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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. A very clean and tight copy with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.

Condizione: Good. Light scuffs & scratches to softcover. Nicks to edges. Creased spine. Faint marks to textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Cover is coming away from textblock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good. Fully illustrated.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. 32 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm. Uniform in format with the main volume of The Lantern Image (1997, now out of print), this supplement adds a further 150 references to early illustrations of the magic lantern dated between 1684 and 1901, including reproductions of the vast majority of these. As in the original volume, the illustrations are produced to a very high standard, giving a fascinating insight into the development of the lantern and its uses.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. 24 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm. Uniform in format with the main volume of The Lantern Image (1997, now out of print), this supplement adds a further 88 references to early illustrations of the magic lantern, including reproductions of the vast majority of these. As in the original volume, the illustrations are produced to a very high standard, giving a fascinating insight into the development of the lantern and its uses.…

Paper. Condizione: Very good. Illustration. Frontispiece etching on handmade paper, full piece measures 18" x 25". Light wear along edges, tissue cover, embossed watermark along edge. Signed in pencil by General Leonard Wood and the artist, Boardman Robinson. Leonard Wood (1860-1927) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army, a physician, and commander of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Wood graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1884 and served as a military surgeon during the Spanish-American War, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Wood was appointed Military Governor of Santiago de Cuba in 1898 and later became the Governor-General of the Philippines in 1921. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Santiago campaign. Wood was a leading candidate for the 1920 Republican nomination but lost to Warren G. Harding. He died in 1927 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The frontispiece portrait of General Leonard Wood by Boardman Robinson, from the book, Leonard Wood on National Issues, compiled by Evan J. David in 1920. (illustratore). Signed.…