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2009136271Williamsburg Va: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / University Press of New England 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG. Chocolate cloth gilt letters on spine illustrated dust jacket 271 pp. 300 BW & color illus. "Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early Americachronicles the traditions of stoneware imported from England and Germany as well as the often overlooked work of American potters during the eighteenth century. Drawing on archaeological and documentary sources and featuring objects from Colonial Williamsburg's holdings as well as from more than forty-five public and private collections the book provides an invaluable overview of the goods found in early America." "More than 300 photos present a wide range of stoneware whether robustly potted in brown or gray or delicately fashioned in white. The book's broad scope makes Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America an essential reference for archaeologists curators and collectors and its accessible style will appeal to specialists and nonspecialists alike." --Book Jacket. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / University Press of New England hardcover books
1931009726U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii Guam Philippines China Hong Kong Japan Borneo Siam Singapore Java Ceylon etc. 1931. Album. Very good. This archive consists of an 8" x 14" 300-page scrapbook filled with articles clippings photographs cartoons newsletters assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a daily journal. The archive also includes more than 100 loose photographs and another 20 loose documents letters certificates and membership cards as well as five 90-minute cassette tapes in which Hood provides an oral history of his naval service. Everything is in nice shape. The scrapbook includes a promotion to "Student Petty Officer First Class" an Independence Day dinner menu a machinist's mate's test a duty roster pages of printed and manuscript naval related poems and photographs of facilities and ships at Hampton Roads and the railroad trip that took him to California and eventual service on the U.S.S. Pittsburgh. The remainder of the album includes mementos of his service on the ship including an invitation to a reception Governor of the Philippines Dwight F. Davis and a program published by the ship describing his retirement cruise naval related clippings and cartoons about life in Asia business cards cafes bars tea houses advertisements dance hall cabaret eating houses a label for Asahi Beer an advertising handbill for a ship's party an initiation ‘subpoena' from Neptunus Rex a Singapore hotel brochure and theater ticket a colorful multipage timetable for the Royal Dutch Indian Airways and much more.<br/>Hood's well-written three-year diary begins with his departure from Norfolk on a five-day train trip to California where he and 5000 other sailors boarded an old transport ship for duty in the Pacific. In addition to commentary about daily ship-board life and duty as machinist's mate it includes many other lively observations events and happenings during his time on-board. Some excerpts include: "Battle manouvers . . . chasing torpedoes. . . Speed speed speed all the time. . . Thirty one knots and no smoke. Dropped a depth bomb and then . . . picked up dead fish . . . for dinner. . . Had target practice . . . fired the torpedoes and raised Hell. . . We put out 14 shells on the #4 gun 82 on #3 all star shells and 32 small star shells on #5 anti aircraft gun. Fired a torpedo also. Pretty sight. Star shells breaking over the target and four ships all firing at once. . . And oh! What a surprise I was appointed to mess cooking . . . three months of washing dishes and peeling spuds." Subsequently for days Hood "peeled spuds . . . spuds and onions . . . more spuds . . . and more onions. . . Lost a man overboard . . . never found. Sharks got him I guess." On another " In February Hood "Got a ‘shot' . . . Every body is getting them some kind of preparation for the Southern cruise. . . Going to the fights tonight. . A typhoon is just ahead of us. . . Got woke up about 3:30 this morning drenched to the hide. The hatch was open and we shipped about 50 gallons of ocean not so hot. . . Kobe all kinds of Japanese merchants aboard selling souvenirs. . . Walked around all day. . . I like it very much. The people are polite and clean and they will do anything for an American gob. . . Proceeded up the Yangtze River . . . very pretty scenery coming up the river and there are English Japanese and Chinese men-o-war here in Yanking. . . . Well I can say I've been ashore in Shanghai and Tsing-Tao. . . Made the rounds of the cabarets and did some dancing. Also drank a few. . . Went to the ‘Marine's Café'. . . Lots of Russians here. . . Made the cabarets again. Very pretty. The girls all in native costume. . . The Exec says no more liberty until further notice as a couple of fellows made an ass of themselves in Chefoo . . . Underway at daylight for . . . Hainan just off the French-Indo-China coast to protect the American interests and missionaries. During the 1920s-1930s Hainan was a hotbed of early Communist Chinese activity. This place is held by the rebel army now and the Nationalist are trying to take it over. Some excitement perhaps. . . The battle of Haihow was fought today and the town was taken over by the Nationalists. Very few killed. Not a shot fired in the town." There over 100 loose photos showing shipmates casual and posed images in various uniforms; including a Filipino mess steward and laundryman recreation soccer team and race-boat equator ceremony with Davy Jones Neptunus Rex etc. the bridge running torpedoes an officer's gig and bum boats. About 45 show sailors on liberty in the Bali Borneo Ceylon China French Indo-China Java Philippines Singapore Sumatra Thailand Villafranca Naples and Pompeii. Documents within the archive include Hood's Birth Certificate his 1927 Discharge a Statement of Service from 1938 a post-WWII certificate recognizing his service in the Office of Scientific Research and Development a post-WWII discharge certificate as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts National Guard and a 1992 Certification of Military Service. The ephemera includes membership cards in the Ancient Order of the Deep and Domain of Neptunus Rex a coupon for the Osaka Bazar a drink/dance ticket for the Japanese Bar Tokyo advertisements for a tailor in Shanghai and a silk and curio dealer in Colombo an invitation for a dance aboard the U.S.S. Macleish a Luncheon menu for the Adelphi Hotel in Shanghai and a U.S.S. Pittsburg "Happy Hour" program in honor of Governor Davis. One of the best between-the-wars U.S. Navy scrapbooks we have handled with a desirable accompanying oral history. unknown books
186129113London: T. Nelson & Sons 1861. 8vo. 328 96 pp. <br><br>First edition of these thoughts on Christian faith for children written by a Scottish Presbyterian minister. The volume closes with a section of "Hymns and Melodies for the Young" including both music and lyrics. Title-page in black and red with a gothic frame. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2W25551. Publisher's textured brown cloth front cover with gilt-stamped decorative title spine with plain gilt-stamped title; binding cocked extremities and joints rubbed spine slightly sunned. Exsocial club library: paper shelving label on spine call number on endpapers rubber-stamp on title-page and one other no other markings. Scattered small spots pages mostly clean. T. Nelson & Sons hardcover books
196336566Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. USGS 1963. Wrappers good condition rubber stamp on cover. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
196336567Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. USGS 1963. Wrappers good condition rubber stamp on cover. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
196236632Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. USGS 1962. Wrappers very good condition rubber stamp on cover. Two volumes text and plates. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
2004166011Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 2004. Paperback. VG-. Some soiling on covers smudges and coffee ring otherwise clean and tight. INSCRIBED by author. Pale yellowish wraps with BW and color illustrations blue and green lettering. 48 pp. 55 color and BW figures. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art September 25 2004-January 2 2005. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art paperback books
199224533London: Quartet Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0704327481 . very nice copy just the slight bit of abrasion here and there to edges of text block; minor wrinkling to jacket along top edge. "Published for the first time in English these letters provide an invaluable insight into the literary and psychological development of a major writer who was also an innovative and influential film-maker." Includes are long extracts from his early diaries and some of his first poems. . Quartet Books hardcover books
