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Photographs and illustrations of a British warship's travels in Latin America

[PHOTOGRAPHY - LATIN AMERICA]. [Album with photographs, engravings, and drawings relating to Madeira, Tenerife, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile].
[ca. 1885]. Oblong (ca. 38 x 27.5 cm). With 20 albumen prints, 43 plates (engraved and lithographed), and 3 drawings. Contemporary gold-tooled dark purple quarter morocco, brownish-purple pebble-grain cloth sides, with a paper label ("3") mounted on the front. [31] ll. Full description

€ 3,500

Argentina Brazil Drawings & Watercolours Naval History North Africa Photography South America Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages South America UK - United Kingdom

Beautiful action shot from the Lawrence of Arabia movie

[PHOTOGRAPHY - LAWRENCE OF ARABIA]. [Lawrence of Arabia].
[Ca. 1962]. One glossy photograph (ca. 20 x 26 cm).
Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Full description

€ 350

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia UK - United Kingdom

Rare late 19th-century photograph of Arabic men praying outside

[PHOTOGRAPHY - MIDDLE EAST]. [Arabic men praying outside].
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 22.5 x 27.5 cm). Tipped onto a stiff paper mount (ca. 40 x 30 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] photograph. Full description

€ 200

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Islam & Qurans Photography

Travelling across the Mediterranean and Red Sea in the early 20th century

[PHOTOGRAPHY - MIDDLE EAST]. [Collection of photographs of Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia].
[France, late 19th and early 20th century]. Oblong album (ca. 19 x 27 cm). With 137 photographs mounted onto the leaves. Contemporary quarter black cloth, dark grey cloth sides, marbled end papers. [50] ll. Full description

€ 4,500

Egypt Mediterranean Regions North Africa Photography Saudi Arabia Travel & Voyages Africa Travel & Voyages Europe Travel & Voyages Middle East

Military snapshots from the early 1920s, showing daily life in the Middle East during a time of British rule

[PHOTOGRAPHY - MIDDLE EAST]. [Collection of eleven snapshots from the Middle East].
[Iraq?, early 1920s]. With 11 snapshots (all ca. 6 x 9 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [11] photographs. Full description

€ 1,800

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Military History (20th Century) Photography UK - United Kingdom

Remarkable collection of photographs from Palestine in the 1940s

[PHOTOGRAPHY - PALESTINE - LEBANON - EGYPT]. [Album with 128 photographs of Palestine and Lebanon].
[1940s]. Oblong album (30 x 20 cm). With 128 gelatin silver prints (most ca. 6.5 x 9.5 cm). Contemporary embossed brown calf, with flowers on the front and back board, and an aluminium view of David's Tower and Jerusalem's old city wall embedded in the front board. [17] ll. Full description

€ 2,500

Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus Egypt North Africa Photography

Remarkable portrait of a Bedouin

[PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAIT]. [Arabic Bedouin].
[1935]. One photographic print (ca. 30.5 x 23.5 cm), signed and dated. Mounted on beige cardboard (ca. 33.5 x 25.5 cm), with a gold-coloured border around the photograph. Housed in a clear plastic folder. [1] photograph. Full description

€ 500

Anthropology & Ethnography Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography

Beautiful photographs from the 1930s, showing important Saudi Arabian leaders during diplomatic visits to Europe

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA]. [Collection of thirteen press photographs].
[1930s]. With 13 gelatin silver prints (various sizes). Housed in a brown kraft paper envelope. [13] photographs. Full description

€ 1,250

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Law & Politics Photography

Beautiful series of moving photographs

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SAUDI ARABIA - KUWAIT]. [Collection of twelve photographs, capturing daily life in Saudi Arabia in the 1950s].
[Saudi Arabia or Kuwait], 1954. Ca. 28.8 x 22.8 cm (sheet size: ca. 35.3 x 27.8 cm). Twelve photographic prints, all signed and dated. Housed in clear plastic folder. [12] photographs. Full description

€ 850

Anthropology & Ethnography Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Kuwait Photography Saudi Arabia

Beautiful photograph of the Blue Souk in Sharjah, in excellent condition

[PHOTOGRAPHY - SHARJAH]. [The Blue Souk in Sharjah].
[Sharjah, 1980]. Ca. 19.5 x 29 cm. One photograph. Housed in a clear plastic folder, with a piece of cardboard for protection. 1 photograph. Full description

€ 350

Architecture Islamic Art, Culture & Science Photography UAE - United Arab Emirates

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