2nd May, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia')
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[M] JOURNAL FOR THE USE OF MIDSHIPMEN (DERMOT P....
JOURNAL FOR THE USE OF MIDSHIPMEN (DERMOT P. CATHER), H.M.S. NEPTUNE, 12TH JANUARY 1912-9TH MAY 1913
two vol., 45 pen and ink drawings mostly of a technical nature, but also a few maps, nine hand-coloured, 10 actual photographs mounted, original buckram -- 12¼ x 8in. (31 x 20cm.)
An entertaining journal for the use of midshipman D.P. Cather describing two short visits to Galicia, the second depicting lavish festivities. Almost all of the volume contains manoeuvres and battle practices around the British Isles. There is a brief reference to a memorial service throughout the fleet for the "Titanic" disaster, 21 April 1912, and a short description of the visit of President Poincaré and his reception by the Prince of Wales'. The second volume, also belonging to Cather (2nd September 1914-27th January 1915), describes minutely the naval war for five months contained in the journal, with the curious information that on 16th September 1914 about 500 gramophones anonymously donated with a large quantity of gramophone records. Loosely inserted are the certificates of the results of the examination for the rank of lieutenant.
two vol., 45 pen and ink drawings mostly of a technical nature, but also a few maps, nine hand-coloured, 10 actual photographs mounted, original buckram -- 12¼ x 8in. (31 x 20cm.)
An entertaining journal for the use of midshipman D.P. Cather describing two short visits to Galicia, the second depicting lavish festivities. Almost all of the volume contains manoeuvres and battle practices around the British Isles. There is a brief reference to a memorial service throughout the fleet for the "Titanic" disaster, 21 April 1912, and a short description of the visit of President Poincaré and his reception by the Prince of Wales'. The second volume, also belonging to Cather (2nd September 1914-27th January 1915), describes minutely the naval war for five months contained in the journal, with the curious information that on 16th September 1914 about 500 gramophones anonymously donated with a large quantity of gramophone records. Loosely inserted are the certificates of the results of the examination for the rank of lieutenant.
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JOURNAL FOR THE USE OF MIDSHIPMEN (DERMOT P. CATHER), H.M.S. NEPTUNE, 12TH JANUARY 1912-9TH MAY 1913
two vol., 45 pen and ink drawings mostly of a technical nature, but also a few maps, nine hand-coloured, 10 actual photographs mounted, original buckram -- 12¼ x 8in. (31 x 20cm.)
An entertaining journal for the use of midshipman D.P. Cather describing two short visits to Galicia, the second depicting lavish festivities. Almost all of the volume contains manoeuvres and battle practices around the British Isles. There is a brief reference to a memorial service throughout the fleet for the "Titanic" disaster, 21 April 1912, and a short description of the visit of President Poincaré and his reception by the Prince of Wales'. The second volume, also belonging to Cather (2nd September 1914-27th January 1915), describes minutely the naval war for five months contained in the journal, with the curious information that on 16th September 1914 about 500 gramophones anonymously donated with a large quantity of gramophone records. Loosely inserted are the certificates of the results of the examination for the rank of lieutenant.
two vol., 45 pen and ink drawings mostly of a technical nature, but also a few maps, nine hand-coloured, 10 actual photographs mounted, original buckram -- 12¼ x 8in. (31 x 20cm.)
An entertaining journal for the use of midshipman D.P. Cather describing two short visits to Galicia, the second depicting lavish festivities. Almost all of the volume contains manoeuvres and battle practices around the British Isles. There is a brief reference to a memorial service throughout the fleet for the "Titanic" disaster, 21 April 1912, and a short description of the visit of President Poincaré and his reception by the Prince of Wales'. The second volume, also belonging to Cather (2nd September 1914-27th January 1915), describes minutely the naval war for five months contained in the journal, with the curious information that on 16th September 1914 about 500 gramophones anonymously donated with a large quantity of gramophone records. Loosely inserted are the certificates of the results of the examination for the rank of lieutenant.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia'), 2nd May, 2017
