REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1873
by Light-House Board of the United States
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- Hardcover
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- Covers moderately worn, ex-libris bookplate of the Columbia Historical Society (withdrawn) on front free endpaper, 2 plates with
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873. First edition. Covers moderately worn, ex-libris bookplate of the Columbia Historical Society (withdrawn) on front free endpaper, 2 plates with ink CHS stamp to bottom margin (not in image) else very good. Original flexible maroon cloth with gilt title; octavo; 90 pp. 7 full-page Woodburytype sepia-toned plates of lighthouses, tissue guards
Report of the Board (founded in 1851) on its operations regarding buoys, lighthouses, light ships, etc. on the coasts of the United States. Plates depict newly-constructed lighthouses, including the Steam Fog Signal The Syren; Day Beacon on Seaflower Reef, Long Island Sound; Craighill's Channel, Range or Leading Lights, Chesapeake Bay - the High Light; Craighill's Channel, Range or Leading Lights, Chesapeake Bay - the Low Light; Sea Coast Light at Currituck Beach, North Carolina; Lake Coast Light-House at Thirty Mile Point, Lake Ontario, NY; Lake Coast Light-House at Grosse Pointe, Lake Michigan, Illinois. Woodburytypes (a photo-mechanical process) printed by Am. Photo-Relief Printing Co., Phila.); Light-House at Mare Island, Cal. Scarce. OCLC/Worldcat locates only 5 copies.
Report of the Board (founded in 1851) on its operations regarding buoys, lighthouses, light ships, etc. on the coasts of the United States. Plates depict newly-constructed lighthouses, including the Steam Fog Signal The Syren; Day Beacon on Seaflower Reef, Long Island Sound; Craighill's Channel, Range or Leading Lights, Chesapeake Bay - the High Light; Craighill's Channel, Range or Leading Lights, Chesapeake Bay - the Low Light; Sea Coast Light at Currituck Beach, North Carolina; Lake Coast Light-House at Thirty Mile Point, Lake Ontario, NY; Lake Coast Light-House at Grosse Pointe, Lake Michigan, Illinois. Woodburytypes (a photo-mechanical process) printed by Am. Photo-Relief Printing Co., Phila.); Light-House at Mare Island, Cal. Scarce. OCLC/Worldcat locates only 5 copies.
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- Chanticleer Books (US)
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- Title
- REPORT OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1873
- Author
- Light-House Board of the United States
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers moderately worn, ex-libris bookplate of the Columbia Historical Society (withdrawn) on front free endpaper, 2 plates with
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- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1873
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