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Lot 227
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(Travel : Historica...
(Travel : Historical Photos) 2 Vols. Photo Albums - Travel - China, South Asia: Album of Vernacular images of Hong Kong and Tsingtao (Qingdo), China (by U.S. Navy yeoman J. W. Bryant, U.S.S. "Pine Island") in 1948. Oblong 4to, original tooled and embossed brown calf with Chinese dragon and pagoda motif; some edge wear. Holding 110 silver print snap shot photos (many 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches, a few 4 x 3 inches, largest 8 x 5 3/4 inches), most hinge mounted. Also includes shipboard and other ephemera. Contents in near excellent state of preservation. * Ceylon, Indonesia. Vernacular images, by a British traveler, aboard the "Empress of France," 1925. Oblong 8vo, black wrappers. 30 mounted hand captioned silver prints, 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. Internally clean.