China, Singapore & Malaysia. Photograph album, c.1869 and earlier. Oblong folio (340 x 380 mm), contemporary red morocco album (rubbed), gilt edges, 27 albumen prints, mounted on rectos only, contemporary manuscript captions, initial blank inscribed 'To dear Lizzie from Papa on her birthday, August 2nd 1869', various dimensions, two of the smaller photographs defaced (one almost entirely removed), another with a short closed tear, 5 further mounted albumen prints laid in (4 with Frith blindstamp and depicting Seville and Granada, one depicting Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria and with blindstamp of David Robertson of Alexandria; spotted and damp-stained) (qty: 1) The notable photographs in this album include: 1) A group portrait, the figures identified in captions as Major McNair, Col. Anson, Mr Jones , The Governor, Sir W. Hackett, Mr F. Brown, Mr Waller, and Mr Plow (203 x 230 mm, corners shaped, lifting at upper left corner). (William Hackett was Recorder of Penang Island from 1866 and Acting Chief Justice, Straits Settlements from 1871.) 2) '''A Bowling Match''. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh & officers of H.M.S. Galatea versus the Gentlemen of Yokohama' (172 x 272 mm, creased from folding). 3) 'The Maharajah's Bungalow. Johore Bahru', 177 x 240 mm (corners chamfered). 4 & 5) 'Two views from the Maharajah's bungalow at Johore' (152 x 192 mm, arch-topped, and 100 x 132 mm, oval-shaped). 6) 'Dr Robertson's House. Singapore' (180 x 228 mm, corners chamfered). 7) 'A Pagoda at Soochow about 90 miles from Shanghae. It is used as a lookout in times of war & is of great age' (170 x 220 mm, corners shaped, lifting at lower corners). 8) 'Two Bridges at Kading, a city in ruins 35 miles from Shanghae, destroyed by the rebels in 1860-1861', 175 x 226 mm (corners rounded). 9) 'Government House, Singapore' (circular, 122 mm diameter). 10 & 11) Two village views, uncaptioned (both 184 x 239 mm).