EGYPT, ALBANIA AND AFGHANISTAN


A collection of 27 albumen print views of Egypt, by J.P. Sebah, Zangaki, and others, images approximately 210 x 265mm., loose in modern cloth portfolio, [1880s]--Album relating to an ?Australian military officer in Egypt during the First World War, approximately 95 silver gelatin prints, of which c.60 relate to Egypt, including views of ANZAC troops ("Maoris about to dance 1915", "Zeiton camp - Maori soldiers 1915", "Australian camp Tel El Kebir"), Heliopolis neighbourhood including Sultan Hussein's palace, etc., and 4 menus for dinners King Faud or the Sultan held at the Palais d'Aldines, mounted 2 per page, most captioned in white ink, quarter morocco, images approximately 95 x 125mm., 4to, [c.1915-1922]--[SCOLIK (CHARLES)] Reise der Orientalischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, 48 photographic plates (of 50, including c. 10 of Egypt, others in Middle East and Athens) mounted on card, without maps and text, loose in publisher's portfolio cloth gilt, folio, [Meiningen, 1894]--Album relating to an RAF squadron in Egypt during the 1920s, 48 mostly gelatin silver prints, including views, groups (formal, and "walking like Egyptians" in their swimwear), aeroplanes (including crashes), loose mounted, most approximately 170 x 215mm., original cloth, oblong 4to , [1920s]; and 4 other photographic albums, including two relating to Albania in the First World War and 1930s (military, local inhabitants, views), and two relating to a journey to Afghanistan in the 1950s (8)