Maynard george c (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. X, 406 Pp. Red Cloth, With Spine And Cover Labels. First Printing, 1930. Slight Usage, Near Fine But Ex-Library With Small White Call Number On Spine, Number Stamp On Title Page, Extremely Faint School Stamp On Foreword Page, And Pocket Removal On Rear Pastedown.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 18 [ads], 189-250 pages. Features: On the Edge of the World (part 1) - adventures of a Wolverhampton office worker who travels to Tierra del Fuego to hunt and pirate furs; The Australian Stockman - photo-illustrated article; Picturesque Portugal - photo-illustrated article; Buster Brown's Brain-Wave - delightful yarn of the old sailing-ship days involving the crew of the 'Pride of London'; The Baker and the Bears - photo-illustrated article of the bears which feed from the cooks at Stevens' Gulch Road Camp on Mount Rainier in Washington state; The "Rockologist" - photo-illustrated article on "Chuckawalla Slim", otherwise known as Edwin H. Vose; Wardens of the Marches - deals with the wild Afghan border where blood feuds last generations; Ju-Ju C.I.D. - a curious story from West Africa; The Big Eel - fish-spearing at night near Mauritius; Abdul the Impeccable - getting even with a young rogue in northern India; "Lucky Tremaine" - An R.C.M.P. member is promoted due to a fluke of fortune; Great photo shows men of Hallaton and Medbury competing to get mini-beer barrel over the brook between the villages; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover) (illustrator). …

Unbound. Zustand: Near Fine. Holograph Letter Unsigned on the printed letterhead of the National Telephonic Exchange, Geo. C. Maynard, General Manager, dated 24 February 1879 (with two slightly later notes). Old vertical fold, near fine. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, and Maynard was charged with setting up an exchange in Washington, DC in 1877. It wasn't until December of 1878 that he could construct a central exchange that would directly connect phones in the District. By the end of 1879 Maynard would publish a broadside - essentially a phone book - listing all 190 subscribers in the District; President Hayes' phone number was "1." Just two months after the exchange was created the 40-year old Maynard writes to his wife Lucy in three short notes dated over a period of two weeks, on various subjects, mostly romantic. On 24 February he writes about his lonely lunches and ponders how soon until he gets to lunch with her: "I'm thinking dear, how soon I shall have another place to get my lunches. What do you think about it Lucy? I don't suppose I shall get home very regularly though & shall probably keep friends with this good-natured African who knows that it is a pot of coffee, and not a bottle of champagne I want." On 25 February he expresses disappointment in not getting a letter from her. In the final note on 9 March he teases her: "I just found this in my table drawer. You'll have to search through my papers for any other unfinished notes to you - when you come - (please come darling). I shall rely on your discretion not to read letters I have from other girls, especially those from Alpharetta (I've been thinking of making a bonfire of 'em but guess I'll wait till you can look 'em over & see which are worth preserving.)." The 1880 census lists Maynard as an electrician, living with Lucy in Washington. By 1910 the census indicates that Maynard was still married to Lucy and working as a Curator at the "Nat. Museum." According to another source, he was the "Electrical Director" of the Smithsonian where he delivered lectures on the history of the telephone. A nice early artifact from the infancy of the telephonic age, with amusing content.…