1902 Badminton Library Motors & Motor Driving Alfred Harmsworth 2nd Edition
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902
- Hardcover
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Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
AbeBooks seller since November 21, 2006
Condition: Used - Fair
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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Edited by Alfred E. T. Watson. Motors and Motor-Driving. By Alfred C. Harmsworth et al. With Illustrations by H. M. Brock, H. Tringham, and from Photographs. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1902. 2nd Edition. 456 p + Index + Publisher's adverts. Original pictorial cloth binding measuring 7.5 x 5.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Brown pictorial cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed. Painted/gilt lettering and deco on binding normally dulled, but overall attractive. Top edge painted black (moderately dulled). Blue ink marginalia (1902) found at top edge of front end-page. Blind stamp found on top corner of front end-page: "W.H. Smith & Son London." Blind stamp found on bottom corner of half-title page: "Library of William S. Jackson." Normal toning throughout text-block, mostly at edges of leaves. Light foxing around plates. Some finger-soiling on fore-edges of leaves. One detached plate: "A Slide-Slip." Binding intact. Please see photos. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865 1922), was a British newspaper and publishing magnate. As owner of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, he was an early developer of popular journalism, and he exercised vast influence over British popular opinion during the Edwardian era. Lord Beaverbrook said he was "the greatest figure who ever strode down Fleet Street." About the beginning of the 20th century there were increasing attempts to develop popular journalism intended for the working class and tending to emphasize sensational topics. Harmsworth was the main innovator. He said, "News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising." In 1903 Harmsworth initiated the Harmsworth Cup, the first international award for motorboat racing. Harmsworth was a friend of Claude Johnson, chief executive of Rolls-Royce Limited, and during the years preceding the First World war became an enthusiast of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost car. 2nd Edition. RAREB1902ABGA - 06/20 - LH COLS1902BAFG - 02/25 - HKREV526.…
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- Title
- 1902 Badminton Library Motors & Motor Driving Alfred Harmsworth 2nd Edition
- Author
- Alfred Harmsworth et al
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Publication year
- 1902
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
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ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
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