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(PHOTOGRAPHY -- WARSHIPS.) [William H. Rau]. Memento of the Visit of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia to Cramp's Shipyard March 10, 1902. [Title from the upper cover]. 22 captioned photographic plates representing American and foreign warships built at the William Cramp and Sons Iron Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia. Oblong folio, 12½x15½ inches, publisher's gilt morocco, moderate wear; marginal dampstain, two closed tears; inscribed from the company chairman Charles H. Cramp to businessman Edward D. Adams. No other copies located. Np, circa 1902
Fine portraits of many important early American Naval vessels, including the U.S.S. Yorktown, Vesuvius, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York, Columbia, Minneapolis, Indiana, Brooklyn, Massachusetts, Iowa, Alabama, Maine, the Japanese Cruiser Kasagi, and Russian ships Variag and Retvizan.
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![(PHOTOGRAPHY -- WARSHIPS.) [William H. Rau]. Memento of the Visit of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia to Cramps Shipyard March 10, 1902.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//289\814289_view_02.jpg)
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![(PHOTOGRAPHY -- WARSHIPS.) [William H. Rau]. Memento of the Visit of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia to Cramps Shipyard March 10, 1902.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/thumb//\289\814289tn.jpg)
![(PHOTOGRAPHY -- WARSHIPS.) [William H. Rau]. Memento of the Visit of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia to Cramps Shipyard March 10, 1902.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/thumb//\289\814289_view_02tn.jpg)