Vickers Sons Maxim (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dixon, Charles; Vickers, Sons and Maxim; et al (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition. viii, 472pp, 12 colour plates inc. frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and photographs. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine, laid-in circular illustration on front; text block edges speckled in red. 4to. Spine ends lightly rubbed and rounded, corners lightly rubbed and rounded. Top text block edge dusty; remaining edges tanning. Endpapers moderately foxed. Volume quite loose. Internally there's the very occasional thumb mark on pages, otherwise a neat, clean and bright volume. A handsome volume that is beautifully illustrated throughout, with so many stories of the seas, the ships that sailed them and of the men and the voyages they undertook.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Text in French. 188 pages, with plates and illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering, cover illustration and edges. Rare. According to WorldCat, only 2 known copies of the French translation held by institutional libraries around the world. Light wear only. A beautiful copy.

1. Auflage,. Mit Abbildungen, 186 (2) Seiten, Gutes Exemplar in der seltenen französischen Ausgabe Sprache: Französisch 4°, blaues O Ln mit geprägter Deckelvignette.

London, ENGINEERING, 1907. Two volumes, oblong 4to. Full red calf and full navy calf binding, boards ruled in gilt; gilt dentelles; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; unpaginated; with 14 plates of photogravure, 6 of which being full-page to vol. I, and 16 plates of photogravure, 15 of which are full page to vol. II; both volumes with interleaves of explanatory descriptive text; light rubbing to extremities of boards; hinges slightly weakened; minimal offsetting and spotting, a very good set. With a loosely inserted photocopy of a handwritten programme of the earlier section of the Prince's visit from May 4th to 13th, 1907. Volume I covers Prince Fushimi's visit to the Ordnance Works at Erith, 15th May 1907, and the second volume of his visit to the Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness, 21st May 1907. Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi's trip to Britain in 1907 was a significant diplomatic mission during the early 20th century, with the trip working to strengthen diplomatic ties between the two nations, seeing Japan rise to become an increasingly important player on the World Stage.