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190254693Cambridge Philadelphia and London 1902. O. W. Richardson 1879-1959 was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission which led to Richardson's law. He was professor at Princeton University from 1906 to 1913 and returned to the UK in 1914 to become Wheatstone Professor of Physics at King's College London where he was later made director of research. He was knighted in 1939. Note on a method for determining the concentration of hydrogen ions in solution by H. O. Jones and O. W. Richardson from the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society February 1902; pp. 4; self wrappers. The kinetic energy of the ions emitted by hot bodies from the Philosophical Magazine December 1908; pp. 28; graphs and tables; original orange printed wrappers. Thermionics from the Philosophical Magazine June 1909; pp. 22; graphs and equations; original orange printed wrappers; O. W. Richardson's copy with his signature on the upper wrapper and a few small corrections by him in the text; plus another copy without corrections. Notes on the kinetic theory of matter from the Philosophical Magazine for November 1909; pp. 4; original orange printed wrappers. The kinetic energy of the ions emitted by hot bodies part II from the Philosophical Magazine November 1909; pp. 16; graphs and tables; original orange printed wrappers. Gravitation and the electron theory from The Physical Review November 1910; pp. 4; original printed green wrappers wrappers toned; amendment to an equation in ink likely by Richardson in the text. The positive thermions emitted by the alkali sulphates from the Philosophical Magazine December 1910; pp. 22; tables and a folding plate; original orange printed wrappers. The heat liberated during the absorption of electrons by different metals from the Philosophical Magazine April 1911; pp. 8; original orange printed wrappers back wrapper torn. The dynamic effects of aggregates of electrons from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society July-August 1911; pp. 20; table; original printed gray wrappers toned at edges. The theory of photoelectric action from the Philosophical Magazine October 1912; pp. 6; original orange printed wrappers. The electron theory of thermoelectric and thermionic effects from the Philosophical Magazine for November 1912; pp. 8; original orange printed wrappers. The positive ions from hot metals from the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 89 1914; pp. 18; tables; original printed green wrappers. Metallic conduction from the Philosophical Magazine August 1915; pp. 6; original orange printed wrappers. The influence of gases on the emission of electrons and ions from hot metals from the Proceedings of the Royal Society volume 91 1915; pp. 12; graphs and tables; original printed green wrappers. Remarks on a paper by Mr. E. R. Stoekle entitled "Thermionic Currents from Molybdenum" from The Physical Review June 1916; pp. 2; original printed green wrappers. The variation of the positive emission currents from hot platinum with the applied potential difference from the Philosophical Magazine for June 1916; pp. 10; graphs; original printed orange wrappers. Experiments with electron currents in different gases. 1 Mercury vapor from the Philosophical Magazine for October 1916; pp. 16; graphs tables and equations; original printed orange wrappers. The limiting frequency in the spectra of helium hydrogen and mercury in the extreme ultra-violet by O. W. Richardson and Lieut. C. B. Bazzoni from the Philosophical Magazine October 1917; pp. 24; graphs and tables; original orange printed wrappers a little soiled. <br/><br/> unknown books
1872170118Washington D.C. 1872. unbound. 4 pages front and back with each two-page spread measuring 10 x 16 inches marked "Private" Washington D.C. April 12 1872. Rare letter by the American politician and negotiator to the former Confederate States of America Treasurer Tyler in preparation for Richardson's successful trip to Geneva to obtain damages from Great Britain letting Tyler know of a Judgeship opportunity available to him by the means of Richardson's resignation in part: ".In any article that is written in the newspaper perhaps it will be well to state the fact of the immediate cause of my resignation the desire of Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell to have me manage the refunding of the national debt after my successful operation of the hundred million negotiation in London.Now I hope you will be my successor and you must attend to it immediately and persistently." It has long been speculated that the job opportunity and Tyler's assistance to the government were linked and crucial to the successful outcome of the Alabama Claims Commission.<br/><br/> unknown books
5877London: John Murray. First edition. Account of John Franklin's second attempt at the Northwest Passage illustrated with dramatic engraved plates. A steel-engraved portrait of the explorer has been mounted in place of the missing frontispiece in this copy. Quarto 28 cm; xxiv xxi-xxiv 320 clvii 2 pages 30 of 31 engraved plates with tissue guards LACKS PLATE #1 six folding engraved maps one of them hand-colored and extra engraved portrait of Franklin mounted in place of frontispiece facing title page. Bound in mid-20th-century half morocco over marbled boards in period style with leather title label on spine. Scratches on boards; scattered light to moderate foxing. Title page abraded in two spots with some loss of text. Condition noted yet a sound and attractive volume. References: Arctic Bib. 5198; Sabin 26228; Lande 1182. John Murray hardcover books
3158Engraved frontis. 20 p.l.incl. frontis. 234 pp. 8vo cont. blue boards flat spine gilt red leather lettering piece on spine. Berlin & Stettin: F. Nicolai 1788. First edition in German a translation of Theoretic Hints on an Improved Practice of Brewing Malt-Liquors 1st ed.: 1777 by Richardson fl. 1778-98. The text by Richardson has been greatly augmented with important additions by Lorenz Crell 1744-1816 professor of chemistry and mineralogy at Brunswick and later at Göttingen and an early proponent of Lavoisier. Crell was an active correspondent of all the leading chemists in Germany and other countries and his journals diffused a knowledge of the French British and Swedish discoveries in Germany. Fine copy. ❧ Schoellhorn 255. hardcover books
1748247227London: S. Richardson. 1748. Hardcover. 7 volumes first edition complete. 2nd state of vol. 3; 1st state of vol. 4; foldout plate present in vol. 2. Early bookplate in most volumes of Mrs. Genl. Stewart" and her signature on each title-page. Full contemporary leather poor. Vol. I lacks front cover and front endpaper cover loose on vols. 3 &7; other hinges weak nd cracked. Text complete with only light foxing. Working copy only. . S. Richardson hardcover books
1824008222London: Hurst Robinson and Co 1824. Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Ballantyne's Novelist's Library v. 6-8.edited by Sir Walter Scott. Three volumes bound in contemporary full polished calf the backs with two brown calf labels lettered in gilt and three sections ornately decorated in gilt printer's name in gilt at tail edges marbled prior owner name and small gift inscription in pencil light wear at edges mild toning approx. 25 pp. Vol. III with creasing a Very Good Plus set. RARE the last copy sold at auction 1972 RBH. The first editions of these novels published 1740-1742. . "Pamela" is considered by most to be the first novel published in English. A heavy set please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for priority mail and international orders please inquire before ordering. v. 1. Pamela or Virtue Rewarded. The History of Clarissa Harlowe in a series of letters -- v .2. The History of Clarissa Harlowe -- v. 3. The History of Sir Charles Grandison Bart. in a series of letters. First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hurst, Robinson, and Co Hardcover books
1902244957Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. London: Chapman and Hall 1902. With 16 Illustrations reproduced from the engravings by E.F. Burney and a Portrait of Richardson. 20 vols. 12mo. Bound in three quarters publisher's green morocco with heavily gilt spine t.e.g. Some foxing otherwise fine. With 16 Illustrations reproduced from the engravings by E.F. Burney and a Portrait of Richardson. 20 vols. 12mo. J.B. Lippincott. London: Chapman and Hall unknown books
190231697London: Chapman and Hall 1902. Illustrated by E.F. Burney and Thomas Stoddard. 20 vols. 8vo. 3/4 red pebbled morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. about fine. Illustrated by E.F. Burney and Thomas Stoddard. 20 vols. 8vo. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1888018740Los Angeles CA: Industrial Publishing Company 1888. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 180 pages of text. Bound in maroon cloth retaining the original printed wrappers. The wrappers are soiled lightly stained and worn with a few small chips and tears. A few pages of text are soiled or have small creases to the corners otherwise remaining clean and unmarked. First edition. Industrial Publishing Company Hardcover books
647034 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Dublin: W. Porter 1809. First edition and quite rare. Richardson 1740-1820 political activist and geologist devoted his final years to agricultural research. He "experimented with sixteen grasses as described in An Elementary Treatise on the Indigenous Grasses of Ireland 1806. From 1808 he was a zealous advocate of fiorin grass Gaelic fioreann Agrostis stolonifera L as food for animals a preventive of famine and a means of abating the poor laws. He believed it to be the most nutritious of grasses with the advantages of late growth and harvesting; he pressed for its universal cultivation."-ODNB. Richardson believed fiorin grass should be planted on the various bogs of Ireland as a way of reclaiming the land and making it useful. He provides a most interesting description of the kinds of bogs in Ireland: moor softer moor red bog black bog and shaking quagmire; he recommends fiorin grass be planted on each. Cropped presentation inscription on title from the author. Fine copy. ❧ Fussell III pp. 60-62. hardcover books
184434089London: William Pickering 1844. 2 volumes 4to pp. 36 1183 1; 4 1185-2226 2; slightly later full polished tan gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments citron and brown morocco labels; all edges marbled some rubbing but generally very good. The most substantial lexicographical undertaking in England between that of Samuel Johnson and the O.E.D. "First published as part of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana 1818-37 it consisted of a great many illustrative quotations drawn from literature but with relatively few and brief definitions . Richardson's approach was based on the notion that quotations alone if sufficient in number could serve to elucidate 'true etymological meaning.' He went far beyond Johnson in collecting quotations beginning at the fourteenth century Johnson went back only to the end of the 16th century . Richardson sought by his vast collection of quotations to justify the preposterous theory of John Horne Tooke that each word had a single immutable meaning. In his own work each word and its derivatives were given one etymology and one meaning. His etymologies were as preposterous as his theories but his dictionary was of great interest to lexicographers because it foreshadowed the historical collections of quotations that were later to form the basis of the Oxford English Dictionary" Landau Dictionaries p. 66. Based on the "historical principle" of lexicography this work formed an important link between Johnson and the O.E.D. Kennedy 6437. <br/><br/> William Pickering unknown books
1923258560London: The London & Counties Press Association 1923. First edition No. 127 of only 475 complete sets. Profusely illustrated with the frontispiece of Vol. I being an original signed etching by Alick P.F. Ritchie. 3 vols. Large 4to 12-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Original dark brown morocco almost fine. First edition No. 127 of only 475 complete sets. Profusely illustrated with the frontispiece of Vol. I being an original signed etching by Alick P.F. Ritchie. 3 vols. Large 4to 12-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. An imposing substantial study of flat racing steeplechasing breeding training stable management and sporting history contained in three massive volumes printed on heavy rag paper totaling over 1200 pages with 229 superb plates and representing an extraordinary production which would be impossible to duplicate today. Loder 1162 The London & Counties Press Association unknown books
26040RICHARDSON Jonathan. STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS RICHARDSON Jonathan. THE WOR OF JONATHAN RICHARDSON. Strawberry Hill: T. and J. Egerton and others 1792. 4to. Contemporary vell spine marbled boards. ii 287 pages 12 plates. First edition. This is an unsophisticated uncut copy of original Strawberry Hill edition of this famous work a great influence on the classical school of painting in England specifically William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Richardson's works were popular in early America and were in the library of Thomas Jefferson. A forgery of this edition was also published in 1792 identified plates portraits of old masters on tinted pink paper and the omission of th binder's instruction for the plates. With a few pencil notations throughout. very scarce book rare in original boards which are heavily rubbed. unknown books
1902158811Philadelphia: Lippincott 1902. hardcover. very good. Introduction by Ethel M.M. McKenna. 20 volumes. Frontispiece portrait and 16 additional plates. tall 12mo handsomely bound in 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped spines edges a bit rubbed; marbled endpapers uncut edges t.e.g. Philadelphia: Lippincott & London: Chapman Hall 1902. An attractive set in very good condition.<br/><br/> Lippincott unknown books
1901Embry 157921Croscup & Sterling Company New York: 1901. Edition de Bibliophile one of twenty named copies this being the "Catherine Lintot" copy signed by the publisher. Spines of four volumes sunned a shade occasional slight rubbing overall a fine and very attractive set. Illustrated throughout with illustrations in two states sometimes three the first state of each being hand-colored and signed in pencil presumably by the colorist. Full crushed green morocco by Stikeman. Spine panels stamped with leaf and floral central devices with double gilt surrounds. Boards elaborately gilt with leaf and floral boarder with red onlay corners encompassing a stippled field of leaf and flower devices. Pastedowns in full green morocco with repeating leaf and floral pattern wide border and with red morocco central panel with a gilt cartouche of Richard's initials against a pen and paper background. This is eight volumes from a twenty volume set but is the complete work "The History of Clarissa Harlowe." Croscup & Sterling Company, New York: 1901. Edition de Bibliophile, one of twenty named copies, this being the "Cath hardcover books
181934051819. Aquatint printed in colors with additional hand-coloring. Originally published by the artist Newcastle: 1819. A modern impression printed on hand-made wove paper with wide margins and in excellent condition. Thomas M. Richardson was a Newcastle-based artist who began his career as an engraver of local views. From 1818 he exhibited paintings in several places in London including the Royal Academy. Views of his native city and its environs were a staple of his output. In this view we can identify several buildings which still stand: the neoclassical Moot Hall with its porticoed entrance and the Castle Keep behind it. Toward the center of the composition the neo-Gothic spire of St. Nicholas' church now cathedral rises above a terrace of houses. unknown books
186516105London 1865. Chromolithograph. Trimmed and mounted on board as issued. In excellent condition with the exception of a tear in the image. Scratch in upper section of image with small puncture mark. Image size: 16 3/4 x 25 13/16 inches. A picturesque view of St. Goar on the Rhine by the celebrated landscape painter Thomas Richardson.<br/> <br/>Thomas M. Richardson born and died in Newcastle upon Tyne but spent a considerable amount of time traveling in France Switzerland Italy and Germany and produced lithographs of the watercolours he did there. This excellent study on the Rhine being a perfect example. The printing a major element in the success of a chromolithograph was done by M. & N. Hanhart. Richardson was son and pupil of T. M. Richardson the Elder who taught him to work in oils and watercolours. After his father's death Richardson the Younger worked exclusively in watercolour. He was a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolour and a member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Chromolithography was achieved by using a series of carefully registered tint stones to create a smooth richly coloured image. This printing process became immensely popular towards the end of the nineteenth century and was widely used in fine art as well as commercial printing. One of the most important chromolithographic firms was M & N Hanhart in London. The firm founded by Michael Hanhart began publishing its first prints in 1840 and remained in business until the end of the century. Hanhart's was known for its large separately published chromolithographs but it printed everything from book illustrations to song sheets. This stunning print after Richardson is a fine example of Hanhart's superior chromolithographs. Its intense colour and meticulous detailing is common of Hanhart's superior printing techniques representing the best example of nineteenth century chromolithography.<br/> <br/>Benezit Dictionary of Artists. unknown books
1851017647London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Two volume set; complete. Original brown cloth is moderately worn and rubbed with minor fraying and some chips; protected in archival mylar. Vol. I: viii 413 pages 32 pages of advertisement. Vol. II: vii 426 pages. Complete with 10 plates and hand-colored folding map. The frontis and title page of the 2nd volume is stained in the margin. The folding map has a repair and a small tear at the edge. The endpapers are affixed to the paste-downs and the previous owner's inscription is on the front endpapers "To Mr. John Kirkwood a parting gift from his Cousin Geo. Cockburn Liverpool July 20 1858." Sabin 71025; Field 1300: "exceedingly interesting work.thronged with details of personal experiences of Indian life." Wagner Camp 203:1: "Of interest to our work is.account of the journey from Hudson's Bay by way of the Athabasca River and Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean." Excellent color plates of Indians mostly Kutchins and Crees. Large colored map titled "British North America." First edition. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans Hardcover books
9792London: Printed by William Bulmer and Co for W. J. and J. Richardson et al. 1810. First Edition Thus. Full calf. very good -. 2 volumes. Lg. 4to. xcvi11571;4xxiv8533pp. Double column text. With the leaf of ads at the back of Volume II a tape repair to a blank portion of the leaf and the half-title in Volume II no half-title required in Volume I. Cont. calf boards quite rubbed & worn calf chipped along the edges and some corners. Both volumes nicely rebacked with red morocco spine labels. A number of old rubber stamps of the Mercantile Library New York who sold off their books in the 1970s. Each volume with an old inscription of a preliminary blank from one Joseph Wolff to his friend J. King. Very scarce. The greatly revised "New Edition" with extensive revisions by the great orientalist Charles Wilkins Richardson died in 1795. The work was originally printed in 2 folio volumes in 1777-1780 in Oxford.<br/>Richardson also wrote A SPECIMEN OF PERSIAN POETRY 1774 and both an Arabic Grammar 1776 and a Persian Grammar 1771. The first volume is Arabic and Persian words translated to English and the second volume English words translated to Arabic and Persian. Printed by William Bulmer and Co, for W. J. and J. Richardson, et al. unknown books
1851WRCAM54157London 1851. Two volumes. viii4131pp. plus folding map and nine colored plates including frontispiece; vii1426pp. with color frontis. 20th-century three-quarter calf and tan cloth spine gilt leather labels. Minor shelf wear and rubbing. Modern bookplate on front pastedowns light toning. Very good. Richardson the noted naturalist accompanied Franklin on his first and second expeditions with the rare folding map not present in all copies. The present work includes the journals of Richardson and Rae on the Mackenzie Arctic and Coppermine rivers in 1849. "Filled with details of personal experiences of Indian life. The appendix contains a comparative table of dialects spoken by the Eskimo" - Sabin. Richardson did not limit himself to searching for Franklin and looked for plants and animals as well. An appendix of almost ninety pages comprises one of the earliest detailed listings of Canadian and Arctic plants as well as describing the physical geography of the Arctic. A number of contributors have provided material on the linguistics of the Indians of the region. Most of the attractive plates illustrate members of the Kutchin tribe of native Indians. STREETER SALE 3716. SABIN 71025. WAGNER-CAMP 203:1. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3256. TOURVILLE 3804. GRAFF 3493. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 9170. RICKS p.182 ref. TPL 3029. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 121. hardcover books
177946520London: Printed for the Author 1779. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: Printed for the Author 1779. 2 bound as one vols. First edition. Illustrated with 424 emblematic figures on 109 engraved copper-plates. Hardcover. Folio. Recently re-backed and re-cornered in brown 3/4 calf over original marbled boards the spine stamped in blind in compartments with contrasting leather title label stamped in gilt. Title-page of volume one is uniformly soiled and stained with several old marginal repairs; the top fore-corner of the last plate has an old repair. Plates XXI & XXIII bear old Russian ownership stamps. Otherwise this is a clean tight copy of a fairly scarce emblem book. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Printed for the Author hardcover books
3031ASPEN COLORADO -- LAND PROMOTION. Aspen in all seasons. Real estate development promotional photo album filled with inviting images of vacationers enjoying the historic Hotel Jerome the Four Seasons Club the Aspens Rodeo Grounds mountain climbing playing tennis and historic Victorian homes. Aspen CO: Walter Paepcke Aspen Skiing Company ca. 1950. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated thick card stock mylar-covered leaves title and typed list of images mounted on front pastedown w/ 20 original silver gelatin images tipped-in sized 7.75 x 9.4 in. and nearly all w/ photographer's stamps and pencil annotations verso. Original padded simulated brown calf comb-bound album spine rebacked minor bumping to corners very minor toning to fore-edges of title leaf on front pastedown still a VG exemplar. This splendid land promotion photo album offers an invaluable visual record of Walter Paepcke's post-World War II effort to remake Aspen Colorado into a kind of American Athens which united art ideas architecture music and outdoor leisure activities into a popular destination. At the urging of his wife Paepcke came to Aspen Colorado just after World War II and immediately saw the tremendous development possibilities and began buying prime Aspen CO Victorian homes secured a 25-year lease on the historic Jerome Hotel and the Wheeler Opera House and organized the Aspen Skiing Company to build and operate the hotels restaurants and develop the ski industry. In 1949 he founded the Aspen Institute and by 1949 made Aspen the site for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang Goethe. The celebration featured such attendees as Albert Schweitzer Jose Ortega y Gasset Thornton Wilder and Arthur Rubinstein. These images include a birds-eye view of Aspen and Red Mountain the Hotel Jerome Lobby Dining Room mountain climbing horseback riding swimming in the Four Seasons Club an informal rodeo at the Aspen Rodeo Grounds and even restored Victorian homes. Most of these promotional images were taken by several famed Western photographers. These include Ferenc Berko 1916-2000 who while teaching film & photography at the Chicago Institute of Design was invited by Paepcke to photograph the Goethe Bicentennial and enamored with the stunning vistas relocated to Aspen where he began promoting and documenting Aspen's growth as a cultural and leisure community; Fritz Kaeser 1910-1990 world-renowned Aspen CO ski photographer trained with Ansel Adams served with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II and later operated the Aspen Photo Gallery/Studio that became the Mother Lode on Hyman Ave. ; and Loey Ringquist 1919-2006 who first came to Aspen in 1949 and began her career with Patrick Henry at the Aspen Tintype Studio and whose beautiful images included the mountain passes ghost towns abandoned mines wildflower meadows and other areas around Aspen. See: Mark Seal For Love of Aspen Vanity Fair Jan. 23 2014; Ferenc Berko The Ferenc Berko Collection Biography Aspen Colorado 2017 ; Tim Willoughby Fritz Kaeser -- Roch and rocks The Aspen Times July 28 2010; Loey Ringquist Obituary The Aspen Times Nov. 22 2006. unknown books
193941578San Francisco Shanghai / Macao / Hong Kong: The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition Inc 1939. Letters are dated: Nov 20 1938; Jan 18th 1939; Jan 27th 1939; and Feb 16th 1939. Though typewritten and mimeographed all four are personally signed by Halliburton. Letters typewritten to buff paper envelopes with blue seal of the "Sea Dragon" with illustration printed to front. Modest wear to paper some light age-toning and rubbing to papers. Envelopes rubbed and worn. Withal a VG lot. Pages within the letters: 5 3 4 3 Total of 16 typewritten pages. Two black and white Kodak photographs are included printed in 1957 presumably from a negative of Robert Pullen's famous shots of the "Sea Dragon" taken just before its doomed maiden voyage. Letters: 14" x 8-1/2". Photographs:. <br/><br/>Who took the first aerial picture of Mount Everest after receiving express permission by stunning the Majarajah of Nepal with bi-plane aerobatics Richard Halliburton was a legendary American travel writer and adventurer. Reading stories of his feats and antics seem surreal - after all who flies an airplane upside down over the Taj Mahal Halliburton was born in January of 1900 in Brownsville Tennessee. Deciding at an early age not to settle down and grow old with a wife and family as the rest of his family and friends seemed to be doing. After graduating from Princeton Halliburton traveled on as many adventures as possible and published his first novel The Royal Road to Romance in 1925 at the tender age of 25. His first novel became a bestseller and was followed by more published adventures in 1927 and 1929. He enjoyed fame and adventures for a little over a decade before deciding in 1938 that his next grand feat would be to cross the Pacific ocean from Hong Kong to the San Francisco International Exposition in a Chinese Junk ship made expressly for his purposes. It is on this voyage that Halliburton and the entire crew of the Junk the "Sea Dragon" were lost at sea having gotten caught in a typhoon. In 1945 a 150-foot ship outline with Chinese lettering washed ashore in California this thought to possibly be some of the wreckage of the "Sea Dragon." Letter I: Halliburton describes the arrival in China and purpose of the expedition as well as his interest in junks stemming from a 1 ft. scale model he sailed as a child. He explains that he chose to use a junk for his journey because of their stability and notes that it is possible it will not be the smoothest ride. He quips: "If the junk should be small the storms violent and the voyage long - all the better. For if there is no hazard no battle where is the sport" He introduces the "friends" of the expedition to his crew of Captain John Welch Henry von Fehren "Bru" Potter among others. Halliburton also spends a significant amount of time discussing the war with China and Japan and the Japanese belief systems. Letter 2: The second letter discusses the search for an appropriate junk and the ultimate decision to build their own that could be modified for the journey. Working with the man said to be the best ship-builder in Hong Kong Mr. Fat Kau and the appropriation of a few more crew members a chef and a radio operator. Letter 3: The third letter posted from Canton desribes their taking the Sea Dragon out for a "shake down" cruise with Mr. Fat Kau as his guest who though a builder of ships had never sailed on one and with high seas nearly everyone aboard became seasick. Halliburton notes the dry deck despite the high waves and believes he was right about the Sea Dragon's sea-worthiness. Much of the rest of the letter is spent discussing Canton the disputes between the Chinese and Japanese the destruction the looters and other conditions in the city. Letter 4: After setting out on their voyage the Sea Dragon needed to return after only 2 days due to sickness on the boat. Though Halliburton seems only a trifle annoyed at the delay of their voyage he is excited enough to try again and leaves his readers with this: "In about another week we plan to leave again to slip away as quietly as possible and head east once more around the southern tip of Formosa - and straight on to Midway. If all goes well the next letter the fifth will carry an American stamp for Midway Island is American. When this the fourth letter reaches you we'll be a thousand miles along the way - I hope. Many thanks again for your interest and good will. Faithfully Richard Halliburton" The Trans-Pacific Chinese Junk Expedition, Inc unknown books
196247056NY: Public Education Association 1962. Paperback. Very good. Pages heavily tanned wraps edgeworn and darkened with a crease to the rear else a good example. Signed and dated by Picasso in grease crayon with a small drawing of a head on the title page. Two one centimeter spots of damage to signature where the verso of the front free endpaper stuck but still all there and priced commensuarte with the issue. <br/><br/> Public Education Association paperback books
1811141429London: William Miller 1811. hardcover. With a sketch of his Life & Writings by Edward Mangin. 19 vols. Engraved frontispieces. Small 8vo full polished calf marbled edges. London: William Miller 1811.<br/><br/> William Miller unknown books
