Souvenir de Paris. Paris: A.G., Champagne, 1900. Obl. 11 x 14 in. blue cloth with gilt front. Twelve approx. 6.5 x 9 in. color photographs (polychromes) of the “important sights” of Paris: Notre Dame; La Madeleine; Rue Soufflot; Dome des Invalides; Tombeau de Napoleon; L’Arc de Triomphe de L‘Etoile; Place de la Concorde; Place de la Bastille; Hotel de Ville; Avenue des Champs Elysees; Le Louvre; L‘Opera. (Slight darkening along page edges, otherwise excellent.)

Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa. London: C. Macrae, 1790. 4to (225 x 281 mm). List of members. (Lacking engraved map, minor toning at edges.) Modern tan calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands gilt (minor scuffs). FIRST EDITION account of the travels of John Ledyard and William Lucas as well as an explanation of the creation of their map.

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CLEMENS, Samuel (Mark Twain) (1835-1910). A Tramp Abroad. Hartford (CT): American Publishing Company, 1880. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt titles front and spine, 631pp. Double frontis (portrait and cartoon).

TRUMAN, George, Jackson, John and Longstreth, Thos. B. Narrative of a Visit to the West Indies, in 1840 and 1841. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1844. 12mo, rebound in red leather, gilt spine, 130pp. 

TAYLOR, Rev. Isaac. Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers. Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1830. 16mo, leather spine replaced, folding map frontis, 117 pp. 

JAMES, J.A. & U.P. The Costumes of Europe, with Descriptive Notices of the People. Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1852. 24mo, printed paper boards, half leather, 128pp. (scattered browning)

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Early 20th Century Photographs of a Christian Mission School in India. Lot of 40 photographs from a Christian Mission school located in Islampur, India in the 1930s. At least 8 of the photographs were taken by and are marked by B.T. Thombare/ Kolhapurkar, Photographar(sic).  Images include two 8 x 5.5 in. of a missionary posing on a porch with groups of Indian women; an 8 x 10 in. photograph of a woman and her child on a decorative mount; 8 mounted photographs of large groups of people at a variety of events at the mission measuring 8 x 6 in. (sight) and 12 x 10 in. with their mounts; as well as 20 smaller images of scene and people around India.