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199676114Centre. New. 1996. Paperback. 1853321559 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. With 58 ills. 21 col. . 21 x 15 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Centre paperback
201087238The MIT Press. New. 2010. Hardcover. 0262232626 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 328 pages with a number of black and white illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . The MIT Press hardcover
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191045345N. P.: Privately photographed n. d. ca 1910-1920. 1910-1920. WORLD WAR I. First edition. 8vo. 9 1/2" x 8 1/4" cloth bound binder with title stamped in gilt on the front cover 128 leaves. Album of over 250 original RPPCs and photos relating primarily to the United States Navy circa 1910s - 1920s. Includes 75 photographs of Navy ships and 42 views of sailor training and activities at Yerba Buena California including a scarce grouping of men doing physical exercises and drills. Most of the images are postcard size. The naval ship photographs include the U.S.S. Oregon Milwaukee Maryland Hull Cheyenne Yorktown Annapolis New Orleans Missouri Ohio Louisiana Iowa Wisconsin Virginia New Hampshire Connecticut Vermont Kansas Illinois New York Pennsylvania Texas Arkansas S. Carolina North Dakota Utah Delaware Florida Wyoming Michigan and the Pittsburgh. The photographs of the naval ship are quite remarkable. Other images include photographs of crew members field training drills ship launching on-deck activity ship mascots various ports manning a machine gun and family and friends. Nice predominantly pre-WWI era naval photograph album. Most of the photographs are in near fine to fine condition. Privately photographed, n. d. (ca 1910-1920). hardcover
1719139784Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1719 2 tomes en un volume in-4, veau granité, dos orné, tranches jaspées Reliure de l'époque 2 ff., 81 pp.; 1 titre, 94, 2, 24, 12 pp. Dos refait caissons d'origine réappliqués, gardes renouvelées, discrètes réparations en marge et au verso de quelques planches, rousseurs et taches éparses. Sans la page de titre de la seconde partie du premier tome. Première édition française, rare, d'un ouvrage néerlandais publié par Carel Allard sous le titre “Algemeene en verbeterde hollantsche Scheepsbouw.” Le premier tome traite de la construction des navires de guerre ; il est divisé deux parties. Le second tome possède une page de titre propre datée de 1718 ; il a pour titre Les Pavillons ou bannières que la plupart des nations arborent en mer. L'illustration comprend 34 figures dans le texte et 21 planches hors texte de navires, parfois dépliantes, dans le premier tome et 90 planches de pavillons comprises dans la pagination dans le second tome. Bien plus qu'une simple traduction, l'ouvrage opère une synthèse des traités de construction bataves. Il rend compte des progrès notables concernant le gréement et la coque. La flûte, spécialité hollandaise que les autres nations furent bien en peine d'imiter, y est traitée en détail. Au XVIIe siècle, les chantiers navals des Provinces-Unies connurent une renommée mondiale. Chadenat, n 4: « Ouvrage de la plus grande rareté ». Le bibliographe fait état de 22 planches hors-texte de vaisseaux. Nous n’en trouvons que 21, conformement aux descriptions.
1354<p><strong>The Pantheon of the Silver Age - a complete set.</strong></p><p><strong>Scarce complete set of all five issues of this important almanac which printed often for the first time the works of censored Russian authors.</strong> As a result it includes most of the best Russian authors and poets of the 20th century.<br />Contents include especially:<br />- Vol. I: Akhmatova Poema bez geroia Poem Without a Hero: <strong>the first publication of Akhmatova's major work</strong><br />- Vol. II: 57 poems by Mandelshtam and Nabokov Two poems<br />- Vol. III: Akhmatova Nas chetvero 'Us Four' dedicated to Tsvetaeva Mandelshtam Tri epigrammy; Four novellas by Babel - Vol. IV: Pasternak notes for the fantasy 'Poema o blizhnem'; Akhmatova essay on Mandelshtam; Brodsky Poems Mandelshtam Poems; with portraits plates of Pasternak Akhmatova Vsevolod Meyerhold; Stenograph from the first trial of Iosif Brodsky<br />- Vol. V: Tsvetaeva Perekop Posmertny Podarok Autobiography; Brodsky Poems; Nabokov poems.</p><p><br />Provenance<br />Robert Eden Martin b. 1940; American lawyer and noted collector of Russian British and American literature works.</p><p><br />Description<br />Five volumes 8vo. complete with portrait plates.<br />Binding<br />All volumes in original wrappers.<br />Condition<br />Wrappers a bit stained spine of vol. 3 sunned and rubbed; all volumes with clean pages. ref: 1354</p> New York, 1960-67
193592138HBo.O., o.V., o.J. (um 1935). Typoskriptdruck, 76 Bll., (O.-)Kart., 29,5 x 20,5 cm.
In-4 p. (mm. 290x210), 3 parti in 1 volume, mz. pelle coeva con ang. (piccole manc., piatti abrasi), dorso a cordoni con fregi e titolo oro su due tasselli; tre frontespizi, ciascuno con bella vignetta incisa che raffigura “l’allegoria del Tempo seduto su un prato con una clessidra in mano, e due putti, uno dei quali sorregge un libro su cui l’altro è intento a scrivere”. Il volume contiene una bellissima e importante raccolta, "completa di 175 tavole" incise in rame (sotto la direzione di Scattaglia), in chiaro-scuro o al tratto, e così composte: 156 (con numero arabo) + 16 (con numero romano) + 3 bis (ai nn. 83, 116, 156), di cui: 88 a una pagina, 73 a doppia pagina, 12 triple, 1 quadrupla (la n. 115), 1 più e più volte ripieg. (la n. 82 di mm. 430x650), con tutti i soggetti dedicati alla “Marina”. Sono vascelli, galere, piccoli bastimenti (anche in pianta e in sezione), loro costruzioni, armature, alberature, attrezzature, corderie, velature, stendardi, ecc. Il primo volume, parte prima, contiene 72 tavole con 553 figure; la parte seconda arriva fino alla tavola 122 e alla figura 1001; la terza e ultima parte fino alla tavola 156 e alla figura 1280. Seguono altre 16 tavole - in numero romano - con 230 immagini, per un totale di 1510 interessantissime figure che costituiscono la parte iconografica dell’opera in 3 voll. sulla “Marine”, dell’"Encyclopédie Méthodique". Come si legge al verso del frontespizio (dopo l’indicazione delle tavole) “la réduction & l'exécution de toutes les planches ont été faite avec soin & justesse dans leurs dimensions très difficiles, particulièrement le grand vaisseau, planche 115; ainsi que tous ceux qui ont été tirés d'après le grand ouvrage de l'"Architectura Navalis Mercatoria", composé par le célèbre Chapman, l'un des premiers Officiers de la Marine de Suède". Frutto della seconda generazione di enciclopedisti del XVIII secolo, l'"Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Société de gens de lettres, de savans et d’artistes, etc." fu concepita dall'editore Panckoucke che la pubblicò a Parigi fra il 1782 e il 1832 ed è considerata "la collection la plus vaste qu'ait jamais produite la librairie francaise et celle d'aucun pays" (come cita il Brunet,II,973). Anche questa, come l’Encyclopédie di Diderot /D’Alembert, venne pubblicata in Italia. Nove tavole iniziali con piccoli fori di tarlo nella parte superiore, altrimenti fresco esemplare ben conservato.
ORD-16352Sans indication de lieu ni de date [Genève. Pellet. 1780]. In-4 (183 x 261mm) dos lisse maroquin rouge orné de filets et d'un semis d'étoiles or, plats veau raciné à double encadrement de filets or, gardes marbrées, bien complet des 23 tableaux et des 50 cartes dressées par Bonne, la plupart dépliants. Menus défauts mais bon exemplaire.
17674863A Paris, Chez Delatour, rue Saint-Jacques, à S. Thomas d'Aquin, 1767. 1767 1 vol. fort in-4° (267 x 218 mm.) de : XXXII (faux titre, titre, préface, table des chapitres et des articles) ; 556 pp. ; 27 planches dépliantes. Culs-de-lampe. Plein veau marbré dépoque, dos à nerf orné, titre en partie effacé, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches jaspées rouges. (Défauts dusage, tâches à langle supérieur des feuillets 365 à 376).
In-4, pp. (2), XL, 464, leg. coeva m. pelle, tit. oro su tassello e fregi al dorso. Illustrato da 14 figure incise in testa ai capitoli e da 7 tavole ripiegate f.t. incise all'acquaforte, di grande interesse tecnico per l'industria della fabbricazione delle corde o cime indispensabili per le manovre della nave (dalla pianta da cui si estrae la fibra, alla filatura e torcitura, ai macchinari e procedimenti di lavorazione della canapa sino al prodotto finito). Prima edizione del trattato scientifico e tecnico fondamentale per la corderia, dovuto all'illustre naturalista e scienziato Duhamel Du Monceau, autore di altre opere di tecnica marinara. Rara, impressa con gran cura.. Polak, 2858..
19302045Ambroise Vollard, Paris 1930. Fort in-4 (330 x 255 mm) en feuilles sous couverture papier japon impérial illustrée d'une gravure à pleine page, chemise et étui de papier vélin. 94 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES DE RAOUL DUFY dont une à pleine page pour la couverture et 16 en hors-texte. Table des gravures entièrement gravée. 1 des 245 exemplaires numérotés sur grand vélin d'Arches (n° 279). EXEMPLAIRE DANS SA CONDITION D'ORIGINE. "Un hymne au port de Marseille et à la mer". Une réussite majeure de l'artiste et de l'éditeur Ambroise Vollard. -- ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: Ambroise Vollard, Paris 1930. Fort in-4 (330 x 255 mm) in loose sheets under Japanese imperial paper cover illustrated with a full-page engraving, folder and vellum/parchment slipcase. 94 ORIGINAL ETHINGS BY RAOUL DUFY including one full-page for the cover and 16 inset. Table of engravings entirely engraved. 1 of 245 numbered copies on large Arches vellum (no. 279). EXEMPLARY IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION. "A hymn to the port of Marseille and to the sea". A major achievement by artist and publisher Ambroise Vollard.
ORD-14610Nouvelle édition soigneusement corrigée & augmentée de quelques notes. Neuchâtel. Société Typographique. 1772. 1773. 6 volumes in-12 (102 x 168mm) pleine basane racinée, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de caissons, pièces de titre maroquin rouge, de tomaisons maroquin brun, gardes marbrées, tranches rouges, 556, 444, 502, 468, 431 et 448 pages. Etiquette de P. Gauvry libraire à Bordeaux. Coiffes lgt arasées, petits défauts d'usage aux reliures sinon beaux exemplaires. Manque le tome VII comme souvent. Rare.
1868182321868 1 1868, in-8, manuscrit illustré de dessins à la plume, reliure percaline ornée de filets dorés, pièce de titre or chagrin noir, 32 pages de texte, 6 pages dessinées, 6 pages de coupures de presse.
1943215061943. African American MilitaryWWII African American U.S. Navy sailors photographic archive 1943-1946 documenting Black naval service during World War II and the immediate postwar demobilization period capturing lived experience within a still-segregated military structure. Produced during a pivotal era when the Navy began to expand African American participation beyond steward and mess attendant roles the photographs reflect the evolving challenges and opportunities faced by Black servicemen in wartime. A dated postcard image from March 21 1943 anchors the collection to the height of the war when the Navy was under mounting pressure from civil rights advocates to expand enlistment for Black servicemen.<br /> Archive consists of 19 original silver gelatin photographs including 16 black and white prints measuring approximately 3 x 4 inches to 5 x 7 inches along with a postcard photograph dated March 21 1943. The images depict Black sailors in U.S. Navy service uniforms identifiable by white "Dixie cup" hats dark jumper tops and neckerchiefs. Several photographs show sailors gathered outside a Ship's Service facility a recreational and supply center on naval installations suggesting moments of rest or liberty. Group portraits emphasize camaraderie including one image of four sailors standing closely with arms around one another. Additional photographs document crowded military transport ships with servicemen lining railings and lifeboat stations. One image captures a transport vessel entering San Francisco Bay with the Bay Bridge visible in the background strongly suggesting return to a principal West Coast demobilization port. Such scenes are consistent with large-scale troop returns at the close of the Pacific War when thousands of servicemen were processed through West Coast ports following overseas deployment.<br /> <br /> During World War II the Navy maintained formal segregation policies initially restricting Black sailors to service roles before gradually permitting broader enlistment classifications beginning in 1942. The photographs capture this transitional moment: some images depict exclusively Black groups while others suggest more integrated spaces reflecting incremental institutional change that would culminate in President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948 mandating desegregation of the armed forces. The archive preserves evidence of African American participation in naval mobilization transoceanic transport and postwar demobilization at a time when service abroad coexisted with racial inequality at home. Light surface wear and minor corner curling visible on several prints; images retain strong tonal contrast; overall very good. A cohesive photographic record of Black naval service at the intersection of global war and the early movement toward military desegregation. unknown
1938008357London: Cambridge University Press 1938. First edition. Hardcover. This first edition is the authors inscribed presentation copy to Winston S. Churchill. The work is the authors study of naval warfare between Britain and France in the early eighteenth century during the reign of Queen Anne. It was written concurrent to the authors work as a naval history research consultant to Churchill regarding the same period and is inscribed on the front free endpaper in black ink in five lines: The Right. Hon: W. S. Churchill from J. H. Owen 28 April 1938. <br /> <br />Condition is very good. The blue cloth binding is square tight and sharp-cornered with light scuffing mild spine toning and minor wrinkling to the spine head. The contents retain a crisp feel with quite light spotting primarily confined to the prelims and page edges. The endpapers show transfer browning from the pastedown and mild age-toning to the text block edges. <br /> <br />Commander John Hely Owen RN 1890-1970 served in the Royal Navy during Churchills tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty. Owen became a Lieutenant in 1912 and served as a submariner during the later years of the First World War. He rose to Lieutenant-Commander in 1920 while Churchill was Secretary of State for War and Air. Owen was with the Naval Intelligence Department in 1931 when Churchill first engaged him for research assistance and retired as a Commander in 1934 only to rejoin the Naval Intelligence Division in 1939 the year the Second World War began and Churchill returned to the Admiralty. In addition to authoring this book Owen was co-editor of four volumes of the Navy Records Society. Owens papers are held by the University of Cambridge including letters from Churchill to Owen while Owen was working as Churchills naval historical adviser and working on this his own book. <br /> <br />The gift of this book to Churchill was more than apropos. Firstly in April 1938 Churchill was just a few months away from publication of his fourth and final mammoth volume of the history of his great ancestor John Churchill who had become Captain-General and first Duke of Marlborough fighting for Queen Anne. Owen had been assisting Churchill with Marlborough in naval aspects of the work since the summer of 1931. Owen was among the small group of advisors explicitly credited; In the August 13 1938 Preface to the final volume Churchill wrote I have been greatly assisted in the necessary researches again by Commander J. H. Owen R.N. <br /> <br />Churchill the former cavalry officer would play a pivotal role in Britains Navy in both of the twentieth centurys world wars and the Admiralty would play a pivotal role in both imperiling and reviving Churchills political fortunes. <br /> <br />In October 1911 aged 36 Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He entered the post with the brief to change war strategy and ensure the readiness of the worlds most powerful navy. He did both. Even Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener with whom Churchill had been variously at odds for nearly two decades told Churchill on his final day as First Lord Well there is one thing at any rate they cannot take from you. The Fleet was ready." The World Crisis: 1915 p.391 Nonetheless when Churchill advocated successfully for a naval campaign in the Dardanelles that ultimately proved disastrous he was scapegoated and forced to resign leaving the Admiralty in May 1915. <br /> <br />Churchill spent part of his political exile as a lieutenant colonel leading a battalion in the trenches at the Front. Before war's end Churchill was exonerated by the Dardanelles Commission and rejoined the Government but the stigma of the Dardanelles lingered. <br /> <br />Churchill spent most of the 1930s out of power and out of favor warning against the growing Nazi threat and often at odds with both his Party leadership and prevailing public sentiment. As the Second World War approached Churchill passed into his sixties with his own future as uncertain as that of his nation. In 1938 when Owen inscribed this book to him and he was finishing his final volume of Marlborough Churchill may have wondered if the life history he was writing would eclipse his own. <br /> <br />Of course it did not. On 3 September 1939 Britain declared war on Germany formally entering what would become the twentieth centurys defining conflict not just for Britain but for the world. That same day Churchill was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty nearly a quarter of a century after he had been forced out. Eight months later he became Britains wartime prime minister. <br /> <br />References: Churchill Marlborough: Vol. IV; The University of Cambridge; Gilbert Vol. V <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover
1943213151943. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve service documented in photographs produced during World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area. The images record the participation of women in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve program established in 1943 a wartime expansion of the U.S. armed forces that assigned women to administrative communications and logistical roles in order to release male Marines for combat duty. The photographs depict women serving in uniform performing clerical tasks assembling for formation and socializing together preserving visual evidence of the daily lives and institutional roles of women who entered the Marine Corps during the wartime mobilization of the 1940s. Several photographs also trace the personal backgrounds of these service members including family portraits and earlier images connected to Polish American communities in Chicago situating military service within immigrant family histories and urban social networks.<br /> <br /> Archive of 129 black and white photographs primarily silver gelatin prints dating from the late 1930s through the World War II years. The photographs show women wearing United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve winter service uniforms consisting of forest green jackets six gore skirts khaki shirts and ties with several individuals wearing bell crowned service hats with red cords distinctive to the branch. Chevron insignia visible on some sleeves indicate non commissioned officer ranks. A number of images show groups of women standing in formation suggesting training exercises or ceremonial assembly. Another photograph shows a uniformed servicewoman beside a sign for a United States Naval Hospital indicating work in medical or administrative support functions. Other photographs depict everyday activities including typing at desks walking across military grounds and gathering in outdoor spaces with fellow service members. Leisure scenes show women seated together on lawns posing near buildings and socializing during off duty hours. Civilian photographs include picnics park outings beach and poolside scenes where women appear in swimsuits and images of wedding celebrations and formal portraits in evening dress. The archive also includes staged theatrical photographs in which women appear in costume suggesting participation in recreational performances or amateur productions.<br /> <br /> Many photographs include recognizable San Francisco landmarks including City Hall Market Street Fisherman's Wharf and views toward Alcatraz Island placing the military service documented in the archive within the wartime urban environment of the Bay Area. Earlier photographs predating the war include family portraits taken in professional studios some bearing embossed photographer stamps and inscriptions associated with Polish surnames and Chicago studios. One cabinet card identifies Stephanie Hanslik of 1669 Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago linking the servicewomen documented here to immigrant communities in the American Midwest. Together the images trace a visual narrative connecting immigrant family life wartime mobilization and the institutional integration of women into the Marine Corps during the Second World War. Photographs range in size from approximately 1 x 2 inch snapshots to larger cabinet card formats measuring up to approximately 6 x 7.75 inches with most prints around 3 x 4.5 inches. Minor surface wear and light handling marks consistent with age; overall very good condition. The archive offers substantial documentation of women's military service and social life within the USMC Women's Reserve during the wartime expansion of the U.S. armed forces. unknown
1943189541943. African American MilitaryWWII Black soldier's World War II photograph album ca. 1940s documenting the service of Charles Turner who trained at Camp S-101 Pennsylvania and deployed with an all-Black Navy unit in the Pacific Theater. Created during the era of segregated armed forces the album captures the lived experience of Black military personnel serving in Melanesia Papua New Guinea the Philippines and at least one image from Bougainville during the Allied Pacific campaigns from 1943 through 1945. The photographs document Turner and his fellow servicemen within the broader history of African American participation in World War II when over one million Black men and women served in segregated units while confronting racial discrimination at home and abroad. Images of troop landings encampments and base infrastructure including a sign dedicating "Marine Drive" to the "Fighting Marines" built by the 53rd Navy Combat Battalion 1st Marine Amphibious Corps place the album within the operational geography of the South Pacific campaigns. The inclusion of photographs depicting Japanese soldiers Allied convoys and the aftermath of combat underscores the immediacy of frontline and occupation experiences while the presence of tightly composed group portraits many captioned with the names of fellow servicemen reveals networks of camaraderie within segregated Black units.<br /> <br /> Disbound photo album with stiff leatherette boards separated. 113 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs mounted across 28 album pages accompanied by approximately 30 loose photographs. Images vary in size and include formal and informal group portraits scenes of military landings and equipment base life interactions with Melanesian and Polynesian civilians and photographs of Japanese soldiers and civilians in occupied settings. Approximately one-third of the images document life in the United States including photographs of African American friends fellow servicemen and family members providing visual evidence of Black community life during the 1940s. A later letter from an individual identified as Delores expressing familial concern and referencing the inclusion of "Kennedy halves" to assist with food purchases accompanies the album extending its temporal scope into the postwar period and reflecting the economic and emotional networks sustaining veterans and their families.<br /> <br /> Album pages chipped and worn with boards detached; mounting surfaces fragile. Photographs generally sharp with strong contrast; minor edge wear and light handling evident on some prints. Loose photographs well preserved. Overall condition good with photographic contents very good. As a cohesive visual record of African American military labor in the Pacific Theater alongside documentation of Black civilian life during and after the war the album offers substantial research value for the study of segregated service wartime racial dynamics and mid-twentieth-century African American community history. unknown
829179J. Bentham Cambridge 1745 In-8 ( 220 X 145 mm ) de 3 ffnch. 318 pages et 5 ffnch., demi-veau fauve, dos à nerfs janséniste avec pièce de titre de maroquin noisette. Reliure frottée, usures aux coupes et aux coiffes. Bon exemplaire, très pur et non rogné. Edition originale très rare. De la bibliothèque Daniel MATHEW ( Ex-Libris ).
182810217London: Hunt And Clarke 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition of Recollections of a Service of Three Years during the War-of-Extermination in the Republics of Venezuela and Colombia printed in London in 1828. Octavo two volumes xv 251pp 4pp ads; vii 277pp 2pp ads. Half title in Volume I. Original boards cloth spine labels affixed to each volume but soiled and worn. Uncut edges. Toning to leaf ends uniform toning to leaves free of foxing or noteworthy soiling. Previous ownership label on front endpaper of each volume. Housed in custom cloth chemise title in gilt on spine. Sabin 14618 Volume I printed by James Whiting and Volume II by C.H. Reynell. A scarce text with only 6 known copies appearing in OCLC. The War of Extermination known as Guerra a Muerte was a decree by Simon Bolivar authorizing acts of sabotage and murder against Spanish citizens in South America. This work includes conversations with El Libertador Simon Bolivar shortly before his death in 1830. Also includes descriptions of travel in Venezuela Colombia and parts of the Caribbean. Some sources have attributed this text to Francois Raymond Joseph de Pons. Hunt And Clarke hardcover books
007847Soviet Union 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 13 1/2" w x 9" h. Dated 1979-1982 a unique and RARE Soviet sailor's photo album 13 1/2" w x 9" h in string-tied brown velvet over heavy cardboard. Containing 40 pp. of thick cardboard with 140 black and white and 4 color photographs pasted in and 4 B & W photos and 1 negative laid in. The album rendered unique and amazing by the addition of 15 exquisitely detailed SIGNED pen and ink tracings of warships 11 modern Soviet Navy warships and 4 tall ships on rice paper with each tracing interspersed between the photography pages. Very Good small tears to the edges of some of the rice paper sheets. RARE Soviet Navy photographs from the height of the Cold War taken by an incredibly talented sailor/ artist. Hardcover
1944235151944. Women's Royal Naval Service photograph album documenting life at HMS Royal Arthur the Royal Navy's training camp establishment at Skegness where a prewar holiday camp was transformed into a military training and accommodation center during the Second World War. Named individuals throughout with handwritten identifications the album follows Dorothy Gardner and other Wrens serving in the expanding wartime navy while also capturing the theatrical entertainment routines featuring cross dressed men and ceremonial duties that shaped daily life away from the front lines. Beyond its images of uniformed women the album records a military community of offices dining halls stages chalets and training facilities that supported Britain's wartime naval operations at a camp which was bombed by German aircraft on February 21st 1942.<br /> <br /> Photo album of approximately 73 silver gelatin photographs various sizes ranging from 1.5" x 1.5" to 8.5" x 6.5" chiefly HMS Royal Arthur Camp Skegness Lincoln and other British locations c. 1944. Large group portraits are captioned "H.M.S. Royal Arthur July 1944" showing rows of Wrens in naval caps and dark uniforms. Several photos show soldiers by artillery navy men on small military boats and canons. Multiple group photos show men and women in Navy uniform. The photographs place women within the essential but often overlooked machinery of wartime naval administration including supply clerical work communications camp management transport and food service. Captions identify Peggy Marjorie Dorothy Margaret Joan Harry Blake Farnsworth Bernard Cavanagh Dennis Leo Dugay May of Glasgow Geoffrey Roy Bluemel Mrs. Thomason of Leigh Pat Taylor Nancy and Cynthia of HMS Ariel. Additional off camp photographs show bicycle outings skating scenes shipboard snapshots barracks and chalet interiors social gatherings and a guard of honour at Lincoln near the cathedral. Particularly notable is the album's extensive documentation of entertainment and morale-building activities. Several photographs are captioned "Up Spirits" and "concerts at H.M.S. Royal Arthur" revealing an active performance culture within the camp. Sailors appear in theatrical productions alongside women in costume while musicians perform with accordions and pianos before assembled audiences. One series features actor Charles Redgrave "with the girls" and another photograph captures the wartime tradition of gender-crossing stage entertainment in which male servicemen performed in women's clothing for camp audiences. These scenes provide an unusually vivid record of military leisure performance and social life within a wartime naval community.<br /> <br /> HMS Royal Arthur was bombed by German aircraft on 21 February 1942 The album therefore records daily life at a site that was both a military workplace and a target of wartime attack. By 1944 the Women's Royal Naval Service had expanded dramatically from its earlier First World War role with women serving in hundreds of naval occupations while remaining largely excluded from combat at sea. The photographs capture that transformation through named individuals workplace groups ceremonial events friendships and recreational activities illustrating how women became integral to the operation of Britain's wartime navy. The album documents the social world created when thousands of servicewomen and servicemen lived and worked together inside one of Britain's largest naval shore establishments. Sailors Wrens airmen Canadians civilians performers and local acquaintances appear throughout its pages creating a rich portrait of wartime relationships and community formation. Album shows handling wear page wear and a few removed photographs; handwritten captions remain extensive and legible throughout. Overall in good condition. An unusually dense and highly personal record of women's naval service wartime labor military entertainment gender performance and everyday life at HMS Royal Arthur during the Second World War. unknown
1752139785Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert 1752 In-4, veau marbré, dos orné, tranches rouges Reliure de l'époque, xliv, 484 pages. Bon exemplaire bien relié à l'époque. Petit travail de ver marginal dans le dernier quart du volume ; pl. XXI un peu froissée et effrangée. Edition originale. L'illustration gravée en taille-douce comprend un frontispice par Chedel d'après Ozanne, un fleuron sur le titre et une vignette en tête de la dédicace par le second, 10 ravissantes vignettes en tête des chapitres par Chedel 1 et Ozanne 9, qui représentent des ingénieurs maritimes devant des maquettes et des scènes de chantiers navals, de stéréotomie du bois, des arsenaux et des vues avec des voiliers, et enfin 23 planches dépliantes non signées, dont une à 2 sujets pl. VIII et IX.
