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THE AMERICAN LIGHT-HOUSE GUIDE
by ROBERT MILLS
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
WITH SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE MARINER, SECOND EDITION. By Robert Mills who designed numerous lighthouses as well as The Washington Monument. pp. 189 Contains title page, Copyright 1845, 6 item Errata, 6 page Index, Preface to the First edition, Preface to the Second Edition, and the following Parts: GENERAL VIEW OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, LIGHTHOUSES (By state), THE LAKE HOUSE, APPENDIX, THE LIGHT-HOUSES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION and PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION - FOREIGN LIGHTS, LIGHTS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ON THE SOUTH AMERICA COAST, BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, CANADA LIGHTS.
Condition: Considering the age and probable heavy use this is a real treasure - a rare survivor. Includes the title page - a fragment consisting of the top half. The errata page is mended and mostly intact, The rest of the volume is complete. Foxing and toning is not severe. Recently bound in untitled full Morocco leather with a facsimile of a title page from another copy in the New York public library inserted.
Condition: Considering the age and probable heavy use this is a real treasure - a rare survivor. Includes the title page - a fragment consisting of the top half. The errata page is mended and mostly intact, The rest of the volume is complete. Foxing and toning is not severe. Recently bound in untitled full Morocco leather with a facsimile of a title page from another copy in the New York public library inserted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L001
- Title
- THE AMERICAN LIGHT-HOUSE GUIDE
- Author
- ROBERT MILLS
- Format/Binding
- Full leather - untitled
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- WM. M. MORRISON
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1845
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8.75x5.5
Terms of Sale
Cartouche Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
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- Errata
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- Morocco
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- New
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