DR, SPERRY AS WE KNEW HIM
by Durgin, Russell L. (editor English section); Kawaguchi, Zenichi (editor Japanese section)
- Used
- Condition
- very good++, red leather spine, teg (hardcover) in slipcase
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Yokohama, Japan: The Nichi-Bei Press, 1931. HC. very good++, red leather spine, teg (hardcover) in slipcase. B&W illustrations. Published in the memory of the inventor and business man Elmer A. Sperry. The Japanese section runs to page 199, and the English section (a translation) to page 477. Contents of English Section: I. The Life of Dr. Sperry, II. The Achievements of Dr. Sperry, III. Reminiscences, and IV. Memorial Service. An ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL COPY in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase. Presentation statement on the front free endpaper dated Oct.5, 1932. An uncommon item, especially in this condition. (as a child, Elmer A. Sperry, Jr. lived just down the road from us in Connecticut, and the Sperry-Gyroscope Company was in the neighboring town - I often caddied for Elmer A. Sperry, Jr., at the Silver Springs Country Club in Ridgefield. 477pp.
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- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS046017I
- Title
- DR, SPERRY AS WE KNEW HIM
- Author
- Durgin, Russell L. (editor English section); Kawaguchi, Zenichi (editor Japanese section)
- Illustrator
- B&W illustrations
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - very good++, red leather spine, teg (hardcover) in slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Nichi-Bei Press
- Place of Publication
- Yokohama, Japan
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- bus biography;
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