The Sphere - Volume July to September 1904

Volume of The Sphere, July to September 1904

288 pages plus supplements.

Condition is good, some wear on hardcover and spine.  Internally binding tight and clean pages.  For more information and photos please contact us.

Contents incl:
Full page illustration - King Edward's visit to the Newmarket Workhouse - Johnny Watts, Stable Boy.
The Newsletter (every issue) Weekly News
Small photos - Lieutenant Gurdon;  Prince Obolensky;  The Naval School at Portishead
Photo - The Ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of Liverpool Cathedral
Full page illustration and text - French Working Men at the Mansion House received by the Lord Mayor
Full page photo - The Mobilising of the Fleet at Portsmouth
Full page illustration and text - The Abandonment of Wiju by the Russians
2 pages of photos and article - The Czar's Tour of Inspection of the Troops for Far away Manchuria
Full page of photos and article - The Career and Death of Paul Kruger
Full page illustration and text - "Diana" and "Jupiter", two baby Leopards at the Zoo, London
Full page photo and text - The landing of a Great Pioneer in Canada - The Tercentenary of Samuel de Champlain
Double page illustration and text - The Tower of London as seen at Sunrise by the artist Mr Charles Wyllie
Literature
Story "The Grey Cloak" by Harold MacGrath - Various chapters throughout the volume
Article - Whale Fishing in the Shetlands
4 page Article and photographs - Liverpool and its New Cathedral
Many adverts throughout the volume
Article and photographs - How Beautiful Linoleum Mosaics are made into a perfect Floor covering by unique machinery
Woman's Fashion
Full page illustration - The Prince and Princess of Wales's visit to the Training Ship "Worcester"
Photograph - The first photograph ever taken of the top of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore
Full page article and photos - The "Malacca" Incident
Full page illustration - The P and O Liner "Malacca" sailing under the Russian Flag
Various photos of Royal events
Full page illustration - The Viceroy of India honoured at the Guildhall (Lord Curzon)
Small photos with text:  Private S J Perry;  The rev C J Ferguson-Davie;  Miss Florence Vivian Lewes;  Miss Cornelia Sorabji;  Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli;  General Sir Michael Biddulph;  G F Vietor;  T L Shevlin;  W A Schick, jun.
Full page illustration - A Japanese Patrol chased by a Russian Reconnoitring Party
Full page illustration and text - At the Battle of Wiju on the River Yalu
Double page illustration and text - At the Grave of Moses "In a Valley of Moad, over against Beth-Peor" after the painting by Frederick Preller, jun.
Full page photo and text - The two vessels "Hazard" and "Thames" with Submarines alongside
Article and photos - Consecration of Armagh Cathedral by the Pope's Legate
Small photos:  M P Lelianoff, the Mayor of St Petersbury;  The late Mr Wilson Barrett
Supplement - Article and photos - With the Victorius Armies of Japan in Manchuria
Full page advert - VIM (Lever Brothers)
Full page illustration - How Japanese Soldiers keep themselves cool with Fans
Small photo - The Funeral of Mr Kruger at the Hague
Full page article and illustrations - The sensational Assassination of M De Plehve
Full page article and photos - With General Kuroki's Victorious Army
Full page article and photos - The Czar and one of his Oldest Regiments (The Cuirassiers)
Full page article and photo - The Tongsar Penlop of Bhutan and his Retinue now in Tibet 
Full page illustration and text - How the Japanese bridged the River Yalu
Full page photo and text - Field Butchers for the Russian Army at the Front
Full page illustration and text - The Siberian Mounted Rifles at Newchwang
Double page illustration and text - General Condratovich, Commander of the Russian Forces, leaving the Town of Newchwang
Full page photo and text - President Rossevelt on Holiday in Yellowstone Park
Full page article and photos - Garrick's Home at Hendon Hall as a School
Supplement - article and photos - The Horse in the Japanese Army
Full page advert - The Parisian Diamond Company
Full page illustration - The Yachting Season at Cowes - the Race for the Emperor's Cup
Small photos:  Mr Rimbault Dibdin;  His Honour William O'Connor Morris
Full page article and photos - The British Mission in Lhassa
Full page article and illustration - The British Mission's Route to Lhassa
Small photos:  Sir Ian Hamilton;  Count Theodor Keller:  Colonel H T Fraser;  The Military Leaders of the Tibet Expedition
Full page illustration and text - Wounded Soldiers arriving in Tokio
Full page of photos - "Mosquito" War of the Torpedoes in the Irish Channel
Full page illustration - A Russian Reservist leaving his Village for the Front
Article - The bicentenary of Blenheim
Full page illustration and text - Russian Military Police arresting Manchurian Suspects
Full page of photos - The Scene of the Assassination of M De Plehve
Full page of photos - The Funeral of M De Plehve in St Petersburg
Double page illustration - The Game of Chess played by Living Pawns, Bishops, Castles, Kings and Queens at Mr George J Gould's Casino at Lakewood, U.S.A.
Small illustration - Edinburgh Castle drawn by Herbert Railton
Large illustration - John Knox's picturesque House in the Netherbow Port
Photo - The famous Wagner Theatre at Bayreuth
Article - The First Lord Dundreary
Supplement - Article and photos - The Summer Campaign in Manchuria
Full page illustration and text - The Capture of Gyangtse Jong
Small photos:  M Waldeck-Rousseau;  Commander Prince Kwacho;  The Funeral of M Waldeck-Rousseau
Full page article and illustrations - The Rout of the Russian Fleet of Port Arthur
Full page of photos and text - Japanese Memorial Service at Feng-Wang-Cheng
Small photos:  The Rev Robert Rainy;  The Rev Dr Gordon Balfour;  The Rev Murdo Maxqueen of Kiltearn;  Mr Adolf Beck;  Mrs Maybrick;  Mr Justice Robert Samuel Wright
Full page photo and text - Japanese Camp Life in Manchuria
Full page photo and text - The Czar as the "Little Father" exhibiting an Eikon to departing Troops
Full page of photos - The Czar inspecting Troops bound for the Far East
Full page of illustrations - The last of the Russians at Newchwang
Double page illustration and text - Grouse-Driving on a Scottish Moor
Full page illustration - The Entrance to the Foyer of the Savoy Restaurant
Photos and text - The Birth of a Son and Heir to the Czar
4 page supplement - Lhassa at Last
Full page illustration - "General" Booth's tour from Land's End
Full page of photos - Russia's dead and dying in the hands of the Japanese
4 page supplement - article and photos - The Torpedo Manoeuvres - Submarines used for the first time in Manoeuvres
Full page photo and text - Advancing through the Mountains to Liaoyang
Full page illustration and text - The Artillery leaving the Town of Newchwang
Double page illustration and text - The Internationalism of Shan-Hai-Kwan.  Where Japanese and Russians meet on Neutral Ground
4 page supplement - The Advance upon Liaoyang (article and photos)
Full page illustration and text - The Christening of the Czarewitch in the Church of the Peterhof Palace
The first photograph of England's new Submarine "A5"
2 pages of photos and illustrations - The Christening of the Czarewitch
2 page of photos and text - The Royal Dublin Horse Show
Full page of photos and text - A thrilling fight in the Motien-Ling Pass
Full page article and illustrations - The Stiff Fights at Nanshan and Anju Castle
Double page photo and text - The Japanese entry into Lien-Chen-Kwan on the way to the Motien-Ling Pass
Article - The lingering fate of Port Arthur
Small photos:  Earl Grey;  Sir Edwin Egerton;  General Sir John French;  Sir Rennell Rodd;  Princess Cecilia Auguste Marie
Full page of photos - The "Invasion" of England - Landing of an Army in Essex
Full page of photos and text - Delegates to the Pan Celtic Congress at Carnarvon
Full page illustration - A Scene at the Moscow Railway Station, St Petersburg
Full page of photos - The Russians at Liaoyang - the base of an Army
Full page illustration and text - The Opening of the Partridge Shooting Season
Double page photo - The Great Annual Ceremony of Blessing the River Neva
Full page illustration - Beauty and the Barge at the New Theatre with Mr Cyril Maude and Miss Mary Brough
4 x Full page of photos and text - The Remarkable Wedding Carnival in Siam for the Sultan of Kedah's Sons
Full page photo - General Okasaki on the STeps of the Temple at Kwantai
Photos - H.M. Gunboat "Comet" on which four men were killed and two injured by the explosion of a 4.7 Gun
Full page illustration - The Disembarking Manoeuvres on the Coast of Essex
Full page illustration - How the Horses came ashore off Clacton
Article and photos - The Six Years Exile of Napoleon, Some unpublished letters from St Helena
Double page illustration - Russians farewell devotional visit to Kazan Cathedral, St Petersburg
Full page illustration - The Louisiana Memorial at the St Louis Exposition
4 page article and photos - The "Thermopylae" of Manchuria
Full page illustration - The Strike at Ashton-Under-Lyne
Photo - The return of the "Discovery" - Captain Scott and his Officers after three years among the Icebergs
Full page illustration - Shakspere's "Tempest" at the His Majesty's Theatre with Mr Tree
Full page illustration - The Russian Retreat after the Battle of Liaoyang
Full page photo and text - Prince Svintopolk-Mirski
Double page illustration and text - The Squadron leaving Cronstadt
4 x Full page article and photos - The Russian Retreat to Mukden