The World at Work: A Day in a Shipyard by Arthur O. Cooke. First US edition. NY: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1912. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7, 87 pages. Intended as a guided tour for young adults of the shipbuilding process, it features three color artist’s renditions of an unnamed Olympic (two of it in the ocean and one of the construction), as well as numerous technical diagrams and photos. Though not explicitly mentioned, the book is based upon the author’s tour of Harland and Wolff’s shipyard, which is also where the images are from. In very good condition, with cracked front hinge, foxing throughout, ownership signature and pencil notations to first free end page, and a couple tiny labels affixed to pastedowns.
