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Unusual collection of original photographs: 127 of Cape Town and surrounding areas and 27 others - possibly of Las Palmas, Madeira, St Helena or Aden, each 74 x 100 mm and mounted on stiff cards (93 x 125mm) with black backgrounds and gilt edges, the cards are uniformly bowed as if they may have been intended to be put into a viewer, 11 cards are numbered and captioned in ink on the backs, the numbers present are 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 & 30, and are views aboard the S.S. Lismore Castle and views of the Fish Market and Adderley Street, all the others are uncaptioned and include views of Cape Town, Wynberg, Simonstown, etc, and domestic and garden views of plants, people, buildings and shops. Typically such collections of 'tour' photographs are found in albums and loose and mounted photographs like these are unusual. There are no clues to the idendity of the traveller nor to the date. The cards are preserved in a new black cloth box with marbled paper lining and a red leather title label on the lid. Scans and photographs will be sent upon request Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Original Photographs : CAPETOWN AND THE CAPE PENINSULA. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, collectables, libri antichi, antiquarian books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |