Gray, H B & Turner, Samuel - Eclipse Or Empire?

Nisbet & Co, 1916, 1st edition. Card covers, VG. x+316pp, b/w frontis, paper rather yellowed at the edges, spine with a small split at the base, Bookplate of the Crittall Social Club Library on the verso of the upper cover & an inked refrence to the same on the endpaper, a 'Presentation Edition' with the words 'with the compliments of Alexander Duckham & Co Ltd, Lubricant specialists' printed to the centre of the upper cover. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A call for educational reform in England with particular reference to Engineering & Science. The author's claim that Britain will be left behind by the rest of the world in manufacturing capacity & leadership if the education of the youth of Britain is not overhauled to include Techincal Colleges & better educational options for women. The Crittall Manufacturing Company Ltd made steel framed windows at their factory in Witham Essex. They are still there today.

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