mclean james henry (45 risultati)

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. pp. 197.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. pp. 197.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. pp. 197.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 84 pages. Illustrated. Henry Martin "Words? Words" / John McLean "Table Sculptures By Anthony Caro" / Rene Micha "Les Utopies D'Alechinsky" (in French) / Elwyn Lynn "The Paintings Of Louis James" / Bernard Denvir "David Hockney" / Corinne Robins "Sylvia Stone: The Edges Of Illusion" / Joseph Love "Mainly Tokyo" (BT#45).

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a fascinating and thought-provoking argument for the use of advanced weaponry as a means of achieving universal peace. Written in the late 19th century, the author, a physician and inventor, believed that the development of more destructive weapons could ultimately deter nations from engaging in warfare. The book delves into the history of weaponry, tracing the evolution of warfare from ancient times to the author's own era, arguing that the escalating lethality of weapons could act as a powerful deterrent. It explores the potential of new technologies, including torpedoes, magazine cannons, and high-velocity firearms, to render warfare so terrifying that nations would choose peace. The author proposes a radical vision of a world secured by a balance of terror, where the very power of weapons would enforce a state of peaceful coexistence. The book is an intriguing historical document that offers a unique perspective on the relationship between technology and peace. It reminds us that even in the pursuit of noble goals, the complexities of human nature and the potential for unintended consequences must always be carefully considered. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

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Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 72.

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Leatherbound. Condizione: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 210. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1880 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 210.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. First Edition. 200p quarto, illustrated, A very slight tear at the top of spine otherwise a very good copy in orginal decorated maroon cloth. Inner hinges sound and unbroken, Facsimile of inscription by the author tipped into the inside front panel.

200 pp. + frontispiece portrait. Illustrated. Publisher's decorated cloth. A very good copy. A facsimile dedication note is mounted inside front cover. The methodist business man McLean's main idea of not making war was to "develop such terribly destructive weapons of war, arms, torpedoes, and fortresses, and such perfect defenses, as would compel all nations to keep peace towards each other".

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards with gold titling and illustration on front board, and title and illusrations in black on rear board. Light soil. Board edges frayed. Professionally repaired spine. Paper over front hinge starting to tear. Binding is nice and tight. Water mark to lower margin edge of first few pages. One inch closed tear to tile page edge. Text pages are otherwise clean, lightly tanned. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, very nice copy in original decorated cloth, top of spine slightly worn, pp200, Riling 1070.

Large octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-200, inserted frontispiece (portrait of McLean), approximately 75 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, many full page, original pebbled plum cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, brown coated endpapers. First edition. An elaborate, profusely illustrated antiwar tract in the form of a satirical manufacturer's trade catalogue offering powerful military ordnance -- "peace-makers" -- which will make "war so terrible and devastating as to shock every community and cause them to rise en masse and declare that the slaughter of their fellows must cease!" (author's dedication). The author was a successful peddler of patent medicines in the St. Louis area, and, as Riling points out (see below) the style of the book, with its frequent bold headlines, is that of a patent medicine brochure. The imagined guns, torpedoes, forts etc. are not overtly fantastic, just bigger, faster, more powerful, more portable. With the impeccably drawn illustrations and confident writing style, the effect is not comically exaggerated so much as insidiously realistic, putting this production in the tradition -- so important in the nineteenth century -- of the eccentric hoax. Riling 1070. Frontispiece tissue guard spotted and stained, preliminary leaves foxed, remainder of text clean, a very good copy. (#152973).

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1893 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 78 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 78 Language: English.

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Dr. McLean, a prosperous patent medicine huckster from St. Louis, here sets forth his revolutionary weapon designs in the form of a remarkably elaborate propaganda piece. Most of his plans are based on the classic idea of inventing weapons so powerful that no enemy could withstand or even consider resisting them. Included are portable forts, impregnable fortresses (both fixed and floating), modular metal shield blocks, indestructible "Hercules Guns," rapid-fire battery guns, inescapable magnetic torpedoes; 48-shot pistols, and the like. Dr. McLean goes so far as to compare himself to Napoleon, Wellington, Washington, U.S. Grant, and others. "A fantasy of arms.Literally a book in the style of a patent medicine brochure, but applied to the consideration of arms rather than ailments" - Riling. This copy inscribed by the author. RILING 1070. Quarto. Original pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gilt, spine gilt. Edges of spine lightly scuffed. Author inscription on front pastedown and fly leaf. Mild toning, light foxing to preliminaries. Very good plus. In a black cloth slipcase.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1937 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 160 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160.