Commodore Perry ‘Black Ships’ in Edo BayJapanese Manuscript AccountWith Large Ink DrawingReveals Interim Measures“Warlords to Guard the Coast”1853 Japan, [circa July 1853]. Manuscript document describing the great consternation among the Japanese civilians, upon the arrival of Commodore Perry’s four American … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2023
French Army Expedition CanteenKitchen Service for 6 MenIn Rare Complete and Not Used ConditionIncluding Peugeot Coffee GrinderIn Original Wooden Trunk1952France, 1952. Complete kitchen trunk issued by the French Army for expedition use, comprising place settings and cutlery for six men, … Continue reading
Roosevelt FamilySelf Portrait Miniature PaintingCameo PendantMade 1900-1908Artist and SitterMaud Sutton PickhardIllegitimate Daughter of Politician Robert B Roosevelt, Sr.First Cousin of President ‘Teddy’ RooseveltAlso Related to President Franklin RooseveltAnd First Lady Eleonore Roosevelt Original miniature self-portrait painting by Roosevelt family member … Continue reading
Literature – Theatre – FilmWorks of Peter Ulrich Weiss1960sDocument ArchiveFrom New York City’sMiss Joan DavesRenowned Female Literary AgentWho RepresentedSix Nobel LaureatesIncluding Martin Luther King, Jr.New York City, Frankfurt, Stockholm, etc., 1961-1966. Substantial archive of documents concerning the publication and production … Continue reading
12 Masterpieces of Korean ArtsExquisite PortfolioPresentation Copyfrom the Cheong Wa Dae – the Blue HouseWith the Seal of the Presidentof Southern Koreacirca 1958 Title: 韓國文化財精髓十二選[12 Selections from the Masterpieces of Korean Arts] [Seoul], circa 1958. A special copy, bearing the South Korean … Continue reading
Kamishibai Propaganda PlayJapanese WWII Nationalist EducationFive Innovative Heroic HeadmenSave a Village from DroughtGo Nin No ShoyaStory Illustration CardsIn Original Portfolio1941 “Gonin no shoya” [Five Estate Owners in the Village] Japan: Nihon Kyoiku Kamishibai Kyokai, Showa 16 [1941]. Creator: Hiroshi Hirabayashi. Kamishibai … Continue reading
Performing Arts ArchiveManuscript Drawings and Paintings ofTheatrical Pirate Costume DesignsBy Ernst SternA scarce Costumier’s Working PortfolioB.J. Simmons & Co. Ltd.Several Actors Drawn and NamedLondon West End Theatre1938London, 1938. Archive of 64 manuscript pencil drawings and gouache paintings of pirate costumes … Continue reading
Russian Far EastPioneering Navigation and CommerceEarly Steam ShipsOn the Amur and Shilka Rivers1861-1880Two Primary Source Manuscript DiariesOf an English EngineerContracted by the Amoor Shipping CompanyIncludes a Rare 1858 Mapof the Amur RiverNikolayevsk-on-Amur, Chita, Sretensk, Blagoveshchensk, TransBaikal villages, 17 May 1861 … Continue reading
Britain’s CottonsVintage Sample BoxCotton Board Home Trade Department1961 Manchester, circa 1961. Boxed samples supplied by the Cotton Board Home Trade Department, containing cotton samples in seven formats at different stages of production, thirteen unique fabric swatches made from said cotton, … Continue reading
Manuscript Watercolour MapJapanese Samurai Horse Breeding GroundsAshinazawa – MoriokaWith Ou Mountain Range in ReliefSigned by a SamuraiAnd Three Officials1854Japan, Kaei 7 [1854]. Large manuscript watercoloured map to illustrate the village of Ashinazawa Tamayamababa and its environs (in present-day Morioka, Iwate … Continue reading