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Behind the Bungalow. Edward Hamilton Aitken, "Eha"

"A 'Natural History' of the Native Tribes who in India render us Service"

Behind the Bungalow.

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. Bombay: Thacker & Co., Limited. London: W. Thacker & Co, 1890. Third Edition. "A 'Natural History' of the Native Tribes who in India render us Service" Behind the scenes of colonial life in India, originally published in the TIMES OF INDIA-with advice for "Engaging a.... Read More

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Random Sketches on a Hunting Trip through Mexico, the Western States, and Alaska T.G. B. May 4/89 to Apl 3/90 [Manuscript Title]. Alaska, Thomas Gilbert Bowick.

Record of a Hunting Trip to Alaska, 1889-1890

Random Sketches on a Hunting Trip through Mexico, the Western States, and Alaska T.G. B. May 4/89 to Apl 3/90...

V.p: 1889-90. Record of a Hunting Trip to Alaska, 1889-1890. Album of drawings and photographs by an accomplished amateur artist, Thomas Gilbert Bowick, during a hunting trip in Oregon and Alaska with his brother John Robie Bowick in 1889 and 1890. The brothers, apparently of English extraction, were part owners... Read More

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[Photographs of Alaska]. Alaska.

[Photographs of Alaska].

[Alaska]: c. 1905. A collection of photos including images of the U.S. Revenue Cutter (USRC) Manning and her crew. Designed as a cruising cutter for the Revenue Cutter Service, the Manning was commissioned on 8 January, 1898. After service with the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War, the Manning returned... Read More

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Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper

Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors

Album of 34 Chinese watercolor paintings on paper.

China: Ca. first half of 19th century. Album of 34 Original Chinese Watercolors. A very interesting and engaging collection of genre scenes. The trees, rocks, and landscapes are particularly well rendered, and the figures are full of life. The pictures in many such albums often follow a sequence of events... Read More

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Photograph Album of a tour of North Africa, Egypt, and Palestine. Algeria — Jerusalem, Bonfils Zangaki.

From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall

Photograph Album of a tour of North Africa, Egypt, and Palestine.

[N.p: n.d., ca. 1870s]. From the Bay of Algiers to the Wailing Wall. The photographs, many by the Zangaki brothers and Bonfils, include images of Algiers, Tunis, Carthage, Alexandria, Cairo, The Sphynx, portraits of locals (Dervishes, an Arab merchant, an Abyssinian, an Egyptian), the Suez Canal, the Wailing Wall, and... Read More

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Carte Topographique des Environs d'Alger d'Aprés les levés et les reconnaissances des Officiers d'Etat-major et autres documents. Algeria.

French Colonization

Carte Topographique des Environs d'Alger d'Aprés les levés et les reconnaissances des Officiers d'Etat-major et autres documents...

Paris: Publiée par le Depôt de la Guerre; Imprimerie chez Kppelin, 1856. French Colonization. French colonization. In 1830 the French had conquered Algeria and begun colonization primarily with the Governor-Generalship form of goverment backed by the Ministry of War. The printed paper label reads "Imprimerie, Librairie et Papeterie/ de Dubois... Read More

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