Lot 60
Photography
Collection of photograph albums and prints
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
Miscellaneous items comprising:
Album (oblong 4to) containing c. 300 gelatin silver prints (various sizes, some captioned) and postcards related to Canada, dating from 1900s to c. 1940;
‘Traveller’s Log Book' photograph album (4to) with c. 50 gelatin silver prints (various sizes, captioned) recording views and people on cruises of the Mediterranean in the 1930s, with 15 postcards mounted at end;
Family photograph album (oblong 4to) containing c. 40 gelatin silver prints (various sizes), mostly dating from early 1900s, of an unidentified family, along with 4 prints relating to the Bambatha (Zulu) rebellion in South Africa 1906-07, including the 1907 arrest of Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, king of the Zulu nation;
Small 4to album containing c. 30 gelatin silver prints (various sizes), relating to military/naval hospitals in the First World War;
Small oblong 4to album containing c. 90 small format (4 x 6cm) gelatin silver prints dating from 1920, relating to Fortrose and the Moray and Cromarty Firth, the first 55 are mostly captioned, with images of Royal Navy ships, including the wreckage of HMS Natal;
Small oblong 4to album containing c. 150 small format (various sizes) gelatin silver prints, mostly captioned, relating to a cruise to South and Eastern Africa on RMS Llandovery Castle in 1929;
Small oblong 4to album containing c. 120 small format (various sizes) gelatin silver prints, mostly captioned, dating from 1917-18, including several views of the Western Front, some photographs faded;
Small oblong 4to album containing c. 30 small format (9 x 9cm) gelatin silver prints of uncaptioned views of China dating from 1920s(?);
Album (oblong 4to) with embossed covers, containing c. 400 gelatin silver prints (various sizes, some captioned) and postcards relating to military service in the Middle East in the 1940s, including Egypt and Palestine;
together with 1 other oblong 4to album, and c. 300 loose prints dating from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, including photographs relating to the Royal New Zealand Air Force