lieut comdr eugene e wilson (4 résultats)

hardcover. Etat : Good. second printing. 12mo (approx. 4 3/4" wide by 7 3/8" tall), navy cloth covers with gilt titles, 90 pages. Brittle endpapers, front free endpaper detached but present; cracked front hinge.University Club bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 092108A Poetry with military and naval themes.

90p. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: number painted on spine; mark from pocket on endpaper; stamp on endpaper and title page and page edges. Inscription on endpaper; otherwise clean and tight.

softcover. Harris, M. E. (cover) (illustrateur). Periodical. Quarto, approx. 9" by 11 3/4", 48 pages. Cover design (in full color) of a bi-plane by M. E. Harris. Many black and white photo reproductions in the magazine and some ads. Articles include: The Trans-Atlantic Flight; Life Story of the Trans-Atlantic Planes; Radio Leaders; The U. S. Naval Radio School by Alfred L. Gates; "The Peacock of the Navy" Shoves Off for Sea; Growth of the Telephone at World's Greatest Naval Training Station; Work of "The Star David Man" in The World War: "Lady of Hell" in the World War--Now an American Gob; among others. Printed on the Contents page of this issue: "In view of the new policy of the magazine which is to embrace national activities of the navy, it seems desirable to change the name from the Great Lakes Recruit to THE RECRUIT, in order to overcome a possible interpretation that this publication is purely local." Military, World War I. 100704A light crease on rear cover, Very Good.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. None (illustrateur). First edition. A scarce signed first edition of this collection of First World War naval verse written by American sailors serving aboard U.S.S. Arkansas, signed by the author Eugene E. Wilson. In the publisher's original dark blue cloth binding.First edition.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper.A collection of First World War naval verse written by American sailors serving aboard U.S.S. Arkansas during her attachment to the British Grand Fleet. Many poems first appeared in "The Arklight", the ship"s weekly newspaper, produced entirely on board under strict censorship.With titles such as "Deep Stuff," "Poor Fish!" and "Sea-Going Mother Goose", "Armistice Night," "The Surrender," and "Caliban to the War-God." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. The odd light spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.