Foremost New Zealand Geological Survey Ferdinand von Hochstetter Austrian Novara Expedition 1857-1859 Early New Zealand Imprint Dr. F. von Hochstetter; Dr. A. Petermann Title: The Geology of New Zealand: In Explanation of the Geographical and Topographical Atlas of New Zealand. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Unpublished Translations of Chinese Texts History of Amoy Royal Ceremonies – Trade – Military by William Raymond Gingell interpreter and Consul in China 1849-1854 Amoy [Xiamen], Foochow [Fuzhou], 1849-1854. Archive of mostly unpublished manuscript documents being Chinese works translated into … Continue reading
Rare Auction Broadside “Stranded Vessel for Sale” Packet Ship Schooner Stranded at Treacherous Beamer Rock Historic Dalgety Bay in Fife Scotland 1851 Glasgow, 1 November 1851. Packet ship broadside for the auction sale of Glasgow schooner called ‘London Packet’ … Continue reading
WWII Photographs Public Hanging of Mussolini in Milan German Prisoners – Liberation of Paris Italy and France 1945 Milan, Paris, 1940-1944. Album of photographs taken and compiled by a Private Wenn serving with the Central Mediterranean Force (C.M.F.) during the … Continue reading
Fidel Castro in East Berlin Cuban-German Political Collaboration Large Professional Photograph by Joachim Spremberg SIGNED BY CASTRO 1972 Rare Original Photograph SIGNED and DEDICATED by FIDEL CASTRO Berlin: 13 June 1972. One large print press photograph of Fidel Castro … Continue reading
Musician’s Mini Archive French Military Marching Band Giberne French Music Sheets Rare Müller Brothers Photograph circa 1860s Germany, France, circa 1865-1870. Nineteenth century musician’s leather pouch (French giberne) containing an albumen cabinet card photograph of the younger Gebrüder Müller (Müller … Continue reading