Beschreibung:

Middle East. A small complete album of 24 window-mounted photographs taken by the Turkish official photographer G.R. Hughes before the capture of Jerusalem, 1914-1917, all titled by the photographer on the mounts, showing Turkish Infantry, British prisoners of war taken at Katya, Izzat Pasha at the Mosque of Omar, Turkish Camel Corps at Beersheba, Turkish A-A Gun at Sheria, Turkish trenches at Harreira, Turkish Cavalry MG in action at beginning of 3rd Battle of Gaza, Turkish field ambulance, Enver Pasha & Djemal Pasha at Beersheba, Hun Plain at Ramleh, Colonel Coventry's arrival at Jerusalem Station after the Katya engagement, Turkish Cavalry at Beersheba, Red Sea Crescent tea tent, Auja, Turks unloading grain on the Dead Sea, etc., images 11 x 16 cm, signed by photographer at front and rear, contemporary cloth, soiling and wear, spine frayed, oblong 8vo (17 x 21 cm), together with a contemporary personal photograph album compiled by a British soldier serving in the Holy Land, snapshots of British military personnel, street scenes in Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, etc., a total of approximately 170 gelatin silver prints, 7.5 x 9.5 cm and smaller, contemporary cloth, soiling and wear, small 4to, plus an unrelated complete album of 24 window-mounted photographs of Waziristan and environs, circa 1910, many captioned and/or signed by the photographer Baljee in the negative, images 6 x 10.5 cm, contemporary cloth, a little frayed, oblong 16mo, plus a large album containing approximately 260 snapshots of Iran/Afghanistan, circa 1920, including scenes in Tehrain, but mostly rural, largely uncaptioned, 7.5 x 10.5 cm and similar sizes, mounted on rectos and versos of stiff card leaves, contemporary rexine, oblong folio (Qty: 4)