Buy this book on-line H. E. S. - Editor: : THE MAIDSTONE MAGAZINE - Vol. II. 1916LONDON.STRANGEWAYS AND SONS,June 1917. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued (?), 1st edn thus.[Originally and first published as 11 individual on-board/ mess-deck magazine issues published the previous year and now collected here for the first time,in hardback form.Reprinted as a souvenir,by the 8th Submarine Flotilla.] VG-.No owner inscrptn. Publisher's original blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering to front bd and spine and bright,crisp, stamped gilt submarie's silhouette to front bd too.Spine/backstrip inevitably sunned but no oxidization of gilt lettering,edges front cover and virtually the whole of the rear cover faded/sunned but generally bright and clean with a few minor blemishes - reads worse than it is and would appear! Inevitable,ubiquitous bumping with reciprocal creasing to head+ foot of spine; negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - three of which are minimally bumped - and clean plain white endpapers.Top edges though lightly aged/ toned,are remarkably bright and clean given the book's age (100 years old!) and particularly in comparison to the few other copies handled and seen - all edges untrimmed and some pages unopened; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued (?),1st edn thus,2-236pp [paginated] includes 11 magazine issues comprising humorous,satirical articles, some poetry,chit-chat etc.,and a few b/w line cartoon-like illustrations interspersed throughout the text,plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,an editor/compiler's (H. E. S.) preface - of which the top edges unopened. Described hard,but fairly and honestly - nowhere as dilapidated as it sounds or reads!! An uncommon and particularly scarce item.
Submarine Service's mess-deck magazine designed to maintain boat's company's morale during WW1.There is an earlier volume (No. 1) published the year before.
In 1917,H.M.S. Alecto was a submarine depot ship to 'T' class submarines at Maidstone,Kent.Built by Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead,U.K.),launched August,1911 and commissioned June,1912. It's Captain was Commander Sir Leonard P. Vavasour (9 August,1916 to 14 November, 1918 and he was also in command of 8th Submarine Flotilla.
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