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Photograph Album of 48 Photographs Following a Journey from London to Algiers
Anon
c1912
Anon : London
11" by 7.5"
[24]
SUMMARY
A collection of travel photographs from London to Algiers.
Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Photographs follow a journey from London to Folkestone, across the channel through Dijon to Marseilles and then from Marseilles to Algiers by boat.
Dated from the two boats in the photographs. The photographer travels on the SS Charles-Roux, a ship build in 1908 and France's first turbine steamer. The ship was in service until 1936. In one of the photographs at the docks at Marseilles there is a photograph of the Theodore Mante. The Theodore Mante was build in 1912 and was a passenger steam ship. However it only retained this name until 1917 when it was renamed Mustapha II. Therefore this album is definitely from between 1912 and 1917. It is highly likely that these photographs are Pre-World War I. The Theodore Mante became the Margit and in 1939 arrived in Malta when war broke out. Due to an air raid on the 19th April 1941 the vessel was hit and suffered extensive damage. It sunk and was not discovered until the 1970s.
48 photographs on 12 leaves.
Each photograph is captioned with the location and subject of the image.
To the front pastedown is painted the journey undertaken with the title 'A Trip to North Africa'. There is a hand-painted map indicating the places visited.
These photographs also have several images of the Paris, Lyons & Mediterranean Railway.
In the photograph of Charing Cross, London, there is a woman in the foreground holding a newspaper with the headline clear 'Women Mobbed at Protest', clearly a reference to the Suffragist movement of the time.
CONDITION
In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the bottom of front board. Externally, rubbed to the head and tail of spine and to the joints. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small loss to the extremities due to rubbing. Front hinge is strained but firm. Closed tear to the front pastedown due to straining of hinge. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, Eric Inwood. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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