Set of THREE miscellaneous photographic ALBUMS:... Lot 42

Set of THREE miscellaneous photographic ALBUMS: a first album (27 x 19 x 3 cm) containing over one hundred and thirty small albumin and citrate prints laminated on cardboard, by one or more amateur photographers, circa 1880-1900, ccertain captioned on mounts. Subjects: Dredging in the Suez Canal, Aden - chemin des citernes, a street in Colombo, beggar divers in Singapore, native market in Singapore, earthworkers in Singapore, Chinese junk boats near Saigon, Saigon - the bandstand, the imperial canal in Shanghai, a Chinese city street in Shanghai, German consulate in Shanghai, the Quays of Hong Kong, a sedan chair in Hong Kong, the French flagship Takou, Tien Tsin - Quays of France, ruins of the Chinese city at Tien Tsin (Tianjin?), railroad along the walls of the Chinese city in Peking, bird's-eye view of the Imperial Palace in Peking, decapitated boxers' heads in Sheung Fong (Fong Sheng? Shenyang ? attr.), Sikks (Sikh ?), Japanese soldiers, Chinese ladies, convicts, Chinese children, Chinese acrobats, junks on the high seas, Chinese horse, coffins, a street in Kyoto, Temple entrance in Nara, Osaka, Nara, etc. A second album (31 x 24 x 3 cm) containing over twenty miscellaneous prints, including portraits and events. Various states and formats. A final family album (35 x 26 x 4 cm) containing almost two hundred silver prints circa 1930-50, on families, hobbies, events, etc.