Travellers in Algeria and Tunis, 1887Biblio.com
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1887375407John Murray London 1887. 3rd Edition revised & greatly augmented. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Sir R. Lambert Playfair’s Handbook for Travellers in Algeria and Tunis is a classic late Victorian Murray guide offering a detailed survey of Algiers Oran Constantine Carthage and the wider regions of Algeria and Tunisia. The third edition 1887 provides practical travel information alongside historical archaeological and ethnographic notes reflecting the rapid development of transport and colonial infrastructure in North Africa during the period. It includes maps plans and extensive local detail making it a valuable historical source on the region’s cities ruins and landscapes. Original red cloth gilt lettered. Rubbed at extremities as is common for travel handbooks. In nice condition throughout with no tears or loose pages. The front inside endpaper has been damaged by the removal of a pasted label by a twit at some time in the past. 8 maps 8 preliminary pages 344 pages 50 pages of adverts Size: 12 x 17.5 cms. Category: Varied Books; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. John Murray hardcover
1876ZB328469Paris: Ethiou-Perou 1876. 77 pp. softcover extracted from larger bound volume and re-backed with plastic fibre tape library markings some browning and marginal chipping still about good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Paris: Ethiou-Perou paperback
1842213108Paris: Chez Aubert Place de la Bourse No. 25 1842. Lithography by Janet Lange. 1 vols. 16 1/2 x 11 inches Sight. Matted. Fine. Lithography by Janet Lange. 1 vols. 16 1/2 x 11 inches Sight. Colas 1163; Hiler p. 350; Lipperheide 60 Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25 unknown
1854317115London: Nathaniel Cooke Milford House Strand 1854. First edition. Illustrated folding map at end. xv i 17-490pp. 8vo. Full brown polished calf prize binding for St. Marleybone & All Souls Gramamr School in Union with King's College by E. Westley Friar Street near Doctors Common with ticket at back. First edition. Illustrated folding map at end. xv i 17-490pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand unknown
1897260462Paris: Paul Ollendorff 1897. Illustrated. viii1475 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. Bottom corner margins of pp. 1-2 & 79-80 excised without loss. Very good plus. Illustrated. viii1475 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Paul Ollendorff unknown
1900145931900. Abd el-Kader was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century and founded the Algerian state. He was An Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. A Vintage Original Carte de visite photograph of Abd el-Kader circa 1900. Size: 2.5x4" sepia tones. In very good condition. unknown
186020621Paris: Arnauld de Vresse 1860. First edition. Hardcover. History of Algeria from 1830 to 1860. Three beautiful hand colored steel engraved plates of Algerian ethnic costumes including the frontispiece 'Chef Arabe'. <br /> <br /> 8vo vi 456pp frontispiece 3 colored plates all edges gilt. Original quarter red leather with red cloth boards spine with gilt title and raised bands. Some light foxing otherwise clean and bright. OCLC: 457980674. Arnauld de Vresse hardcover
1842213110Paris: Chez Aubert Place de la Bourse No. 25 1842. Lithography by Janet Lange. 1 vols. 16-1/2 x 11 inches Sight. Matted. Fine. Lithography by Janet Lange. 1 vols. 16-1/2 x 11 inches Sight. Colas 1163; Hiler p. 350; Lipperheide 60 Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25 unknown
1880ABC_487191880. Mounted on grey/green cardboard ca. 28 x 39 cm with a black border around the albumen print. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One albumen print ca. 21 x 27.5 cm. Large format albumen print showing three Arabic men at prayer in the Algerian desert. The image is numbered and titled in the negative and signed with the initials "ND" a photographer who is otherwise unknown. The present photograph is part of a series of images of the same three men in various praying positions. On the present work they demonstrate ruku the bowing position.The cardboard is slightly discoloured scratched along the top margin with creased lower corners. The albumen print itself is slightly creased and scratched only visible in raking light with some insect droppings in the top right corner. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown
185361133London: Hurst and Blackett 1853. First English Language Edition. Octavo 19cm. Two volumes rebound in half brown sheep and marbled paper boards all edges sprinkled blue; plain endpapers; ii3031pp; ii3071pp. Tight and sound but lightly rubbed with leather over spine dried and cracking title pages and final leaves browned from endleaves else clean: around Very Good. <br /> <br /> First English translation of this account of the French conquest of Algeria written by a French military officer. Uncommon in the trade. Hurst and Blackett unknown
189325870Algeria: Gervais-Courtellemont & Cie 1893. A series of evocative photogravures of Alger by Jean Geiser a Swiss who spent much of his life in Algeria. Most images are of street scenes daily life portraits of Algerians or architecture. The photographer clearly had great affection and respect for the people he photographed. Apparently rare; OCLC: 40622621 cites only 1 copy at the NYPL catalogued under "Collection de l'Algérie artistique & pittoresque" by A Fraigneau 1893 1 volume folio Alger J. Gervais-Courtellemont & Cie.<br /> <br /> Most of the 43 photogravures are signed "J. Geiser Photograveur Rue Bab-Azoun. 7 - Alger" in the lower right corner with the title in the lower left some of these with image numbers. 25 images w/ Geiser text & titles; 11 with no titles or Geiser attribution; 6 images with the imprint "L'Algerie Artistique et Pittoresque" in the lower right corner without the Geiser imprint and one original photogravure image signed in pencil "J. Geiser Alger" of a young Algerian man. All printed on heavy paper 9 3/4 x 12 5/8" the 6 "l'Algerie Artistique" on somewhat thinner paper. Geiser was also known for boudoir cards none of which there are in this collection. <br /> <br /> Jean Geiser was born in Switzerland 1848 and moved with his family to Algeria in the 1850s. His father died about 1852 and his mother and her partner continued their work there until returning to Switzerland. Jean founded his own photographic atelier in Alger in the late 1860s at Rue Bab-Azoun 7 and took over the company of Alary & Geiser in 1874. Geiser's studio evolved to one of the most known and successful photo-studios in Algeria with a subsidiary in Blida. Next to his studio photography he covered all aspects of colonial photography on travels throughout the country. His business flourished especially by the success of printed photo postcards which got more and more popular at the end of the 19th century. In France he gained a high reputation as a photographer of orientalist and colonial photography and won several prizes and gold medals at photographic competitions i.e. gold medal at Amsterdam 1892 and at the Exposition Internationale in Nice in 1901. Ref. available on request.<br /> <br /> There is an extensive review of the book published in 1905 in "Revue de l'Art ancienne et Moderne" Paris 1905 edit. Jules Comte reference available on request.<br /> <br /> Folio 32p text. In the publishers red pebble cloth portfolio with title in Arabic on the front board. With some of the original ties. 10 1/4 x 13 3/8". Boards quite soiled; spine covered with clear tape. Some images dusty but overall in very good condition. [Gervais-Courtellemont & Cie] hardcover
1833309066Paris: Dondey-Dupré père et fils 1833. ii 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Presentation inscription at head of title "a - - de la part de son ami l'auteur. ii 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early response to the French conquest of Algeria in 1830 and subsequent plans for its annexation to France. While the initial hopes of "men of various parties in England" had been that the 1830 expedition would see a favorable outcome from the French administration of the conquered "these writers were wrong and it will thus be permissable to an Englishman who shared those hopes to express in 1833 an equally frank opinion against the policies that today weigh upon Alger."<br /> <br /> Saxe Bannister 1790-1877 retired army captain and lawyer served as attorney-general of New South Wales 1823-25 but resigned after constant disputes over pay and returned to England.<br /> <br /> "Bannister had a keen interest in philanthropic causes and was concerned with the welfare of children convicts and especially Aborigines. He was instrumental in the establishment of the first infants' school in Sydney and published numerous pamphlets dealing with the subjects of transportation and government policy towards indigenous people . a lucid and engaging writer whose works reveal an agile and learned mind" ODNB.<br /> <br /> Ferguson notes two titles by Bannister published in 1830 An Appeal by a Colonial Law Officer of the Crown 1322 and Humane Policy; or Justice to the Aborigines of New Settlements essential to a due Expenditure of British Money and to the best interest of the Settlers 1323 and lists works on the Indians of North America and policies in South Africa.<br /> <br /> "France cannot press this conquest further without committing yet more crimes and greater crimes nor without danger to itself." Pages 19-30 are press extracts cited in Bannister's arguments.<br /> <br /> Bannister decries policies that enrich France at the expense of Alger and "recalls the project of extermination proposed against the millions of persons to whom the country belongs as lawfully as Paris belongs to the French." The press reports cited speak of the need "to clear the ground" "balayer le sol" to favor European colonization. The conscientious advocacy for the indigenous is consistent with Bannister's ealrier writings.<br /> <br /> Presentation copy. No holdings reported in North America. OCLC: 456857151BNF; 560080513 BL; 252304774 Berlin Dondey-Dupré père et fils unknown
1880297311880. Alger Famin et Cie s.d. circa 1880. 21 photographies et une planche imprimÂŽe rÂŽunies sous une chemise de plein cartonnage cerise ˆ l'imitation de chagrin filets gras et maigres ˆ froid encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent en outre de larges fleurons angulaires ˆ froid titre frappÂŽ or au premier dos lisse. RÂŽunion comportant - sous portfolio titrÂŽ d'ÂŽdition - une planche sur carton fort avec texte imprimÂŽ en arabe ainsi que 21 photographies non signÂŽes sur papier albuminÂŽ ; chacune contrecollÂŽe sur carton fort. Ces clichÂŽs d'un format moyen de 24 x 18 cm figurent portraits kabyles mauresques juifs scÂnes de genre b‰timents paysages dont chutes de Bilda ainsi qu'un campement de chameliers. L'une de ces photos - quoique non signÂŽe - est l'oeuvre d'Alexandre Leroux. Certaines d'entre-elles ont ÂŽtÂŽ lÂŽgendÂŽes ˆ la mine de plomb au revers des montages. Il est ˆ noter que les portraits sont d'une qualitÂŽ particuliÂrement saisissante. Chemise prÂŽsentant quelques altÂŽrations : angles ÂŽlimÂŽs perte de coloration en marge des plats ainsi qu'au dos lequel prÂŽsente en outre une petite perforation. ClichÂŽs bien conservÂŽs. Trois prÂŽsentent une discrÂte abrasion marginale. Deux autres un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. b42961 unknown
1890ABC_46444Tunis: Photographie Garrigues 1890. Half black leather red buckram sides blind-stamped boards and gold-stamped spine title in gold lettering on front board marbled endpapers. Oblong album 32 x 41 cm. Album with 50 photographic prints of various sizes 13.5 x 9.5 to 29 x 21.5 cm each pasted on thick paperboard. Album with 50 late-nineteenth-century photographic probably albumen prints of scenes in Algeria and Tunisia made by an unknown photographer. Most of the photographs have a caption naming the place photographed but only 5 indicate place of production or publication of the photos. These were all produced in Tunis at least some by the French photographer J. Garrigues printed and published at his studio. Notable photographs in this album are the first showing a veiled woman a barber at work in the streets riders on their horses camels with riders and luggage the Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers. Other subjects include city views fairly candid photos of people in the streets landscapes and the exterior and interior of a mosque.The most remarkable print in this album actually does not fit in with the other images of places in North Africa. It is a photograph of pilgrims before the Great Mosque and Kaaba in Mecca modern day Saudi Arabia with a caption in Arabic. This photograph was taken by the first Arab photographer Al-Sayyid Abd al-Gaffar ca. 1887 making it one of the first photographs of Mecca. The present album contains this picture in its original form including the Arabic caption. An edited version of the photograph in which remnants of the Arabic caption are visible can be found in Hurgronje's Bilder aus Mekka.With a small Antwerp booksellers ticket on the front paste-down". The binding shows some signs of wear slight foxing/browning of the outer edges of the paper boards not affecting the photographic prints some prints have slightly faded edges which does not interfere with the actual image. This album with photographic prints of Algeria Tunisia and remarkably 1 of the Great Mosque and Kaaba in Mecca is overall in good condition. Photographie Garrigues, hardcover
