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19522294Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Technical Services 1952. First Edition. Near Fine. Near Fine copy in original orange paper wraps with spine lighly sunned. Internally about Fine. Quarto measuring 7.75 x 10 inches and collating 2 41 pages: complete. Rare surviving copy of the first survey of electronic digital computers in the U.S. organized by pioneering mathematician Mina Rees. The only first edition on the market this is a title that has never before sold at auction and is listed by OCLC at only 10 institutions.<br/><br/>In her introduction to the survey Rees notes that "Until recently all commercially available general-purpose digital computers were large and cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Within the past year however a number of manufacturers have smaller more compact usually slower automatic computers for sale at less than one hundred thousand dollars." Because this change opened the door to a wider variety of businesses and firms accessing computers Rees points to the symposium as being timely and necessary. In this space and this historic moment scientists mathematicians manufacturers and government agencies could consider how to continue improving and reducing cost on the machines; and they could consider their wide applicability across fields. Rees herself a luminary who became the first woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is featured in this survey among other notables including Albert Auerbach and Richard E Sprague. The papers include work the MINIAC the Elecom and the Circle Computer. These were the first of their kind as was the symposium itself. Complete with over 20 black and white photos charts and diagrams it is an important and rare piece documenting computers' shift into the necessary and ubiquitous technology they are today.<br/><br/>Origins of Cyberspace 853. Near Fine. [U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services] unknown books
1917233411917. U.S. Navy photo archive documenting the Mexican Patrol mission of USS Rainier a Pacific Fleet auxiliary schoonerduring World War I. This archive documents U.S. naval personnel moved between shipboard duty shore stations and regional exploration in Mexican and California waters. Taken by Lieutenant junior grade Dr. Louis Henry Clerf the ship's medical officer these photographs place a named naval physician inside the working life of a little-documented auxiliary vessel assigned to Division 2 Pacific Fleet and the Mexican Patrol after the Navy acquired and commissioned the former civilian schooner in 1917. Rather than isolating military routine from observational practice the archive shows how officers aboard a small auxiliary ship simultaneously functioned as servicemen medical staff coastal travelers and recorders of local environments and natural science during a period of expanding American naval movement along the Pacific and Baja coastline.<br /> <br /> <br /> Photo archive of 41 silver gelatin photographs with many captions most measure 3.5" x 4.5" aboard USS Rainier and in Pacific coastal locations including San Diego and the Guaymas region circa 1917 to 1919. Several photographs focus on animals aboard ship including dogs kept by the crew birds fish catches and larger game animals associated with hunting and provisioning activities carried out during the patrol. Other images depict sailors handling fish and displaying catches beside the vessel revealing the practical realities of subsistence and food sourcing aboard a small auxiliary ship operating in relatively isolated Pacific waters. Together the photographs document the intersection of military hierarchy environmental encounter maritime labor and animal life aboard a World War I patrol. The images include repeated shipboard views of sailors and officers in white tropical uniforms and darker service dress posed singly and in groups on deck among rigging spars deck fittings railings and a mounted gun firmly establishing the operational setting aboard a naval auxiliary rather than a private voyage. Several photographs show relaxed mess scenes beneath awnings men seated at tables or gathered informally at sea while others picture uniformed personnel beside an automobile ashore and in front of a large urban hotel or institutional building. A large formal group portrait taken before an ornate Spanish colonial church further extends the coastal location. One verso identifies "Duck shooting at Ensenada de Francisco Bay about 20 miles north of Guaymas" while another reads "Hospital. Navy Training camp San Diego" linking the group to both field excursion and medical infrastructure. The captions combined with views of harbor craft shore architecture and regional movement show the same photographic hand operating across military environmental and natural science subjects. There are also many photos of the fishes and animals of the Baha region with captions.<br /> <br /> <br /> USS Rainier built in Portland in 1917 as the civilian schooner Patrol and later renamed Angel entered Navy service as a Pacific auxiliary during World War I. Commissioned at Mare Island on July 30 1917 and assigned to Division 2 Pacific Fleet she served on the Mexican Patrol off Southern California and Baja California placing this archive within the history of continued U.S. naval surveillance and mobility in Mexican waters during World War I rather than in a purely European war frame. The archive is attributable to a trained Navy physician who later went on to a long and prominent civilian medical career Dr. Louis Henry Clerf of Washington state. this archive preserve the operational world of a Navy auxiliary schooner where smaller patrol and support vessels were essential to maritime presence but far less frequently documented than battleships or major transports. Clerf's position as medical officer gives the archive unusual coherence since the photographs join shipboard hierarchy working naval space coastal circulation and natural-history attention within one attributable officer's record of service during the final years of World War I and the Mexican Patrol. Dr. Cliff also seem to have a deep interest in natural sciences and has included many photographs of the fish and animals that could be found at the time in the Baha region. Light surface wear scattered fading and minor edge or corner wear; captions present on some versos with images generally clean and legible. The archive offers an identified record of Mexican Patrol service aboard USS Rainier and of the broader naval presence that connected California Baja California and the Gulf of California during the final years of World War I. unknown
15964890Frankfurt, Palthenius, 1596. 1596 1 vol. in-12° (170 x 98 mm) de : 244 pp. (dont titre avec vignette, préface, erreurs de pagination sans incidence). Ex-libris gravé au dos du premier plat: Rudolph Graf von Abensperg und Traun, K.K. nürcklicher Camerer ; monogramme couronné en haut à droite du titre de la même provenance ; ex-libris manuscrit à l'encre brune barré en bas du titre : "Anton Hiltenbrand". Reliure peinte dépoque de plein vélin avec tranche fils, nerfs traversant les mors, tranches bleues. (Quelques trous de vers).
19443Gouache sur papier, 8 septembre 1959, signée en bas à droite, cachet au dos, 33.5 x 22 cm, sous Marie-Louise.
ORD-19801Paris. (Imprimerie Nationale, ca 1885-1892). 1 volume in-4 (250 x 308 mm) cartonnage dos et coins toile ocre jaune, plats marbrés, gardes satinées. Exemplaire sans page de titre contenant 61 planches, fac-similés de cartes et plans anciens, montés sur onglets soit 6 à double page dont 4 en couleurs, 15 simples en couleurs et 40 en noir et blanc. (Chadenat 4890, seule référence que j'ai pu trouver en donne 67). Dos et coins épidermés, mors intérieur faible, rares rousseurs, planches en excellent état. Ouvrage de toute rareté.
ORD-20149Traduite de l'Espagnol (par Samuel Broë, Seigneur de Citry et de La Guette). Paris. Antoine Dezallier. 1691. Edition originale de la traduction française. In-4 (200 x 252mm) pleine basane brune, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés or, roulettes sur les coupes, tranches rouges, 15ff. (titre, préface, table des chapitres et privilège), 630 pages et 13ff. (table des choses les plus remarquables contenues dans cet ouvrage et errata), bien complet des illustrations, soit 2 cartes à pleines pages et 12 gravures hors texte dont 8 sur double page et 2 panoramiques. Reliure restaurée anciennement, mais mors du 1er plat fendu au dessus du nerf supérieur, néanmoins reliure solide, très bon état intérieur. Exemplaire collationné feuille à feuille. Edition originale de la traduction française. Chadenat, 459. Sabin XXI, 569, Cioranescu XVIIe, 16653.
190756101New York & Brooklyn NY; Boston MA Wilmington CA San Pedro CA Los Angeles CA: Curtis D. Mabry Lambie & Mabry William Gardner John G. Alden et al 1907-1940. 24 cyanotype blueprints diazo blueprints manuscript blueprints on linen oilskin paper some on glassine sized from 11.5 x 12.5 in. up to 27 x 94 in. w/ several sized primarily between 16 x 27.75 in. to 22 x 48 in. nearly all w/ draftsman specifications w/in the image many w/ pencil or grease pencil annotations and/or markings at margins of blueprints or on versos several signed w/in image and separately by Mabry chipping & edgewear to most the largest piece on glassine diazo paper is quite fragile and chipped w/ minor losses many w/ minor closed tears a couple w/ slight fading still VG- grouping. Eighteen “Specifications & Block Lists†most folio. 11 x 13 in. some typescript others mimeographed and several blueprint w/ nearly all clasped at upper margin: C 14 leaves; 42 leaves; E 38 leaves; 14 1 leaves; 2 8 leaves; 15 leaves unnumbered. - 2 copies; 5 leaves unnumbered.; 5 leaves unnumbered.; 7 2 leaves; 6 leaves unnumbered.; 5 1 leaves; 2 25 4 leaves -- 2 copies; 2 8 leaves; 8 leaves; 10 leaves; 5 leaves nearly all stapled to backing paper as issued. File folder containing over 50 offprint clippings for sail plans newspaper clippings 4 TLS & ALS 2 on letterhead 1 5 x 7 in. photo of Mabry and more. These extraordinary sail plans designs specifications and clippings trace the career arc of a marine architect career with some of the most significant yacht and ship designers in New York and Boston and Southern California. Mabry 1882-1949 launched his career with the storied Gardner & Cox Naval Architects of New York later William Gardner as chief draftsman and later inspector for the firm. He was responsible for designing the earliest version of the Star Class keelboat which produced a large chunk of the top U.S. sailors for years and served as pipeline for training America’s Cup Racers as one of the older one-design classes. His initial design made its regatta debut on Long Island in the Spring of 1907 which was then adapted by storied designer Francis Sweisguth who adapted the size of the hull and sail plan. This archive includes the blueprint Hull Body Plan Lines and Sail Plan for the Cyric a Class “S†32 foot sloop built for Eldon H. Trimingham which raced for the LIpton Cup on Gravesend Bay and later carried the Trimingham colours until the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club brought in a fleet of seven one-design sloops in 1925. It later raced in the 1930 International Yacht Races. Also included are the Block List Body Plan and Lines for Hull No. 254 by Gardner which was a 46 foot Class “S†finished in 1912 originally for Seward Prosser who also owned the yacht Constance. Of additional significance are the Hull Plans and Specifications for the Larchmont “O†Class sloops built in 1917 with six sister ships -- Georgia Varuna Nimbus Grey Dawn Maisie and Betty with all except for the Varuna fitted with Gaff rigs. The Varuna fitted with a groundbreaking Marconi Rig proved to be the fastest design at the close of World War I. The tragic Sea Call one of yachting’s greatest schooners as well as one of its greatest lost opportunities is well represented here including the Main Mast Head Mizzen Mast Head Sail Plan designs together with the typescript Block List. In the design Gardner specified a combination of vanadium steel and monel metal which resulted in violent electrolysis and within three weeks of her first sea trial the decision was made to scrap her. She was designed to hold 10-12 guests with a private owner’s deckhouse. During World War I subsequent to working on the Larchmont “O†Class for Gardner Mabry contracted with J.F. Duthne & Co. in Seattle as chief draftsman and after the War set up in Los Angeles as a Naval Architect. While working for the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. he drafted the designs and plans for the Steamers “Yale†& “Harvard†which had originally served as coastal steamers for the Admiral Line with the Pacific Steamship Co. and taken into Government Service during World War I and then purchased and rebuilt by Harry & Ralph Chandler forming the LS Steamship Co. and operating subsequently as popular steamships on the Pacific Coast. SS Yale was later scrapped in 1949. Included with this archive is a manuscript Hull Design signed by Mabry. In 1925 he also designs the plan for a Los Angeles Fireboat with manuscript plan and Mabry’s signature included here dated June 13 1925. He then contracts with the famed yacht designer John G. Alden in Boston. Specifications for No. 274 the Waterline Auxiliary Ketch “Danai†which was designed and built in 1926 built by Kenneth McAlpine of Shelbourne N.S. Canada and was later renamed Wawa Valdora Nira and Polaris. Of significance is the specifications for Hull No. 435 “Puritan†designed by Mabry and commissioned by Edward Brown and built as a 126 foot gaff-rigged schooner. The Yacht still serves as a charter vessel with the Classic Yacht Experience after extended refit in 2015. Sometime between 1929 and 1930 Mabry partners with noted Southern California Naval Architect William Lambie and their partnership would last about two years. The pair would design many power yacht designs including a fast 88 foot cruiser a 55 foot schooner a cruiser for N. Paul Whittier of Hollywood CA and 110 foot steel auxiliary schooner for H. Wilhelm Rohl who also owned at the time the famed Te Vega yacht. They may be best remembered for designing the glass bottomed “Phoenix†the popular sightseeing side-wheeler paddle boat for tourists sightseeing over the undersea gardens of Santa Catalina Island. Lambie 1886-1963 was a Scottish-American Southern California naval architect who had worked with Southwestern Shipbuilding then with the Seacraft Corporation and well known as the designer of the popular Lambie propellers whose efficiency was first recognized when installed on the SS Catalina. The letters included in this archive reflect the impact of the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash on shipbuilding with the owner of the Philadelphia based Tunnel & Mine Machinery Co. lamenting that “It has been pretty stringent this year but some of my things are showing signs of coming back . . . which may enable me to complete Sapphire Seas.†While the letter sent by Lambie to W.F. McMahon in Riverside California explaining how he unwittingly may have offended Mabry his former partner as well as Mr. McMahon over the proposed design and build of a yacht in 1932. Mabry would remain in Los Angeles until the mid-1930s before moving again to the East Coast to work for the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. in Philadelphia and then later the EB Company in New London CT. Worldcat lists no copies or examples of designs by Curtis Darling Mabry or for the firm Lambie & Mabrie; See: The Big White Steamer The Branding Iron Los Angeles Westerners Corral No. 101 1971 pp. 5-7; Martin Cox Los Angeles Steamship Company 2010; Francis Sweisguth William Gardner Yacht Designer; John Valois The Centennial History of the Woods Hole Yacht Club 1996. Curtis D. Mabry, Lambie & Mabry, William Gardner, John G. Alden, et al, unknown
201641030МоÑква Moscow: AрабеÑка" Arabesque 2016. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/250. Folio 17 x 13". 2 leaves Title and Introductory text; 60 leaves Plates 1 leaf Color map of the Moscow subway 1 leaf List of Contents as issued Volume 1 WITH 2 leaves Title and Introductory text; 60 leaves Plates 1 leaf Folded color map of the Moscow subway 1 leaf List of Contents as issued Volume 2. Original grey cloth portfolio with blind-stamped lettering to spine and title laid on each front cover. Each title page in grey lettering.<br /> <br /> Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Moscow subway this two-volume set is a splendid photographic journey through the Russian capital's gorgeous underground. Indeed the Moscow subway was one of the Soviet Union's most revolutionary architectural projects with stations constructed as luxurious "palaces for the people" with its chandeliers reflective marble walls intricate mosaics high ceilings and heroic statues all of which creating an opulent space that was accessible for the city's workers. <br /> <br /> The first designs for Moscow's subway were submitted to city officials under the reign of Czar Nicholas II in 1902. Moscow wanted to rival earlier systems in London Paris and Berlin but the Russian city's plans were repeatedly postponed due to the uprising of 1905 WWI 1914-1918 and the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. Metro plans were finally approved by Joseph Stalin in 1931 and construction work began two years later under the supervision of Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich. The Moscow metro finally opened on May 15 1935. <br /> <br /> Of the 120 plates contained in this work 60 per portfolio 104 are b/w photographic reproductions showing subway operators at work people waiting for their train passengers boarding and onboard trains as well as outside and inside views of the Russian capital's subway infrastructure. Some photographs depict bas-reliefs friezes marble and bronze statues. 16 plates are color illustrations of various stations. All the photographs were taken between 1935 and 1940 by some of the best Russian photographers of the period. <br /> <br /> The captioned photographic reproductions and color illustrations are tipped-in onto a 17 x 13" white cardstock with image size varying from 12 1/4 x 9 1/4" to 7 1/4 x 9 1/4". <br /> <br /> Text and captions in Russian. Both portfolios and interior in overall very good condition. Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich 1893-1991 was a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin. In the 1930s Kaganovich along with project managers Ivan Kuznetsov and later Isaac Segal organized and contributed greatly to the building of the first Soviet underground rapid-transport system the Moscow Metro known as "Метро им. Л. Ðœ. Кагановича" Metropoliten imeni L.M. Kaganovicha after him. AрабеÑка" (Arabesque) hardcover
2011C102364Edizioni Dei Soncino. As New. 2011. Hardcover. 889049025X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- Text in Italian. 348 pages; illustrated in color and in black and white. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogo Ragionato Catalogo delle Opere L'Opera Completa Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Edizioni Dei Soncino hardcover
1988C94121Neri Pozza Editore. As New. 1988. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- Text in Italian. 314 pages; 199 illustrations in black and white; 8 in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogo Ragionato Catalogo delle Opere L'Opera Completa Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Neri Pozza Editore paperback
107814This very small and relatively unknown unit formed in February 1915 was diverted to Gallipoli and put under the control of the British Army. On 7 August during the August Offensive the Bridging Train went ashore at Suvla Bay and built a number of essential piers. The unit remained at Gallipoli until the final evacuation on 18 December; it was based in Egypt throughout 1916 before being disbanded in early 1917. WO Shalless joined the 4th Pioneer Battalion in March 1916. These 54 images 47 of them captioned in detail some printed ephemera and a hand-made Xmas card from 'My Dug Out Suvla Bay Gallipoli 17-11-15' sent home to his wife and son are a very rare record of the activities of the 1st RANBT. <p>The bulk of the images are presented on 33 contemporary postcard-format prints on stiff card stock the other three are slightly smaller prints on thinner stock; 18 of the prints each contain images of two original snapshots. From Gallipoli there are 11 single prints and one double print and all 13 images captioned; from Egypt and voyage over there are seven single prints and 17 double prints 34 of the 41 images are captioned. unknown
2000C94054Gallimard. As New. 2000. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 430 pages; over 600 illustrations including a number in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Gallimard hardcover
1955009647Paris (Gretry Wols) 1955 En feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée bleue éditeur.
175614817Frères Duplain Lyon 1756 1 vol. In-4 de 2 ff.n.ch. XVI 185 pp. XIV (table) 1 f.n.ch., veau marbré de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats armoriés, tranches rouges.
600465Marc Michel Rey Amsterdam 1766 Voyages et Découvertes Faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Océan Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique. On y a joint L'Histoire du Fleuve Amur Et des pays adjacens, depuis le conquête des Russes avec la Nouvelle Carte qui présente ces Découvertes & le cours de l'Amur, dressée sur des mémoires authentiques, publiée ar l'Académie des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, & corrigée en dernier lieu. Ouvrages traduits de l'Allemand de Mr. G. P. MULLER, par C. G. F. DUMAS.2 volumes in-12 ( 170 X 100 mm ) de X-( 1 f.n.c. )-388 pages et IV-207 pages-( 12 ff.n.c. de table et catalogue ), plein veau havane, dos lisses ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin grenat, tranches jaspées ( Reliures de lépoque ). EDITION ORIGINALE française bien complète de sa grande carte dépliante in-fine des découvertes qui détaille, entre autres, le bassin de l'Ob et confirme l'existence jusqu'alors contestée du passage maritime entre l'Asie et l'Amérique et qui porte aujourd'hui le nom de "Détroit de Bering". BEL EXEMPLAIRE de cet ouvrage fondamental, "indispensable à lhistoire de la Découverte et de lexploration dans le Pacifique Nord" ( Sabin ).
23241Paris, Rollin Fils, 1741. Sept volumes in-folio. Un frontispice (« Tableau des principales religions du monde »), daté de 1727, 227 planches, ainsi qu'un fleuron allégorique sur le titre, 96 vignettes et 31 culs-de-lampe, le tout gravé en taille-douce par Picart et Du Bourg. Bon état de fraicheur intérieure malgré de rares rousseurs, le feuillet de titre du T.I tâché, petite mouillure angulaire à quelques feuillets du T.III, manque angulaire à quelques feuillets du T.V sans perte de texte. Une planche reliée à l'envers au T.I. Plein veau marbré, dos à nerfs richement orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin havane, triple filets doré d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches marbrées. Reliure de l'époque, usagée (coiffes et coins usés, des mors fendus, éraflures et épidermures aux plats).
ORD-18969Paris. Engelmann. 1823. 1832. Album in-f°(305 x 472 mm) dos lisse chagrin vert à grains fins, titré Vues sur la Suisse et orné d'un magnifique décor rocaillle, plats toile granitée, gardes marbrées, contenant la totalité des 112 planches, sans titre, ni texte. 5 à 6 planches très affectées par des rousseurs, qq. rousseurs marginales ou cantonnées aux serpentes, 3 planches très légèrement mitées en bord de feuillle sans atteinte aux gravures. Très bel exemplaire dans sa reliure d'époque.
194616398Washington D.C.: United States Hydrographic Office 1946. Arctic Ice Atlas Large folio 625 by 640mm index chart as front pastedown title preface signed by George S. Bryan Rear Admiral 86 full and half-page chromolithographed maps and charts divisional titles tables bibliography; original ring-bound pictorial blind-stamped black cloth binding gilt title. Arctic exploration reached new heights in the early twentieth century with the first successful expedition to the North Pole. Throughout the following decades countries started to claim territorial rights in the Artic for economic industrial and above all military reasons. In the Second World War the Arctic region became a key supply route for then-allies the United States and the USSR. Naturally its strategic importance only increased during the Cold War. In 1946 the US Navy published an atlas of the northern hemisphere documenting the extent of and changes to the ice formation across the Arctic. Coloured monthly maps for each principal region track seasonal changes and show permanent features. In the Arctic sea ice peaks in the early spring after the long cold winter with the most ice typically seen in March. The ice packs then partially melt and break up over the summer with September usually having the least sea ice. The majority of the maps are accompanied by scales and coloured keys to indicate different types of ice. They also show large swathes of the northern lands in the Northern Hemisphere where toponyms and significant geographical features are identified. The altas also includes statistical tables introductory notes and an extensive bibliography and reference list at the end. United States Hydrographic Office, hardcover
19140009024HMS FOX HMS PROSERPINE RED SEA INDIA EAST INDIES. Good. 1914. On offer is a detailed and eclectic book made by John Ring a Royal Marine Number 1520 during World War 1 on the H.M.S. Fox and H.M.S. Proserpine. The book contains journal entries of Rings time on the H.M.S. Fox in active duty and experiencing naval warfare. His entries are presented in a fairly matter-of-fact way with few sentence breaks. For example: H.M.S. Fox 9th June 1915. Join H.M.S. Fox at Ismailia on the 9th and stayed at at Ismailia from June 9th until the 1st of August and went from thier to the Great Bitter Lake and remained their until August 20th and then sailed for Suez and arrived in Suez on Aug 22nd and stayed their until Aug 31st and then left Suez for the Great Bitter Lake and remained their for a week and while we were their we captured two Turkish mines and kept them on board our ship for a night or two and about two mornings afterwards Sept 4 we towed them 4 Hundread miles from the Ship and about one hour after The Signal was made from our ship to press the Button and about two days later we found another Turkish mines and also did the same to that. For the rest of 1915 Ring is one the Fox as it patrols the area Suez Canal area from the canal to Port Said. From the Fox Ring moves to the H.M.S. Proserpine. On the Proserpine Ring does much of the same as he did on the Fox patrolling the Suez Canal rescuing ships that have run aground and occasionally coming into combat: The natives fired back to us and in their firing about the fourth round it was reported that the gunner was blown over and killed and another man had his arm blown off. The ship stays on the Shatt-al-Arab River for 4 months than leaves for India first docking at Bombay and then moving on to Colombo. While we were at Colombo we went to the Royal Naval Camp at Diyatalawa Ceylon and their are some interesting places to go at Ceylon about 200 years from the camp were were at was the Camp while the Boer War was on they sent the prisoners to Ceylon and another place was Little England. After this last diary entry the book takes on a less narrative identity. The rest of the journal consists of page after page of incredibly interesting and comprehensive lists of things concerning military casualties and other matters. The lists contain headings such as Norwegian Ships Sunk Enemys Lost Airships British Steamers Torpedoed and Sunk British Ships Sunk by German Raiders Soldiers Deaths in Quelling Rebellion concerning the 1916 Irish Rebellion commonly referred to as Easter Rising These are Marine Officers lost in the Battle he does not write it but he is referring to the Battle of Heligoland Bight the first naval battle of WW1 H.M.S. Ships Lost and Sunk in the Great War and many other lists of naval ships lost in the war usually containing the name of the ship the size in tonnage the date commissioned and/or destroyed and occasionally the crew size type of guns used and/or the name of the Captain. There are long lists of ships sunk from almost all the Allied Power countries. There are also news stories about the hanging of Sir Roger Casement the sinking of the Dreadnought Leonardo Da Vinci the H.M.S. King George VII and other stories related to the war copied down probably word for word from a newspaper. Though Ring was born in Essex the stories of Sir Roger Casement and the entry about the deaths in the Irish rebellion make it seem that Ring might have had some Irish sympathies or was possibly just interested in the Rebellion as a military matter. There are also about two dozen loose pieces of ephemera include with the book dealing with John Rings entire life and career the earliest dated 1896 and the latest 1955. Included are: A Naval Marriage Certificate of John Ring to Margaret Carr from 1920 on board the H.M.S. Hercules; 2 certificates of service detailing Rings entire military career from 1905-1932 with the earlier certificate showing a complete list of the ships Ring served on from 1905 to 1924 both certificates contain much personal information including Date and Location of Birth Religion Next of Kin and physical characteristics; many newspaper clippings concerning WW1 and WW2 with quite a few political cartoons as well. The book is in very good condition without any noticeable signs of wear and tear. For an unknown reason the cover reads O.R. Wace H.M.S. Swiftsure East Indies. Rings service record has no record of him stationed on the Swiftsure. The handwriting is clean and easy to read. It is 84 pages in length.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN RING ROYAL MARINE MARINE NUMBER 1520 H.M.S FOX H.M.S. PROSERPINE RED SEA PATROL MINE PATROL BRITISH EAST INDIES ENGLISH INFLUENCE IN THE ORIENT GREAT BITTER LAKE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY PELORUS CLASS CRUISER ASTREA CLASS SUEZ CANAL PORT SAID EGYPT COLOMBO ROYAL NAVY CAMP AT DIYATALAWA CEYLON BOER WAR PRISON LITTLE ENGLAND FACTS AND FIGURES OF WW1 ROYAL NAVY IN FIRST WORLD WAR NAVAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE BRITISH CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN BOTH WORLD WARS CAREER ROYAL NAVY MARINES BRITISH MARINES 20TH CENTURY WARFARE 1916 IRISH REBELLION EASTER RISING BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
MA07D-02576United States Government Printing Office. Collectible - Good. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1941. 1st edition. 16mo. v142pp. Near Very Good book. Pencil notation on front cover: "Void / Do Not Use." Minor shelfwear. submarine chasers specifications ordnance and ordnance stores Inquire if you need further information. United States Government Printing Office unknown
18115679Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1811. 1811 1 vol in-4° (297 x 225 mm) de : 96 pp. (dont titre) ; 32 planches dépliantes numérotées de I à XXXII; 2 grandes cartes dépliantes numérotées 19 et 20 (quelques rousseurs). Cartonnage d'origine recouvert de papier à la colle bleu-vert, dos muet.
17814456A Brest, Chez R. Malassis ; A Paris, Chez Durand, Chez Jombert, 1781. 1781 1 vol. in-4° (254 x 195 mm) de : xxv pp. ; [3] pp. (privilége, avertissement du traducteur, table) ; 219, [1] pp. ; 20 planches dépliantes + 40 ff. manuscrits en anglais à l'encre insérés au début et à la fin du texte, avec shémas, intitulées " Carlsunds elucidation of Chapmas, Parabolic System". Pleine basane racinée d'époque, dos lisse orné, titre de maroquin rouge. (Défauts d'usage, mors discrétement restaurés, petite découpe en marge supérieure du titre et ff. suivant, corps d'ouvrage frais).
21157Se vend à Paris chez le sieur Le Gouax, graveur rue des Noyers, s.d. (1774). Grand in-folio , feuillets montés sur onglets : portrait de Duguay-Trouin dans un cadre ovale en premier tirage non signé, 15 planches dont deux titres & 2 cartes doubles dont la baie de Rio, 12 pages de texte relatant la vie et les exploits de Duguay-Trouin, un feuillet de termes de marine. Intérieur frais, grand de marge (marg 432 x 316 mm). 2 petites déchirures restaurées en marge des 2 premiers feuillets. Basane blonde, dos lisse orné, filet et roulette dorés d'encadrement sur les plats. Reliure vers 1900. (petite et habile restauration à un mors).
D66Reliure en demi-basane d'époque, dos à faux-nerfs forés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge. Légers frottements. Ouvrage comprenant vingt planches hors texte dépliantes (certaines en débordant un peu de la tranche du volume peuvent avoir leur marge imparfaite), "Publié avec quelques notes & additions pour en rendre la lecture indépendante du grand Ouvrage en Planches du même Auteur, Architectura, &c. mentionné ci-dessus. Par M. Vial du Clairbois, sous-Ingénieur-Constructeur, & de l'Académie Royale de Marine." Édition française, traduite du suédois par Pierre-Charles Lemonnier, de l'un des plus célèbres traités d'architecture navale du XVIIIe siècle, paru à Stockholm (Holmiae) en 1768. Livre en parfait état
19190001994ABOARD HMS TEMERAIRE HAIFA CONSTANTINOPLE ISTANBUL 1919. On offer is a super historically significant modest archive of seven 7 original manuscript letters dated Haifa Constantinople Istanbul January 19th 1919 through March 23rd 1919 handwritten by an officer of Royal Navy named Hal aboard the HMS Temeraire of the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet. Hal writes 32 full pages of fascinating content as the British Navy continued its new role post World War I of settling the Middle East. His narrative features an overland journey to Haifa a description of Acre in Israel description and commentary on the tenuous relations and allied efforts between Russians Turks Germans the English and the French in the aftermath of the Great War together with firsthand commentary on naval involvement movement of ships and much more. HMS Temeraire cruised the Black Sea navigated the Bosporus Straits to the Mediterranean during this three month period. Hal twice mentions Colonel Keyes the renowned Admiral who was involved in the Boxer Rebellion and heavily involved in the organisation of the Dardanelles Campaign of World War I. Of particular interest are his writings of the HMS Temeraire's role ferrying the famed General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby who was associated with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign from Palestine to Turkey. Here are some snippets of this fascinating significant archive: "We are now on our way to Haifa in Palestine to fetch Allenby & take him to Constantinople We left Sebastopol on Wednesday arrived at Constantinople on Thursday left on Friday & get to Haifa tomorrow afternoon. He is going on well but will probably take some time to get quite well. In the meantime Brookfield has put on a fourth stripe & is thoroughly enjoying himself as acting captain. He is very unfussy and quite undisturbed at any close work on the bridge which is very pleasant. Old Underbill used to get very nervous & consequently troublesome. Next day I went to a big lunch party at the local Minister for Foreign Affairs. There were six of us from the ship about an equal number of French officers from each of the two French ships several French soldiers & a balance of Russians. Some of the older Russ were the funniest looking old things in weird old uniforms if about Crimean War date. They the men not the uniforms looked very moth-eaten & dusty a little like wax works as if they had stood undusted in a museum for 50 years. The host was a funny little jew - his wife was a pleasant stoutish party 45-50 possibly a lady & talked French quite passibly. The lunch itself was amusing otherwise I was bored stiff. Quite an interesting day yesterday. It started by the commander going sick which left me practically Rear Admiral of the Black Sea. I was just getting interested in the job & had already given a destroyer her orders for a fortnight's cruise and interviewed a bunch of Russian trade pots who are bent on opening up trade with England from here & probably still more intent on making 500 per cent on the deal when the commander recovered & took the job over about lunch time. Last night three soldiers officers arrived in a destroyer from - two English & a Russian. I heard that one of them was a Col. Keyes he seems to have taken great pains to be wherever there was most fighting. He was with the Romanians in their big scrap with Croutie at Petrograd just before he was done in: at Moscow the only Englishman there I Believe. He was arrested several times and after escaping generally returned with forged passports to look for more trouble. They seem to think a lot of him both the Russians & his own lot.we left here on 4th with Allenby & his staff consisting of four generals & half a dozen other officers. I will send you some photos in due course He is a big man about 6ft 2 I should think & only looks 45 though he is 57. His staff seems to think a lot of him & say that he did the big battle entirely on his own against the advice of all of them & of course it was the big success of the war. We arrived at Constantinople on 7th left again with Allenby on 8th and got here on 11th. That night it blew a gale & made landing impossible next day - fortunately we got the General & staff landed first. We are now staying here until Monday 17th when we return to Constantinople. It is rather an attractive spot to look at. It is by Mt. Carmel 10 miles south east of Acre and 20 miles east of Nazareth Brookfield is still "captain" & thoroughly enjoys himself & liked having all the generals to entertain en route. He & I and the Fleet surgeon dined with the General last night. He & his staff are most pleasant & it was quite enjoyable. On Thursday evening about 9pm our cable parted & we shot down the Bosphorus at about four miles an hour. We got another anchor down & pulled up just short of the Sultan's harem. Only a few hundred yards more & the old Temeraire would have found herself in the main dormitory> The skipper in fact had just asked me the Turkish for "Don't be alarmed ladies the Sultan has just appointed me Lord of the Bedchamber" - the only excuse he could think of when the anchor held. But next day he thought it advisable to clear out as our cables are rather old for these games. So we spent the day at Haidas Pasha just outside the Bosphorus & camp on here yesterday. It is a nice country spot." Overall VG. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
