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1904221452Meadville Pennsylvania.: Keystone View Company. circa1904. A pair of stereographs mounted on studio card each 7.9 x 7.7 cms 8.5 x 17.7 cms card each with the studio's imprint catalogue number and caption and on the verso printed explanatory notes in English the thick backing card a little bowed the images with sharp definition and minimal age toning in very good clean condition. . Keystone View Company. unknown
60854London: D. Wilson 1751. FIRST EDITION. Rare account of the British Fleet activities in the East Indies against the French. 8vo 18.4 x 11.2 cm. 1 ff. 82 pp. Bound in modern marbled paper wrappers all edges dyed red. Corner of p. 45 torn slightly affecting text generally very good. Upon the declaration of war between England and France in March 1744 a Squadron of four men-of-war under the command of Commodore Barnet was sent to the East Indies to protect our interest in this area and to capture or destroy any French ships they may encounter. "The boats called at Jaccatra and particulars are given of Java Amboyna etc. with mention of the massacre of the English traders there by the Dutch also the massacre of 70000 Chinese whom the Dutch feared were going to rise against them. Accounts are also given of Burma and Ceylon. On the return voyage a call was made at the Cape a short account of which is given." Maggs Voyages and Travels VOL. 5. PART V. CATALOGUE NO 827 1612. The voyage was a success the author records the French ships laiden with goods from China captured in the Streights of Sunda and sold as prizes to the Dutch Governor at Batavia. He also includes an interesting description of Java and the cloves and nutmegs grown there; Batavia the people and the trade conducted in this Dutch settlement. The squadron was ordered to assist Admiral Edward Boscowen to capture Pondicherry an account of this unsuccessful operation is given. London: D. Wilson, 1751. unknown
110563A very large advertisement on thick card recently mounted and matted visible image size 508 × 778 mm; laid down on the card are six original gelatin silver photographs all sepia-toned each one approximately 165 × 230 mm. The photographs are in two rows of three with captions underneath. The top three show workers on plantations supplying goods primarily for the export market: 'Gathering Coffee Berries'; 'Cutting Rice'; and 'Cutting Sugar Cane'. The bottom three are aimed at the tourist market and depict the 'Ancient Hindu Temple Baroe-Boedoer at Djocja'; 'Ever Active Volcano Bromo Tengger Mts'; and 'Scene in the Moluccas'. A few trifling blemishes including a short scratch to one photograph but overall it is a rare example of a superb period-piece in excellent condition now protected in a custom-made Mylar pocket. unknown
1822115300York: New Theatre-Royal 1822. Very Good. York New Theatre-Royal 1822. An octavo leaflet verso blank; imprint details slightly shaved at the foot; left-hand margin shows evidence of the item having been bound at some stage now disbound; a very good copy. The characters include: The Emperor of Java Major von Glozen 'a Commander of Troops in the Service of the Dutch East India Company'; Snichersnee 'a Serjeant in the Dutch Service'; and Baspa and Cojo 'Black Eunuchs of the Emperor's Harem'. The bottom half of the handbill advertises the second half of the evening's entertainment a 'New Serio Comic Ballet of Action' called 'Philip Quarl; or The English Hermit'. New Theatre-Royal unknown
