Kobe. Takagi Photo Co., (Circa 1919). 50 hand coloured full page collotypes printed on thick paper showing beautiful Japanese sights, scenery and people involved in activities, each plate captioned in English, all edges gilt, padded patterned silk over boards with tassle ties presented in a wrap around cloth covered case..... More

[Egypt?]. [circa 1870s]. Two large format albumen print photographs, 19.5 x 26.3 cm and 20.7 x 26.5 cm, mounted on an album leaf, gilt edges, (one corner bumped and light toning) 26 x 34.2 cm, pale tone, but in very good condition. The upper corner of the architectural print has..... More

Port Said, Egypt. [circa 1880s]. Large format albumen print photograph, 21.7 x 28 cm, captioned and signed in the negative, with a horizontal crease, mounted on thick card (browning, corners bumped, with an edge tear not affecting the image), 26.5 x 35 cm, the print with very good tone. Scarce..... More

Shanghai. (circa 1935). 38 x 26.8cm image, on thin card mount 38.5 x 27.2cm Signed Arthur de Carvalho on the lower left hand corner. Arthur de Carvalho was born in 1890 son of a civil servant of Macanese background. He was a dentist who lived in Hong Kong, Shanghai and..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 警眼社. [Keigansha]. Taisho 7 [ 1918]. Full page colour plate, black and white photographic illustrations, one attractive folding photographic panorama of Venice, 225pp, 22.5 x 30.5 cm, attractive covers with tassle ties. Front free endpaper creased, browning on text leaves but not photographic illustrations throughout, A beautiful volume..... More

[circa 1880s]. Large format albumen print 24.7 x 20.6 cm, captioned on the negative "1637 Pack horse on the country way", slight wrinkling, one small edge tear, but with good tone, mounted on the original souvenir album card, with coral rule, gilt edges, 29.9 x 41.3 cm, the card spotted..... More

(Vietnam). [circa 1870]. Albumen silver carte de visite 9.4 x 5 cm, mount with rounded corners,10 x 6.4 cm, in very good condition. Emile Gsell learned photography in the military and probably arrived in Saigon with the French Expeditionary force. His studio in Saigon was in operation from 1866 until..... More

[Saigon]. [circa 1866]. Albumen silver photograph 20.2 x 25.9 cm, image inscribed "No. 36." lower left, mounted on album card, 26 x 33.8 cm, pencil inscription (in part indecipherable) in French "Courses Annam... (Cochin?)" to the the lower mount, in very good condition. Emile Gsell learned photography in the military..... More

[Saigon]. [circa 1866]. Albumen silver photograph 19.8 x 26.6 cm, image inscribed "No. 2." lower right, mounted on stiff card, 20.1 x 26.6 cm, a trifle wrinkled, but in good condition. Emile Gsell learned photography in the military and probably arrived in Saigon with the French Expeditionary force. His studio..... More

Paris. Henry Cremnitz. Ed. 2 Rue Cretet. [ 1884]. Woodburytype, 17.8 x 23.8 cm with caption, mounted on publisher's printed card 27 x 35 cm double ruled decorative border captioned "Le Tonkin" at the head, with the publisher's details at the foot, the mount with light spotting and loss to..... More

Soerabaia-Java: N.V. Photografisch Atelier, c 1900-1910. 10 black & white photographs 24 x 17.6cm of Borobadur Temple. Each is numbered within the image next to which is Foto Kurkdjian Soerabaia. This collection contains numbers 1, 5, 6, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23, & 26. The reverse of each photograph..... More

[1870s - 1890s]. Hand-coloured albumen print 20.5 x 26.5 cm tipped to the same-sized card and mounted on an album page 30.3 x 41.7 cm, the studio caption in the negative to the lower right, the print wrinkled with discolouration to the left edge and lower corner, two small tears..... More

Shanghai. Watson. Kelly & Walsh. 1926. Number 283 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 50 full page tipped-in plates by Donald Mennie of which 38 are photogravures and 12 are hand coloured silver gelatin plates. Each plate has an accompanying page of text by Lieutenant Commander Carey and is..... More