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Daitōa sensō hōdō shashinroku : Taishō kanpatsu 1 shūnen kinen

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Description: Series of photographs published December 8, 1942. Photographs include portraits of Terauchi Hisaichi and Yamamoto Isoruku, several images of the destruction at Pearl Harbor, scenes of bombings in Singapore and Manila, the sinkings of the Prince of Wales, Repulse, HMS Cornwall and HMS Hermes, depictions of paratroopers, bombers, warships, captured soldiers on the Bataan Death March, the Battle of the Solomon Islands and many other military engagements in the Pacific Theater.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Shōwa 17 [1942]
Call number: 653451
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Company, May 2021.
Dimensions: 26 cm
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Shōwa Shichi-Hachinendo Renshū Kantai junkō kinen

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Commerative photographic album of the Japanese Imperial Navy Training Squadron tour of November 1932 to July 1933.The two warships Iwate and Yagumo began the first stage of their tour to Korea and China in November 1932. In March 1933, they set out for the second stage of their tour to the west coasts of North and Central America and islands of the Pacific. In North America the tour's ports of call included Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Portraits of the officers, crews and life on board ship are depicted as well as the many activities arranged at each stop.

653725

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Shōwa 14-nendo Renshū Kantai junkō kinen

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This book commemorates the Japanese Naval Training Squadron's world tour between July and December 1939. The Iwate, Yagumo and Shiretoko completed an intial tour of China and Taiwan, visiting Dalian, Lushuh, Qingdao, and Shanghai, Taiwan and Amoy. The second tour, undertaken in October 1939 visited Hawaii and Micronesia. The majority of illustrations are photomechanical prints of black and white photographs. The album contains a photographic record of the ports visited including many local attractions and the crews' reception by local Japanese populations. Portraits of the crews include individual pictures of ranking officers and depictions of daily life on board and on shore. Includes a color map of the complete tour route and 3 color reproductions of paintings depicting Hawaii, Truk and warships at sea with a tropical background.

653619

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The critic in the Orient

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Fitch selected the high points of his trip around the world to publish in this travel memoir. He took a boat from Seattle to Japan, then the Philippines (primarily Manila), Hong Kong, Canton, Singapore, Rangoon (Burma), various cities in India, and Egypt. He provides some tips for travelers.

646017

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56 letters on topics including responses to Esdaile's November 5th letter to The Times on the preservation of church monuments through photographs; an invitation for Esdaile to become a representative of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings at the Conference (which led to the Council of National Buildings Record); an angry letter from Geoffrey Houghton-Brown about inadequate efforts to safeguard Westminster Abbey; correspondence about Joseph Wilton RA; the rejection of a novel manuscript by publisher John Murray; Arundell Esdaile's retirement from the British Museum; and a letter about the Leverhulme Fellowship (for the Dictionary of British Sculptors). The impact of the bombings destruction and uncertainty around the country is vividly brought out in these letters.

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Life on the Ocean Wave: Reminiscences of My Voyages Around the World [typescript]

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The volume is Charlotte A. Babcock's reminiscences of her five years at sea (1851-1856) with her husband Captain David S. Babcock aboard the ships Swordfish and Young America. She gives detailed descriptions of San Francisco, Hawaii, Canton (Guangzhou), China, Hong Kong, Bombay, Manila, and Singapore. She also discusses the people she met, parties she attended, and the activities of the sailors and passengers on board her husband's ships. Also included is a sketch of the ship Young America by Charlotte A. Babcock

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Cornwall, Barry, 1787-1874. "Song:" [poem], A.MS.S. (1 p.), (1853)

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Note: Cornwall was the penname of Bryan Waller Procter.

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