CHALMERS Rear-Admiral W.S.MareMagnum
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8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 22 sepia-toned plates and 12 diagrams (6 of Jutland) in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; navy cloth, upper board clocked in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.275; NMM II/1, 279.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 22 sepia-toned plates and 12 diagrams (6 of Jutland) in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, back a little dulled else a very good, clean copy. Good copy of the standard life. Albion, p.275; NMM II/1, 279.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 14 folding charts in pocket at end, some mild offsetting to front free endpaper, signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, boards lightly age-marked and soled else good, bright, clean copy. American journalist Langhorne Gibson provides a lively (if sometimes apparently unfeeling) recounting of the action, supported by the largely pro-Jellicoe findings of Harper's board of enquiry. Arguably the best chronological account prior to Marder some thirty years later. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.186
Stories of the Royal Navy's actions. With seven illustrations and five maps. Light blue cloth covers, dark blue title on spine. Foxing on covers and quite heavy on page edges; light wear to cover and spine edges, spine slightly sunned.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF NAVAL HISTORIAN JOHN WINTON AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Enser, p.186.
Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. Features: God Save the King! (article); The Doom of the Aerial Armada - a day that will live in History - article; French Methods of Meeting the Zeppelin Menace - seven photos; Three photos of war damage; Photo of a stream of refugee carts; Artillery that aided the Australians' Advance - three excellent photos of howitzers which took part in the bombardment which attended the Anzacs' advance in Flanders, including a battery of 18-pounders and 1,400lb shells with an effective shrapnel radius of 800 yards; Photo of native Somali, Swazi, Swahili and other troops fighting under the British flag; Photo of General Sarrall decorating Essad Pasha; Photo of large boatload of milch-goats heading to the Salonika front to provide milk for the allied armies; Photos of German winged bombs and 'coal-scutties; Photos of the officers of U35 and some of the ships she sunk (all photos taken by the commander of U35 and published in German newspapers); The Truth About Jutland - article by Lovat Fraser; Three centrefold illustrations beneath the caption 'Going Forward to the Firing-Line in Flanders'; How Friendly Peoples were Permeated by German Spies - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photo of the Portuguese President, Senhor Machada, reviewing Portuguese troops in England; Photo of the Prince of Siam inspecting a French mortar school; Photo of the King of Italy presenting award to General Petain; Photo of Senegalese troops practicing the use of gas masks in France; How Esprit de Corps is fostered and maintained - article by Neil Munro; Sketches of four distinguished sailors on active service, Rear-Admiral O. De B. Brock, Rear-Admiral A.C. Leveson, Captain Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, and rear-Admiral W.E. Goodenough; Photos of sixteen brave men and women honoured for heroism; Illustration of how Sergeant John Carmichael, V.C. earned his award; Illustration of how Corporal Sidney James Day, V.C. earned his award; Cross-section illustrations of new concrete ships; The Worcesters (I) - one-page record of the Regiment with photo of her officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a large folding chart at rear, small contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, clean copy. Uncommon. Enser, p.228.
184815969Rendsburg, gedr. bei F. M. Wendell, 1848. 2 Bll.
160p. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy WWI 12
19263650J B Lippincott PA 1926. Very good in green linen with gilt print and fine acetate dust jacket with fading to page edges. First edition first printing hardcover SIGNED BY MERRITT CUMMINGS AND ADDRESS 1819 LOVERING AVE WILMINGTON DELAWARE CUMMINGS WAS FOR 35 YEARS CHAUFFEUR TO H J KREBS J B Lippincott, PA hardcover
