Notes on the Cruise of Warrior in the Far East 1927
New York: Paul Cravath, 1927. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 179, [3] pages/ Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Ink notation on fep. Tape marks inside covers were a DJ (now absent) may have been secured. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling/discoloration. Slip bound in between frontis and title page states "From Paul Cravath 52 William Street New York City". Verso states that Paul Cravath holds the copyright. The Preface, signed by Paul D. Cravath, describes this work as "My desultory on the Cruise of Warrior in the Far East in January, February, and March, 1927, were not intended for publication. Inadequate as they area as a record of a most interesting and inspiring journey, they are printed for the convenience of my hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Williams and their friends." Paul Drennan Cravath (July 14, 1861 – July 1, 1940) was a prominent Manhattan lawyer and a partner of the law firm known as Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Cravath graduated cum laude from Columbia Law School in 1886; he was awarded the school's first Municipal Law prize. An early client was George Westinghouse,[3] who was being sued by the Edison Illuminating Company for infringing on Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp patent. He was one of the founding officers of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1921. First hand account of a 1927 cruise aboard an immense yacht, covering the Far Eastern portion of a trip that originated in New York and ended in Vancouver. Illustrated with black and white plates, including a frontis of the Warrior, thought to be the largest pleasure craft in the world at the time. The book was written as a thank you gift to the author's hosts on the trip, Harrison Williams and his new bride, Mona Bismarck. The New York Times reported on the return of the yacht Warrior from a world tour in May of 1927. Mona von Bismarck (née Strader; February 5, 1897 – July 10, 1983), also known as Mona Bismarck, was an American socialite, fashion icon and philanthropist. Her five husbands included Harrison Williams, among the richest men in America, and Count Albrecht Eduard "Eddie" von Bismarck-Schönhausen, a grandson of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. She was the first American to be named "The Best Dressed Woman in the World" by a panel of top couturiers, including Coco Chanel, and she was also named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Harrison Williams was said to be the richest man in America with an estimated fortune of $600 million ($8,700,000,000 in today dollars; $37,500,000,000 in gold-dollars (at $1275/tr.oz)), made in financing public utilities. On July 2, 1926, Mona married Williams, a widower 24 years her senior. For their honeymoon they went on a cruise around the world on Williams' Warrior, at the time, the largest, most expensive pleasure boat in the world. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Harrison Williams, Mona Bismarck, Warrior (Yacht), Travel, Cruise, Far East, Djibouti, Abyssinia, Celyon, Madura, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Hong Kong, Macao, Canton, Shanghai, Peking
[Book #81854]
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