[PACIFIC AND SOUTHEAST ASIA - ANTIQUE PRINTS] ROSS, MALCOLM (AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER); RANSOM, FLETCHER C. (ARTIST) AND BASS, JOHN F. (CORRESPONDENT).

Samoa - Incidents of the Recent Fighting Over Kingship [and] the Philippines - Three Instances of the Superb Courage of the American Troops [Caption Titles].

New York. Harper's Weekly. July 1, 1899. Stock ID #219046

Three photographic prints (each approx 11 x 20 cms) and three black and white engravings (together 33.5 x 20.4 cms) all captioned, printed on two conjoined newspaper leaves (pp 645-648) 41 x 28.5 cms, the associated articles: "Samoa in War-Time" (in full) with a cameo portrait of the Chief Justice of Samoa, and "The Philippine Revolt..." (partial) with a small sketch map of Malolos printed on the verso, central fold, a few small edge tears and faint toning, but in good condition.

Malcolm Ross (the author and photographer) of "Samoa in War-time" was a New Zealand freelance journalist and war correspondent for the New Zealand press as well as the Melbourne Age. In 1899, he spent three months in Samoa, covering the clashes for the leadership of the colony that followed the death of Malietoa Laupepa, the incumbent chief at the time.
Unusual late 19th Century coverage of Samoa especially by a New Zealand photojournalist.

The second spread (with the incomplete accompanying article by Joh F. Bass a "Special Correspondent of "Harper's Weekly") on "The Philippine Revolt" has an unsurprising pro-American tone: the armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States (1899-1902) was clearly viewed by the United States as an insurrection, rather than as a continuation of the struggle for independence by Filipino nationalists that had begun in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution.

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Price: $175.00 AU

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