Travel. Royal Navy: HMS 'Emerald', 3rd Commission, East Indi...

Travel. Royal Navy: HMS 'Emerald', 3rd Commission, East Indies Station, 1931-1933, an annotated album of approx. 100 photographs, the journey from Devonport, Plymouth to India, via Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and Port Said, including topography, scenes of native domestic life, a seaplane before and after crashing, elephants, etc., contemporary limp covers, oblong 4to; R.C. Hillier, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, an album of approx. 70 images, n.d. [c. 1920], mixed format and sizes, including ancient Egyptian sites from aircraft and RAF aircraft itself, contemporary faux crocodile binding, oblong 4to; South America & the Caribbean, an early 20th c album of approx. 70 photographs and further ephemera, some presumably taken onboard deck of HMS Hood, with further images of HMS Repulse at sea, possibly manoeuvres; Cape Verde and St. Vincent, via Gibraltar; a crossing the line scenes and frolics; further battleships, Britiain v. Brazil water polo, Rio de Janeiro; Trinidad, the West Indies, with scenes of real life, a cocoa plantation; etc., annotated throughout, contemporary cloth over limp boards, oblong 4to; a late Victorian album with some snapshots and albumen prints of a European holiday, often annotated, partially-filled, fine contemporary binding of morocco gilt over boards, 4to, (4)

Estimate:£100

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