Lighthouses and lightships of the United States / by George R. Putnam ; with illustrations

Author: Putnam, G. R. (George Rockwell), 1865-
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company ; Cambridge [Mass.] : The Riverside Press, 1917.
Physical Description: xiii, 308 pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 22 cm

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Contents

Boston and the Colonial lights -- The lighthouses under the United States Government -- Lights in the approcahes to New York -- Lights of the New England Coast -- Lights from New York to the Chesapeake -- Lights of the South Atlantic Coast -- Lights of the Florida Reefs and the Gulf Coast -- Lights of the Pacific Coast and Alaska -- Light of the Great Lakes and the Rivers -- Lighting the islands and the Panama Canal -- Lighthouse construction and apparatus -- Lightships and lisghthouse tenders -- Buoys and day markers -- Fog signals -- The light-keeper -- Lighthouses of other countries and of Antiquity.

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"Published May 1917"--Verso of title-page.
Includes index.
Rare Books copy is one of the specimens collected by book artist Richard Minsky during the course of his research on American decorated publisher's bindings issued between 1872-1929.

Bibliography Note

"List of principal authorities consulted": pages 295-300.

Binding Information

Publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped cream white, grey, black, and gold with image of a tall lighthouse on a rocky shoreline; titles in gold on cover and spine. Unsigned.

Source of Acquisition

Rare Books copy: Purchased from Richard Minsky, book artist; 2015.
Rare Books copy: Purchased in part with funds from the Helen F. Faust Special Collection Libraries Endowment; 2015.

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