Simon Lake: First Edition (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A very good paperback. Date stamp on 1st page. Discard stamp on paper edge. There are no library marks or stamps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Withdrawn library copy with stamps on front and back pages. Sticker on back cover. "Reprinted with additions April 1918 from the Bulletin of the New York public library of January and February 1918." pp. 97. Original front wrapper has been pasted onto stiff paper boards. Interior text is clean. This bibliography has 1542 listings. Measures 7 X 10 inches.…

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 94pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) & d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing & soiling).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Published. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD PICTORIAL HARDCOVER WITH NO DJ AS PUBLISHED. THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO GOV. CLAUDE A. SWANSON. From the Library of Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Claude A. Swanson, Native Son of Pittsylvania County, Virgina. Swanson also served as FDR's Secretary of the Navy. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. first collected edition. first collected edition. 48 pages. 9 x 12 inches. Self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling to the front and rear pages. Generally clean internally. Nicely illustrated. Wraps. This work gathers together for the first time a series of articles originally published by Simon Lake in International Marine Engineering from July 1915 to April 1916. It does a good job of identifying the state of the art at the time, and is surprisingly hard to find. Worldcat shows several copies only. Each section is headed "Modern Submarines in War and Peace" Subtitles identify the section number and topic. The nine parts are listed here: [I] Present status of the submarine and its future possibilities -- early submarines and lessons applied to modern development -- II. Development of the submarine beginning with 1893 -- principles of construction and operation -- III. Early development of the submarine in Germany, France and Italy -- modifications of original inventions -- IV. Motive power of submarines for surface work -- the heavy oil diesel type engine -- periscopes -- V. Construction and installation of storage batteries -- tactics of the submarine in warfare -- the invisible weapon -- VI. Coast defense and cruising or "fleet" submarines -Value of so called "amphibious" submarines for defense purposes -- VII. Under-ice navigation with a submarine -- experiments and tests with the protector in 1903 -- VIII. Application of the submarine to commercial enterprises -- cargo carrying submarines -- sea bottom exploration and wreck salvage -- IX. Submarines for the recovery of shellfish -- future development of the submarine and its use in warfare. Simon Lake was a productive engineer (with over 200 patents to his name) and played an important role in early submersibles. He competed with John Philip Holland for early military submarine contracts in the United States. He eventually founded the Lake Torpedo Boat company out of Bridgeport, Connecticut which did successfully supply the US Navy with submarines. While not a household name, Lake contributed greatly to the introduction of the submarine as a primary tool in the US Navy's arsenal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 1918 , Light blue cloth hardcover with a laid on illustration to the front cover and black letters to the front and spine , 301 page book .With 71 black & white Illustrations . This copy is also signed and inscribed by Simon Lake to the first blank page . Condition : Very Good with edge rubs and ex-owners book plated on the first black page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stapled printed light brown wrappers. Octavo. 20pp., including three plates. Staples oxidized, tiny tear on front wrap, else fine. Scarce. *OCLC* locates three copies.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Slim oblong quarto. 22pp. Illustrated from photographs and with renderings of underwater harvesting. Wrappers separating, toned at the edges, and the cover with three small corner ships, staples oxidized, an about very good copy of a somewhat delicate publication. Outlines early submarine innovator Simon Lake's interesting plan to retrofit a "Defender" Submarine Torpedo Boat into a commercial submarine for harvesting sponges, pearls, and other material. The pamphlet also prints an illustration of a "Submarine Oyster Recovery Vessel," among other things. Another of Lake's companies, Lake Torpedo Boat, was an early builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy. Very uncommon. *OCLC* locates five copies, all in government libraries or nautical museums, and we locate no other publications by the Submarine Exploration and Recovery Co. (Reference: Nesmith, *Dig for Pirate Treasure*).…

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.