lourgnette, a pair of gold plated spectacles, hallmarked silver mustard spoon and a pair of Art Nouveau style hallmarked silver handled pickle forks.

Lot 1428

A piccolo marked 'B&H78' and 'Coin Silver Tube', serial number 30998, length 31cm.

Lot 1431

A group of approx. 20 hallmarked silver Masonic medals and another marked 'Silver'.

Lot 1435

A cut glass and silver plated cocktail shaker, height 24cm. Condition - small chip and minor nibbles around foot rim, possible minor nibbles to facet edges (but i can't find actually any), tarnishing to interior metal work, minor wear.

Lot 1454

A silver plated cruet stand with six cut glass cruets having silver plated tops, height approx 22cm, length 20cm.

Lot 1459

A large silver plated cloche by Walker and Hall, length 59cm.

Lot 1468

A box of mixed items including a cased set of butter knives with hallmarked silver collars, cigarette dispenser, Mason's ware, table lighter, etc

Lot 2371

A Dinky Toys Hillman Minx #154 a Telephone service van #261,a vintage taxi,a Austin Devon and a Solido Studebaker 1957 Silver Hawk all loose.

Lot 2477

A Collection of 200 comics including Hulk, silver surfer and other Marvel and D.c. Comics

Lot 134

* Russia. A group of 15 albumen print cabinet card views of St Petersburg by A. Felisch, c. 1880s, images 9.5 x 15.5 cm, printed series details to mounts and multilingual printed caption labels to versos, together with 12 stereoviews of Russia and 3 of Budapest, Hungary, all by H.C. White Co., c. 1902, gelatin silver prints, most mounts with printed English descriptions to versos, some curling, plus 6 postally unused Russian postcards, circa 1920s and a sheet with 6 mounted carte-de-visite-size albumen prints, c. 1860s, featuring 5 portraits and 1 street viewQty: (37)

Lot 142

* Peru. A collection of 60 stereoviews of Peru, Underwood & Underwood, early 1900s, gelatin silver print stereo photographs, mounted on card, each with printed number and title, housed in the original book-shaped box with gilt titling to spinesQty: (60)

Lot 157

* Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a British officer of the (?)2nd (Queen’s) Regiment, probably by William Edward Kilburn, c.1850, three-quarter length and standing, hand-coloured with a scarlet tunic, grey sash, gilt and silver highlights, blue and white cloudy sky backdrop, some slight edge tarnish, small semi-circular smudges to left centre and upper right edge (from earlier cleaning?), sandy finish arched top mat with no preserver, later thermoplastic union case by Littlefield, Parsons & Co., c.1858, with a relief design of General Marion’s Invitation to Dinner on both lids, a few small chips to edgesQty: (1)NOTESBerg 1-23.

Lot 189

* Ninth-plate daguerreotype of a sergeant of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, c.1855, half-length and seated, gilt and silver highlights including gilt numeral 29 on his helmet, a little light spotting and dust, edge tarnish, leather half case with fastener, rubbedQty: (1)

Lot 212

* Cartes de Visite. An albumen print carte de visite of Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn VC, c.1864, full length and standing in uniform with cap of 33rd Foot tucked under one arm, wearing two medals, some spotting, plain card back, presented in an embossed leather desk frame, stand partly broken, together with a hand-coloured carte de visite of a Hungarian hussar, full length and standing, some spotting, printed paper label of the Hungarian photographer Abrahamovits Ferenc pasted to card mount verso, worn leather half case with gilt-embossed studio name of Mayall to base, plus 2 ninth-plate cartes de visite, one of a seated British officer, slightly cracked and scratched in lower corners, leather half case, the other identified in contemporary ink manuscript to lower mount and paper seal verso as Don Theodosio Noeli y White, a major with the Spanish Artillery at Fernando Po [West Africa] in 1862, gilt case, plus a half-length portrait of a young man in a suit [Thomas Sweetingham, c.1881-1902, 1st Tower Hamlet Rifles and No. D100 City Imperial Volunteers], gelatin silver print, creased and split, 9 x 6 cm, laid down and window-mounted in a small leather carte-de-visite desk frame, all glazed, plus A hand-painted salt print of a British Naval Officer, c.1840s, three-quarter length and standing, hand-coloured in gilt, silver, red and blue against a brown ground, wearing Naval Long Service medal and possibly St Jean d’Acre medal, contemporary manuscript colour details to card verso and possibly with the sitter’s name trimmed at head (?’Admiral Harvey’), 10.5 x 8.5 cm, contemporary blind-stamped morocco case with gilt clasp, glass looseQty: (6)NOTESAlexander Roberts Dunn VC (1833–1868) was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born in York (later Toronto) in 1833, and in 1852 he purchased a commission in the Hussars. Dunn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 when he was 21 years of age and serving in the 11th Hussars. Dunn rescued a sergeant by cutting down two or three Russian lancers who had attacked from the rear. Later in the battle he killed another Russian who had been attacking a private. He sold his commission at the end of the Crimean War but rejoined the Army in 1858 as a major in the 100th Regiment of Foot. He exchanged into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1864, in which regiment he remained until his death in the Abyssinian War.

Lot 216

* Middlesex Regiment. A group of approximately 60 photographs, mostly portrait groups of various battalions and individual subjects from the Middlesex Regiment, 19th & 20th century, albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, many formal portrait groups in full uniform, mostly approximately 30 x 20 cm and smaller, including real photo postcards, some postally used, varied conditionQty: (approx. 60)

Lot 217

* Middlesex Regiment. A group of approximately 30 portrait groups, mostly of the Middlesex Regiment, 19th & 20th century, albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, mostly informal shots in uniform and including some sporting groups, including one panoramic photograph at the depot, Middlesex Regiment, 1936, and 2 framed and glazed including one of the presentation of new colours taken at Allahabad, India, 29 March 1908, mostly medium and larger-format sizes, many on mounts, varied conditionQty: (approx. 30)

Lot 218

* Aviation & Transport. An assorted group of approximately 100 photographs, late 19th & early 20th century, including a formal portrait of No. 1 Section, Air Battn., 1911-12, by M. Bennett, Bulford Camp Studio, gelatin silver print on original mount, upper right corner of mount broken off but retained, image size 23 x 29 cm, plus a group of approximately 30 small snapshots of RFC and early aviation interest, a group of 25 cartes de visite, mostly shipping and maritime interest, 5 cartes de visite and 2 cabinet cards of vintage bicycles and tricycles, plus 40 images of assorted sizes of submarines, ships and boats, trams, cars, and one of a couple in a hot air balloon, framed and glazedQty: (approx. 100)

Lot 224

* Firemen. A collection of approximately 60 photographs of firemen, railway & other civil officials in uniform, c. 1860s/1880s, including 33 cartes de visite, 15 cabinet cards and 10 real photo postcards, plus one larger photograph of the fire brigade of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Curragh Camp, 1888, 19.5 x 26 cm, plus two later gelatin silver prints on board, c. 1940s, showing a British detective taking a suspect into a police station, images 25 x 20cmQty: (approx. 60)

Lot 23

* Polo. A group of 25 medium and larger-format photographs of the Western polo players, mostly. c. 1890s-1910, albumen and gelatin silver prints, mostly group portraits of British officers overseas, some on mounts, several with captions, various sizesQty: (25)

Lot 235

* Holmes (Randolph Bezzant, 1888-1973). A group of 12 photographs of tribespeople and views on the North-West Frontier, c. 1920, platinum prints, 9 photographs with photographer's name in the negative, a few with marginal tears, 8 on contemporary paper mounts (chipped and frayed), images 24 x 29 cm and similar, together with 5 Indian army group photographs relating to Lieutenant Hugh Bullard of the 85th Burma Rifles in Mandalay and India, and including one photograph of the 61st (KGO) Pioneers on parade, 1919/1920, gelatin silver prints, card mounts with brief details to versos, 23.5 x 29 cm and similar sizes, plus a tinted lithographic map of the North-West Frontier province, Calcutta, 1910, linen-backed, some browning and splitting along folds, signed by H. Bullard, 85th Burma Rifles to printed paper labelQty: (18)NOTES2nd Lieutenant Hugh Bullard (1899-1985), 85th Burma Rifles.

Lot 236

* North-West Frontier of India. A pair of photograph albums compiled by Flying Officer Thomas William George Eady of 28 (A.C.) Squadron, c. 1929-30, the larger album containing 13 gelatin silver prints of aircraft and aerial reconnaissance, each 15 x 20 cm, and 160 photographic snapshots of flying activities plus trips and leave spent in Lucknow, Cawnpore, etc., images 5 x 7.5 cm, mounted as multiples with neat china ink captions, the second album containing 28 further aerial reconnaissance photographs and related (15 x 20 cm) and 44 photographs of other aviation activities including grounded aircraft and aircraft in flight, 8.5 x 13.5 cm, neat china ink captions to mounts, both padded cloth, some wear, oblong folio, plus a third partial album of 4 leaves with a total of 33 mounted photographs of flying and leisure activities, mostly 5 x 7.5 cm and some larger, ink captions to mounts, plus a group of 50 loose gelatin silver print photographs, mostly of grounded and flying aircraft including some air-to-air, wreckages and aerial reconnaissance photographs, mostly 15 x 20.5 cm, plus a photograph of Eady and 4 related documentsQty: (2 albums & a folder)

Lot 237

* Sandhurst. A military photograph album compiled by Hugh Frederic Stoneham, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1909, as a cadet in E Company and some later material as captain of 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment, a total of 33 gelatin silver print photographs pasted on to stiff card leaves, including group activities, drills, sports, etc., various sizes, pasted on to stiff card album leaves and back to back with further ephemera including approximately 20 printed items, mostly RMC sports fixture lists plus a few matches and menus, a 1914 calendar, etc., plus various related news cuttings, some pencil and ink captions to mounts with some names identified as killed in action (in the First World War), manuscript pedigrees of the Earle and Deacon families loosely inserted, bookplate of Stoneham to front pastedown with envelope pasted below containing fragments of 'white heather given to me by Queen Mary on her visit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Milbank, September 1914', contemporary half roan, dampstained and worn, covers near detached and backstrip deficient, folio (36 x25 cm), together with 3 brass cap badges and an anchor badgeQty: (5)

Lot 238

Beasley (R.L.). A Pictorial Souvenir and History of the Second Battalion the Gloucestershire Regt., Jhansi, India, 1928, published by C.R. Jessop & Co., [1928], printed title and 11 pages of text followed by 38 gelatin silver print photographs mounted singly and as pairs on rectos of stiff card leaves with printed captions beneath, mostly formal group portraits, including 13 larger images each approximately 20.5 x 29.5 cm, the smaller images approximately 15 x 20 cm and similar sizes, plus one additional photograph of the regimental football team from 1924 pasted to rear endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, oblong folio (27.5 x 38 cm)Qty: (1)

Lot 239

* World War I. A collection of 108 gelatin silver prints of French and Belgian troops in the front lines and behind the lines during World War I, mostly with negative numbers in the images and captions to versos, 12 x 15.5 cmQty: (108)

Lot 301

* Japan. A group of 26 stereoviews of Japanese scenes, late 19th and early 20th century, albumen print and gelatin silver prints mounted on card, publishers include Underwood & Underwood, Keystone View Company, H.C. White Co., etc, some occasional fadingQty: (26)

Lot 308

* China. A concertina photograph album of 100 gelatin silver print photographs and 6 postcards of China, c. 1900-10, mostly personal snapshots and portraits, plus 6 postcards, photographs 11.5 x 15.5 cm and smaller and pasted to mounts without captions throughout, original lacquer boards, a little chipped and worn, oblong 8vo (15.5 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe album appears to have been compiled by a missionary family, stationed in China at the beginning of the twentieth century. There are portraits of western male missionaries in Chinese clothing and two of the sitters are identified in pencil as Mr and Mrs Thor and family. There are also portraits of three mandarins, images of Canton and Kuling plus four photographs relating to the Boxer Rebellion. The first photograph pasted to the front pastedown is of the English and Chinese text of an Honor Stone commemorating the English protestant missionary to China, Reverend William David Rudland (1839-1912).

Lot 309

* China. A group of 54 photographs of Shanghai, c. 1900 through to 1930s, mostly gelatin silver prints and a few collotypes, mostly views and scenes with local people, mostly postcard size and smaller, some on mountsQty: (54)

Lot 31

* Alinder (James, 1941-). A group of 6 vintage gelatin silver panoramic prints, c. 1975, all but one on card mounts, all with printed labels to mount versos and 4 with photographer's wetstamp, images 30 x 13.5 cm or the reverseQty: (6)NOTESThe titles are: Neil Armstrong Space Center, Ohio; Highway, Hawaii; Christmas at Hinky Dinky Supermarket, Lincoln, Nebraska; Liberty, New York; Tower Ypsilanti, Michigan; Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.

Lot 310

* China. An album of 36 gelatin silver print photographs of Beijing, etc., c. 1930s, featuring temples and architectural sites, a few with figures, plus one street scene, images 8.5 x 13 cm, uncaptioned and corner-mounted back to back on stiff card leaves, contemporary boards with cloth spine tie, small oblong folio (20 x 28 cm)Qty: (1)

Lot 311

* China. An American souvenir photograph album of Tientsin, c. 1920s, containing 125 corner-mounted gelatin silver prints, mostly scenes in and around Tientsin including street scenes and some with US army personnel, 8 x 13 cm and smaller, all uncaptioned and mounted as multiples on rectos and some versos of 13 stiff card leaves, original cloth with spine ties, rubbed, oblong folio (26.5 x 35 cm)Qty: (1)

Lot 313

* China. Close-up of the stern of a Shanghai junk, [by Arthur de Carvalho], 1935, vintage bromoil gelatin silver print, laid on a white card mount, image size 40 x 29 cmQty: (1)

Lot 320

* China & Japan. A group of 15 gelatin silver print stereoviews of China by Keystone View Company, c. 1920, printed captions and descriptions to card mounts rectos and versos, stamped numbers 36, 513-524, 542 & 543, plus one real photo stereoview of Woo Men Bridge and Grand Imperial Canal, the Soo-Chow, China by Underwood & Underwood, c. 1900, printed caption and description to mount, printed number 22, together with a group of 19 similar Keystone Japan stereoviews, c. 1920s, numbers 37, 38, 525-541Qty: (35)

Lot 322

* Far & Middle East. A collection of over 200 photographs, mostly 20th century, mostly Hong Kong, China, Japan, Suez Canal, Port Said, aviation interest, etc., mostly gelatin silver print photographs of postcard-size and smaller, many mounted as multiples on album leaves or in broken albums of various sizesQty: (a carton)

Lot 323

* Far East. A well-presented German souvenir photograph album of a voyage on the SS Potsdam to the Orient, 1938, containing a total of 322 corner-mounted gelatin silver prints with extensive white china ink captions in German to mounts throughout, featuring Antwerp, Geneva, Port Said, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobe, Canton and Sumatra, images 14 x 10 cm and smaller but many 6 x 9 cm, some images captioned in the negative, a few images now absent but largely complete, on rectos and versos of 47 thick paper leaves with a hand-drawn pen and ink and wash map of the voyage as a frontispiece, contemporary morocco-padded cloth with pictorial design to upper cover, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little fraying to lower edge of upper cover, oblong folio (26 x 36 cm)Qty: (1 folio)

Lot 324

* Far East. An album of original photographs of the Far East by Trumper, early 1960s, a total of 47 gelatin silver print photographs of various sizes, mounted to rectos singly and as multiples to thick paper mounts, neat ink captions to mounts, images 20 x 25 cm and smaller, contemporary calf covers with spine studs, upper cover gilt-titled 'P. Trumper / Far East', rubbed, oblong 4to (40 x 35.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLocations include Bangkok, Sarawak, Korea, Singapore, Laos, Malaya, Hong Kong and Brunei.

Lot 325

* Hong Kong. A group of 8 scenes in Hong Kong by Emil Otto Hoppé (1878-1972), c. 1950s, gelatin silver prints, showing a street vagrant, squatters, Mr Chen buying rice, at a bookshop and looking at two banks, a woman shopping and a woman burning paper clothes in the street, two with Hoppé wetstamps to versos and 3 others with Anthony-Verlag stamps or labels and Hoppé’s name, one other with Hoppé’s name in ink, various other captions and details in ink and print, the largest photograph 23 x 18 cm, the others 16.5 x 11.5 cm and similar smaller format sizesQty: (8)

Lot 327

* Hong Kong. Women washing laundry at Aberdeen, Hong Kong, by Herbert Pollak, 1970, gelatin silver print, exhibition print mounted on card with two stamps and written details to verso, 39.5 x 49.5 cmQty: (1)

Lot 328

* Hong Kong. A pagoda on water, by Francis Wu, c.1960, large-format gelatin silver print, 47.5 x 32 cm, tipped onto a white paper mount with the photographer's name inscribed lower left and magazine markings to verso indicating that this image was used in Courier Magazine, November 1962Qty: (1)

Lot 329

* Japan & China. A photograph album of Japan and China, early 1920s, comprising approximately 240 gelatin silver prints corner-mounted as multiples on rectos and versos of 47 leaves, the first photograph a panoramic image (7 x 23.5 cm) of the Eho Yuen Summer Palace near Peking, the remaining photographs include some views and scenes with people in Peking, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobe, but mostly of junks, small vessels and many of ships of the Admiral Orient line, mostly 7.5 x 10 cm but some postcard-sizes and larger, uncaptioned but the majority with manuscript alphanumeric reference codes to labels pasted beneath, contemporary limp cloth with crocodile-skin design, heavily rubbed, oblong folio (25 x 32 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe Admiral line operated five of the US Shipping Boards '535-ft.' Liners on the Seattle to Far East route. Admiral Oriental line was acquired by Dollar Line in 1922, and later renamed American Mail Line, becoming a subsidiary of American President Lines from 1938.

Lot 330

* Japan. A group of 81 gelatin silver print stereoviews by Underwood & Underwood, copyright 1896 & 1904, printed numbered captions and descriptions to mount rectos and versos, numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-10, 12-15, 17, 18, 20 (x 2 different views), 21, 22, 24-26, 30, 32-34, 36-40, 42, 44, 46-48, 50-56, 59-63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71-78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, 89-93, 95 (defective), 96, 97, 99 & 100 from the 1904 copyrighted series, numbered 6, 21, 23 (defective), 29, 35, 49 & 57 from the 1896 copyrighted seriesQty: (81)NOTESMany of the stereoviews from 1904 are by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) who visited Japan five times between 1901 and 1906.

Lot 337

* Vietnam War. A group of 28 press prints, c. 1955-66, printed c. 1955-66, gelatin silver prints, showing US Marines, one of refugees, plus a Viet Cong prisoner and two dead soldiers, all with news wire captions showing at foot of image, press stamps and some dates to versos, images approximately 22 x 16.5 cm, together with 3 related slightly smaller with stamps and markings to versos, plus 8 small-format mugshots of US Marines, 7.5 x 5.5 cm and similar, plus 2 earlier press prints, one of an opium addict in China, c. 1943, and 2 showing the hanging of the Illinois ganglord Charles Birger in 1928, news wire captions and stamps to versosQty: (43)

Lot 345

* Burma. A group of 10 gelatin silver prints of Rangoon, Burma, by Watts and Skeen, c. 1890s, town, temple and country scenes, some titled in the negative and one with the photographers' studio name, a few minor marginal splits and creases, 21 x 27.5 cmQty: (10)

Lot 352

* Europe. A large collection of assorted photographs of Europe, mostly Germany and the Netherlands, late 19th and early 20th century, albumen and gelatin silver prints, various sizes, some on mountsQty: (a carton)

Lot 355

* India and the Third Plague Pandemic. A series of 10 gelatin silver print photographs relating to the 1897 plague outbreak in Poona [now Pune], including close-ups of victims, whitewashing houses, removing bodies and an 'opium baby with the plague', with 14 further albumen print and gelatin silver print photographs, mainly of the surrounding area and including a portrait of 'Damodher Chepekerv Behanian [Damodar Hari Chapekar] who has been found guilty of the murder of Mr Rand', many images approximately 15 x 10 cm or the reverse, but some larger and smaller, mounted as multiples on to rectos and versos of 4 folio card album leaves with ink captions to the mountsQty: (24)NOTESThe third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855 and was considered active until 1960 when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year. The pandemic spread to all inhabited continents killing an estimate 10 million in India alone.

Lot 358

* India. A group of 16 assorted albumen print photographs of India, c. 1860s and later, including a photograph of Afghan tribal leaders by John Burke, numbered 1390 in the negative, 18.3 x 23 cm; a series of 6 views (including 2 duplicates) by William Johnson, featuring the caves of Kanheri plus various temples and ruins, each 18.5 x 24 cm; a larger hillside view with fort, 23.5 x 34.5 cm; an Afghan sniper by Randolph Bezzant Holmes, c. 1920, gelatin silver print, 24 x 29 cm; a view near Agra by Dr G. Playfair; 3 groups of people, including one of soldiers, one of Indian tea estate workers and one of a British group with Indian servants; plus a gravestone embedded in a large tree trunk by Skeen & Co., various sizesQty: (16)

Lot 36

* Christie (Agatha, 1890-1976). Portrait of Agatha Christie and her young daughter Rosalind, 1923, vintage gelatin silver print on thin card by Bertram Park (1883-1972), 355 x 270 mm, together with 2 gelatin silver prints of the actress Gladys Cooper kissing her child (one boy and one girl) by Marcus Adams, each 20 x 15 cm, one with embossed stamp to lower right corner and signed and dated 1924 in pencil on paper mount beneathQty: (3)

Lot 362

India. The Abu Album, Herzog & Higgins, Mhow, Central India, 1895-96, presentation album containing 43 gelatin silver photographs including one two-part panorama and a portrait of the Maharao of Sirohi,, 21 x 28.5 cm and similar sizes, mounted on rectos and versos of thick card album leaves with printed captions pasted below, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt with gilt-titled upper cover, heavily rubbed, spine detached but retained, oblong folio (35 x 50 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESMount Abu was a hill station in western India and the seat of the Governor-General’s agent for Western Rajputana. It fell under the state of Sirohi and this album may be a unique record of Mount Abu at its zenith. This is a presentation copy from the Maharao of Sirohi, with a signed ink inscription by the Maharao himself, dated 25 January 1904, to Col. R. H. Jennings, Resident of the Western Rajputana States. A full list of contents is available on request.

Lot 365

India. Views of Benares Presented by the Maharaja of Benares, c. 1890s, a presentation album containing 41 albumen print views by Madho Prasad, depicting the ghats or riverside stepped approaches to the Ganges, views of the Buddhist site of Sanchi near Benares, temples, palaces, etc., mostly approximately 21 x 29 cm, mounted back to back on thick card leaves with small printed caption slips pasted beneath, the final photograph with printed caption, 'Madho Prasad Artist to the Maharajah of Benares', all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt-titled upper cover, rubbed, oblong folio, (30 x 40 cm), together with a printed invitation to the Maharaja's birthday in 1920 loosely insertedQty: (1)NOTESThe views include: Fort Ramnagar, Assisangam-ghat, Bhadaini Water-works, Butsraj-ghat, Shivala-ghat, Kedar-ghat, Amrit-rao Chutter-ghat, Dhunrao Panth-ghat, Rana-mahal Ghat, Munshi-ghat, Ahilya Bai's-ghat, Dasaswamedh-ghat, Observatory of Manmandir, Lalta-ghat abd Bapalees Temple, Burning-ghat, Munikarnika-ghat, Bajirao-ghat, Minaret and Panch-ganga Ghat, Gai-ghat, Sadar Gate Fort, State Silver Carriage in Ramnagar, Laldaruaza in Ramnagar, Sumer-mandir in Ramnagar, Latif Shah waterfall in Chakia, The Godwalia Temple Gate, The Golden temple and Aurangzeb's temple, The Town Hall, Prince of Wales Hospital, Ishwari Memorial Hospital, Queens College, Nadesar House, Buddhists remains in Sarnath.

Lot 366

* India. An assorted collection of over 200 photographs and snapshots, mostly of India, late 19th and early 20th century, albumen and gelatin silver print photographs, mostly medium and smaller format, many loose or mounted on broken album leavesQty: (a carton)

Lot 372

* Madagascar. A group of 24 toned silver prints including one two-part panorama, c. 1890, rural and town scenes plus one group portrait featuring Queen Binao, images 12 x 17 cm and similar, tipped on to rectos and versos of 6 card album leaves with neat ink captions in FrenchQty: (24)

Lot 374

* Mexico. A group of 3 two-part panoramas of Mexican mining settlements, c. 1880, albumen prints on 6 card mounts, 14 x 21 cm, French pencil captions to mounts (heavily spotted), together with a four-part linen-backed panorama of the North Haynes Consolidated Zinc and Smelting Co., by Hale and Hiatt, c. 1900, gelatin silver prints, overall 16 x 99 cmQty: (4)

Lot 377

* Penn (Albert Thomas Watson, 1849-1924). An album of photographs of Ootacamund and the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, India, c. 1875-1905, 41 photographs including albumen prints, gelatin silver prints and one platinum print, showing scenes and views of the landscape featuring hills, rivers and waterfalls, plus 2 of a railway tunnel and track and one with a train, 4 photographs featuring St Stephen's Church, Ooty, a military drill and a dead stag, 3 signed and numbered in the negative, many photographs faded, images approximately 22 x 28 cm and similar sizes, mounted on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves, together with two linen-backed 3-part albumen print panoramas of Ootacamund from Elk Hill, c. 1875 and later, both 21 x 86 cm, the later one with Penn's oval ink stamps to verso, a 2-part gelatin silver print panorama of Nilgiri Hills, c. 1920, separate loose photographs, both with vertical cracks, creases and edge wear, 21.5 x 28.5 cm, loosely inserted into the album, contemporary padded morocco over boards, gilt-titled upper cover, 'Views of the Nilgiris', some wear, oblong folio (26 x 34 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESLiterature: Christopher Penn, The Nicholas Brothers & A.T.W. Penn: Photographers of South India 1855-1885 (2014). A four-part panorama of Ootacamund, 1875, in the author's collection, is illustrated on p. 50, fig. 5.2. This panorama includes an additional right-hand fourth panel not seen in the panorama offered in this lot.

Lot 386

* World Travel. An assorted collection of albumen print and some gelatin silver print views, late 19th and some 20th century, including Japan, UK and Europe, various sizes, mostly on card and paper album leaves, plus 2 albumsQty: (a carton)

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