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1915. “Whirter
Retractor” For Use In Military Sketching. Hints. London. The “Whirter
Retractor” For Use In Military Sketching, etc. Complete With Sketch Block Book
Of Instructions, Pencil, In Strong Khaki Cloth Cover. Gale & Polden,
Ltd. (publisher). London, Aldershot and Portsmouth. Hardback. Original elastic
straps, with a pencil carrier is attached on the side. 7 x 5-1/16 inches.
Including: A Few Hints on Military Sketching with the "Whirter
Retractor." Compiled and arranged by Lewis Weirter, R.B.A., Instructor of
Field Sketching 2nd/4th London Infantry Brigade, 2nd/2nd
London Infantry Division. 1915. 21 pages. Illustrated. Printed wraps. 4-11/16
inches. Including: Sketch Block For Use With The "Whirter Retractor."
48 perforated leaves (96 pages) lightly pre-printed with perspective lines on
both sides of each leaf. Sketch block contains blank pages with the image of
the retractor in the background, and a ruler printed on the cover. Printed
stiff boards inset into back pocket. 6-5/8 inches. Over all a little rough,
worn with old insect damage to the front blank end page of the Sketch block.
The first two pages of the Sketch Block have original drawings in manuscript
pencil. LACKS the “Whirter
Retractor.”
3 copies found in Worldcat (one copy mistakenly states the date as
1911 – The title page of “A Few Hints” states: “Copyright under the Act of 1911”)
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