Anon

Photograph Album of 48 Photographs Following a Journey from London to Algiers

London , Anon, c1912. Cloth. A collection of travel photographs from London to Algiers. Photographs follow a journey from London to Folkestone, across the channel through Dijon to Marseilles and then from Marseilles to Algiers by boat. Dated from the two boats in the photographs. The photographer travels on the SS Charles-Roux, a ship build in 1908 and France's first turbine steamer. The ship was in service until 1936. In one of the photographs at the docks at Marseilles there is a photograph of the Theodore Mante. The Theodore Mante was build in 1912 and was a passenger steam ship. However it only retained this name until 1917 when it was renamed Mustapha II. Therefore this album is definitely from between 1912 and 1917. It is highly likely that these photographs are Pre-World War I. The Theodore Mante became the Margit and in 1939 arrived in Malta when war broke out. Due to an air raid on the 19th April 1941 the vessel was hit and suffered extensive damage. It sunk and was not discovered until the 1970s. 48 photographs on 12 leaves. Each photograph is captioned with the location and subject of the image. To the front pastedown is painted the journey undertaken with the title 'A Trip to North Africa&apos. There is a hand-painted map indicating the places visited. These photographs also have several images of the Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Railway. In the photograph of Charing Cross, London, there is a woman in the foreground holding a newspaper with the headline clear 'Women Mobbed at Protest', clearly a reference to the Suffragist movement of the time. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the bottom of front board. Externally, rubbed to the head and tail of spine and to the joints. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small loss to the extremities due to rubbing. Front hinge is strained but firm. Closed tear to the front pastedown due to straining of hinge. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, Eric Inwood. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN36-I-13

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: Suffrage Suffragette North Africa Travel Suffragette Folkstone None

Douglas English

Photography for Naturalists

London, Iliffe & Sons Limited, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work which offers informative tips on how to take pictures of various animal species, written by Douglas English with numerous in-text photographs by the author. First Edition.Illustrations include a frontispiece and fifty-three photographs, most of which were taken by the author.This is an informative work on photography which offers instructions on how to effectively capture photographs of a range of different animal species. Contents include 'Apparatus and Materials', 'The Photography of Mammals and Birds', 'The Photography of Reptiles', and 'Decorative Natural History Work&apos. Written by Douglas English (1870-1939), a visual artist who wrote other works such as 'Friends of Mankind: A Study of Our Domestic Animals' and ''Wee Tim'rous Beasties': Studies of Animal Life and Character&apos. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal wear to extremities and to the spine, particularly the head of spine. Light age-toning to paste downs and endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout the text. Very Good . Ill.: Douglas English; Charles Job. Very Good .

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Book number: 813D57

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: Photography for Naturalists Douglas English natural history nature photography Douglas English camera Douglas English; Charles Job

R. B. Lodge [Reginald B. Lodge]

Bird-Hunting Through Wild Europe

London, Robert Culley, [1908]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Reginald Lodge's account of his quest to find and photograph rare birds across Southern and Eastern Europe. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome photographic frontispiece, and one hundred and twenty-three photographic plates from the author, collated and complete. As well as narrating the discovery of birds such as the Little Bittern and the Black-Necked Grebe, Lodge also recounts the kindness and hospitality of strangers in this ornithological travelogue. In 1895, the ornithologist, photographer, and painter received the first medal ever presented for nature photography by the Royal Photographic Society.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Undated, dated by copies held by the British library. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally excellent with very minimal edge wear. Internally firmly bound with only slight strain to the frontispiece, with lightly age toned pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Reginald B. Lodge. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 958Z21

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: First edition Orthintholgy Birds R. B. Lodge Orthintholgy Reginald B. Lodge

None

Evelyn Waugh&Apos;S Photo Album

None, None, c1890. Leather. A leather-bound photo album from the library of Evelyn Waugh, with beautifully illuminated borders which have been hand decorated. With Waugh's bookplate to the front pastedown.Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a novelist, travel writer and journalist, with his most well-known works including 'A Handful of Dust', 'Brideshead Revisited' and the trilogy 'Sword of Honour&apos. Waugh was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.With truly stunning hand painted illuminations to the borders, with illustrations including of an anthropomorphic fox and bird, peacocks and flowers. These illuminations often have inset photographs from the nineteenth century.Containing two photographs only: one of an aristocratic or possibly royal woman wearing eighteenth or early nineteenth century clothing, one of three siblings taken in Germany also depicting young aristocrats. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine resulting in a touch of loss. Raised bands are a little rubbed. A plaque of some description has been removed from the front board, leaving small perforations. Internally, binding is strained and occasionally exposed. Pages are a little offset on occasion from the hand illustrated borders. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 803R64

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: Photo Albums Photography Evelyn Waugh Waugh Family Photography None

H. Guthrie-Smith

Bird Life on Island and Shore

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of comprehensive study on birds residing on islands and shores, with photographs throughout. The first edition of this work in the original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece of Kanuka Scrub and a plethora of mounted photographs throughout. William Herbert Guthrie-Smith was a conservationist and felt strongly about the protection of New Zealand habitats. In the preface to this work, he pleads for the protection of native birds. This book is compiled of fascinating descriptions of species alongside beautiful photography by the author.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Rubbing to the cloth and bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with slight offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 905Y59

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: Ornithology Herbert Guthrie-Smith Birds Photographs Herbert Guthrie-Smith Not stated

Wellington & Ward

Permanent Platino Bromide Paper

Elstree, Wellington & Ward, c1900 . Paperback. A very scarce, unopened packet of platino bromide paper, used in late nineteenth century photography, manufactured by Wellington & Ward. Very scarce. An unopened packet of twenty-four sheets of Platino Bromide Paper, manufactured by Wellington & Ward.Wellington & Ward was a photographic material manufacturer founded by English photographer and scientist, John Wellington, who spent time working for Kodak before founding his own company. Bromide paper was used in a similar way to photographic film, with a light-sensitive layer of emulsion capturing an image, when exposed to light. It became widely used in photography in the late nineteenth century. A brown envelope, unopened, containing twenty-four sheets of bromide paper. Packaging is slightly creased and lightly soiled, with the odd mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 898Q20

Catalogue: Original Photographs

Keywords: bromide paper wellington & ward photography nineteenth century wellington & ward None