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16 pages. Features: The "Militarism" of Germany - a comparison of military expenditures between the participants; Recent Fiction by Arnold Bennett and others; New York Dailies getting tired of being the victims of the London Censor; When We Needed Prussia - A reminder of our obligations to Emperor William's Ancestor, in the undying words of John Quincy Adams; Germany's Case as Stated by an Eminent American Jurist - Judge Peter S. Grosscup; Poem by George Sylvester Viereck; The Outlook justifies Germany's retributive action in Belgium; Where is the flag of England? - poem by Henry Labouchere; England the Arch Conspirator - important documents reveal secret military convention with Belgium - evidence from Authentic Russian and Belgian Sources; and more. Covers detached and separated. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. This issue noteworthy for the fact that it is one of the first to contain several paying advertisers. Most prior issues had none or very few. Magazine
16 pages. Features: Steinway Piano ad inside front cover; "We Shall Conquer" - a cabled version of an address to the Reichstag by Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor; My Mother's House - a full-page poem by Hanns Heinz Ewers; Secrets of Success of a Great Commercial Nation, by Frank Koester; Cornell Students Found German Club; Sir George Plaish is pleased; How German Sympathizers Voted; Neutrals Waking Up?; The Proteus of War; Dr. Bernhard Dernburg Urges Strict Neutrality; How the American Manufacturer is Affected by War, by Dr. Hugo Schweitzer; Franz von Liszt on the Future of Europe; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 2 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
pp. 85-129. Illustrated. 4to. Original printed wraps, slightly chipped at extremities. Rear wrap detached. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Faculty of Pure Science, Columbia University. Very good copy. First edition. Scarce. SCIENCE BOX 3
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, plates and endpaper maps; rose cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; original brown wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Published as Glasgow University Publications No. LXIII. 1000 copies were printed. Kirkpatrick A25.
Third edition. 78 p. Original boards (softcover) with title to spine. Rubbing, spine with little material loss, little tear, corners bumped, some browning. Inside paper browned, corners slightly bumped. Generally still good condition.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pale green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Broch?. 50 pages. Couverture l?g?rement d?fra?chie.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 plates in sepia and 113 monochrome plates on 64; original navy blue ribbed cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1909. Bright copy of a substantial and learned work. Its four sections examine the British tar in (i) literature, biography, pamphlet and satire; (ii) mystery, pageant, comedy and drama; (iii) sea stories, novels, magazines and chap-books; (iv) poems, ballads, songs and doggerel. There is a final section on the seaman and nautical life in pictorial form.
8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Good, thoughtful (and often entertaining) extended summaries of the 115 officers appointed to the Royal Navy's highest rank in the three hundred-odd years of its existence. Undeniably useful and certainly handy, it would benefit from more and better pictures (particularly of the lesser-known individuals). A similar treatment of British admirals is a greater need.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and double-page detailed line drawings in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The culmination of almost twenty years' research by the author, this is a standard reference on the evolution of the mid-Victorian Royal Navy. Crucially, Ballard was an eye-witness of the latter part of the period of which he wrote; even in 1929 there were not many men remaining with such experience first-hand. Much of the text appeared first as an extended series of papers in 'The Mariner's Mirror' from 1929 until the author's death in 1948.
Features: reproductions of two short articles from 'The Pierce-Arrow Salesman'; Organizational Chart of the Pierce-Arrow Company, circa 1918; Evaluating the 'Dymaxion' car, by Maurice A. Thorne (Pierce-Arrow Experimental Engineer, 1929-34); reproduction of an interesting "Alemite Equipment Sheet" circa 1920, which was mailed to a customer by his Pierce-Arrow dealer; Reproduction of a 1973 news story about the renovation of a 1924 Pierce Arrow Truck at Burlington County Votech - many photos; Large original factory photo of a 1914 Pierce-Arrow runabout; Six-page article entitled "Old Days Service Garage Experiences", by John M. Powers - includes chassis diagram of a 1915 48-B-3 Pierce-Arrow which shows 93 (!) greasing points; Service Section - New Haven Station is Model - nicely illustrated 2-page article about a P-A dealership in New Haven; Three *great* pages of photos and text about the Clarke-Leu Company, the P-A dealer in Albany, NY; Recollections about the Famous Pierce-Arrow Cars, by A.C. May; Pierce-Arrow Epigrams, circa 1916, are reproduced inside back cover; On back cover is a reproduction of a 1920 dealer's quote for a five-ton dual valve Pierce-Arrow dump with four-yard steel body ($7242.40). Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
Reliure toile de l'?diteur. 976 pages. Jaquette.
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and 20 plates (a number coloured); original cloth, gilt back, uncut, covers very lightly age-soiled else a near fine copy. Detailed account of the several ships of this name, from the first man o' war of 1657 to the flagship at Spithead in 1902. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
Broch?. 179 pages.
Broch?. 163 pages. 10x15 cm. Couverture d?fra?chie.
