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6719f.
Manning, Gordon P., LIFE IN THE
Cleveland inner pierhead light and life-saving station. (image courtesy Library of Congress. Not in book) 792h.
O’Brien, T. Michael. GUARDIANS OF THE
10201. Stump, E. Charles IV. The History of Fenwick Island, Delaware. 1976.20p. Soft wraps. Autographed by author. Good account includes the history and settlement of the island, their role in the Revolution, construction and history of the lighthouse, and more. Light soiling. (VG-). $9. SR-423.
West, J. Brian. LIFE ON THE EDGE – The Lighthouses of
Nauset. SR-422.
Chase, Mary Ellen. THE STORY OF LIGHTHOUSES.
SR-424.
SR-421.
[journal] THE KEEPER’S LOG. Journal of the 24241.
Clarke, A. C. VOICE ACROSS THE SEA. 1042b. The Sea Chest – Journal of The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. March 2005. 47p. Wonderful historical articles of the Pacific coast include: Melanope, Witch of the Waves; Southern Chief, A Reminder of Jefferson County’s Maritime Past; Sail Training in the Pacific Northwest, and more. (VG+). $9
21412. Rourke, Juanita. UP THE SHORE: THE LIGHTHOUSE YEARS. Toronto. 2000. 264p. Soft wraps. Autographed by the author. Edited by Bonnie Rourke. Enter into the intriguing world of lightkeeping on the Great Lakes with this detailed account of a lightkeeper’s wife. Originally written as a weekly newspaper column, these true stories reflect the life that Juanita and Frank Rourke and their family shared at various lighthouses on Georgian Bay and Lake Huron between the years 1956-68, when Frank was the keeper there. These tales offer a fascinating account of the experiences of a family living this rugged life far from the comforts of community and friends. Wonderful day-to-day details that will appeal to all who have succumbed to the lure of lighthouse history. Well illustrated with vintage photographs. (VG). $28.95. 1042c. The Sea Chest – Journal of The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. June 2005. 47p. Wonderful historical articles of the Pacific coast include: The Wreck of SS Saratoga; The Liberty Ship George Walton; Loss of Seagate on the Washington Coast, Haida Revisited, and more. (VG+). $9 L-189. Rawson, Geoffrey. Pandora’s Last Voyage. New York. 1963. 165p. DJ. In 1791, H.M.S. Pandora was sent to the Pacific to find the notorious H.M.S. Bounty, and to bring its crew back to justice in England. Based on authentic documents, this rousing account of this great sea saga blends the glamour of the exotic tropics with violent action and suspense. (VG). $16. L-188. Danielsson, Bengt. What Happened on the Bounty. London. 1963. 223p. DJ. A fresh account of the most famous mutiny in naval history. An exciting and authorative, readable work from a real sailor with an intimate knowledge of the South Pacific. (VG-). $12. 6327. United States Coast Guard. Marine Safety School. Commandant Notices and Instructions – Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars. c.1978. 564p. Spiral bound. Includes a thorough collection of field notices regarding pollution enforcement, intervention on the high seas, permits, pollution response, and more. Thorough reference. (VG+). $14. 6512f,g. U. S. Coast Guard. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SHIPS, PLANES AND STATIONS. CG-214. 1955. 32p. Soft wraps. A brief look at the history of the stations and equipment of the Coast Guard. Well illustrated with photos of cutters, icebreakers, tenders, lightships, surf and motor lifeboats, numerous aircraft and stations. (VG). $14. 6277e-J.
L-181.
Schallehn, Bernie and John J. Galluzzo. SANTA OF
THE LIGHTHOUSES. L-183.
Paine, Ralph D. THE BOOK OF BURIED TREASURE – Being a
True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, Etc., Which
are Sought for to this Day.
L-184. de Villiers, Marq and Sheila Hirtle. A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic. New York. 2004. 276p. DJ. This engaging natural history celebrates one of the world's most precarious landscapes, a sand spit 30 miles long and less than a mile wide, plunked down 100 miles from the Canadian coast. Continually gouged by wind and wave and stingily replenished with sand by the currents swirling around it, the evanescent but intractable island has wrecked hundreds of ships over the centuries while sheltering enough greenery and fresh water to maintain a herd of wild horses. De Villiers and Hirtle explore the geological and oceanographic forces that shaped and maintain the island and the flora and fauna that cling to it. They also examine its place in human history, regaling readers with tales of the shipwreck tragedies that darken its past and recalling the many odd little communities of castaways, lifeguards and scientists that have washed up on its beaches. (F-). $18.
29212. Claudy, C. H. THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES. 11pp. The World Today Magazine. May 1907. Quite a fine article on the extent and operation of the United States Lighthouse Service, with a bit about its history, with a number of examples of light stations and lightships, life at these outposts, and more. Excellent descriptions. And includes nine large half-tone engravings. Full issue filled with fine articles of the day. Contents clean, tight, wraps light wear and soiling. (VG-). $38.
29213a. William H. Flayhart. Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present. New York. 2003. 1st. DJ. 380p. 26 illustrations. The author retells classic ocean liner disaster stories while bringing to light never-before-published but compelling episodes in man's ongoing battle with the sea. A gripping, colorful and deadly history of ocean liner disasters from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, Perils of the Atlantic is a chronicle of the most frightening episodes in the maritime history of the North Atlantic. From 1850 to the present day, the Atlantic has been home to hundreds of ocean liners and cruise ships, each more lavish than the last...all of them symbols of wealth and luxury. Many of us know the stories of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Both tragedies caused tremendous loss of life, even as they made the ships immortal. But there are many little-known accounts of extraordinary survivals at sea, such as the Inman and International liner City of Chicago that jammed her bow into an Irish peninsula in 1892 but stayed afloat long enough for all to be rescued, or the City of Richmond that survived a dangerous fire in 1891, and a year earlier the City of Paris, whose starboard engine exploded at full speed in the mid-Atlantic and yet miraculously still made port. Often such tales are forgotten even if the ship sank: In 1898 the Holland-America liner Veendam hit a submerged wreck and sank at sea, but all lives were saved—so this vessel's dramatic story seemed less important in maritime history than incidents involving human loss. As recently as 2000, the Sea Breeze I sank off the East Coast of the United States while on a positioning voyage, but all her crew members were rescued in a heroic effort by U.S. Coast Guard helicopters. These stories and many others are dramatic, and acclaimed maritime scholar William Flayhart has spent much of the last forty years in search of material from which to create colorful narratives. It is a first-class work; I recommend it highly. (VG). $24. L-185. Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall. Botany Bay. Boston. 1941. Tenth printing. 374p. Following their Bounty trilogy ( The Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcairn’s Island), these renown authors penned this excellent take, one you can't put down and and was later made into a feature film (1951). A good look at how life was in the penal colonies of Australia in the 1780's and 90's. (VG). $12. L-186. na. The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. The Marine research society, Salem, Mass. 1924. 469p. Rare volume, based on actual documents and material gathered from a variety of historical sources dating back to the mid-1700s, recounts in lurid detail the life, atrocities and bloody death of the infamous Black Beard as well as the cold-blooded exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read and scores of other maritime marauders. Enhanced with over 70 wood engravings. This extended account of piracy in ancient and modern times, and in all parts of the world, saw its first edition published in Boston in 1837. At least eight other editions followed. Restored to print in 1924 by the Marine Research Society of Salem, Massachusetts, this work is a fascinating account of the careers and exploits of pirates. (VG). $34.
2974. Long, Charles A. E., Matinicus Isle – Its Story and Its People. Lewiston. 1926. 235+p. Facsimile copy. Excellent source of history and genealogical information about the rocky island of Matinicus, located 60 miles east of Portland. Includes information about the light station there, and particularly the keepers and their families. A rarely found and sought-after reference on the subject. The one copy that I can find on line lists for $120. Older photocopy, post bound. $44.
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3169f.
25237b. Quinn, William P., SHIPWRECKS
ALONG THE 29322. Seibold, David J. and Charles J. Adams III. SHIPWRECKS NEAR BARNEGAT INLET, LONG BEACH ISLAND, NEW JERSEY. Exeter House Books. 1995. 2nd. 92p. Soft wraps. An account of numerous wrecks and rescues in this notoriously dangerous stretch of Atlantic coastline. From the 1800’s up until the 1980’s, the author describes many of the more interesting of famous incidents. Scarce title. (VG+). $10. BR-98.
DeWire, Elinor. GUIDE
TO BR-110. ed. Townsend, Robert B. Tales from the Great Lakes. Toronto. 1995. 203p. Soft wraps. For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world. C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner Days" columns for Toronto's The Evening Telegram between 1931 and 1954. A great marine researcher and artist, Snider himself worked aboard schooners in his youth and studied first-hand the development of the Great Lakes region. Included herein are selected articles written for Toronto's The evening telegram from 1931-1954. Coupled with Snider's writings are those of Robert B. Townsend, who, besides introducing Snider's stories, adds some of his own. (VG). $7. BR-109. Mitchell, Al. Historic American Lighthouses. Bellevue. 2003. 140p. Stiff wraps. Hundreds of fine old lighthouses stand guard at America's shores, watching over crowded harbors, maritime channels, deadly shoals, and killer reefs. Some, including the venerable towers at Portland Head in Maine, are nearly as old as the country they serve. Others, such as the one at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina have become international celebrities, and they all have a dramatic story to tell. From shore to shore, in superb photos, visit the most magnificent structures and learn their riveting histories. There is the isolated Florida light station that suffered an Indian attack; a shipwreck that literally crashed the Christmas Eve celebration of a keeper and his family; and the sinking of the legendary lake freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. (M). $8. BR-108.
Shanks, Ralph and Lisa Woo. GUARDIANS OF THE GOLDEN
GATE. 1990. 318p. Hardcover. “...Climb the iron stairways of BR-106.
BR-105.
Coast Guard. MOMENTS IN HISTORY. BR-103. Wass, Philmore B. LIGHTHOUSE IN MY LIFE - The Story of a Maine Lightkeeper’s Family. 1987. 258p. Soft Wraps. ‘An engaging and authentic account of a child’s life growing up at Libby Island Light Station in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Faithfully tending the beacon, the author and his family strove to maintain a normal family life under unusual and often demanding conditions. A fascinating story of a vanished way of life.‘ Some notations and underlining. (VG-). $6. BR-102.
Bachelder, Peter Dow. THE LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTSHIPS
OF BR-101.
Stonehouse, Frederick. BR-99.
BR-100.
BR-96. Feltner, Dr. Charles E. and Jeri Baron Feltner. Shipwrecks of the Straits of Mackinac. Dearborn. 1997. 3rd. Soft wraps. 338p. An extensive guide to shipwrecks lying in this particular stretch of water in Lake Michigan. Very nicely illustrated throughout with b/w photos and period art of the actual ships, vintage diving advertising and maps. Text covers 41 discovered wrecks and, 43 undiscovered ships, information on lighthouses, statistics, glossary of nautical terms, bibliography and more. (VG+). $12. BR-97. na. A History of Fairport Harbor Ohio. Plainsville. 1990. 3rd. 303p. Soft wraps. Fairport Harbor's early history and development is the story of the Western Reserve. The favorable harbor played an important role in the building of this part of the Western Reserve. It was a port of call for boats carrying immigrants from Europe, going to the upper lake regions, and a haven of calm water for boats in a storm. Filled with history of the area including the Life-Saving and Coast Guard station, the lighthouses, fire and police departments, and more. (VG+). $9.
JOURNAL OF LIGHT STATION LOVELL’S ISLAND RANGE LIGHT, Boston Harbor.
D-03. U. S. Lighthouse Service. JOURNAL OF LIGHT STATION FOR THE LIGHT STATION AT LOVELL’S ISLAND RANGE LIGHT, BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS July 1, 1911 to November 30, 1919. Lovell’s Island Range Lights were erected in 1902 for the accommodation o f mariners coming up the South Channel of Broad Sound, Boston Harbor. The lights were placed in the charge of Keeper Alfred G. Eisener [shown in photo standing at base of tower- photo not included. Known as a poet and a writer, Keeper Eisner is best known for his book Dan, or the Gale of ‘73. In 1919 Eisener was succeeded by Charles H. Jennings, who later transferred to Boston Light. The light was extinguished in 1939 and subsequently torn down. This historic log records the careers of both keepers of this important light station. “….June 30, 1919….This page closes my Light-House life, consisting of 35 years of service, beginning at Cape Ann, ending at Lovell’s Island, Mass. Alfred G. Eisener [Keeper]….” SUPERB Original intact standard issue Light-House Journal: Hard bound folio with half-calf spine and corners. Spine is labeled in gilt embossed letters “306 – Journal of Light Station – Light-House Establishment – Department of Commerce and labor”. Volume measures 14” high by 8 ½” wide and contains 202 form pages completed in the hand of Keepers Alfred G. Eisener, and Charles Harold Jennings, covering the period from July 1, 1911 to November 30, 1919. This type of record was kept at all stations and contained daily listings of important events, bad weather and other special notes. Each page is signed in the hand of the Keeper. Some of the special notes include Sept. 30, 1918 when the light was extinguished for the duration of the Great War, November 11, 1918 Great War practically ended today – Armistice signed, and sadly: “This page closes my light-house life, consisting of 35 years of service, beginning at Cape Ann, ending at Lovell’s Island, Mass.” signed Keeper Alfred G. Eisener. Also noted are the signatures of the District Inspector after inspection of the station with dates of inspection and various notes. Back endpapers used by keepers to record period of absences during the years. Pages are in good condition, generally clean and tight. Binding lightly soiled, with expected light wear. Hinges are worn, front wrap present but detached, back intact but worn. Spine intact and legible. Spine is clearly gilt embossed: “306 – Journal of Light Station – Light-House Establishment – Department of Commerce and labor” (VG). Reduced to $995. 29127. na. American Merchant Seaman’s Manual. Ed. Felix M. Cornell and Allan C. Hoffman. Cambridge. 1964. 5th. 834p. Stiff wraps. Property stamp on frontis “Commanding Officer, Shinnecock Coast Guard Station, Hampton Bays, N.Y. 11946.” The American Merchant Seaman’s Manual has been the primary seamanship text and reference book for the American Merchant Marine for more than sixty years. Merchant mariners going to sea for the first time need to know as much about their new job, their ship, the sea, and the Merchant Marine as they can. From Marlinespike Seamanship to Navigation and Weather, this manual is designed to provide the knowledge that these new seamen need to embark upon their careers at sea. Clean, crisp. (VG+). $48. 29176. Castle, Beatrice Hanscom. The Grand Island Story. Marquette. 1974. 110p. DJ. Grand Island, the largest island along Lake Superior’s south shore, about one-half mile from the mainland community of Munising, Michigan. The first Settlers came to the Island in the early 1800's when trading for furs was the prime industry. Includes information on the Grand Island North Light (built in 1867), as well as the East Channel Lighthouse, shipping, settlement and more. (VG). $18. 2614. (catalogue) Bannerman,
Francis. MILITARY GOODS CATALOGUE 1938 - CANNON,
UNIFORMS, GATLING GUNS, AMMUNITION & RELICS. FRANCIS BANNERMAN CO.
New York 1938 ed wraps 9" x 11 ½” 287pp. This extensive
catalog is accompanied by the original pictorial mailing envelope (edge
worn) and a 1939 correction list. Illustrated throughout. The Bannerman
Company dated from the Civil War. They were the first merchants to
recognize the value of surplus military goods and became the premier
private arms dealer in the world. They bought 90% of the surplus from the
Spanish American war and after they were told not to store the 90 tons of
explosives in New York , they bought Bannerman Island on the Hudson River
. The company prospered until the 1970s. Catalogues of their goods were
routinely issued for almost 100 years although the quality of the printing
deteriorated over the years as the staff aged and pages were reproduced.
Extensively illustrated catalogue includes thousands of piostols, rifles,
cannon, cartridges, uniforms, medals, swords, naval lamps, battle
lanterns, life rings, binnacles and much more. Some past issues included
Lyle guns, Life-Saving Service annual reports for $1 each, lighthouse
items and more. Superb reading and a great reference. Pictorial paper
covers and contents in good condition, age toning but clean and tight.
(VG-). $128.
23148b.
Baker, T. Lindsay. LIGHTHOUSES OF TEXAS.
24367b
na. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE
SAVING CORPS IN RHODE ISLAND, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY
SESSION, 1906. 24367d
na. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE
SAVING CORPS IN RHODE ISLAND, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY
SESSION, 1906. 24367c
na. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES
LIFE SAVING CORPS IN RHODE ISLAND, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS
JANUARY SESSION, 1907.
28246. SIGNAL BOOK. United States Army. Wash. 1916. 64p. Cloth wraps. 24 Mo. Filled with information on visual signaling including Morse Code, Signaling by Coston lights, flag, torch, lantern, heliograph, Ardois system, semaphore, letter codes, telephone and more. Includes color plates of signals and flags. Clean, crisp. (VG+). $48.
28198. Groot, E. P., The United States Life-Saving Service in Ocean County. Excerpts From Annual Reports of the United States Life Saving Service for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1876-1914. Ocean County Historical Society. 2005. 368p. Stiff wraps. This is a carefully prepared and attractively presented narrative of the Life-Saving Service in Ocean County from 1876 to 1914. After witnessing a shipwreck on the coast of Long Beach Island and the loss of all thirteen lives in 1839, W. A. Newell was prompted as a Congressman in 1848 to appeal for funds to establish a federal life-saving system. This book tells the story of that system, its function, and activities at Ocean County’s eight life saving stations. Included are numerous accounts of wrecks and rescue efforts taken from original reposts and other sources, as well as extensive statistical information on maritime accidents and developments in life-saving technique. The book contains extensive notes on the U.S. Life Saving Service, locations and manning of stations, activities and narratives of life saving crews, tabular summaries of maritime accidents, an index of vessel names, and various maps and pictures. Excellent reference and reading. Rare. (M). $88.
28135. Roy, E. Lott. Eaton’s Neck Lifesavers. Long Island Forum Magazine. October 1963. 2p. Nice overview on the early life saving efforts on Long Island’s north shore near Eaton’s Neck. Includes good photos of the first 1849 station as well as the 1875-Type life-saving station. Good information on the acquiring of the sites and early crews. Full issue, light wear and a bit of moisture to back. (VG-). $28.
28229. Kobbe, Gustav. LIFE-SAVERS, OLD AND YOUNG. St. Nicholas Magazine. April 1901. 5p. Disbound. Great account of the work of the Life-Saving Service includes a number of accounts of their work and life, as well as a number of rescues performed. Includes a number of photo illustrations of the surfboat roll-over drill, breeches buoy drill and more. Great account. Nicely illustrated. (VG). $24. 4365L. United States Life-Saving Service. INSTRUCTIONS TO MARINERS IN CASE OF SHIPWRECK WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LIFE-SAVING STATIONS UPON THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington. GPO. 1888. 43p. Contains information and instructions for use by mariners so that proper co-ordination between life-savers and sailors in distress will be achieved. Includes information on the use of breeches buoy apparatus, signaling, rescue by surfboat, and much more. Also includes complete listing of all Life-Saving Districts and stations in the united States. Disbound, without three-part folded case. 3” x 6” illustrated. Unusually clean, intact in good condition. (VG) . $128 net.
28183. Tag, Thomas A. The Clock Without Hands. Chicago. 2008. 17p. Spiral bound. Thomas Tag has long been probably the only authority on lamps, lens apparatus and illumination for lighthouses, with his articles on the subject appearing in our catalogue, as well as the U. S. Lighthouse Society’s Keeper’s Log, Lighthouse Digest and other publications. Now Tom has added still another volume to his list of publications – The Clock Without Habds. This detailed account covers a long neglected area of lighthouse equipment – the mechanical weight-driven mechanisms that rotate the lenses causing the flash that we see. The author covers a history and design of these mechanisms, chariot wheel systems, mercury flotation systems, clockwork mechanisms, and much more. Thoroughly illustrated with early photographs and drawings, this booklet makes most interesting reading. (M). $26. (Additional titles available – please ask for list.) 5200J-b. Life-Saving Service. Report Of The General Superintendent On The Transfer Of The Life-Saving Service To The Navy Department. 1883. 5p. Original soft wraps. Quite a lengthy reply and discussion by Superintendent Kimball of the recent bill proposed to reorganize the Navy Department and transferring to it the duties and functions of the Life-Saving Service. Includes a detailed discussion of the origins and functions of the Life-Saving Service and in particular their duties, contrasting them with the markedly different duties and skills of the Navy Department. Rare rebuttal by the Superintendent himself, quite interesting reading. Wraps and contents tight, intact, light soiling, some expected edge wear. (VG). $120. RA-393. Light-House Board, INSTRUCTIONS TO LIGHT-KEEPERS AND MASTERS OF LIGHT-HOUSE VESSELS. GPO. 1902. 55 pages of instructions plus 37 photo and large fold-out plates. Contains a wealth of information, particularly in the plates for use in identifying lamps. Includes complete Instructions for Light-Keepers in Stations with Two or More Keepers, Light Stations With One Keeper, Keepers of Light-Vessels, Management of Lens Lights and Disposition of Lamps and Illuminating Apparatus, Management of Mechanical Lamps, Revolving Machinery, trimming of wicks, morning duties, and much more. Includes all aspects of station and apparatus maintenance. Excellent plates detail all types of lamps and lighting apparatus, lanterns, revolving apparatus, fog signal equipment, bell striking apparatus, and more. Also laid in is a pamphlet “Illustrated List of Parts of the Hornsby-Akroyd Patent Safety Oil Engine”. This engine was used for pumping air to supply fog signals. A very complete and important document. Contents generally clean and tight. Some soiling and foxing to endpapers, covers gilt embossed, moderate wear and soiling, hinges intact. (VG). $395 net.
28291. (newspaper) "THE COSTON LIGHT". The United States Gazette. November 6, 1845. Front page top right full column lengthy piece on the improvements on the invention of a Parabolic Reflector by Benjamin Franklin Coston, a young Navy officer. Article includes more detail and scientific specifics on this invention and its impact on Lighthouses at Reedy Island, Christiana Creek Light. Noted is Mr. Middleton who constructed the apparatus for Coston. 23 column inches. Full newspaper contains 4 large pages with interesting early articles of the day, only light occasional foxing, expected wear. (VG). $34. 28254. (advertisement) Jos. W. Jones Radio Receivers. Saturday Evening Post. October 3, 1925. Vintage advertisement shows writer talking with the old lighthouse keeper and notes: “It used to be lonesome here – it ain’t any more. So said this lighthouse keeper, for 38 years a hermit until Radio brought the outside world to him.” Three models or radio receivers manufactured by the Jos. W. Jones Radio Mfg. Co. of New York. Models include: Model J-75 B 5-tube, tuned radio frequency receiver, selling for $75, the Model J-100 B, also 5 tube, tuned radio frequency receiver and selling for $100. The top of the line was the Model J-175, a 6 tube, tuned radio frequency receiver selling for $175. The add measures approximately 10 ¼” x 14” and is clean and bright, perfect for framing. (VG+). $24.
2931. Eldridge, Muriel and Richard. The Lighthouse keeper’s Daughter. A Play in One Act. New York. Samuel French pub. 1935. 16p. Soft wraps. A laughable pantomimed farce, showing that virtue hath its just reward. The lighthouse keeper’s daughter, an innocent maiden, has a villainous suitor who plots to gain her father’s money and then to slay him. At dusk he accomplishes his task and escapes, but the attempted murder is discovered in time for the handsome doctor to save him, and win the hand of the daughter. An interesting early play. Light wear, page loose, overall good condition in original blue wraps. (VG-). $14.
X-01. Smeaton, John [1724-1792]. A NARRATIVE OF THE BUILDING AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE WITH STONE: TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED, AN APPENDIX, GIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SPURN POINT, BUILT UPON A SAND. London. 1793. Second Edition, corrected. Folio [approx. 21” x 15”] . 198 pages. Completely illustrated with 23 large original engraved plates. First published in 1791, this more sought after second edition was published , correcting the errors that appeared in the 1791 edition. Bound and rebacked with calf, gilt embossed label on spine, marbled boards. Most rare, only three known in the past ten years. A detailed and complete original day-to-day account of the construction of the famed Eddystone Lighthouse by the design engineer himself. A very detailed account, particularly of the repeated frustrations and efforts of the designers and workers at this exposed site, the storms and rescues and their ultimate success. This most important work covers the history of the lighthouse, the construction of lighthouse towers, illumination and sources of light, catoptric system of lights, and much more. John Smeaton is generally considered to be one of the world’s greatest lighthouse engineers, whose work became the foundation for all else to follow. This was Smeaton's first project as civil engineer. Two earlier lights on the Eddystone reef had been destroyed and this system of dovetailing and interlocking stone developed by Smeaton was used for offshore lighthouses for centuries to follow. The longevity of the Eddystone light is a lasting tribute to his genius. A very complete and excellent work on the subject by this renown early lighthouse engineer. With 23 large 12” x 17” engraved plates including Winstanley’s original lighthouse, Elevation and Section of Rudyers’s Lighthouse, Elevation and Plan Views of Eddystone Rock, 1759 lighthouse [multiple views], Plans of Stone Construction, Horizontal and Vertical Sections of the Eddystone Lantern with Chandeliers, Construction process and equipment, Millwork Furniture and Utensils, Sectional View of High Lighthouse Upon the Spurn Point, and much more. A scarce and important museum quality reference, a MUST for the serious and quite scarce. Overall clean, pages bright but with some light foxing about the margins, cover page some light soiling and foxing, possibly rebacked professionally in the past, with new endpapers, quite crisp and tight. With library stamps for Garrison Library, Malta but none obscure text. This is one of the most important works in the history of civil engineering. This item is of museum quality, and is extremely rare, only a few known copies. (VG). $1,680 net.
25351a. Rice, Frederick Jr. THE
LIFE-SAVING SERVICE.
2704. Davis, Rebecca Harding. LIFE
SAVING STATIONS- History, Anecdotes, and Famous Shipwrecks, Etc. Reprint
from Lippincott's Magazine (Mar. 1876): pp. 301-310. This article by Rebecca
Harding Davis, originally appearing in Lippincott's Magazine in 1876, presents
an interesting discussion of the history of life saving stations, surf boats,
and wrecking crews in the United States and particularly along the coast of Newe
Jersey. Written as an interview with several old-hands at a life saving station
on the Jersey Coast, includes anecdotes, discussion of the history of the
lifeboat service in Britain and the U.S., pilfering of wrecked ships, life
saving apparatus, etc. A scarce reference to early coastal lifesaving services
in the New Jersey and Long Island area, with mention of several shipwrecks. New,
staple bound card stock covers. Dimensions: 8.5x11 inches Page Count: 11. (M).
$9.95.
20218d. Vent,
29151. Jones, E. Lester. The Neglected Waters of the Pacific Coast – Washington, Oregon and California. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Special Publication #48. GPO. 1918. 21p. Stiff wraps. Believe it or not, the Pacific coastline in 1918 had yet to be properly surveyed as the east coast had. This detailed report looks at the history of surveys of the area, harbors and the many shipwrecks occurring along the coast and discusses the need for such a survey. Includes a great deal on past shipwrecks, complete with numerous fold-out charts and photo plates. Some of the wrecks and their causes discussed at some length include the Steamer Bear, U.S.S. Milwaukee (1917) , Steamers Santa Rosa (1911) and Santa Clara (1915), steamer Valencia (1906) and more. Overall clean, tight, some wear to wraps. (VG-). $84.
29162. Powers, Paul A. They That Go Down To The Sea - A Bicentennial Pictorial History of the United States Coast Guard 1790-1990. Pub. by Chief Petty Officers Association (Taylor Pub. Co.), 1990, 11" x 9", 208 pages. Foreword by Alex Haley. DJ. Filled with hundreds of vintage photos and illustrations, covering the Coast Guard’s 200-year history from the early Revenue Cutter Service sailors; the Civil War era 1861-65; the Cutter Bear in Alaska; The U. S. Lighthouse Service; WWI; WWII; Ocean Stations; Vietnam; Coast Guard Aircraft; Coast Guard Cutters and Craft and more. A book about the people and how they lives, about life on board the early cutters and at the light stations, about fighting the raging surf, or a gun battle during the war. A pictorial history of the men and women who have left their mark on the story of America. Long out of print, very difficult to find. (F). $112. 926b.
Anderson, Charles M., ISLE OF VIEW – A History of
9321. Bennett, Captain Robert F., (USCG Ret.) SAND POUNDERS. Coast Guard’s Historian’s Office. 1999. 193p. Soft Wraps. Released just ten years ago, is this interesting work by this noted Coast Guard author. This detailed work takes a different approach - interpreting the history and work of the Life-Saving Service as based on its Annual Reports for the years 1870 through 1914. Hundreds of details and interpretations are pointed out here that rarely find their way into most books on the subject, making this a most informative work and well worth adding to your library. Illustrated with 25 vintage photographs and engravings. This title is long out of print. A copy surfaces only every few years - most interesting and well worth the price. $58. 980b. Kobbe’, Gustav. HEROES
OF PEACE – VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVERS. 8p. Century Illustrated Monthly
Magazine. June 1899. Disbound. Details the work of the early life saving crews
including the Massachusetts Humane Society and noted life-saver Joshua James. In
addition, individuals who have assisted the Life-Saving Service are given due
credit including three women and a lad assisted the keeper of the Long Beach LSS,
who rescued the crew of the bark Martha P. Tucker at Point Lookout, Long Island.
Also highlighted are West Coast and Great Lakes rescues, and work of the Gay
Head Indians in rescuing survivors of the City of
28447. na. Blind Man’s Buff. Popular Mechanics. c.1939. 7p. Unusually good article, chock full of photographs, details the work and stations of the Lighthouse Service in aiding mariners traveling the dangerous routes from New York to Nantucket Shoals in the incessant fog. Good detail of the systems in place including submarine signaling, radio direction finding and more. Filled with over 14 illustrations. Disbound. (VG). $28.
28334. na. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Samuel Sullivan Cox Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Washington. 1890. 264p. Superb gilt embossed and decorated black covers. Given the title “Father of the Life-Saving Service”, Mr. Cox spent his thirty year career in the United States Congress attempting to upgrade the Life-Saving Service. Mr. Cox was most proud of his work in creating the Federal statute that created the Life-Saving Service and his untiring zeal in pressing for its eventual passage. Throughout his career he continued to press for the upgrading of this humanitarian service such that, upon his death his widow was presented by members of the Life-Saving Service with a memorial vase inscribed to his memory. This rare volume includes the text of the many eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Representative Samuel Sullivan Cox. Includes a superb engraved portrait of Mr. Cox by the Bureau of Engraving. From a private collection, this beautiful work is in very nice condition. Beautiful embossed wraps are clean and bright, only some wear and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight with expected age toning. A beautiful and important work. (VG+). $166 net. 6106g.
Cox, William Van Zandt, and Northrup, Milton Harlow, LIFE
OF SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX. Set of both of these important works $298.
28398c.
[bid booklet] 3164t.
Kobbe', Gustav. "LIFE ON THE ( Early U. S. Coast Guard Publications
25191a. Price, Scott T., THE COAST GUARD AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1994. 17p. Soft wraps. Nearly 23,000 Coast Guard members manned two classes of Navy escort vessels that saw service on the North Atlantic; destroyer escorts and frigates. The destroyer escorts began to join the fleet in mid-1943, and the Coast Guard ultimately manned 30 of these well-armed and maneuverable warships. The Coast Guard also manned the entire class of 75 frigates which began to enter service in late 1943. The experienced sailors slept "boots and saddles." This meant, as one crewman said, that "I sleep with my shoes and clothes on, and, OK, my life jacket also," because they were never sure when a torpedo might hit their ship. Combatting the U-boats took a great deal of training and experience. These warships, along with their compatriots, kept the U-boats at bay and the supply lines to the Allies open, thereby leading to Germany's ultimate defeat. An interesting and valuable reference. $18. 25190a.
Browning, Robert M. Jr., THE COAST GUARD AND THE
PACIFIC WAR. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1995. 21p. Soft wraps. The
Coast Guard's participation in amphibious activity during World War II was
perhaps the most important war-related job the service performed. Incredibly,
the Coast Guard fully manned more than 350 naval ships, including 77 LSTs
(Landing Ship, Tank), 21 cargo and attack-cargo ships, 75 frigates, and 31
transports. In addition, the Coast Guard manned more than 800 cutters, nearly
300 ships for the Army, and thousands of amphibious-type assault craft. An
interesting and valuable reference.
$18. 25189b.
Browning, Robert M. Jr., THE EYES AND EARS OF THE
CONVOY: Development of the Helicopter as an Anti-Submarine Weapon.
Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1993. 17p. Soft wraps. The development of the
helicopter can be attributed to a few visionary men who foresaw the great
potential of this aircraft. During World War II, due to the insistence of
several Coast Guard officers, this revolutionary aircraft was developed for war
and peacetime uses. Their efforts helped the helicopter to evolve into the
machine that is known today. The story of the helicopter, of course, just began
for the Coast Guard during World War II. The helicopter would quickly become the
backbone of the service's search-and-rescue program. This little known account
is well worth reading. Includes many early photos. $22. 8271b.
Noble, Dennis. THE BEACH PATROL AND CORSAIR FLEET.
USCG. 25188b.
Price, Scott T. THE U.S. COAST GUARD AT NORMANDY.
USCG. 22136b.
Tilley, John A., THE COAST GUARD & THE 28165. Browning, Robert M. Jr., CAPTAINS OF THE PORT. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1993. 17p. Soft wraps. Following the Mont Blanc disaster in Halifax, the Coast Guard instituted procedures to provide logistical support, supervision, security, law enforcement and safety measures in all major American ports. This booklet provides great detail on this little known function of the Coast Guard. Clean, tight. (VG). $16. 28166. Thomson, PA2 Robin J. THE COAST GUARD & THE WOMEN’S RESERVE IN WORLD WAR II. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1992. 21p. Soft wraps. The story of the more than 10,000 women who joined the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve from 1942 until the war’s end. Filled with interesting accounts. Clean, tight. (VG). $22.
6333y, z. Putnam, George R. SENTINEL OF THE COASTS - THE LOG OF A LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEER. NY. 1937. 1st. ed. 368pp. Well illustrated with over 60 photos. This historical and descriptive work by the retired Commissioner of Lighthouses includes chapters on the history and organization of the Lighthouse Service, the perils of lightships, fog and radio, tenders, romance of the buoys, the government workers, and much more. A most important book that has become quite scarce. Unusually good condition for this title, clean, bright, tight, only soiling and fading to the spine. (VG). $88 net.
21346d. Grubb, Russell. BR-89.
Adamson, Hans Christian. KEEPERS OF THE LIGHTS.
BR-91.
Kozma, LuAnne Gaykowski. LIVING AT A LIGHTHOUSE –
Oral Histories from the 21514a,b. [towel] Original large U. S. Coast Guard hand or dish towel measures 23" x 36". Manufactured by Cannon Mfg., this is a bright rose on white linen and bears the large initials "U.S.C.G." on a rose colored center band. These may have been for use at the Coast Guard Academy or for use in ship’s wardrooms. A fine Coast Guard collectible for your collection or for your galley. Clean, crisp, may be unused. (F). $54 net. 21126. South Bend Replicas,
Inc., CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUE/REPLICA ORDNANCE.
7159m.
(magazine) THE MENTOR. July 1925. Pub.
27427. U. S. Coast Guard. QUARTERMASTERS’ BRIDGE BOOK- U. S. Coast Guard Air Station, Brooklyn, New York. c.1947. 82 p. Official post World War II vintage logbook is filled out by the Quartermaster of the watch. It has pages sufficient for a one month period and includes space for morning orders, events of the day, course, speed, weather, sea conditions, crew on board, positions, magazine temperature, commanding officer and more. Book is as original, completely filled out for this station, in original cardboard wraps. Includes changes of watch, training, alerts, new personnel and much more. 9 ½” x 11 ½”. Moderate expected wear and toning. A great collector’s item. (VG). $68. 23380a,b.
27438. (marine supplies catalogues c.1930’s) We recently acquired a great lot of early illustrated marine supplies catalogues. Catalogues detail thousands of early ship and yacht chandlery items including rope and chain, fittings, flags, ensigns and jacks, binnacles, marine engines, blocks and pulleys, Coston distress signals, lamps and lanterns, boats and canoes, sails, life vests, tools, clocks, barometers and much more. Great reading and reference. Catalogues available include: The Durkee Company c.1936. 191p.; Armstrong & Galbraith, Inc. c.1940. 96p.; W & J Tiebout Marine Supplies c.1939. 208p.; E. J. Willis Company c.1935. 256p.; E. J. Willis Company c.1937. 264p. $34 each.
27347.
(photo) SKY PILOT TO LIGHTHOUSE MEN – W. H.
“Grandpa” Law. Keystone View Company. 6” x 8”. b/w.
c.1930-1940. Press release attached notes: “After practically a lifetime on
the high seas, W. H. “Grandpa” Law, who has preached the gospel to
lighthouse keepers and Coast Guardsmen of the U. S. has retired from active
service. His going will be mourned by every lighthouse keeper in the United
States.” There is not much information really known about Mr. Law - We
are aware of a story that he wrote entitled, “Deeds of Valor by Heroes and
Heroines of the Great Water World” but know little else. Clean, clear, light
wear. (VG). $38. 20533b.
Parsons, Eleanor C., THATCHERS – 792g.
O’Brien, T. Michael. GUARDIANS OF THE C2678.
[document] U. S. Coast
Guard, Return of Public Property (Apparatus, Equipment, Supplies, etc.)
for the Period From July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1925 at the Cranberry Island
Station, First District [Maine]. 50
pages. 9 ½” x 12”. Lengthy form contains spaces for all
items needed by the station and would be filled out the hand of the
Officer in Charge [Payson F. Myers] indicating the quantity of each item
on hand, received, and used during the year. Each and every possible item
is noted, from all sizes of brushes, to boats, burners, lamps, wicks,
tools, furniture, blocks, tackle, breeches buoy, line guns, vehicles,
draft animals, life belts, medicine chest, oars, shot line, paint, books
and forms, and much more. Listing covers 50 pages and is a must for
researchers working to properly furnish your Coast Guard or life-saving
station or museum exhibit. (Photocopy,
spiral bound. $11.) 8228. DeWire, Elinor. GUIDE TO
27139. (Flying Santa) LIFE GOES ON A Trip – In an Airplane with Santa Claus Along the New England Coast. Life Magazine. December 1928. 3p. Disbound. Short article filled with photographs chronicles the Bill Wincapaws (father and son) as they set out by airplane to drop gift bundles to lighthouses and Coast Guard stations along the New England coast. In 1926, Captain William Wincapaw began the tradition of dropping Christmas gift packages from his plane to remote lighthouse families. Later, author and historian Edward Rowe Snow would continue the “Flying Santa” tradition, which continues to this day by local groups. Photos include the Wincapaws, and from the air Straitsmouth Light Station, Annisquam LS, Ipswich LS, Boston LS, and Plum Island Coast Guard station. Clean, crisp. (VG+). $34.
4342k,n. Otis, James. THE
LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the 412b.
H.R. Doc No. 811. LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
May 25, 1842.
27198.
Kerber, Stephen H. THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING
SERVICE AND THE FLORIDA HOUSES OF REFUGE. Florida Atlantic
University. 1971. 144p. Facsimile copy, spiral bound. The Houses of Refuge in
Florida were a series of stations operated by the United States Life Saving
Service along the coast of Florida to rescue and shelter ship-wrecked sailors.
Five houses were built on the east coast in 1876, with five more added in 1885.
There was also two Life Saving Stations built, one just south of the Jupiter
Inlet, the other on the Gulf coast on Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola. The
houses were manned by civilian keepers, contractors who lived in the houses with
their families. Most of these houses remained in service as life-saving stations
until 1915 or later. Some of the locations became Coast Guard stations after the
Life Saving Service was merged into the Coast Guard in 1915. The houses were
built of Florida pine, using 8x8 heartwood timbers for the foundation and frame,
intended to withstand the area’s many hurricanes. The station keeper's family
occupied the main floor, and the attic was a dormitory for ship-wrecked sailors.
This author’s thesis presents a great deal of information on these
little-known stations, their keepers and the work that that they performed. (M).
$34. 26304.
26305.
26278.
Hughes, Joseph Henry Jr., A COVENANT WITH HONOR – An
American “Lord Jim”. Lawndale. 1982. 3rd. 413p. Soft wraps. Frank
V. Helmer, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, writes of this book: “The United
States Coast Guard Academy subjects its cadets to a regime that is physically
arduous and mentally demanding. Each graduating Ensign takes with him, in
addition to a fund of academic and professional training, his personal triumph
over discouragement and fatigue. From my own cadet days, and from my tour as
Assistant Superintendent of the Academy, I have had a feeling for the daily
struggle that each cadet meets in his own way, but until I read this book I had
never seen that feeling reflected in print. As a cadet, Joseph Hughes met his
days with courage and enthusiasm. He grew in maturity and self discipline.
Tragically, his career as an officer ended before it had begun, but the picture
of his life as it unfolds on these pages will stand as a memorial to him, even
as it serves as an inspiration to all who read it." This poignant account
includes 15 chapters that span the time-frame from the early 1950s to 1964.
(VG+). $18.
2785.
Bush, Edward F. THE CANADIAN LIGHTHOUSE.
National Historic Sites Service, Ottawa, Manuscript Report No. 58. 1970.
350+ pages. Soft wraps. Illustrated with over 140 photos and fold-out maps.
NOTE: This is a different and much more comprehensive publication than the
Occasional Papers in Archaeology of the same title published in 1975. Extremely
comprehensive study traces the evolution of the Canadian lighthouse from the
first structure at Louisbourg in the 18th century to the latest developments in
lighthouse design and technology. There is an emphasis on the older extant
structures, with listings of data on individual lighthouses. Included is light
and lens information, fuels, fog signals, tower construction and much more. With
over 140 wonderful vintage photographs of the stations, lamps, equipment and
more, this is a most interesting work on a relatively little known area.
Includes fold-out maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Probably the best
historical reference on Canadian lighthouses that I have yet seen. (VG).
$135 2719.
Page, Victor W. MOTOR BOATS AND BOAT MOTORS – Design,
Construction, Operation and Repair. New York. 1920. 524p. Marked
in pencil on frontis page “P A Evans Malden, Mass. U. S. Lighthouse Service,
Nantucket Lt. 1937”. Apparently once the property of one of the light
keepers on Nantucket, this early text details all aspects of the construction
and operation of early motor boats in use at the time, and indeed used by the
Lighthouse Service as well. Subjects include boat classification and types, hull
construction and design, motor boat fittings, boat operation and care, popular
boat designs, operating principals of boat motors, power plants, installation of
power plants, propelling devices, care and repair of motors, seaplanes and flying
boats, and more. Filled with photos and diagrams. A must for your maritime
library. Intact, spine and hinges professionally repaired, edgewear, contents
tight but some staining and soiling from years of use. (VG). $114. 6146e.
Ingraham, Reg. FIRST FLEET - The Story of the 7262c. Petrow, Richard. ACROSS THE TOP OF RUSSIA - The Cruise of the USCGC Northwind into the Polar Seas North of Siberia. David McKay Co., New York. 1967. 374p. DJ. The dramatic story of the mission by the CG Icebreaker Northwind across the top of Russia in 1965, a route that had been “off limits” to all non-Russian shipping since the Russian Revolution. Here is the story, based on first hand observation, of this exciting voyage. Across the Top of Russia makes public the harassment encountered at the time, the news reports withheld, and the furor that the trip aroused. Illustrated with photographs. (VG+). $16.
9421. Gowdy, Jim & Kim Ruth. GUIDING
LIGHTS OF THE
2750. [NEW]. Tag, Thomas A. Brilliance
and Prejudice – The John R. Wigham Story. Dayton. 2007. Thomas Tag
has long been probably the only authority on lamps, lens apparatus and
illumination for lighthouses, with his articles on the subject appearing in our
catalogue, as well as the U. S. Lighthouse Society’s Keeper’s Log,
Lighthouse Digest and other publications. Now Tom has added still another volume
to his list of publications – Brilliance and Prejudice – The John R. Wigham
Story. This is the story of a brilliant engineer who created some of the most
interesting lighthouse equipment ever developed. His designs would be both
praised and maligned and would lead to conflict, prejudice, plagiarism, and the
ultimate resignation of one of the leading scientists of the day. Thoroughly
illustrated with early photographs and drawings, this booklet makes most
interesting reading. 33 p. (M). #2750. $26. 26301. Baarslag, Karl. SOS RADIO RESCUES AT SEA. London. 1937. 243pp. For the first time the story of a number of famous sea disasters is told from the point of view of the vessel’s radio operators. See the development of this craft as the “brass pounders” have practiced it. The author has written these awesome tales in terms of dits and dahs, translated for us in terms of the hundreds of thousands of lives saved because of the use of radio and the unfailing devotion of the operators. Includes the true stories of the collision of the Republic and the Florida, the loss of the Titanic, the foundering of the Empress of Ireland, the heroic rescue of the storm-swept Antinoe by the President Roosevelt, the capsizing of the Vestris, the dreadful burst of flame on the Morrow Castle, and more. Clean, tight, nice copy. Rare radio related account. (VG+). $28. 26196.
(scrapbook) Daniel A. Grant, Boatswains Mate 2ns.,
Coast Guard Lifeboat Station Gloucester, Massachusetts c.1926-1933.
Heavy scrapbook contains numerous clippings and mementos of his service and of
the work of the Coast Guard across the country. Using a ledger, he clipped
articles from the Coast Guard Magazine, newspapers and other sources. Includes
large 5” x 7” photo of Grant himself. A few of the items include training
certificates, many Coast Guard articles, Coxswain rating, numerous Coast Guard
poems, vessels launched, early CG aircraft articles and images, wrecks and
rescue accounts, losses and rescues, breeches buoy drills, early life-saving
stations and crews, CGC Saranac launched, patrol boats, CG athletics, ice
patrol, lookout stations, motor lifeboats, early vessels, and much more. Great
reading. (VG-). $134.
26203. Furst, Glenn C. [stepson of the Keeper of North Manitou Light Station]. MY POINT OF VIEW. Np. 1992. 121p. Soft wraps. Signed by the author. Illustrated with photographs. An engaging memoir of the author’s youth growing up on North Manitou Island, Michigan, during the nine years (1919-1928) that his stepfather was employed as the lighthouse keeper at North Manitou Light Station on Dimmick's Point on Lake Michigan. In 1928, the family was transferred to the South Manitou Station. Privately published in 1992 this soft cover volume, almost certainly the first and only edition, I found to be extremely interesting in its details of every day life. a rare glimpse into a place and time otherwise largely lost to history. Clean, tight, nice copy and the first that I have ever found. (VG+). $88. 26231. Thomsen, Captain Niels
Peter. MEN OF THE MENKAR : United States Coast
Guard World War Two Naval Exploits (A Memoir - World War Two Diaries).
Edmonds. 1999. 225p. Color illustrated glossy wraps. Inscribed by the
author. The author traveled widely and served in the United States Coast
Guard, the U.S. Lighthouse Service, and lived in Hollywood, Beaumont,
Texas, Ketchikan, Alaska, and generally led an exciting life. This
compilation of his memoirs and reminiscences include many of his
assignments while in the Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service. Thomsen, a
Coast Guard Warrant Boatswain, temporarily promoted to Lieutenant, became
Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MENKAR (AK-123). As a prelude to his
election for this important Coast Guard secret military assignment, the
author takes the reader back in time to 1942 in Southeastern Alaska.
His war diary chronicles these Alaskan and South Pacific periods of
service. Also contained therein is MEN of the U.S.S. MENKAR (AK-123), a
story of Loran. Now in his ninety-second year, Thomsen, after 55 years,
reveals this elaborate and graphically detailed true World War Two saga of
the MENKAR for the first time. (VG). $34. 2647.
(lot diagrams, operating information) Lighthouse,
Stratford Shoals Light Station, Connecticut. Lot of seven items
from the office of the Commander, Third Coast Guard District, detailing
the site and operation of the lighting apparatus at the Stratford Shoals
Light Station, Connecticut in the 1960’s. Included are: Large
architectural plan of the dwelling and light tower dated September 1914
including elevation views, plan views of both floors, sectional view
through the light tower and more from the Office of the Lighthouse
Inspector, Third LH District, Tompkinsville, NY. 22” x 30”;
Instruction sheets for Operating Aladdin Lamps; Receipt for Fourth Order
lens and stand, and for brass utensils delivered to the Stratford
Historical Society; Sectional drawings of various lens arrangements; Misc.
letters. $110. 6593e,f,g,h.
Kobbe, Gustav. HEROISM IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.
A Description of Life on Matinicus Rock. The Century Magazine. 1897. 12p.
disbound. Illustrated with 12 very nice engravings, this article describes
the life of Abby Burgess and her family at the Matinicus Rock Light
Station including her heroism in the winter gale of 1856. Later Abby
married Captain Grant and continued her service at Matinicus and later at
White Head Light. Most interesting. Illustrations include Keeper Frederick
T. Hatch, the only recipient of the Gold Bar for Heroism, Abby Burgess,
and more. Quite clean. (VG+). $34. 4675L. 6432f.
Stick, David. 6719e.
Manning, Gordon P., LIFE IN THE 313g. [reprint] "THE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES", by Charles Nordhoff, March 1874 “LIFE IN A LIGHTHOUSE, LIFE ON THE SOUTH SHOAL LIGHTSHIP, and HEROISM IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE” by Gustav Kobbe. 1981 reprint. 64p. With over 65 excellent engraving reproductions and descriptions of U.S. Lights and light vessels, the authors here present four articles on the romantic history of the Service, originally printed during its heyday in the 1870 - 90’s. Provides a wonderful period overview of the history and operation of the Service. Excellent reading. (VG+). $10. 28411. na. Automatic Lighthouses. c.1940. Two page article discusses sensors in use in many lighthouses that alert the keeper if the IOV light is burning too high or low, and will automatically extinguish the light at sunrise. These sensors aid the keeper so that he does not have to stand regular watches. Includes one photo illustration of Kuhio Bay Range Light. Disbound. (VG). $10. 28412. na. How a Lighthouse is Built. A Child’s Book of Familiar Things. c.1912. 6p. Nicely illustrated article for young people discusses how a lighthouse is built at sea with waves lashing over the site. Includes good photos of the construction of the Beachy Head lighthouse using the “railway in the air”. Includes 8 photo illustrations. Disbound. (VG). $14. 854c. Stevenson, D. Alan (ed). ENGLISH LIGHTHOUSE TOURS 1801, 1813, 1818 From the Diaries of Robert Stevenson with his Drawings of Lighthouses. London. 1946. 1st. 70p. 12MO. Robert Stevenson ranks high in the hierarchy of great lighthouse builders. D. Alan Stevenson, great-grandson of Robert Stevenson, acts as editor of the diaries, which are in his possession and contributes an introduction and notes which not only mould the diaries into a unique picture of the early lighthouses, but make a romantic contribution to this romantic phase of maritime history. The remarkable connection of the Stevenson family with lighthouses, which has continued for 160 years, ensures a correct historical background on the subject. A remarkable insight to the work and the thoughts of these important lighthouse engineers, and extremely scarce. Clean, tight, near fine. (VG+). $115 net. 499 (8). Senate Doc. No. 474. May 18, 1840. 13pp. Report examining communications by Mr Henry Lapaute (French constructor of lenticular lanterns) to Mr. Davis of the Senate, subsequent to the arrival in the United States of two lenticular lights from France, to be tried at Sandy Hook and at Isle of Shoals. Report chronicles observations of similar lights, operating characteristics, etc. Also includes tables of range of light, and oil consumption of many U.S. lights. $22. 4342k. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service. New York. 1899. 1st. Nicely illustrated with photographs. Nice embossed covers. Relates the history of the Life-Saving Service and the work of the Life-Savers through various chapters in this fictional account. Probably intended for a teenage audience, this is by far one of the best. Based on fact. Quite scarce. Ex lib with standard markings, moderate wear, clean. (G+). $66. 7440.
Bishop, Eleanor C., PRINTS IN THE SAND - The U.
S. Coast Guard Beach Patrol During World War II. 23424.
McCue, James Westaway. SEA FEVER. 6366q. Putnam, George R. LIGHTHOUSES AND
LIGHTSHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES. 5407. [can] LIGHTHOUSE CLEANSER with Fragrant Lemon Odor Lightens Housework. c.1930-40’s. Complete, full, unopened cleanser can with bright, clean label, picturing the lighthouse beam piercing the sky. Very nice collectible. (VG). $28. 2812. (booklet) U.
S. Coast Guard. Information for Retired Personnel of the United States Coast
Guard. nd. c.1940’s. 8p. Soft wraps. 4” x 5 ¼”. Small booklet
included benefits, privileges and procedures for retired personnel to follow to
obtain such benefits. (VG). $18. BR-85.
Noble, Dennis L. THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE – The
25135. Taylor, Thomas W. FLORIDA'S TERRITORIAL LIGHTHOUSES, 1821-1845. Allandale. 1995. 302 p. Soft wraps. Inscribed by the author. “This book is clearly a cut above most lighthouse books published in recent years. Author Taylor really did his homework in researching the earliest lighthouses to dot the Florida shores." -- Wayne Wheeler. U.S. Lighthouse Society. This book is a limited edition publication, numbered, signed by the author, and issued in honor of the Sesquicentennial of Florida Statehood, 1845-1995. As the only book to date dealing with these early lighthouses, this book details the construction and early history of the sixteen lighthouse towers at the thirteen light stations which were constructed in Florida during the Territorial Years of 1821 to 1845. The information comes from documents from the National Archives, Library of Congress, letters from the keepers, transcripts of other documents which are no longer in existence, and other sources. It is a one-of-a-kind book which should be included in every collection of Florida history. The book includes 300 pages of text and 80 black and white photographs, maps, and drawings, many of which have never been published before. An excellent source and fine reading. (VG+) Originally published at $39.95. Our Price $29.95. 8390g.
Clifford, Candace. 1994. INVENTORY OF HISTORIC LIGHT
STATIONS. National Park Service. 1994. 386p. Soft Wraps. This
comprehensive inventory of United States Light Stations was conducted by the
National Maritime Initiative and lists vital information relating to hundreds of
existing lights. Also included are extensive bibliography, owners and addresses
of station managers. This is probably the most comprehensive listing of stations
available today, and is illustrated with hundreds of photographs. Clean,
moderate cover wear. (VG+). $54 net.
5461n. Lombard, Asa Cobb Paine. EAST OF CAPE COD . Cuttyhunk. 1976. 157 pp. Presentation copy – inscribed and numbered #70 by the author with laid in greetings page. The author tells the stories of ships and shipwrecks and particularly of the Life-Savers of this dangerous area. The author incorporated into this account numerous photographs and records of his grandfather, United States Life-Saving Service Warrant Officer [1885-1921] Edward Everett Lombard who was stationed at the Cahoon’s Hollow station. Extremely well illustrated with over 80 wonderful early photographs, one of the better accounts of the Life-Saving Service. The glass slides from which the pictures are reproduced were made from 1885 to 1900. Lombard, along with his Cahoon’s Hollow companion, Eugene Young, gave lectures at the time in the eastern part of Massachusetts describing the wrecks that occurred on Cape Cod from Monomoy to Provincetown , explaining how rescue attempts were made, and the operations of the United States Life Saving Service. The proceeds from the lectures were used to buy Station personnel the necessary extras needed to perform their duties — equipment not provided by the government. Chapters include the Wreck of the Jason, History of the Life-Saving Service, the Lifesaver’s Tools, Lifeboat Drill, Communications, Smuggler, Restoring the Apparently Drowned, Shipwrecks, the Way of the Wreckers, and more. Becoming scarce, this has always been one of the two best on Cape Cod ’s life-savers but so far has not received proper recognition. Clean, tight, light sunning to wraps. (VG+). $48 net. 7235h.
Mitchell, Edwin Valentine. ANCHOR TO WINDWARD.
7235i.
Mitchell, Edwin Valentine. ANCHOR TO WINDWARD.
20367.
READING FOR LIGHTKEEPERS. October 1883. For
many years various missions had been ministering to the needs of isolated
communities and families on the islands and headlands of Maine. Within the
far-flung reaches of the services were over sixty lighthouses, twelve
Life-Saving Stations and a lightship. One such mission, the Maine Seacoast
Mission, sailed on the Mission steamer Sunbeam carrying the sick to the mainland
and taking supplies to those in need. Also aiding the families at the remote
light stations was Messrs. W. S. Jordan & Company, who had the contract for
supplying the lighthouses with oil. Mr. Jordan made it a practice to include
with the loads of provisions, a selection of books, pamphlets, papers and
picture books for the children. After being thoroughly enjoyed by the keeper and
his family, the lot would be passed along from one station to another. Herein
copied are 18 pages from a hand-written log kept by Mr. Jordan, recording
packages sent to various Maine light stations. Particularly interesting are
comments made by the keepers who received the packages, including excerpts from
thank-you letters received. Includes also a listing by date of the keepers and
stations who received packages from January 1880 until September 1883.
(Photocopy $3.60).
26318.
(training manual / scrapbook) United States Coast
Guard Reserve, 13th Naval District c.1944-1945.
This one of a
kind personalized United States Coast Guard Reserve Training Manual,
issued to Leon Haskell Lt.(jg) in March of 1944 at Div.7, 13th, Naval
District, Portland, Oregon. The manually of organized typed and
mimeographed document includes topics such as Confidential Orders from the
CO, Operational Procedures, Vessel Operations and Inspections,
Navigational Instructions, and even details for on-board Cooking and Food
Preparation. The half century old pages are in excellent condition. Manual
is in gilt embossed ring binder and contains about 140 page sheets and
dividers. Also included is a package are ten 8” x 10” b/w
photographs of Leon Haskell and Commodore Joseph E. Stika (also served as
Vice-Admiral USCG, commanding officer of Coast Guard Training Station
Alameda), a rare photo of boat CRG2461, station and boat photos, seven
newspaper articles concerning the USCG Recerve in the area, extracted
from The Oregonian and Oregon Journal 1944-1945 , a signed letter to Leon
Haskell from Stanly Donogh, Commodore, Coast Guard Auxiliary Seattle, 13th
Naval District, dated 31 Jan 1944, relating to the development of the USCG
Auxiliary, and an original menu from the USCG Thanksgiving and Spar
Birthday Dinner and Tea Dance, 23 Nov 1944, hosted by Lieut. T.J. Firth,
Commanding Officer, and Lieut (jg) J.D. Rosemergy, Executive Officer, both
of which autographed the menu, along with fourteen other signatures of
individuals present. A rare, interesting grouping. (VG). $88.
25156. Beard, Tom [ed]. THE COAST GUARD. Seattle. Foundation for Coast Guard History. 2004. 368 p. Oversize 10 ½” x 14 ½”. From protecting our coastlines and inland waterways, to drug interdiction, combat missions, and its new prominent position as guardian against terrorism as part of the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Coast Guard maintains a constant vigil in the safeguarding of American people, property, and way of life. Its roots stem from the establishment of the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment in 1790 to regulate and protect commercial shipping as well as carry out maritime search and rescue, and the federalization of volunteer beach life-saving patrols as the Life-Saving Service in 1871. Two of these organizations merged in 1915 to form the Coast Guard. Now, the spirit and essence of the Coast Guard is celebrated for the first time in a definitive, magnificently illustrated, large format book published with the Foundation for Coast Guard History. Written by an outstanding team, including historians and distinguished active and retired officers including two Commandants, The Coast Guard has over 350 pages of riveting and informative text and stories of the "Coast Guard" experience. Essays on the early history of these services, lighthouses, beach patrol, lifeboat rescues, search and rescue, training, aviation, the drug war, and the war on terrorism all have one common focus: the incredibly trained and highly motivated people that make it all work. Filled with stunning full-color and vintage photography and historically inspired paintings and original vintage photographs complement the text. The Coast Guard enables the history of America's Coast Guard to be cherished permanently in a handsome package that all Coast Guard personnel will be proud to own and—with its unique medallion-inlaid large padded cover—to display. This book will be read again and again by past and present personnel, their families and friends, and the countless others that have been inspired and intrigued by the exploits of the United States Coast Guard. (VG+). Published at $75. Our Price $64.95. Finally available again: 26354. Williams, Elizabeth Whitney. A
CHILD OF THE SEA; and LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS. [self published] Historic
Vessels of the These large 11”h x 17”w black line printed profile views of vessels of the Service were published by the Coast Guard for the Bicentennial. These detailed views depict the various types of vessels in typical configurations and clearly show every detail of the vessel. Establishing the exact configuration of many of these vessels was something of a challenge, as photos or plans of many of these vessels no longer exist. Using original deck plans, photographs of the time, profiles obtained from the National Archives, or descriptions of alterations and various other sources, the artists have been able to reconstruct how these rare vessels probably appeared during these periods. Printed in black on white, heavy stock, this fine collection of views is suitable for framing and would be a fine way to decorate your hallway or den. Some include written detailed historical sketch and description of configuration, usage and historical source material. Clean, crisp, may be some bending near edges but can be easily matted out. #20166 @ $14.75 ea.
Early Sailing Cutters a.
d.
Coast Guard Vessels of the
Prohibition Era g.
j.
The Coast Guard and Amphibious
Warfare 1941 - 1945 s.
U.S.S. JOSEPH T. DICKMAN 1941 ~ 1946. Manned by the Coast Guard. t.
U.S.S. LST 785 1944 ~ 1946. Manned by the World War II Coast Guard Cutters k.
l.
Coast Guard and Coast
Guard-Manned Vessels of World War II o.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ESCANABA 1932 ~ 1943. 1943 configuration. q.
r.
U.S.S. Post World War II Coast Guard and
Coast Guard-Manned Vessels v.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter DILIGENCE commissioned 1964-. w.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HAMILTON commissioned 1967-. x.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter POLAR SEA commissioned 1978-. y.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE commissioned 1990-. z.
aa.
North Carolina Life Saving Stations by Artist Donald Bryan Artist
Donald Bryan began to record his travels on canvas in the 1940’s. He
later established his home and studio in Nags Head, North Carolina where
he produced paintings capturing the spirit and beauty of the coastal
lifestyle. His work has been shown through galleries for many years and
grace the walls of homes and offices across the country. These prints are
made from his original paintings and were professionally matted and framed
some years ago. Prints measure 8” x 12” in a 14 ½” x 18” frame.
Prints and mats are clean and bright, in slightly worn frames. Print and
artist are fully described on the backs. $78 each or $350 for all five:
25368a.
(framed print) Life Saving Station at Currituck Beach, North Carolina, by
artist Donald Bryan. “Where Yesterday Lies Dreaming” is a reproduction
of an original oil painting by renown artist Donald Bryan. The print
pictures the Currituck Beach Lifesaving Station, first known as Jones’
Hill station. Built in 1905, this was one of the first seven Outer
Banks’ stations. 25368b.
(framed print) Little Kinnakeet Life Saving Station, North Carolina, by
artist Donald Bryan. “Asleep in the Sun” is a reproduction of an
original oil painting by renown artist Donald Bryan. The print pictures
the Little Kinnakeet Lifesaving Station. Built by 1879, this was one of
the first seven Outer Banks’ stations.
25368c.
(framed print) Durant’s Life Saving Station, North Carolina, by artist
Donald Bryan. “Touch Memories” is a reproduction of an original oil
painting by renown artist Donald Bryan. The print pictures the Durant’s
Lifesaving Station, first known as the Hatteras station. The name was
changed in 1883 to end confusion with the Cape Hatteras station. Built in
the late 1870’s, this was one of the first seven Outer Banks’
stations. 25368d.
(framed print) Caffey’s Inlet Life Saving Station, North Carolina, by
artist Donald Bryan. “Beyond is the Ocean” is a reproduction of an
original oil painting by renown artist Donald Bryan. The print pictures
the Caffey’s Inlet Lifesaving Station. Built in mid-1870’s, this was
one of the first seven Outer Banks’ stations.
25368e. (framed print) Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station, North Carolina, by artist Donald Bryan. “A Sense of the Past” is a reproduction of an original oil painting by renown artist Donald Bryan. The print pictures the early Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station as well as the replacement station behind. 25374.
Rand, Edward A., FIGHTING THE SEA or WINTER AT
THE LIFE-SAVING STATION. 6295d,f. deGast, Robert. LIGHTHOUSES OF THE CHESAPEAKE. Baltimore. 1973. 4TO. 173pp. DJ. Profusely illustrated with wonderful photographs, this large-format book provides a photographic history of the 32 remaining Chesapeake Bay lighthouses. In addition to the compelling photos, the author provides us with historical background, tales of shipwrecks and lighthouse fires, storms and other disasters endured by the keepers. Quite clean, tight. Most worthwhile reading. (VG+). $38 net.
Dames
Point, NEW. 25335. Tag, Thomas
A. THE FRESNEL LENS MAKERS PART III THE HENRY-LEPAUTE
LENS WORKS.
7159m.
(magazine) THE MENTOR. July 1925. Pub. 24131b.
Secretary of the Navy. Hydrographic Office. No. 87. THE
1931 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS. American Edition. Volume I. For Visual and
Sound Signaling. 24131c.
Secretary of the Navy. Hydrographic Office. No. 88. THE
1931 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS. American Edition. Volume II. For Radio
Signaling. 27122.
Russ, Jean Madigan. POINT GRATIOT’S GUIDING LIGHT –
The Dunkirk Light Station. Falconer. 1989. 38p. Soft wraps. Fine
history of the lighthouse at Point Gratiot, its keepers, shipping disasters in
the area, excerpts from keeper’s logs and more. Good information. (VG). $22.
2735. Lot 6 Booth
Tarkington (1869-1946) related photos) c.1936. A native of
Indianapolis, student at Princeton (Class of 1893), was perhaps Indiana's
most famous author, both as playwright and as novelist. His best-known
works were written in the first decades of the twentieth century: The
Gentleman from Indiana (1899), Penrod (1910), Seventeen (1917), The
Magnificent Ambersons (1918), and Alice Adams (1921). The last two won
Pulitzer Prizes. The 1921 Publishers Weekly poll of booksellers rated him
the most significant contemporary American author, above Sinclair Lewis,
Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. His short story, "Cider of
Normandy," won the 1931 O. Henry Memorial Award. Tarkington was
married twice. His first marriage, in 1902 to Laurel Louise Fletcher,
ended in divorce in 1911. In 1912 he married Susanah Kiefer Robinson of
Dayton. During their later years, the Tarkingtons spent about half of each
year at their home in Indianapolis and the other half at Seawood, the home
they developed at Kennebunkport, Maine. The home at Kennebunkport
included, besides the house, a schooner- the Regina, and "The
Floats," a boathouse to which Tarkington went afternoons for coffee
and conversation. Writer Kenneth
Roberts was a close neighbor and friend. The boathouse is now the
Kennebunkport Maritime Museum/Gallery. Lot includes six photographs
removed from an album and include views of the schooner Regina, Mrs. Fog,
Tarkington’s nurse, and of Captain Montgomery, who was the inspiration
for “Captain Ballentine” in Tarkington’s books. The views of the
schooner Regina, owned by author Booth Tarkington, show her docked on the
Kennebunk River. This schooner served as Tarkington's summer studio as
well. Two views show scenes of Booth's shipkeeper or captain, on deck of
the Regina, in the 1930's. All in excellent condition, very sharp and
clear, perfect for framing. (VG+). $64. 7197LL.
[newspaper] LIFE BOATS FOR THE COASTLINE.
Yankee Farmer. January 21, 1837. Short article notes the need for establishing a
line of life boats along the coast in the vicinity of New York City. It is also
suggested that a “howitzer be placed at the stations, and that such equipment
properly placed might have saved the individuals who perished in recent deaths.
Full newspaper contains four large pages with articles of the day, clean, two
folds. (VG-). $18. C25279.
(research report copy) Round Island Light House,
Mississippi 1833-1998. The lighthouse known as Round Island
Lighthouse in Pascagoula, Mississippi was established in 1834. The tower
was replaced by a new 50-foot brick tower in 1859, fitted with a
fourth-order Fresnel lens. In 1944 the light was automated and by 1949
deactivated entirely. The lighthouse was destroyed by Hurricane Georges in
1998. The Round Island Lighthouse Preservation Society is now working to
rebuild the lighthouse using as much of the original tower as possible and
the area will eventually be part of a public park. This lot of research
information was put together from government archives in 1989 and consists
of over 55 unbound copy pages of documents, logbooks, photos and more.
Included are copies of historical accounts and descriptions, light station
logbook pages, record of keepers, contract for building light house, site
plan, source information compiled by author David L. Cipra, time line for
station, copies of early photo views, account of the Round Island
Filibustering Affair, and more. Nice lot. $12. C25144.
(research report copy) Port Pontchartrain Light
House, AIDS
TO NAVIGATION BLUEPRINTS 22476b.
[blueprints] Original Coast Guard blueprints for ELECTRIC
FOG BELL STRIKER TYPE A AND B. 2 sheets 8” x 10 ½”. Sheets
detail the Electric Fog Bell Striker Type A gear case, and Type B section
through clock case. Blueprint sheets (2) are clean, crisp. (F). $28.
2833b. Esso Cruising Guide. Number 2. Kennebunkport, ME., to New York Harbor. New York. General Drafting Company. 1963. Color pictorial map with numerous insets, detail cruising courses along the coast. Includes good drawn images of many of the lighthouses along the route, as well as lightships, buoys and more. Also includes insets with international code flags, index of cities, towns, islands, lights, yacht clubs, waterways, Coast Guard stations, storm signals, etc. 25” x 38” folded. Good display piece. (VG). $14 (similar shown) 2833c. Esso Cruising Guide. Number 1. New York Harbor to Savannah. New York. General Drafting Company. 1962. Color pictorial map with numerous insets, detail cruising courses along the coast. Includes good drawn images of many of the lighthouses along the route, as well as lightships, buoys and more. Also includes insets with international code flags, index of cities, towns, islands, lights, yacht clubs, waterways, Coast Guard stations, storm signals, etc. 25” x 38” folded. Good display piece. (VG). $14. (similar shown)
21367d
Small, Connie. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S WIFE.
W-01.
Strobridge, Truman R. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. June 1982.
148p. Soft wraps. An important research text, provides a comprehensive
listing of writings related to the US Coast Guard, from archival,
fictional, historic and technical sources listed alphabetically by author
and by topic. Included are descriptions of content and publication
information. Subject index includes: Administration and Organization, aids
to navigation, Aviation, Biographies, Civil War, Cutters, Training,
Equipment and Facilities, Expeditions, Flags Ensigns Pennants and Customs,
Icebreaking, Law Enforcement, Medicine and Science, Minorities, Port
Security, Prohibition Era, Revenue Cutter Service, Search and Rescue,
Spanish-American War, Uniforms, World War I and II, and much more.
Extremely valuable for research or collectors. Clean, crisp. (VG+). $34.
25210. (research – photographs) 24155. Who
Invented the Fresnel Lens? Thomas Tag has long been probably
the only authority on lamps, lens apparatus and illumination for
lighthouses, with his articles on the subject appearing in our catalogue,
as well as the U. S. Lighthouse Society’s Keeper’s Log, Lighthouse
Digest and other publications. Now Tom has added still another volume to
his list of publications – Who Invented the Fresnel Lens. From 1822 ,
when Fresnel published his first paper Memoire sur un Nouveau Systeme
d’Eclairage des Phares, Sir David Brewster, in 25140.
Warner, Gertrude Chandler. THE BOXCAR CHILDREN
– The Lighthouse Mystery. Chicago. 1963. 128 p. Soft wraps.
Four adventurous orphans take up residence in a boxcar and begin to solve
mysteries -- this is the premise of the beloved Boxcar Children series,
begun in 1942 by Gertrude Chandler Warner and still going strong. When the
Alden children spend the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast,
Strange things happen. Ages 7-11. (M). $3.50. 21200c.
Von Physter, George. PAINTINGS AND LORE OF BR-66.
na. 21550b.
Secretary of the Treasury. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL
LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH OFFICIAL NUMBERS AND
SIGNAL LETTERS…. FOR THE FISCAL TEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1896. 6100k.
Whiting, John D., STORM FIGHTERS - TRUE STORIES
OF THE COAST GUARD. 25352.
na. CHAINS, ANCHORS AND MOORING GEAR. HANDBOOK
CONTAINING SKETCHES AND USEFUL TABLES. Henry Wood & Co.,
Ltd., Dee Iron Works, Saltney, Near Chester, England [Established in 1780]
c. 1907. Gilt embossed hard cover. Maritime ship’s chandlery catalogue
includes lightship chain, buoy chain, anchors, mooring gear, cables,
grapnel irons, shackles, hawsers and more. Also includes tables of
measures and more. With 80 illustrations (pages 38-84) plus two
multi-folding tables, and laid in broadside for Wood’s Patent
“Viking” Stock Anchor. Excellent reference, clean and tight. (VG).
$148. W-03.
Cassells, Ian. A LIGHT WALK. W-06.
Ryder, W-02.
W-11.
(video) SEUL CHOIX POINT, LAKE MICHIGAN – A
Community and its Lighthouse. 1997. Seul Choix Pointe on
northern Lake Michigan is home to one of North America's most brilliantly
restored light stations. Hand polished hardwood floors, glistening copper
molding, authentically furnished rooms, and a winding 96-step light tower
suspend the visitor between past and present. While the lighthouse
preserves the station's maritime heritage, the fog signal building serves
as a regional history museum that displays a rich collection of artifacts
from the voyageur, commercial fishing and logging eras. Take this video
journey and travel back in time as the story of Seul Choix Pointe is told
through breathtaking scenery, poignant historical photographs and personal
recollections. VHS - 45 minutes. $19.95. W-10. (video) LIGHTHOUSES – Guardians of the Night. 1997. Now you can enjoy a visually spectacular documentary on the history of lighthouses on home video. Guardians of the Night takes you on a journey as you revisit the Golden Age of the Lighthouse, and see so many of the proud, majestic and formidable structures that "stand firm against wave and wind". This truly unique home video is filled with fascinating facts, stunning arieal photography and rare archival building plans and drawings that will captivate the lighthouse buff, interest mariners of all kinds, and make all viewers sit back and watch in delight. VHS - 52 minutes. $9.95. 7393d,e.
Noble, Dennis L. A LEGACY - The 23489.
Humiston, Fred. BLUE WATER MEN – AND WOMEN.
23490.
Humiston, Fred. WINDJAMMERS AND WALKING BEAMS.
23476.
Short, Vincent and Edwin Sears. SAIL AND STEAM
ALONG THE 23368b.
[lot] Lorenzo Sitgreaves (ca. 1811-1888) – During
the Mexican War Lorenzo Sitgreaves took part in the Battle of Buena Vista
and marched through Chihuahua, he led an 1851 Zuni and Colorado Rivers
survey expedition and for many years after was assigned to the Light House
Establishment and involved in the construction and repair of many of the
nation’s light stations. His career with the Light House Establishment
involved work on numerous light stations on the Atlantic and Great Lakes
coasts and his work can still be seen in hundreds of locations including
the 1858 Bodie Island Lighthouse, Cape Charles LH, La Pointe Lighthouse on
the southern shore of Lake Superior, and hundreds more. In addition, he
was in charge, Office of Lighthouse Engineer, at 9434d,g,h,j.
Bachand, Robert G., NORTHEAST LIGHTS, LIGHTHOUSES
AND LIGHTSHIPS - RHODE ISLAND TO CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. 25216. Tag, Thomas A.
THE FRESNEL LENS MAKERS
PART II SAUTTER. Dayton. 2005. 10 p. Spiral bound. Thomas Tag
has long been probably the only authority on lamps, lens apparatus and
illumination for lighthouses, with his articles on the subject appearing
in our catalogue, as well as the U. S. Lighthouse Society’s Keeper’s
Log, Lighthouse Digest and other publications. Now Tom has added still
another volume to his list of publications – The Fresnel Lens Makers
Part II Sautter. Part II of five parts, describes the development of the
early Fresnel lenses and defines the companies and individuals who took
part in this effort. Augustin Fresnel had assistance from many sources as
he developed and perfected his lens. This part details the work of the
Louis Sautter Company, in France from its beginnings producing Fresnel
lenses and other lighthouse equipment from 1852 to the company’s final
demise in 1970.. (M). $26. 6259a,
b. Noble, Dennis L. and PA3 Kenneth Arborgast. THE
COAST GUARD ALONG THE 9300d.
Noble, Dennis. THE COAST GUARD IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. 22138.
Scheina, Dr. Robert L., COAST GUARD AT WAR.
Commandant’s Bulletin. 20254b.
Coast Guard. MOMENTS IN HISTORY.
25195. (4 DVD set) Victory at Sea series. Winner of both an Emmy and a Peabody, this legendary 1952 WWII documentary series drew from more than 13,000 hours of footage shot by the US, British, German, and Japanese navies. Narrated by Leonard Graves, with an original music score by Richard Rodgers, it spans American and Allied naval operations from Pearl Harbor to the Mediterranean, Murmansk to Mandalay. This award-winning documentary series is presented in its entirety and has been digitally remastered and restored for your viewing pleasure. Set includes all 26 full length episodes shown on TV, B&W and color; approximately 12 hours on 4 DVDs of original uncut action. Superb, stirring documentary and music that you will long remember. $39.95. 6103q. 6103p. The below book is no longer available from the author and I have long been searching for a few copies for stock. Finally I was able to pick up two at another out of print book store though they were quite pricey, and I don’t expect to find any more in the future. This will certainly be your last opportunity to pick this sought after title up for your library. An excellent reference and great reading: 8405c. Shattuck, Clifford. THE
NUBBLE – 24145b,c. Hurley, George and
Suzanne. SHIPWRECKS AND RESCUES ALONG THE
THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIGHT-HOUSES: D-4. REPORT OF THE OFFICERS CONSTITUTING THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD...TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1851. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 28. Wash. 1852. 760 pages. With 9 of the original 40 large fold-out plates, clean and intact, few small tears. Disbound. Contents clean, tight, good condition. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIGHT-HOUSES of the United States, criticizing the equipment, personnel as well as the general operation of the Service. This report became the basis for the complete re-organization of the Light-House service and was the basis for the permanent establishment of the "Light-House Board". A most rare and important document. (G+). $380 net. Copy also available: C-562. REPORT OF THE OFFICERS CONSTITUTING THE
LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD...TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, UNDER THE ACT OF 6103r. 688h. Carmen, Ruth. STORM CHILD. Bridgeport, CT. 1937. 1st. 321pp. DJ. Illustrated with photographs. Wonderful fictional account of a child growing up at Boston Light Station. Based on the real life of Georgia Norwood. Born in 1932, Georgia was one of nine children of Keeper Norwood of Boston Light Station, and the first child to be born at Boston Light. This novel is based on her adventures and her life growing up at the oldest lighthouse in the United States and was the subject of a later movie. An extremely interesting tale of the life of a keeper’s family, this is a classic on the subject. Clean, tight, a very nice copy in a crisp, bright jacket. (VG+). $54. 23311. Russell,
2550.
Hulbert, William Davenport. LIFE SAVING ON THE 2217.
Department of Commerce. Lighthouse Service. INSTRUCTIONS
TO LIGHT KEEPERS. Our Pick for Winter Reading:
24389. Clifford, J. Candace and Mary Louise Clifford. MAINE LIGHTHOUSES: DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR PAST. Alexandria. 2004. 220 p. Soft wraps. Illustrated with 156 historic black and white photographs. Some 67 light stations with resident keepers were built to aid shipping along Maine’s rocky coastline between 1791, when the tower at Portland Head was lit, and 1910, when the last traditional lighthouse was established at Whitlock Mills. Maine Lighthouses: Documentation of Their Past differs from other books about Maine lights in being based almost entirely on primary sources. This book is almost entirely based on research the authors conducted on Maine lighthouses in the National Archives. The authors combed the lighthouse collection in the National Archives for original records that describe how the site was selected, the construction of the tower and auxiliary buildings, the appointment of keepers, the damage to the station done by weather, and the repairs and reconstruction needed as the decades slid by. Log books tell us about the daily lives of keepers; correspondence with engineers and inspection reports detail the physical evolution of each station; and communication with Federal officials indicates how the Lighthouse Establishment was administered. Extremely well done – an important reference as well as a joy to look through. Filled with wonderful old photographs of equipment including the lenses and lantern room, keepers, early stations and more. (M). Published at $22.95. Our price $19.95.
8503d. Engle, William. S.O.S.
COAST GUARD. Whitman Pub., 4325. (notebook) William W. Latham. U. S. Life Saving Service, Asst. to Superintendent of Construction and Repair, 13th District. 1907-1910. Extremely rare note and account book was kept by the Assistant to the Superintendent of Construction and Repair of Life Saving Stations (13th Life Saving District) in which he recorded the progress of new station construction and ongoing and needed repairs to existing stations. Includes extensive notes in the form of records of communications regarding the work performed, difficulties encountered, supplies and additional work or changes requires. Also includes some cost notes and accounting. Stations where work was performed includes Neah Bay, San Francisco, Fort Canby, Laguina Bay, Portland (OR.), Corvallis, Yaguina Bay, Waaddah Island (Or.), Newport (Or.). In original brown U. S. Life Saving Service pocket notebook, cloth bound with marbled page edges. 4” x 6 ½”. Extremely scarce account. (VG). $345 net.
23543a,b. Szarkowski, John and Richard Benson. A MARITIME ALBUM – 100 Photographs and their Stories. Newport News. 1997. 245 p. Soft wraps. A wonderful photographic tribute to the sea and the human activities associated with it, and an insight into the life of a mariner. This fascinating book features 100 historical photographs taken between the years 1859 and 1956 that depict the relationships of mariners with their vessels and the sea. Superb vintage photographs chronicle a fragment of the mariner's experience over the past 200 years - shipbuilding, the making of a wooden skiff, commercial fishing and whaling, amateur sailing, deep-sea diving, naval encounters, and much more. In his introduction, John Szarkowski shares his artistic rationale for selecting the particular images that appear in this book. Benson's essays, which accompany the photographs, unify image and story in a vignette of time and place, of historical, societal, and individual meaning. Excellent vintage views and accounts make fine reading. (VG+). $28. 4342k,n,p,q. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A
Story of the
PC-165.
Von Physter, George. PAINTINGS AND LORE OF 24269.
Thomas, Lowell. RAIDERS OF THE DEEP.
Garden City. 1928. 363 p. The first American account of German submariners
to offer a sympathetic, behind-the-scenes look at the men who prowled the
Atlantic, Mediterranean, and 6719d. Manning, Gordon P., LIFE IN THE 5270m. Talbot, Frederick A., LIGHTSHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES. London. 1913. 325pp. Well illustrated with over 110 photographs, many quite unusual and interesting. Details lighthouses throughout the world. Extremely interesting and detailed, one of the more sought after texts on the subject. Subjects include lighthouse origins, building a lighthouse, light and illuminants, fog signals, the Eddystone Lighthouse, some famous lights of England, lighthouses built on sand, light patrols of the French coast, Minot’s Ledge Light, guardian lights of Canada’s coast, lamp-posts of the Great lakes, electric lighthouses, floating lights, the light-keeper and his life, and much more. Library binding with only light wear, contents clean and tight. Difficult to find, excellent reading copy, particularly at this price. (VG) $89 net. 6100i. Whiting, John D., STORM FIGHTERS - TRUE STORIES OF THE COAST GUARD. Indianapolis. 1927. 256 pp. Cover color illustrated with motor lifeboat pushing through the sea. Additional illustrations by author. Researched at Coast Guard Station Rockport [MA], tells the story of the many different roles of the service and the hazards that they endure. Contains many accounts of rescues and of their day-to-day station life. Clean, crisp, very nice copy. A very scarce account, fine reading. (F-) $68 net. 7109d. Ballantyne, R. M. THE LIFEBOAT - A Tale of Our Coast Heroes. London. Nd. c.1880. 251p. DJ. 16MO. In this scarce title, the author tells of the work of the lifeboat in wreck and rescue with the aid of fictional characters. Through the many chapters one learns of the extensive history of the lifeboat and the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, as well as their equipment including surfboat and rocket apparatus. With colour illustrations. Very nice blue embossed binding, light wear, quite clean and bright. (VG). $44. 21442. Carter, Robert. A SUMMER CRUISE ON THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND [Being An Account of a Cruise from Provincetown to Bar Harbor in the Summer of 1858 ...] Boston. 1864. 1st. edition. 7¼" x 5¼" textured cloth hardcover edition. 261 pages. In the summer of 1858, Robert Carter, a journalist, editor and frustrated poet, sailed aboard a rented sloop named "Helen" ($7.50 per day) from Boston to Provincetown, along the brief New Hampshire shore, then down the coast of Maine. Dispatches from his voyage first appeared in the New York Tribune (for which he normally served as a Washington correspondent). They were later collected and published as this book. Some of the chapters include From Boston to Swampscott, Off Boston Light, Provincetown, The Sands of Cape Cod, Dredging Off Nahant * Misadventures, The Great Thunderstorm * From Marblehead to Gloucester, For the Isles of Shoals, Casco Bay, A Storm Off Cape Seguin * Boothbay * The Coast Survey Schooner, The Island of Monhegan, Owl's Head, Mount Desert, Bass Harbor, and much more. This 131-year-old book is considered a New England maritime classic and would make a fine addition to any personal library devoted to sailing, Atlantic sport fishing, or both. Wonderful reading and an ideal way to view the coast as it was over one hundred years ago. Some chipping at crown and base of spine, corners slightly bumped, pages generally clean and tight. (G+). $168 net. 24406. Jahn, Robert. DOWN
BARNEGAT BAY: A NOR'EASTER MIDNIGHT READER. Mantoloking. 1981.
First Edition, 3rd printing. Soft wraps. 208 pages. Signed by the
author. Profusely illustrated with more than 150 drawings and vintage
sepia-toned photographs, the author presents an illustrated maritime and
folk history of the Jersey shore’s Age of Sail. An engaging tribute to
the region, Down Barnegat Bay brims with first-person accounts of the
people, events, and places that have come together to shape Barnegat
Bay’s unique place in American history. Also includes rare maps, prints,
paintings and historic photographs, with contemporary accounts drawn from
ships' logs, private journals, local histories, early newspapers and
magazines together with little known selections of Barnegat Bay poetry and
fiction. Clean, crisp, nice copy. (VG+). $58. 24400. na. MASSACHUSETTS ON THE SEA 1630 – 1930. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1931. Second Edition. 10 ½” x 7 7/8". 32 p. Stiff wraps. Number 261 (number is stamped in red) of a Second Edition Authorized by The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and issued "In commemoration of the enterprise of the seaman of the MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY and in recognition of the maritime accomplishments of their descendants.". Rare title includes a number of accounts including: Colonial Enterprise, Independence and the Far East, The Ice Trade and Whaling, The Clipper Ship Era, Since the Civil War, The Humane Society of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Exhibits, U.S.S. Constitution. Photo plates include: Boston in 1768, A shipwreck - Ship ULYSSES of Salem, A Famous Privateer of Salem, an engraving of four ships at sea, long boat in the foreground, whale tail, Donald McKay's "Sovereign of the Seas", A Gloucester Fisherman, A Seven-Masted Ship; "Thomas W. Lawson; 5,200 tons built at Fore River, 1902, Airplane Carrier "Lexington" , The Shipwrecked Barque "Salute", "Charles M. Morgan", Now permanently preserved as "Whaling Enshrined" at South Dartmouth, (1) U.S.S. Constitution, (2) U.S.S. Constitution, View of the action between the U.S. Frigate Constitution and the British Ship Levant J. Ayers, A Naval Engagement of 1812. Contents clean and tight, covers light soiling. Endpapers are clean, with a two page pictorial green and cream-colored map of "Massachusetts On the Sea", the Legend shows Motor Highways and Life-Saving Stations. (VG). $48.
23224. Baarslag, Karl. SOS TO THE RESCUE. NY.
1935. 310pp. Later reprinted as Famous Sea Rescues, this first edition is
quite difficult to find. For the first time the story of a number of
famous sea disasters is told from the point of view of the vessel’s
radio operators. See the development of this craft as the “brass
pounders” have practiced it. The author has written these awesome tales
in terms of dits and dahs, translated for us in terms of the hundreds of
thousands of lives saved because of the use of radio and the
unfailing devotion of the operators. Includes the true stories of the
collision of the Republic and the Florida, the loss of the Titanic, the
foundering of the Empress of Ireland, the heroic rescue of the storm-swept
Antinoe by the President Roosevelt, the capsizing of the Vestris, the
dreadful burst of flame on the Morrow Castle, and more. Clean, tight, some
soiling to wraps. (VG-). $24. 693c. 6149g. Baarslag, Karl. COAST
GUARD TO THE RESCUE. NY. 1937. 2nd. printing. 328pp. Illustrated
with official USCG photographs. One of the better chronicles of the
history of the Coast Guard and its duties through the years. Chapters
include Flying Lifeboats, Joshua James, Cutters,
8168. Crump,
Roberts,
Bruce and Ray Jones. Over 80 color and b/w photographs. Soft wraps. Scarce
early editions of this author’s earlier works covers the lighthouses
along the coasts of the NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.
772. 8227. MID-ATLANTIC
LIGHTHOUSES – Hudson River to 8264. SOUTHEASTERN
LIGHTHOUSES. Outer Banks to SOUTHERN LIGHTHOUSES. Outer Banks to 8265. GULF COAST
LIGHTHOUSES – Florida Keys to the 8268. 22432. LIGHTHOUSES OF WESTERN LIGHTHOUSES.
Olympic Peninsula to 24240.
Harding, R. Brewster. GREETINGS FROM 9453.
[journal] THE KEEPER’S LOG. Journal
of the 24243.
(commemorative stamp sheet) MAINE STATEHOOD
1820-1970. Issued July 9, 1970, the Maine Statehood 6 cent
stamp features the twin lighthouses at Cape Elizabeth, from Edward
Hopper’s oil painting in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Full
sheet of 50 stamps in unused mint condition. Scott #1391. (VG). $18. 20264.
Veasey, David., GUARDING
NEW L-07-1 (1). U. S. Coast Guard. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SHIPS, PLANES AND STATIONS. CG-214. 1955. 36p. Soft wraps. A brief look at the history of the stations and equipment of the Coast Guard. Well illustrated with photos of cutters, icebreakers, tenders, lightships, surf and motor lifeboats, numerous aircraft and stations. (VG). $10. Reduced $ 5. 4531(5). Putnam, George R., NEW SAFEGUARDS FOR SHIPS IN FOG AND STORM. August 1936. 32pp. 30 photo illustrations [NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. LXX, No. 2, August 1936] Complete issue, very clean. George Putnam was the Commissioner of Lighthouses in the early years of the twentieth century. In this interesting and detailed article, Commissioner Putnam includes information on the use of the new radio beacons, lightship operations as well as the overall operation of the Lighthouse Service. Included are 30 wonderful official photographs of light stations, tenders, light vessels, lens apparatus, light keepers and more. (VG) $22. 4532i. Putnam, George R., BEACONS OF THE SEA: LIGHTING THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. January, 1913. 53 pp. Illustrated with 67 photographs including light vessels, depots, and much more. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January 1913. Excellent descriptions of the work of the Lighthouse Service by the Commissioner himself. . Wonderfully illustrated with numerous official photographs. Includes especially nice photos of various light vessels, lenses and various lanterns and towers. More and more difficult to find this article. Clean, tight, in library binding of Volume 24, 1913. (VG). $48. C24128. THE
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE 6744z, x, aa, ff,ii.
[Topographic Plate]. COAST LINES: PART OF Whaling... 25184.
Senate Doc. No. 12. THE DESCRIPTION OF PAPERS
DEEMED NECESSARY TO BE PRIVIDED BY LAW FOR THE USE AND PROTECTION OF
AMERICAN VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE WHALE FISHERIES. December 27,
1839. 16 p. Report examines information provided by Nantucket, New Bedford
and other whaling captains with regard to legalities of entering ports and
other issues of the day. $14. 2411.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE DEATH OF EVENING
STAR –The Diary of a Young 2408.
Chippendale, Captain H. A., SAILS AND WHALES.
2407.
Hohman, E. P., THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN. 2406.
Whipple, A. B. C., YANKEE WHALERS IN THE 2405. 2404.
Haley, Nelson Cole [harpooner in the Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853] . WHALE
HUNT – The Narrative of a Voyage. 2403.
Stackpole, Edouard A., THE SEA-HUNTERS – The 2329. na. OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE APRIL 1, 1880 (WITH POST OFFICE ADDRESSES). GPO. April 1, 1880. GPO. 19p. Original soft wraps. Scarce booklet includes complete listings of Superintendent, assistants, Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, assistants, District Superintendents, assistants, Board for Examination of plans and devices, complete listing of all station Keepers with mailing addresses, and complete listing of Life-Saving Districts and stations. In original wraps, clean, crisp, as new and probably never opened. Extremely rare opportunity to obtain this original booklet and needed information in remarkable condition. (F). $125. 4531t. Putnam, George R., NEW SAFEGUARDS FOR SHIPS IN FOG AND STORM. August 1936. 32pp. (disbound) 30 photo illustrations [NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. LXX, No. 2, August 1936] Complete issue, very clean. George Putnam was the Commissioner of Lighthouses in the early years of the twentieth century. In this interesting and detailed article, Commissioner Putnam includes information on the use of the new radio beacons, lightship operations as well as the overall operation of the Lighthouse Service. Included are 30 wonderful official photographs of light stations, tenders, light vessels, lens apparatus, light keepers and more. (VG). $20. UNITED
STATES VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVING CORPS. The 21266.
[dance program] Fourth Annual Masqueraded Ball,
Voluntary Life Saving Service, City of 21100.
[button]
911a,b.
THREE YOUNG HEROES – 907a,b,c.
24367.
na. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE
SAVING CORPS IN RHODE ISLAND, MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY
SESSION, 1912. 24252. (technical & maintenance
pamphlet) Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company. THE
PINTSCH GAS LIGHTED BUOYS.
9419. Smith, Joseph W. GLEANINGS FROM THE SEA: SHOWING THE PLEASURES AND PENALTIES OF LIFE AFLOAT, WITH CONTINGENCIES ASHORE. 1987. [First published 1887.] Wells, Maine. 406p. The irresistible charms of the Maine coastline, and particularly the Biddeford Pool area, prompted the author in 1887 to write this recollection of the history and the people of this area, resort life and particularly the life of a people largely dominated by the sea. In over 40 chapters the author presents all aspects of the life in the area, from the yachting and fishing of the area, to the storms, cruising and ending with a lengthy 71 page chapter detailing the work of the Life-Saving Service at the Biddeford Pool Station. Illustrated with numerous photographs including three wonderful early views of the Biddeford Pool crews. Delightful reading. Gilt embossed binding with gilt page edges, quite well done. (M). $56. 23580. Herben, Stephen J. A
STUDENT LIFE SAVING CREW. Blue and Gray Magazine. June 1894. pp
317-321. Detailed account of the 21206b. Hill, Helen and Violet
Maxwell. CHARLIE AND HIS COAST GUARDS. 6333x. Putnam, George R. SENTINEL
OF THE COASTS - THE LOG OF A LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEER. NY. 1937.
1st. ed. 368pp. DJ. Well illustrated with over 60 photos. This
historical and descriptive work by the retired Commissioner of
Lighthouses includes chapters on the history and organization of the
Lighthouse Service, the perils of lightships, fog and radio, tenders,
romance of the buoys, the government workers, and much more. A most
important book that has become quite scarce. Unusually good condition
for this title, clean, bright, tight, only slight fading to the spine,
some wear to dj. (VG+) $134 net. 23564. [West Quoddy
Lighthouse, Maine Puzzle] Older c.1970’s picture puzzle
from Fairchild features a great color photo view of the lighthouse and
keeper’s house at West Quoddy Head. This early interlocking type
puzzle contains 1000 pieces and shows a clear, very close view of the
Coast Guard keeper’s house and red and white striped light tower.
Puzzle scene is full color, with fine detail of the lens, lantern and
tower as well as the surrounding yard and buildings. Believed to be
complete but not guaranteed. (VG).$14. 23556. Price List 63. NAVY,
MARINES AND COAST GUARD. GPO. June 1936. 16p. Soft wraps.
Contains list of publications available relating to the US Navy, Marines
and Coast Guard. Subjects include air almanacs, cargo handling gear,
mooring bits, fire hose, medicine chest, compress air plants, annual
reports, direction finders, lots of pamphlets on all manor of subjects,
instruction manuals, directories, and tables of data, indexes and
catalogues, etc. Light foxing. (VG-). $8 23547. [newspaper] PROPOSALS
FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPPING FOUR LIGHT VESSELS, Treasury
Dept., Office Lighthouse Board, Washington. The Republic, 21509d. na. Commemorative Coast Guard and Lightship Covers Commemorative envelopes, each addressed and stamped and postmarked on the commissioning day and first day on station, or from Officer in Charge, and with the return address of the light station or vessel commanding officer. Covers clean, crisp, and are important Coast Guard and light vessel collector’s items: 22552. Light Vessel No. 531 New Orleans. Postmarked New Orleans March 13, 1965, the day that the vessel was first on station. $28. 22226. USS Acushnet, Commissioned September 1, 1936, formerly a Coast Guard vessel. Postmarked December 17, 1938. $28. 22361a. Block Island Coast Guard Station, Officer in Charge, South East Lighthouse cachet, Postmarked March 30, 1983. $28. 22361b. West Quoddy Head Light, Officer in Charge, Postmarked November 15, 1983. $22. 22361c. Burnt Island Light Station, Officer in Charge, Postmarked April 3, 1984. $22. 22361b. Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse, Postmarked September 22, ….. $12.
22582a,b. Bonnet, Wayne. A PACIFIC LEGACY - A CENTURY OF MARITIME PHOTOGRAPHY 1850-1950. San Francisco. 1991. 160 p. DJ. This superb chronicle features a wealth of remarkable Pacific coast maritime photographs from the museum archives of the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. Artist and writer Wayne Bonnett has compiled one hundred and thirty-two richly detailed historic photos into the first major work to feature this collection. The book covers one hundred years of Pacific Coast maritime history from the California Gold Rush through the founding & explosive growth of the great seaports on San Francisco Bay & Puget Sound, the Columbia River region & southern California. Included are the tall square-riggers of the Cape Horn fleet, the "down-easters", the big lumber schooners, the early steamships that crossed the Pacific. A few of the views include: View from the poop deck forward on the Caithness-Shire, Puget Sound c. 1905, whaling ships Bowhead, Beluga & Thrasher in San Francisco Bay c. 1900, the wheelhouse of the Arctic expedition steam vessel Madrono in 1928, USS Constitution in San Francisco in 1933, Port of San Francisco, photo taken less than a month after the earthquake in 1906, the Hall Brothers Shipyard at Port Blakely, Washington with the sawmill in the background, the saloon of the British steel full-rigged ship Eva Montgomery showing Captain & wife inside at Puget Sound c. 1904, Captain's cabin of the British four-masted bark Lynton c. 1905, the shipwreck of the steam schooner Riverside which struck Blunts Reef off Cape Mendocino in 1913, the deck of the new five-masted barkentine Monitor in San Francisco Bay c. 1920, panoramic view of San Francisco in 1898, and much more. The extremely rich and sharp photographs include everything from grand ships to little packets, ferries, interior views, shipwrecks, deck views and much more. Large format 11" x 12" and printed on a heavy stock, this will make a fine addition to your library. (VG+). $94.
23370. Witzell, Susan Fletcher, Jane A. McLaughlin and Mary Lou Smith. NEW ENGLAND VIEWS - THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BALDWIN COOLIDGE (1845-1928). Woods Hole. 1998. 181 p. DJ. Wonderful work features 189 duotone images selected from the plates of the noted Boston photographer Baldwin Coolidge whose photographs spanned the period of the 1880s to 1917. Over his career, Coolidge took many pictures in Woods Hole, as well as Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands, New Hampshire, Maine along the Merrimack, the North Shore, city scenes and maritime views as well. Superb views include a number of light stations and life saving stations in the area, as well as ships and shipwrecks, farm and city life of the period, and much more. Published with the cooperation of The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA). New England Views won First Prize in the American Association of Museum's 1999 Design Competition. It was also chosen as one of the 50 Books/50 Covers in the annual design competition of the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1999. A visual feast for those interested in nineteenth century America. (M). $49.95 6151i. Jones, Stephen. HARBOR OF REFUGE (Being the Recreation of Four Seasons on an Offshore Lighthouse from the Authentic Journal of S. P. Jones, S. N.). Toronto. 1981.345pp. DJ. An engaging collection of reminiscences of this former Coast Guard light-keeper. of the Harbor of Refuge Light Station, DE. Arriving at the lighthouse fresh out of boot camp, the author spends an extraordinary year there through the passage of four seasons. During this time the tower and its keepers are assaulted by vessels run amok, lascivious fishermen, songbirds, and frogs as well as the worst Atlantic seaboard winter storm in fifty years. A true tale, very well written, detailed and most interesting reading. Clean, crisp copy. (VG+) $38. 22190. Campbell, J. M. [Assistant Lightkeeper, Bell Rock Lighthouse], NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BELL ROCK. Edinburgh. 1904. 112p. 12MO. Beautiful gilt embossed lighthouse on binding. After serving nine years as Assistant Keeper of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, the author was encouraged by friends to record his many detailed observations of the life there, with particular emphasis on the many different animal species that exist in the area. From the gulls and terns, to the seals and fish species, the rock was teeming with life which was well chronicled by the author. Most interesting account of the period between 1901 and 1904. Contents clean, tight and bright. Covers light wear and staining, corners bumped. (VG-). $98 net. 23489. Humiston, Fred. BLUE WATER MEN – AND WOMEN. Portland. 1966. 1st. 172 p. For more than three centuries the sailing vessel has dominated the Maine scene, directly influencing economic, social and cultural structures as well as furnishing an effective method of defense and attack. These men were a breed apart. Their exploits and prowess will be remembered for years to come. Blue Water Men – And Women tells their story, from pirates and the West India trade, to California gold rush, to the era of the "Sail Carriers" and more. Excellent source and reading. (VG+). $24. 23490. Humiston, Fred. WINDJAMMERS AND WALKING BEAMS. Portland. 1968. 1st. 199 p. Second in the author’s series, this title focuses on the transformation of shipping in Maine from sail to steam. 1816 pioneered the steamboat economy and soon Maine waters saw odd-looking contraptions that clattered through years of trial and error and evolved into great fleets. However, sail did not give up easily, as it battled for survival well into the twentieth century. Another excellent source and reading. (VG+). $24. 8397a. Williams, Colonel Dion. ARMY AND NAVY UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA How to know Rank, Corps and Service in the Military and Naval Forces of the United States and Foreign Countries. New York. 1918. 302p. 12MO. One of the earlier and most complete references on the subject by a well known authority, profusely illustrated. Includes uniforms of the Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service, and some Congressional life-saving medals. Clean, tight, only light wear. Quite rare, and one of the few that includes the Lighthouse Service. (VG). $118 net. 23476. Short, Vincent and Edwin Sears. SAIL AND STEAM ALONG THE MAINE COAST. Portland. 1955. 203 p. DJ. Thoroughly illustrated with full page plates of steam and sailing vessels. The first in a series of books on the subject, this volume includes eighty six photographs of paintings and vessels that once ruled the coast. Includes detailed history of the vessels, dimensions and information and portraits of the captains and more. Good reading and reference. (VG-). $18. 23388. [commemorative stein] c.1900. An unusual, petite, bright commemorative mug or stein, featuring a beautiful raised relief image of Point Judith Lighthouse, Rhode Island. This item is quite attractive and bears a detailed image in raised relief of the tall octagonal lighthouse with attached keeper’s dwelling and adjacent fog signal building that once guarded Narragansett Bay. Mug is quite bright and distinctive, and measures 4 ¼" high by 2 ½" in diameter. Mug is done in shades of brown, green and black and includes a second image of "The Mathewson Hotel. Clean, quite nice. Made in Germany. A very detailed, pretty piece of a rare lighthouse for your display. (VG). $76 net. 23283. Bailey, John. SENTINEL OF THE JERSEY CAPE - The Story of the Cape May Point Lighthouse. 1st. 1989. 56p. Soft wraps. In an entertaining style, the author provides details of the history and construction of the light station, its technical details, and the life of the courageous keepers who maintained this light for so long. The author provides many details as to the lighting apparatus and equipment of the station, its past and present designs and layout, and the families that lived there. Includes many excerpts from the station logs, making this a detailed yet interesting account. Includes a complete listing of Keepers and assistants through the years. With numerous photos and illustrations. (VG). $26. 9336. [video tape] THE COAST GUARD IN THE 1930’S. Great original film footage produced in 1937 shows the early Coast Guard performing its daily duties. The film is divided into four parts, from a promotional film produced in 1937: The Story of the Coast Guard, The Coast Guard Academy, Service Afloat, and Service Ashore. Early footage includes early cutters, 34’ motor lifeboat underway in heavy seas, taking a vessel in tow during a storm, aerial views of beach stations, firing the Lyle gun and breeches buoy rescue from a vessel ashore, taking men off a burning tanker, pulling surfboats and lifeboats underway, early sea planes, laboratories and maneuvers at the Academy, patrol boats and cutters, flood of 1927, 78-foot patrol boats, capturing rum runners, beach patrol, New Jersey shipwrecks, and much more. Running time is approximately one hour. Great early views, all from original 1920’s-30’s original film footage and narrated, give a little seen view of our early Coast Guard. $29.95. United States Life-Saving Service. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE We have just acquired a large collection of these rare Annual Reports of the Life-Saving Service and, in an effort to stem the rise of prices over the last few years on these reports, have endeavored to offer them at as low a price as possible. This is the perfect opportunity to begin your collection or to fill those missing years in your present collection. Reports are printed by the Government Printing Office [GPO] and range from 180 to 600 pages. Includes extensive details of operations and of rescues throughout the year. Also details personnel, construction and repairs of stations and equipment, evaluation of new equipment and much more. In addition, many include appended reports such as the new Beebe-McLellan Life-Boat, Dobbins’s surf life-boat, launching wagon, improved breeches buoy traveler block, McLellan’s Tally-Boards, and lengthy report on tests performed on Hunt and Lyle guns on Nantucket Island in 1887, reports on Cunningham rockets, surfboats and more. Quite detailed, becoming exceptionally difficult to find. Typical cloth government binding, contents overall clean, expected uniform very light browning on some copies, hinges tight and intact, covers may have some wear. Please inquire. Please inquire regarding years available. 9155. O’Connor, William D.[Assistant Superintendent of the United States Life-Saving Service.] THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. [disbound] from an early Appleton’s Annual Cyclopaedia Vol. III, c.1878. 19 p. As Assistant Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, the author relates tales of the equipment, the work and of the men of the Service as few can. His intimate knowledge and access to official sources allow him to relate the stories of these dramatic rescues as never before. Well illustrated. $18. 4342L,o. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service. New York. 1899. 1st. 327 p. Nicely illustrated with official photographs. Nice gilt embossed cover scene of life-savers launching their surfboat. Relates the history of the Life-Saving Service and the work of the U.S. Life-Savers through various chapters in this fictional account. Though probably intended for a teenage audience, this is by far one of the best early day-to-day accounts. Based on fact. Quite scarce. Clean, tight in bright wrap, spine slightly darkened. (VG). $64. 8391g. Drysdale, William., THE BEACH PATROL - A Story of the Life-Saving Service. W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. 1897. 318p. With five illustrated plates. All aspects of the work of the life-savers is described in this fictional tale of the men at the Great Harbor Life-Saving Station in New England. Sixteen year old Tom examines the equipment, from the operation of the Coston flare, to the contents of the Life-Saving Service portable library and assists with numerous rescues as we follow him through his adventure. Quite good descriptions, with great detail. An extremely early, rare Life-Saving Service novel. Beautiful gilt embossed covers with only light wear, light soiling to spine, contents clean, crisp and tight, an unusually nice copy. (VG). $98 net. 23182. Davis, Charles G., SHIPS OF THE PAST. The Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts 1929, Publication Number Nineteen of the Marine Research Society. 170 p. DJ. This copy is a first edition of this remarkable work with original dust jacket. Chapters include, Block Island Boats And Pinkys, The Fishing Schooner, The Baltimore Clipper And Other Southern Craft, The Packet Ship Isaac Webb, The Frigate Raleigh, The Frigate Congress, Masts And Spars Of United States Naval Vessels And List Of Plans Of Ships. The volume has hard blue cloth covers and measures 8 ½ X 11 ½ inches. There are 170 pages with index plus 14 two-page plans in rear of book for 12 different ships. There are 54 plates (b&w photos plates and illustrations). Extremely desirable text on the subject, only a few have been found available and has become a sought after text for the marine historian or model ship builder. Clean, tight, very little wear in well worn dj. (VG). $188 net. 23151. Drake, Samuel Adams. THE PINE TREE COAST. Boston. 1891. 1st. 393 p. Gilt embossed title and vignette on wraps. Illustrated with hundreds of wonderful, detailed woodcut illustrations. Samuel Adams Drake was one of America's most enduring 19th-century New England historians and folklorists. In The Pine Tree Coast, Drake focuses all of his experience and powers of observation on the coastal villages, seaports and islands of old the old Maine coast, which he personally visited. From Lubec to the Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, Drake takes the reader on a guided tour of everything on the Maine and New Hampshire shoreline that was worth seeing in the 1880s. He mingles prosaic descriptions of oceanside scenery with local history, folklore and anecdotes about the people he encounters along the way. Drake is never stingy with praise, but he has no qualms about being critical either. One moment he's rhapsodizing over the majestic beauty of an ocean cliff, the next lamenting ancient houses blighted by time and poverty. If an innkeeper or a fisherman rubs him the wrong way, he writes about it. Touches like that keep his narrative interesting, unpredictable, and true to New England's ever-shifting temperament. The Pine Tree Coast is a beautiful and sometimes bittersweet portrait of life along the New England shore in 1880. Complementing the text are hundreds of detailed woodcut illustrations showing scenes and historic personages from the locales the author writes about, adding rich visual texture to his narrative. As expected, life on the ocean is a prominent theme here, including lighthouse life, shipwrecks and much more. Contents clean and crisp, binding worn at hinges, spine worn, covers fairly bright with light wear and bumping. Superb New England reading. (VG-).$118 net. 7234e. Flint, Willard. A HISTORY OF U. S. LIGHTSHIPS. [U. S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office] 1993. 21p. 8VO. Soft wraps. Of the few persons steeped in the knowledge of this little known branch of the Lighthouse Service, Mr. Flint must surely be considered the leader. In the 1980’s Mr. Flint published the definitive historical record of all lightships and stations for the Coast Guard and this wonderful pamphlet stems from that endeavor. Filled with 29 detailed b/w photographs, this booklet chronicles some of the important history, disasters and life aboard these vessels. A great booklet. (VG). $22. 2307. na. ANASTATIC DRAWINGS OF GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS, PRESENTED BY SOVEREIGNS AND PUBLIC BODIES TO CAPT. GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY, F.R.S. FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN THE SAVING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM SHIPWRECK: TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED A FEW OBSERVATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEPOSITING OF THESE MEMORIALS. 1852. Yarmouth. Printed for private circulation, 8vo. Inscribed by Captain Manby: "Presented to Lieut. Col. Mason, East Norfolk Regt. By his much respected friend George Will. Manby, Capt. R.N. May ’53." George William Manby was most famous for his development of an early line mortars and cannon for firing a life line to a ship in distress, which bears his name. Born in 1765, Manby devoted himself to the development of life-saving apparatus after experiencing a shipwreck while in his forties. In addition, he developed the breeches buoy apparatus and was a founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The early life-saving equipment developed by this important inventor included early mortars, shot, heaving lines, faking boxes, weatherproof pistol, life-car, buoys, signals, lifeboats, and much more. Includes engraved portrait and twelve sepia lithographic plates. In red blind- stamped cloth, lettered gilt on cover, re-backed with new spine and endpapers. An important work by this noted life-saver, extremely rare. (VG). $332. 21228c. na. LIGHTHOUSES AND OTHER AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN ALASKAN HISTORY. US Coast Guard. 1990. [reprint of 1974 edition.] 87p. Soft wraps. A book like this should be published on every state, for the extensive vintage photographs and the history provided are exceptional. By 1940 there were 457 minor and major lights in Alaska, 15 fog signals, 316 buoys and much more. The book describes the role of the Lighthouse Service in Alaska from the 1860’s until 1938 and then continues with the work of the Coast Guard since. Includes historical summaries of light stations, architectural descriptions, wonderful early photographs and much more. Over 80 photographs include brass hardware, post lights, buoys. Lighthouse tenders and crews, depots, station boats and boathouses, keepers and their families, and more. Clean, crisp. (VG+). $59. 7197rr. [newspaper] [practice of appointing Light House Keepers]. The Portland Daily Advertiser, Portland, Maine. May 17, 1853. Article remarks on the practice of appointing keepers based on their political affiliation, and that the recent keeper appointed to Boon Island Light was appointed by a Democrat appointed by President Polk, rather than a Whig as was reported, and that the keeper "..has never seen a vessel, and with good old fashioned country notions of ‘early to bed and early to rise’ very verdauntly supposed that vessels kept country hours, and ‘did not sail after it became dark’". This most interesting comment on the system also notes that one of the newly appointed keepers at Cape Elizabeth has resided in an interior town until the Presidential election and several Democrats were well qualified but set aside. Full newspaper contains Four pages with articles of the day, quite clean, 2 folds. (VG-) $28. 2393. Morrison, John H. HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION. New York, W.F. Sametz & Co., 1903 First Edition. 8vo,. Pp. 630. Well illustrated with numerous engravings of steamships. Very good copy of the first edition of this important history of the invention and early development of steam boats and steam navigation, with especially good information on the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, Long Island Sound, the Great Lakes, and the Atlantic coast. Chapters cover the country by area with history of the noted vessels and steamship lines of the period. Also includes extensive information on the progress of the science at the time, history of various steamship lines. Also includes excellent chapters on tow boats, the state of lighthouses, lightships and fog signals and the work toward improvement, Life-Saving Service, Steamboat Inspection Service, and on the Steam Calliope or Organ. Superb early reference. In original black cloth, gilt spine lettering. Contents clean and crisp, some light wear, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. (VG). $138 net. 6431e. Shanks, Ralph and Janetta T. LIGHTHOUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. 1976. 1ST. 123p. Soft wraps. Inscribed by the author. "...Climb the iron stairways of San Francisco Bay’s lighthouses to re-light the ancient lamps...on the beach below, the rescue boats are being readied...more watches...more beaches to patrol...." All of this well known author’s original stories are here, along with a rich treasure of countless new adventures. Illustrated with over 65 vintage photographs, the Shanks’ wonderful work chronicles the work of San Francisco Bay’s Light Keepers as never before. Light stations includes Alcatraz Island, Yerba Buena, Point Bonita, Fort Point, Mile Rocks, Lime Point, Angel Island and Point Blunt, East Brother, Mare Island, Roe Island, Oakland Harbor, Southampton Shoal, Carquinez Strait, and more. Wonderful reading. Extremely difficult to find this early West Coast Reference. Clean, crisp, nice copy. (VG). $58 net.
2358a. [Coast Guard commission] Large, 16" x 30" certificate announcing the commission of Lighthouse Engineer Henry Edward Litchfield to the position of Lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard. Dated in 1939, this was done at the time of the merger when Lighthouse Service personnel were offered positions in the Coast Guard. Emblazoned across the top of this beautiful certificate in large letters is "President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States…." over a fine engraved bald eagle, with commissioning details below. Appointment bears a gold seal, and is signed in ink by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Dated December 1, 1939, this is a large, rare, clean document and just beautiful for framing. Includes original mailing tube addressed to Lighthouse Engineer Henry Edward Litchfield, New York. (VG). $118 net. 2358b. Certificate only without mailing tube. (VG). $94 net. 21347. [submarine signals] Submarine Signal Company, Boston. c.1906. The Submarine Signal Company developed and installed apparatus used to transmit receive signals through the water, with considerable detail and illustrations of the various pieces of equipment used. This system was in use extensively on lightships to communicate their position in thick weather. Submerged bells were suspended from lightships and offshore lighthouses as a means of signaling passing vessels. Vessels so equipped had a through-hull receiver and could determine the direction from which the signal was coming. This lot consists of five clear, close company photographs with written descriptions of the apparatus used. Photos include the installation on buoys and vessels, telephone indicator box placed in the pilot house to determine the direction of the sound, No. 10 bell on buoy that is rung by the action of the waves, lightship bell used to send its message 20 miles under water, and electrically operated undersea bell. Photos clean and clear sepia views, 3 ½" x 3 ½" up to 5" x 7". (VG-). $38 22521. [set 3 lighthouse keeper documents] Very early US Lighthouse Establishment letters dated 1862 to 1880 from keeper by W. W. Wetmore of Plum Island Light Station, Long Island, New York and his wife. Plum Island, today, is the off limits reserve of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Animal Disease Center, and was the subject of a novel a few years ago. The lighthouse is still maintained. The first letter in this exciting group of three letters was written in 1862 to his daughter. He mentions them waiting for the Lighthouse Inspector as well as a delivery of wood and coal. He also mentions painting a box to keep her melodian safe. The second letter is from the daughter to Keeper Wetmore in 1877 and mentions her new farm which they will be moving to in the spring. The 1880 letter is from Keeper Wetmore, datelined Plum Island Lt. Station,and gives directions to reach the island. Three postmarked envelopes are included. Very good condition, only light browning at folds, some wear. Good penmanship makes these quite readable. An important early Light House Keeper’s letter set and a fine collectible. (VG). $284 net. 20245b. Noble, Dennis L., UNITED STATES LIFE SAVING SERVICE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. CG-230. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. 1975. 23p. Soft wraps. An important research text, provides a comprehensive listing of writings related to lighthouses, from archival, fictional, historic and technical sources listed alphabetically by author. Included are descriptions of content and publication information. Quite valuable for research or collectors, quite scarce. (VG). $38 6421f. Glunt, Ruth R. LIGHTHOUSES AND LEGENDS OF THE HUDSON RIVER. Monroe. 1975. 154p. 1st. DJ. Illustrated with over 47 early photographs. Fascinating memoir of life tending a Hudson River lighthouse, by the wife of Chester B. Glunt, who was in charge of the U. S. Coast Guard Light Attendant Station at Saugerties, New York. A fine account of the many lights in the area. This volume is becoming scarce, as is the original smaller volume entitled The Old Lighthouses Of The Hudson River. Clean, tight, as new, the nicest copy that I have yet found. (F). $58. 4342k. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service. New York. 1899. 1st. Nicely illustrated with photographs. Nice embossed covers. Relates the history of the Life-Saving Service and the work of the Life-Savers through various chapters in this fictional account. Probably intended for a teenage audience, this is by far one of the best. Based on fact. Quite scarce. Ex lib with standard markings, moderate wear, clean. (G+).$66. 9217. Huntress, Keith. NARRATIVES OF SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS 1586-1860. Iowa State University Press. 1973. 248p. Unbound printer’s proofs, stapled by signature. A scholarly compilation of narratives of 24 notable shipwrecks with detailed accounts and a wealth of information. Included are such famous shipwrecks as the Nottingham Galley off Boon Island, the Brig Tyrrel off Sandy Hook, shipwreck of the French Frigate Medusa, destruction of the whale-ship Essex (Herman Melville based his last chapter in his book Moby-Dick on this incident.), loss of the Albion off Fastnet Rock, fatal explosion of the boiler on the steamship Helen MacGregor at Memphis, loss of the steam packet Home, and many more. Also includes a lengthy listing of narratives published of shipwrecks and disasters since the 1500’s. Nicely illustrated with period woodcut engravings. A most interesting and valuable work. (G). $62. 22244. [newspaper] SEVERE STORM AT BOON ISLAND LIGHT. The Portsmouth Journal. February 9, 1839. Half column article includes a letter by Keeper Eliphalet Grover at Boon Island Lighthouse describing the recent gale. Keeper Grover noted that by the second day the seas were up around the buildings and the family was forced to retreat into the light house for safety. He continues to describe the scene and damage wrought by the storm’s fury. The article goes on to describe in some detail damage at other area lighthouses including White Island and Whales’-Back. Excellent details of the sufferings endured by the keepers at such offshore stations. Full early newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, one fold. (VG-). $56. 22499. var. … UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE ON HATTERAS ISLAND…. [Sea Chest. Volume 5, Number 1, Fall 1978]. 64p. Most interesting and detailed chronicles include: Wreck of the Omar Babun-Ed McLeod tells about the last breeches buoy rescue, The Storm of '44-One of the worst hurricanes to hit Hatteras Island , I'm Gonna be a Lifesaver-Efforts are being made to preserve the Chicamocomico Coast Guard Station , Wreck of the G.A. Kohler-First four-masted schooner to wreck on the Outer Banks , The J.A. Midgett Receipts-120-year-old documents found in an old house, and much more. Well illustrated with well over 15 vintage photos and illustrations. Very difficult to find. $36. 22494. Strobridge, Truman R. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. Wash. U. S. Coast Guard. June 1982. 148p. An important research text, provides a comprehensive listing of writings related to the US Coast Guard, from archival, fictional, historic and technical sources listed alphabetically by author and by topic. Included are descriptions of content and publication information. Subject index includes: Administration and Organization, aids tonavigation, Aviation, Biographies, Civil War, Cutters, Training, Equipment and Facilities, Expeditions, Flags Ensigns Pennants and Customs, Icebreaking, Law Enforcement, Medicine and Science, Minorities, Port Security, Prohibition Era, Revenue Cutter Service, Search and Rescue, Spanish-American War, Uniforms, World War I and II, and much more. Extremely valuable for research or collectors. (Spiral Bound Photocopy $34). 22487. [newspaper] ACT OF CONGRESS TO ERECT LIGHT-HOUSE ON BOON ISLAND, &c. Columbian Centinel Newspaper. Boston. March 9, 1811. This is an exceedingly historic issue, as the second page notes recent Acts passed in Congress, including an Act to erect a light house on Boon Island, Maine, buoys at Edgartown Harbour, stone column on Cape Elizabeth, and for completing the beacons and buoys in Beverly harbour. Full newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, clean though some wear, two original folds, edges worn. A fine Colonial lighthouse item, unusually good condition for a 191 year old piece. (VG+). $28. 6275h. Ralph Shanks, Wick York, Lisa Woo Shanks, editor. THE U. S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE - HEROES, RESCUES AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE EARLY COAST GUARD. 1996. Petaluma, CA. 262p. DJ. Hard cover. This long awaited work by Ralph Shanks and Wick York is now available. Filling a longtime void in the chronicles of the Life-Saving Service, this book is the result of two decades of research by these highly respected maritime historians. In 272 large format pages, the authors present unforgettable stories of the surfmen and their unsurpassed bravery. Unique to this work is the authors coverage of the architecture of the stations. Using over 400 rare photos from the Library of Congress and other historic sources, the authors provide a station by station look at the architectural features that make them such a unique and unforgettable piece of our history. Hard cover edition, now out of print and no longer available, is quite sought after for libraries and museums and now commands a premium. We have been fortunate to come upon this copy, still shrink wrapped as new. (M) $39.95 net. 6103m. Sterling, Robert Thayer. LIGHTHOUSES OF THE MAINE COAST AND THE MEN WHO KEEP THEM. Brattleboro, VT. 1935. 1st. printing. 224pp. Illustrated with over 80 photographs of Maine light stations. Written by the Assistant Keeper of Portland Head Light, this volume contains a wealth of first hand information about the Maine lights and light-vessels. A rescue of seventeen men…seas washing away the garden….a lone survivor on the barren ledge….panic when the light at Saddleback went out….a bombardment of ducks into the lantern….visions, solitude…and an ever changing background of weather and seasons. Ex. Library with normal markings in cloth library binding, some wear. The best Maine account available. (VG-). $54 net. 22542. ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ERECTION OF A LIGHT HOUSE ON ONE OF THE ISLES OF SHOALS, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Columbian Centinel. Boston, May 31, 1820. Nearly full column article relates an Act to construct said lighthouse. Also noted are numerous other lights authorized including; Ten Pound Island, Baker’s Island, light vessel at Smith’s Point Shoal in Chesapeake Bay, light house at Shell Castle Island NC, and many more. Full newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, clean though some wear, one original fold, light age browning. A fine Colonial lighthouse item, unusually good condition for a 187 year old piece. (VG). $34. 7197n(2). [newspaper] LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S SALARIES…. The Portland Transcript and Eclectic. May 10, 1856. Short paragraph noting that there are about 40 lighthouses on the coast of Maine, the number of keepers and salary ranges received by the keepers. The article notes that the keepers at Whale’s Back Light, Boon Island and Mt. Desert receive the highest salary at $600 per year. The lowest salary noted is $250. Full size newspaper contains four pages with news and advertisements of the day, quite clean, 1 fold. Fine for framing or for reading, quite interesting very early lighthouse article. Folded. (VG) $12. 8218d. Cobb, James F., THE WATCHERS ON THE LONGSHIPS. London. 1878. 4th. 283p. Nice gilt embossed binding. A tale based strictly on fact, about life of the keepers at the lighthouse on the treacherous Longships shoals. First exhibited on the 29th of September, 1795, the light was the scene of many dramatic tales and tragedies. Included is the tale of the little girl who was left alone in the lighthouse, - her father, the keeper, having been purposely kidnapped by wreckers, - and who was obliged to stand on the family bible to light the lamps. Other tales include the keeper, in the early days, who heard noises so horrible that his hair turned white in a single night, Christmas at the light, and more. Numerous other tales of keeping the light. A fine early binding and collectible. Pages tight but signatures loosening a bit, fairly well worn, covers nicely engraved and gilt embossed, moderate wear to spine, edges worn. Light soiling from use. (G+). $65. PC-118. Senate 166. "REPORT of THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY communicating THE RESULT OF AN EXPERIMENT TO ASCERTAIN THE EXPEDIENCY OF USING GAS, INSTEAD OF OIL, IN THE LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT." May 24, 1844, 41pp. Very interesting historical reading about the continual search for brighter and more efficient fuels, examinations of various types of lights, report on lighting apparatus invented by Benjamin F. Coston and erected at the lighthouse at the Christiana River, Delaware, and more. $34. 2033b,c. Johnson, Arnold Burges, [Chief Clerk, United States Light-House Board]. THE LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE. Harper’s Young People. February 9, 1892. 3p. Illustrated with four engravings. Larger work originally prepared by the clerk of the Light-House Board for use of the International Conference, this article provides presents a broad overview of the operation and equipment of the Light-House Establishment in the United States. Includes a bit of history and growth, costs, the Light-House Establishment, construction, light-vessels, buoys, river lights, illuminating apparatus, fog signals, personnel, administration and others. Full issue. (VG). $38. 23453. Boyle, Martin. LIGHTHOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Southampton. 1999. 20-50 pages. Soft wraps. Booklet provides a complete history of the lighthouse with sections on early history, construction efforts, specifications, optics and lighting, fog warning systems and much more. Unusually detailed accounts with exceptional vintage architectural plans, photographs and diagrams. An excellent series, thoroughly illustrated and well researched. 12 titles available: Beachy Head, Portland Bill, Eddystone, Wolf Rock, Skerries Rock, Needles Point, Longships, Pendeen, The Smalls, Kinnaird Head, Lighthouses Four Countries – One Aim. $12 each. 23518. Taylor, Thomas. MONHEGAN ISLAND AND ITS LIGHTHOUSE. 2003. Soft wraps. The Island of Monhegan, some sixteen miles off the coast from Boothbay Harbor, Maine, is known as a summer artist colony and unique tourist destination. Thomas Taylor's new book, Monhegan Island and Its Lighthouse, brings to life the history of this unique coastal island of Maine from the times of early exploration and ties this in to the history of its picturesque lighthouse, which was first built in 1824. Includes an overall history of the island and its people leading into the need and construction of the first lighthouse in 1824. Then the author details the reconstruction of the light station as well as the fog signal station on nearby Manana Island. Also includes excellent sections on the technical changes in the lighthouse and evolving life on the island, as well as the changes in the station brought about by the evolution of the Coast Guard and then World War II. Well illustrated with a number of historic photographs of the lighthouse and details of the lives of the keepers. Well done, large format. (M). $14.95 23444. Bryant, Gridley. DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS OF A PLAN FOR A LIGHT-HOUSE ON MINOT'S LEDGE, NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO BOSTON HARBOR. c.1850’s. 8p. Disbound. Bryant was best known for his involvement as engineer and one of the founders of the Quincy Railroad, one of the pioneer American railroads. This pamphlet gives a detailed description of the building and construction details for a light house on Minot's Ledge, also called Cohasset Rocks. He recommended a stone lighthouse following "the disastrous occurrence to the iron pile Light house on that place" (1850). Includes details on the design, description of the proposed building, the construction process, and much more. Excellent construction details. No plan, disbound, stitch marks, light soiling, else a very good copy with the pencilled signature of the Rev. Daniel Might above the title. $88 net. 23316. Parsons, Charles. MONTAUK POINT, LONG ISLAND: an 1871 visit. Reprinted from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. September 1871. 14 p. Soft wraps. Early detailed account of a visit to Montauk Lighthouse and the surrounding area. Wonderful details of the area and life during the period. Includes 20 detailed engraved views. (VG). $12. 23470. Morison, Samuel Eliot. THE STORY OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND. Boston. 1960. 5th. 81 p. DJ. A colorful and informative history of one of Maine’s most beautiful and interesting areas by seaman and naval historian Samuel Morison. (VG+). $22. 819g. Hough, George A. Jr., DISASTER ON DEVIL’S BRIDGE. Mystic, CT. 1963. 146p. Soft wraps. The most complete account of the wreck and loss of the steamer City of Columbus off Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard in 1884. The first news of the loss came when the Revenue Cutter Dexter arrived in New Bedford on January 18th, with a handful of survivors. With a detailed account of the men of the Revenue Cutter Dexter and their heroic rescues, and the attempts of the Life-Savers, this is the most complete and interesting account of this disaster to date. Well illustrated with photographs. Some wear to edges, light browning to wraps. (VG-). $28. 22452. Taylor, Theodore. FIRE ON THE BEACHES. New York. 1958. 248 p. DJ. In the war between the U-boat and the American merchant marine, 1942 was a year of crisis. Mr. Taylor tells of that bitter and heroic year which began with the US unprepared. This is a story of actions at sea, of the men who fought, and of the naval commanders who improvised escorts and developed a plan of convoy operations. An exciting account. Illustrated. (VG+). $19 4342L. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service. New York. 1899. 1st. 327 p. Nicely illustrated with official photographs. Nice gilt embossed cover scene of life-savers launching their surfboat. Relates the history of the Life-Saving Service and the work of the U.S. Life-Savers through various chapters in this fictional account. Though probably intended for a teenage audience, this is by far one of the best early day-to-day accounts. Based on fact. Quite scarce. Clean, tight in bright wrap, spine slightly darkened. (VG). $64. 8391f. Drysdale, William., THE BEACH PATROL - A Story of the Life-Saving Service. W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. 1897. 318p. With five illustrated plates. Special edition in half calf with marbled boards, gilt embossed spine, marbled endpapers. All aspects of the work of the life-savers is described in this fictional tale of the men at the Great Harbor Life-Saving Station in New England. Sixteen year old Tom examines the equipment, from the operation of the Coston flare, to the contents of the Life-Saving Service portable library and assists with numerous rescues as we follow him through his adventure. Quite good descriptions, with great detail. An extremely early, rare Life-Saving Service novel. Beautiful gilt embossed covers with very little wear, contents clean, crisp and tight, an unusually nice copy of an unusual edition. (VG+).$128 net. 9217b. Huntress, Keith. NARRATIVES OF SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS 1586-1860. Iowa State University Press. 1973. 249p. DJ. A scholarly compilation of narratives of 24 notable shipwrecks with detailed accounts and a wealth of information. Included are such famous shipwrecks as the Nottingham Galley off Boon Island, the Brig Tyrrel off Sandy Hook, shipwreck of the French Frigate Medusa, destruction of the whale-ship Essex (Herman Melville based his last chapter in his book Moby-Dick on this incident.), loss of the Albion off Fastnet Rock, fatal explosion of the boiler on the steamship Helen MacGregor at Memphis, loss of the steam packet Home, and many more. Also includes a lengthy listing of narratives published of shipwrecks and disasters since the 1500’s. Nicely illustrated with period woodcut engravings. A most interesting and valuable work. (VG+). $48 22373. [newspaper page] Yates, Snowden. WINNING THE BADGE OF COURAGE STORIES OF REAL MEN IN THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE WHO GOT THE COVETED TREASURY MEDAL. The Morning Telegraph. 1911. Superb full page article describes men of the Life-Saving Service who have been awarded the Congressional Life-Saving Medal and the deeds that they performed. The article leans heavily toward men of the Outer Banks of North Carolina and includes such heroes as Captain Pat Etheridge of the Hatteras station, Superintendent J. G. Kiah, Keepers W. Gaskill and Griesser [Buffalo LSS], Capt. Silas. H. Harding [Jerry’s Point NH LSS], surfman G. N. Gray [Charlotte LSS], Erasmus S. Midgett, and more. Includes eight photographs of these men and of Superintendent Sumner I Kimball, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and more. Full page, clean, light age browning. (VG-). $116. 22379. [newspaper] Proposals for Light-House on Robbin’s Reef in the Harbor of New York, and second Proposal for Building a Vessel to be used as a Floating Light [lightship] off Sandy Hook. The New York Times. August 25, 1837. Lengthy 1/4th page articles detail specifications for the above lighthouse and light vessel in the New York area. Detailed information includes all aspects of the construction, dimensions and materials to be used, lanterns and equipment. Extremely detailed, interesting very early information on these two important lights. Full newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, only light browning and expected wear, 2 folds. (G+) $48. 22367. Willoughby, Barrett. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER AT THE END OF WEST. Saturday Evening Post. January 26, 1935.4 p. Lengthy article relates interview with Head Keeper Ted Pedersen at the Cape Sarichef Lighthouse in Alaska. The Cape Sarichef Lighthouse is in the Aleutian chain of islands and is the most western lighthouse on the two American Continents. The light station clings to the cliffs in the island of Unimak and with four active volcanoes visible in the area, life here was a considerable challenge. The interview provides considerable detail into the day-to-day operations and the efforts of the keepers just to live in this remote outpost. Quite interesting, illustrated with photographs. Full issue. (VG). $22.
22347. Hart-Davis, Adam and Emily Troscianko. HENRY WINSTANLEY AND THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. Sutton Pub. 2002. 208 p. dj. On November 26, 1703, during the worst storm ever recorded in Britain, Henry Winstanley died in his lighthouse when it was blown away. Winstanley had been an ingenious man. In 1695 following the loss of two of his ships on the Eddystone Reef, he determined that no more vessels should founder there, and he volunteered to build a lighthouse. Constantly thwarted by weather and politics, he struggled for three years before he was able to light the first candles in his unusual structure. His lighthouse survived for five years, and this is his story and the story of the first Eddystone Lighthouse. Nicely illustrated, well done. (M). Published at $18.95 Our Price $17.95. 22284. Von Ahnen, Katherine. MARY ELIZABETH AND THE CAPE MAY POINT LIGHTHOUSE. Cape May. 1990. 42 p. Soft wraps. Inscribed by the author. True story of a summer visit to Cape May lighthouse by Mary Elizabeth Bennett Rott, whose uncle Ed was Assistant Keeper there for over 20 years. Though this tale is not illustrated, it does provide an unusual insight into the summer life of the keepers there. (F). $38. PC-108. Pearson, Lynn F., LIGHTHOUSES. Shire Publications. 1995. 32p. Soft wraps. An interesting overview of the Lighthouse Service in Great Britain. A good overview by an architectural historian, well illustrated with over 40 photographs. (F-). $8. 22342. [Light-House Establishment blueprint] "Blue Print Sink, Room 22 Office L. H. Engineer. Phila, Pa. 1½" = 1". 1902." 18"h x 24"w. Original blueprint shows four views of large blue print sink installation. By Lieut. Col. W. A. Jones, Engr. 4th. L. H. Dist. Clear, sharp details, quite clean. Folded twice. Unusual look into the office life of early Light-House Engineers. (VG). $38. 9336a,b. [video tape] THE COAST GUARD IN THE 1930’S. Great original film footage produced in 1937 shows the early Coast Guard performing its daily duties. The film is divided into four parts, from a promotional film produced in 1937: The Story of the Coast Guard, The Coast Guard Academy, Service Afloat, and Service Ashore. Early footage includes early cutters, 34’ motor lifeboat underway in heavy seas, taking a vessel in tow during a storm, aerial views of beach stations, firing the Lyle gun and breeches buoy rescue from a vessel ashore, taking men off a burning tanker, pulling surfboats and lifeboats underway, early sea planes, laboratories and maneuvers at the Academy, patrol boats and cutters, flood of 1927, 78-foot patrol boats, capturing rum runners, beach patrol, New Jersey shipwrecks, and much more. Running time is approximately one hour. Great early views, all from original 1920’s-30’s original film footage and narrated, give a little seen view of our early Coast Guard. $29.95. 9173a,b. Lafreniere, Normand. LIGHTKEEPING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE – The End on an Era. Toronto. 1996. 108p. Lightkeeping on the St. Lawrence outlines the history of light-keeping in the area from its emergence in 1803 until automation replaced the last light keeper in 1988. This is a tale of shipwrecks and storms, of the lonely existence of the keeper who endured harsh working conditions, often alone. Based on archival materials and on interviews with keepers themselves, this is a most interesting volume. With wonderful information on the depots, daily routines, apparatus and oil, cleaning the lens, watches, salaries, living in the tower and dwellings, light-vessels, and much more. Wonderfully illustrated with over 30 color and b/w photographs. (VG+). $32. 21388. Freeman, Melville C., HISTORY OF CAPE PORPOISE. Cape Porpoise, Maine. 1955. 107p. DJ. This illustrated volume contains the story of a seaside village in Maine. Its origins and early history have been told before in Bradbury’s History of Kennebunkport and are retold here, but more important are the developments since 1837. This volume brings that story up to date. Nicely illustrated with photographs, this volume gives one the true feeling of a small Maine coastal town. As expected, contains good details of its maritime connection, shipwrecks, Goat Island Lighthouse, and much more. Fine Maine reading, well presented. (VG). $34. 21344. Hagar, George J., THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE – Its Origin, Progress, and Present Condition. Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. 1878. Pp. 165-183. Disbound. Extremely detailed article describes in great detail the early history of the Service and the work that the crews perform. Includes are lengthy descriptions of the equipment employed along with wonderful engraved illustrations of the stations and equipment. Detailed illustrations include early stations, Senator William A. Newell, Sumner I Kimball, beach apparatus, lifeboats, Francis Metallic Life-car, and more. Scarce early article. Lightly soiled, disbound. (G+). $54. 21345c. Dean, Love. REEF LIGHTS – Seaswept Lights of the Florida Keys. nd. 134p. Soft wraps. Scarce account of the series of six lighthouses constructed between 1852 and 1880, marking the Florida Reefs from Fowey Rocks to sand Key. All of these lights were similar in construction, being of the wrought iron skeleton type. This expert chronicle contains a host of information, from the history of lighthouses in the area, light keeper’s duties, construction and more. Well illustrated with vintage photos, architectural drawings, and more. Excellent reference and most interesting reading. Clean, tight, light use. (VG). $44 net. 9453. [journal] THE KEEPER’S LOG. Journal of the United States Lighthouse Society. San Francisco. Var. Fill out your collection with these back issues of The Keeper’s Log. This is the premier journal for the lighthouse researcher or enthusiast, filled with hundreds of detailed articles on lighthouses, lightships and tenders across the country. Filled with remarkable original photographs. Most interesting reading. Here is a great opportunity to add some of the earlier issues to your collection at an exceptionally low price of $3.50 each, four for $12. Entire lot $88. 1994 to 2001. Not quite a complete set. Excellent condition - good historical information. 29 magazines. Entire lot comes with four official USLHS binders. 2217. Department of Commerce. Lighthouse Service. INSTRUCTIONS TO LIGHT KEEPERS. Wash. GPO. 1911. 26 p. Nicely done reprint. Includes general instructions for all employees, instructions for Light-Keepers, instructions to all stations and vessels equipped with fog signals, instructions relating to light vessels, and much more. Includes all aspects of station and apparatus maintenance. A complete and important document. $8.55. 8109t. [flag] U. S. Coast Guard Ensign..c.1990’s. Official U. S. Coast Guard Ensign (14 ½"h x 23"w) for use on small craft. Ensign manufactured for Coast Guard use and is fresh and new, made of 100% all nylon bunting. Pattern is of the later design consisting of vertical red/white stripes, with Coast Guard shield on crossed anchors overlaying on the right portion, without the words "Semper Paratus" [post 1950’s]. Top left corner is white with U. S. eagle and shield with bunched stars above. Mfg. by Annin & Company. Wonderful for your display and quite difficult to get these original ensigns. As new, crisp and perfect for flying or display. (F). $79 net. 8391e. Drysdale, William., THE BEACH PATROL - A Story of the Life-Saving Service. W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. 1897. 318p. With five illustrated plates. All aspects of the work of the life-savers is described in this fictional tale of the men at the Great Harbor Life-Saving Station in New England. Sixteen year old Tom examines the equipment, from the operation of the Coston flare, to the contents of the Life-Saving Service portable library and assists with numerous rescues as we follow him through his adventure. Quite good descriptions, with great detail. An extremely early, rare Life-Saving Service novel. Moderate wear, still clean, front hinge well worn and open, rear hinge worn. Nice embossed covers with some wear. (G+). $38 2228. Smiles, Samuel. LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS - SMEATON AND RENNIE. London. 1874. 389p. 12MO. Beautiful gilt embossed covers. A rare biography of these two distinguished British lighthouse engineers. General chapters include work by both engineers on shipping and harbours, beacons, lighthouses, bridges and more. The life of John Smeaton includes chapters on his boyhood years and education, Winstanley’s and Rudyerd’s work on the Eddystone Lighthouses, Smeaton’e lighthouse on the Eddystone, work as a civil engineer, his private life, and more. The life of John Rennie includes chapters on his boyhood years and education, work as a millwright and engineer, the Albion Mills, bridges, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, docks and harbors, Plymouth Breakwater, his character, and more. Wonderfully illustrated with over 80 detailed engravings. An exceptionally scarce volume on these famed engineers and extremely difficult to find, is a sought after title on the subject. Contents unusually clean and crisp, tight, covers bright save just slight sunning to spine. A wonderful copy. (VG) $156 net. 7205e. Naish, John. SEAMARKS - THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. London. 1985. 192p. DJ. A Thorough and extensively researched work on the history and design of all forms of landmarks and seamarks from their earliest beginning. Includes beacons, buoys, towers, lightships from the 1200’s to present day. A scholarly though easily readable work, with extensive photographs, illustrations, engravings and references. One of the few books covering the heritage of the world’s beacons, a must for the serious collector. (F). $32. 7118e. [Brunton, Richard Henry. BUILDING JAPAN 1868 - 1876. [With an Introduction & Notes by Sir Hugh Cortazzi, G.C.M.G. In addition to the 1906 Introductory, Postscript & Notes by William Elliot Griffis.]. England. 1991. 269p. 1st. 4TO. DJ. This book is an account of an English master mariner’s participation in the early maritime development of modern Japan. Born in the early nineteenth century, Albert Richard Brown was instrumental in coastal survey and in the erection of over 30 lighthouses. Building Japan was Brunton’s memoir of the years that he spent in Japan constructing lights to light up the coast. R. H. Brunton’s Japan Lights, was first published in London in 1876. The text of Brunton’s work presented here is as edited around 1906. With 28 color and monochrome photos and illustrations and numerous appendices and data. Clean, tight, near fine condition. (F). $46. 22334. Lighthouse Stamp Society. CHECKLIST OF LIGHTHOUSES ON POSTAGE STAMPS. Lakewood. 2002. 50+ p. Spiral bound. For the lighthouse postal collector, here is a detailed checklist for collectors of postage stamps of the world that picture a lighthouse. From Aden to Yugoslavia, includes listings of thousands of stamps. Also includes duck stamps with lighthouses, stamps with lightships, and much more. Not illustrated but filled with important information for collectors. (M). $21.95. 4170. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SIGNAL SERVICE with Catalogue of its Exhibit at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1883. Washington City. 1883. 31p p. Includes a complete history of the U.S. Signal Service as well as a description of their operations. Soft wraps. Illustrated. Clean, crisp, good copy. (VG-). $94 net. 6106e. Cox, William Van Zandt, and Northrup, Milton Harlow, LIFE OF SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX. Syracuse. 1898. 281p. Nicely gilt embossed binding. Dedicated by the author "To the Employees of the …Life-Saving Service…." Given the title "Father of the Life-Saving Service", Mr. Cox spent his thirty year career in the United States Congress attempting to upgrade the Life-Saving Service. Mr. Cox was most proud of his work in creating the Federal statute that created the Life-Saving Service and his untiring zeal in pressing for its eventual passage. Throughout his career he continued to press for the upgrading of this humanitarian service such that, upon his death his widow was presented by members of the Life-Saving Service with a memorial vase inscribed to his memory. This volume details his distinguished life and his efforts in support of the Service. Includes a nice photograph of Sumner I. Kimball and of the Port Huron Life-Saving Station. Illustrated with 28 photographs. Pages lightly browned, otherwise clean, tight, front hinge open but intact, covers with some sunning and soiling. (VG-). $86 net. 22251c. Wells, William R. II, SHOTS THAT HIT, A STUDY OF U.S. COAST GUARD MARKSMANSHIP 1790-1985. Washington, DC: United States Coast Guard Historian’s Office, 1993. 168 p. Hard cover. Probably the only history of Coast Guard small arms training ever written, this thoroughly researched and detailed account by retired Master Chief Gunners Mate William Wells in response to the question: "How were things [small arms training] done on the old days?". This encyclopedic work is the result. The author’s work goes back to the 1780’s with the establishment of the Revenue Cutter Service and includes their weapons training as well. Produced in limited quantity, this is an extremely rare reference on the subject. Includes tables, photos, footnotes, bibliography. (M). $124. 22232. Stevenson, D. Alan. THE WORLD’S LIGHTHOUSES BEFORE 1820. Mineola. 2002 2nd. [originally poblished in Edinburgh. 1959]. Soft wraps. 8VO. 310pp. Over 200 rare illustrations and designs, with 8 maps. One of the most complete and sought after sources on the subject. Offers an excellent history on the origin and operation of lighthouses and lighting apparatus throughout the world by a member of the renown lighthouse engineering family. Part I of the book deals with seamarks prior to 1690 when technical progress really first began, and then lists the more interesting attempts at improvement before 1820. Part II of the book elaborates on particular periods or episodes – such as the dramatic story of the four successive attempts to build a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks. Part III explains various aspects of the illumination of early lighthouses. Well illustrated with over 200 illustrations. Well done, quality work. (M). Published at $26.95. Our Price $24.25. 22178c. [Commemorative Lighthouse Stamp Spring Promotion Poster] A set of five commemorative lighthouse stamps were issued April 26, 1990 featuring full color images of Admiralty Head Light, Cape Hatteras Light, West Quoddy Head Light, American Shoals Light and Sandy Hook Light. To promote this set in the Post Offices across the country, The Postal Service produced a large 14" X 21" full color poster featuring Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse at sunset, along with images of the five commemorative stamps. Poster is in unused condition, in original envelope as mailed to each postmaster. (M). $8. 22168. [map] CIVIL WAR LIGHTHOUSES OF THE OUTER BANKS AND CAPE FEAR AND THEIR FATE DURING THE HOSTILITIES. Cheryl Shelton-Roberts. 2002. 16" x 20". Overprinted on an 1862 military map of the area, the authors have identified all of the early lighthouses and light vessels that were present during this traumatic period. Many of the lights ceased existence long age and now the authors have brought them back to life in this beautiful wall map. With each color rendition of the lights is a historical description of the station, its establishment and a bit about its history and outcome after the war. Includes also the five little known Cape Fear River lights and light vessel. Perfect for framing. Shipped rolled. (M). $6.95. 21482. [stationery] Original box of Monogram letter stationery of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Ct. Box contains 30 letterheads with full color gravure logo of the Coast Guard Academy. Also contains ten second sheets and 16 envelopes. Such stationery was used by cadets at the academy for letter writing to home. Fresh in original box, guess c.1950-70’s. Great for that special letter or note to your Coast Guard relative or friend. (VG). $26. 22164. Thompson, Courtney. LIGHTHOUSES OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND- Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut – A Pictorial Guide. 2002. 190p. Soft wraps. This companion to the author’s earlier works covers the lighthouses of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Replacing and updating her former work Lighthouses of Massachusetts, this guide offers narrative material, directions and over 650 color photographs as well as additional vintage lighthouse views. With select historic photographs, maps and directions for finding the site, a history, description, legends and more, this is a great one-source travel guide and resource. (M). Published $24.95. Our price $23.95. 22180. [blueprint copy] Full size copy from original U. S. Light-House Establishment blueprint for LANTERN FOR APPARATUS OF THE 4TH, 5TH, & 6TH ORDERS. c.1870’s. One sheet 15 ½" x 24". Large sheet details all aspects of the cast iron and steel lanterns in multiple views. Includes complete lantern and glazing, door and trim details, ventilator, pinnacle, floors and more. This is a must if you are repairing or restoring a lighthouse lantern. $22. 7101. Crowner, Gerald E., [Surfman, South Manitou Station 1926-1928]. THE SOUTH MANITOU STORY. 1982. 87p. Soft Wraps. Illustrated with 49 photographs, a chronicle of the author’s work and life as a surfman at the South Manitou Station. Filled with details of the day to day life at the station as well as at the South Island Lighthouse. This is one of the few true day-to-day accounts available from the men who manned the oars and walked patrol. Quite interesting. (M). $13.95. PC-27. Collins, Francis A. SENTINELS ALONG OUR COAST. New York. 1922 1st. 272pp. Nicely illustrated with 24 official Lighthouse Service photographs. Nicely developed overview of the history of the Service, the light and fog stations, lightships, equipment and men of the Light-House Service. Chapters include Harbor Protection, Early Lighthouses, Building the Lighthouse, Developing the Light, A Night in the Lighthouse, A Service Depot, Aboard a Lighthouse Tender, Aboard a Light-ship, With the Coast Guard, and more. One of the nicer early references. Light overall wear, clean, tight. Bookplates. (VG-) $56. 2282. Julian, R.W. MEDALS OF THE UNITED STATES MINT, THE FIRST CENTURY, 1792-1892. El Cajon, Ca: The Token and Medal Society, Inc. 1977 Cloth. No Dust Jacket Issued. First Edition. Quarto. 424 p., heavily illustrated. This is the essential reference for collectors of United States Mint Medals struck during the period. The work describes and illustrates United States Life Saving Medals, Massachusetts Humane Society, Shipwreck commemorative medals, Military & Naval Medals, Mint and Treasury Medals, Assay Commission pieces, Indian Peace Medals, Bache Coast Survey medal, Presidential Medals, Personal Medals, Commemorative Medals, School Medals, Agriculture, Mechanical, Scientific and Professional Medals , Marksmanship Medals, Religious and Fraternal Medals, and more. Includes information on the issuance and minting of the medal type, sizes, counterfeits, rarity, background, metal content and much more. An essential reference on the subject. (M). $68 net. 22126. Loubat, J.F. THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1776-1876. Flayderman; New Milford, CT; 500 p. 1967 reprint of work originally published in 1878 in an extremely limited edition. This edition is a limited one also. Based on official records and correspondence of the U.S. Gov't and Congress. Medals from 1776-1876 for singular acts of valor on land and sea are described in detail from the terms of their award to the designer, the number struck and whether in gold or silver as well as detailed information about the incident that prompted the issuance. Includes over 170 engravings in exact size by Jules Jacquemart. In addition to medals to George Washington for retaking Boston and numerous other was and presidential medals, includes Army and Navy medals of honor, Wreck of the Steamship San Francisco medal, Loss of the steamer Metis medal, First Class Life-Saving Medal, Second Class Life-Saving Medal, and more. A most interesting reference on the subject. (M). $78 net. PC-89. na. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER. Boston. c.1862. 36p. 24MO. Embossed binding, well worn. Short little story of a young Keeper’s daughter who must light the lighthouse lamps when her father fails to return from shore. Includes two other short stories. Binding tight, light soil and moisture staining throughout. Nice early lighthouse collectible for your library. (FR+). $42. PC-113. H. R. Rep. No. 495. …CONTRACT FOR SUPPLYING LIGHT-HOUSES WITH OIL…CHARLES W. MORGAN… September 17, 1850. 22p. Report details a disagreement between the Treasury Department, Charles W. Morgan, and others arising from a 1839 contract to supply light-houses with oil. It seems that after purchasing large amounts of oil and other supplies, the contractors requested payment which had been the standard practice for the previous twenty years, for which the government refused to pay and subsequently purchased similar supplies elsewhere. This interesting account details the actions and proceedings and provides a unique look at the actions of the government at the time. $26 7378f. [engraving] [Mount] DESERT ROCK LIGHT HOUSE, MAINE. By T. Doughty & W. Radclyffe. c.1839. 5 ½" x 7" on 9" x 12" paper. Exceptionally bright, b/w, finely detailed, early engraving showing the light tower and dwelling on the bluff, with ships and fishermen along the shore. With a freshening wind and storm clouds lurking, this is an exciting and beautiful item for framing. Beautiful detail, clean and crisp, a fine early image. (F-). $38. 6320L. Floherty, John J. SENTRIES OF THE SEA. Philadelphia. 1942. 220 pp. Well illustrated with over 85 U.S.C.G photos. Vivid presentation of the men of the Lighthouse Service and their battles with the elements of nature. The author tells the story of who the men are that man these lonely sentries, what they were like and what their work consisted of. Numerous vintage photographs show details of the stations, lanterns, lens apparatus, tenders, and more. Very nicely done. Clean, crisp, tight, ex lib., still a very nice copy. A desirable title. (VG). $29. 21550a. H. R. Document No. 38. TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL LIST OF MERCHANT VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH OFFICIAL NUMBERS AND SIGNAL LETTERS…. FOR THE FISCAL TEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1896. Wash. GPO. 1896. 454 p. Complete listing of merchant and US Government vessels operating and includes all steam, sailing, iron and steel and unrigged vessels giving official number of vessel, signal letters, rig, name, tonnage, dimensions, year and place of building, home port and more. In addition to merchant vessels, includes tenders of the U.S. Light-House Establishment, Revenue Cutter Service, US Navy, Quartermaster’s Department of the Army, Coast and Geodetic Survey, US Fish Commission, Marine Hospital Service, and more. Extremely important reference. Clean, tight, in half-calf binding with marbled boards and endpapers, gilt embossed spine. Light wear, clean, some chipping to leather on spine but title intact. (VG-). $75 net. 21126. South Bend Replicas, Inc., CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUE/REPLICA ORDNANCE. South Bend, Indiana. 2000. 130p. Soft wraps. South Bend Replicas are the manufacturers of solid-cast machine-bored cannon for display and actual firing. Included among their inventory are 1878 style Lyle gun barrels used by museums around the country to demonstrate the breeches buoy drill of former life-savers. J. Paul Barnett, owner of the company, is one of the foremost experts on the subject of cannon and particularly those developed by David Lyle. Their catalogue provides thousands of photographs and extensive text describing all manor of cannon, present day construction processes to provide authentic reproductions, and much about safety in the present day demonstrations of these pieces. Interesting reading as well as a great reference. (M). $9. 2174b. Stevenson, Robert Louis.- Scott's Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht. With a Portrait of Robert Stevenson. Introduction by Robert Louis Stevenson. Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet by Robert Stevenson. Disbound from Scribner's Magazine, Volume XIV, October, 1893. pp. 492-502. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1893. First Edition. 8vo. Robert Louis Stevenson, the son and grandson of engineers specializing in the design ands construction of lighthouses, here introduces his grandfather's acquaintance with Sir Walter Scott and publishes his grandfather's reminiscences of a voyage with Sir Walter Scott in 1814 aboard a lighthouse tender about the Scottish Islands and among his lighthouses, especially the famous Bell Rock Light. Quoted too is the poem, Pharos Loquitur, which Scott composed and wrote into the Visitor's Album at Bell Rock on that occasion. Interesting account of line aboard a tender and at these offshore lights. Disbound without wraps, some moisture to bottom margins only, otherwise clean and crisp. (G+). $28. 994. McGuinn, William F. and Bruce S. Bazelon. AMERICAN MILITARY BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS; THEIR BACKMARKS & DATES. Fredericksburg. 1996. 135p. This is a comprehensive study that is an invaluable tool in identifying buttons and what period they were manufactured. With this and Albert’s book Record Of American Uniform And Historical Buttons, you are well equipped to properly identify buttons and determine what period they were manufactured. With hundreds of photographs and details of back-marks (lettering and symbols on the obverse of buttons) one can determine the date and location of manufacture, wonderful for dating your U. S. Revenue Cutter Service, Life-Saving Service, Lighthouse Establishment and Service and Coast Guard buttons. This is a comprehensive discussion and listing of all makers and suppliers of American military buttons covering the period from ca. 1790 to ca. 1945. A MUST for collectors and historians. Hard bound, high quality with literally hundreds of photographs. (M). $34. 21391. Roberts, Norma Elizabeth and Bruce. CAPE HENRY - First United States Lighthouse - First Landing. 2001. 20p. Soft wraps. This well-researched booklet tells the history of the 1792 old Cape Henry Lighthouse and the first landing of the Jamestown colonists at Cape Henry. Cape Henry Light was the first federally funded lighthouse built after the colonies gained independence. Cape Henry was also the site of the celebration ending the existence of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, then known as the Bureau of Lighthouses. In a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony here in August 1939, Commander Waesche announced the merger of the coast guard and lighthouse service. As you would expect from these well known authors, this booklet is accompanied by wonderful archival photos and a detailed text. (M). $4.95. 4532m. Putnam, George R., BEACONS OF THE SEA: LIGHTING THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. January, 1913. 53pp. Illustrated with 67 photographs including light vessels, depots, with chart. . [NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol XXIV, No. 1, January 1913]. Complete issue, tight, slight wear to spine, some soiling covers, contents clean, tight. Excellent descriptions of the work of the Lighthouse Service. Wonderfully illustrated with numerous official photographs. Includes especially nice photos of various light vessels, lenses and various lanterns and towers. More and more difficult to find this issue. (VG-). $48. 313. "THE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES", by Charles Nordhoff, March 1874 Harpers New Monthly Magazine. 13p., 4TO. With 13 excellent engravings and descriptions of 13 U.S. Lights including Fire Island, Bergen Point, Thatcher’s Island, Thimble Shoals, Blsy’s Island, Spectacle Reef, Point Reyes, Alligator Reef, Calcasieu and others. Provides a wonderful period overview of the history and operation of the Service. Excellent reading or mat the engravings for framing. Moderate wear, soil. (G) $24. 21346a,b. Grubb, Russell. THATCHER ISLAND - An Adventure with Keeper Russell Grubb. Rockport. 1988, probable 1st. edition, 8vo, 115 pp. A wonderful day-by-day account of the author’s life as caretaker at the Cape Ann Light Station on Thatcher’s island in the 1980’s. Living at this remote outpost presented numerous challenges which needed to be met as necessity arose. Being cut off from the mainland for extensive periods of time, "Keeper" Grubb was well provided for with his ingenious manor and indomitable spirit. Great reading, if only we all had such an opportunity. Cardboard covers, spiral bound, type-written. (VG). $18. 3164k,l. Kobbe', Gustav. "LIFE ON THE (Nantucket) SOUTH SHOAL LIGHT-SHIP". 11pp. Century Magazine, Vol. XLII. August 1891. This often quoted article is one of the very few ever written describing the life on these early light vessels, based on the author’s visit in 1891. One "old whaling captain told me that the loneliest thing he had ever seen at sea was a polar bear floating on a piece of ice in the Arctic Ocean; the next loneliest object to that had been the South Shoal Lightship….and it pitched and rolled such that even an old whaleman… felt ‘squamish’." Excellent descriptions of the crews and the life on board. Includes nine very nice engravings. Disbound, without wraps. Clean, crisp. $48 net. 9904h. AN ACT FOR ERECTING A LIGHT-HOUSE AT …OR NEAR THE PITCH OF CAPE LOOKOUT, IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; AND A BEACON AT THE NORTH POINT OF SANDY HOOK. Acts passed at the First Session of the Eighth Congress of the United States. Washington. 1804. [225p.] Original soft wraps. Two page Act request cession of land to the United States for the purpose of erecting a light-house, and for building said light-houses and furnishing them with supplies at Cape Lookout and at Sandy Hook, and also at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Also includes a compendium of other Acts of the day as well as a proclamation by President Thomas Jefferson. Quite clean and in remarkable condition considering age. (VG-). $38. 8447 (3). Tate, Suzanne. HOLLY FROM HATTERAS – A Tale of Saving Lives. Nags Head. 1998. 32p. Soft Wraps. Illustrated by James Melvin. In this beautifully illustrated children’s history series, the author tells the story of shipwrecks and life-saving at the turn of the century and the important roll that the women and children of the area played in the rescue and care of shipwrecked sailors. Follow Holly as she listens to her father’s stories of rescues as a surfman at the Life-Saving station. And as she discovers a shipwreck. A wonderful addition to your collection, or as a gift for your youngster. Written for preschool through 4th grade. (M).Published at $4.95. Sale Priced at $4.45. Still available…21471. Stonehouse, ,Frederick. WRECK ASHORE – The United States Life-Saving Service On The Great Lakes. Duluth. 1994. 213p. Soft wraps. From the mid-1780’s until it became the Coast Guard in 1915, the U.S. Life-Saving Service was responsible for the safety of the seas. Despite personal danger or difficulty, the life-savers invariably accomplished the task and became the stuff of legends. For this first time, this wonderful book details the exploits of these intrepid life-savers on the Great Lakes. Just filled with information and hundreds of vintage photographs, Mr. Stonehouse explains all facets of the organization, the stations, the keepers and men, the equipment that they used as well as numerous rescues performed. Excellent reading with a wealth of information and a must for maritime collectors. (M). Published at $29.95. Our price $27.95. 21292. Bosman, Peter. LIGHTHOUSES & RANGE LIGHTS OF DOOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN. Ellison bay. 2000. 118p. Soft wraps. The Door Peninsula of Wisconsin juts northeastward between the waters of Green bay and those of Lake Michigan. There are more than 250 miles of shoreline and by 1900 Door County boasted more lighthouses than any other county in the United States. Though some lighthouses and range lights no longer exist this interesting booklet takes a look at each of the stations, as well as the lifesavers of the area, lighthouse administration, a visitors guide and more. Nicely illustrated by the author and family. (M). $9. 97197xx8. [newspaper] THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. Portland Transcript. September 21, 1872. Lengthy ¼-page article details a bit of the early history of the service, with a great deal on the present state of recent appropriations and work in progress to upgrade the operations along the coasts. Additional information is presented regarding the equipment and methods currently in use. Most interesting with a great deal of information. Full issue with additional articles of the day, light browning, original folds. (VG). $32 96541. Pouliot, Richard A. and Julie J., SHIPWRECKS ON THE VIRGINIA COAST AND THE MEN OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. Centreville, MD. 1994. 2nd. 226p. DJ. The Coast of Virginia is scarcely a hundred miles long, yet from 1874 to 1915 there were more than 600 incidents involving the Life-Saving Service. Nearly 7,000 lives were imperiled and of these, only 102 lives were lost. This most interesting book is the story of these incidents and if the stalwart men of the Service. An exciting story and a valuable reference work. Well illustrated with vintage photographs, maps and engravings. Appended are lists of all known wrecks during the period, and with notes and extensive bibliography. (M). Regularly retails for $18.95. Our price $17. 21265. Karges, Steven. KEEPERS OF THE LIGHTS – Lighthouse Keepers & Their Families Door County, Wisconsin 1837-1939. Ellison Bay. 2000. 369p. Soft wraps. The lighthouse keepers of Door County, Wisconsin had a great impact upon the communities in which they served. Lighthouses in the area helped to make maritime transport profitable, and the keepers and their families thus were instrumental in settling and developing the area. Keepers of the Lights is an outstanding work of local social history and is extremely well researched. This fascinating overview of the lives of each of the light keepers makes wonderful reading. (M). Published at $20. Our price $18.95. 21235. Scott, Justin. THE SHIP KILLER. New York. 1978. 341p. DJ. Signed by the author. This stunning novel tells of the ketch Siren, run down by a giant supertanker bursting from a squall at full speed. In a few seconds all were lost except one, who was finally able to reach the coast of England. Thus began an odyssey to find the giant tanker and her master and to win the justice that was denied by the authorities. (F). $42. 21264. Merkel, Jim. MAJESTIC LIGHTS – The Apostle Islands Lighthouses. St. Louis. 2001. 120p. Soft wraps. "A contractor exactingly builds a lighthouse, on the wrong island… on a night of vicious storms, lighthouse keepers within a few miles of each other witness two shipwrecks…" Such are the stories of light keepers and their families in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Illustrated with vintage photographs and drawings. Well done history of the lights and the families that kept them burning. (M). $19.95. 854c. Stevenson, D. Alan (ed). ENGLISH LIGHTHOUSE TOURS 1801, 1813, 1818 From the Diaries of Robert Stevenson with his Drawings of Lighthouses. London. 1946. 1st edition. 70p. 12MO. Robert Stevenson ranks high in the hierarchy of great lighthouse builders. D. Alan Stevenson, great-grandson of Robert Stevenson, acts as editor of the diaries, which are in his possession and contributes an introduction and notes which not only mould the diaries into a unique picture of the early lighthouses, but make a romantic contribution to this romantic phase of maritime history. The remarkable connection of the Stevenson family with lighthouses, which has continued for 160 years, ensures a correct historical background on the subject. A remarkable insight to the work and the thoughts of these important lighthouse engineers, and extremely scarce. Clean, tight, near fine save bookplate and name imprint, light soiling to spine. (VG+). $138 net. 2113. Manby, Capt. G. W., METHOD OF RESCUING PERSONS FROM VESSELS STRANDED ON A LEEWARD SHORE. [Gentleman’s Magazine bound volume July – December, 1821]. August 1821. 19p. George William Manby was most famous for his development of an early line mortars and cannon for firing a life line to a ship in distress, which bears his name. Born in 1765, Manby devoted himself to the development of life-saving apparatus after experiencing a shipwreck while in his forties. In addition, he developed the breeches buoy apparatus and was a founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The early life-saving equipment developed by this important inventor is detailed in this scarce work. Illustrated with 22 early engravings including early mortars, shot, heaving lines, faking boxes, weatherproof pistol, life-car, buoys, signals, lifeboats, and much more. Extremely important early information. In calf boards, embossed spine with some wear, overall clean and tight. (G+). $124 net. 21507. Krauskopf, Sharma. IRISH LIGHTHOUSES. Guilford. 2001.96 p. Soft wraps. Ireland has a seafaring side that is entirely enchanting. With almost 2000 miles of coastline, the sea has beckoned many Irish countrymen. Since the first century, Irish lighthouses have been guiding these seafarers home. This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of Ireland’s lighthouses from coast to coast. The wonderful photographs and detailed text traces the evolution of the lights from their beginnings to their technological transformations in more recent times. Includes over 65 striking photographs. (M). Published at $19.95. Our Price $18.95. 21508. Krauskopf, Sharma. SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES. Guilford. 2001.96 p. Soft wraps. The waters off the Scottish coast are some of the most dangerous in the world. In a country almost totally dependent on the sea for its livelihood, lighthouses have played a significant part in its history. This lavishly illustrated book presents a tour of thirty-one of the most magnificent lighthouses built over the past 200 years. The wonderful photographs and detailed text traces the evolution of the lights from their beginnings to their technological transformations in more recent times. Includes over 65 striking photographs. (M). Published at $19.95. Our Price $18.95. 21266. [dance program] Fourth Annual Masqueraded Ball, Voluntary Life Saving Service, City of New York. November 10, 1928. The U. S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps existed in a number of states and was an early supplement to the U. S. Life-Saving Service in some areas, manning surfboats and providing life-saving services on the coast and on inland waters. This dance program is from the City of New York, Richmond Division, and as expected lists the officers and surfmen of the various stations including the South Beach and Great Kills Stations, rescues performed over the year, the dance program, advertisements, and more. An important collectible from this little known service. Staple bound, light overall soiling but nicely intact. (VG-). $44 net. 9300c,d,e. Noble, Dennis. THE COAST GUARD IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. Wash. c.1988. 18pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the men of the Coast Guard dating back to the 1700’s when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment, and later the U. S. Life-Saving Service protected our coastline. Well illustrated with 22 wonderful large format early photographs including Light Vessel No. 88 in drydock, lighthouse and Life-Saving keepers and personnel, Umatilla Lightship No. 513, Neah Bay Life-Saving Station, crew men from the U.S.R.C. Rush, and more. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $10. 6259b. Noble, Dennis L. and PA3 Kenneth Arborgast. THE COAST GUARD ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. Wash. c.1988. 24pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the men of the Coast Guard dating back to the 1700’s when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment, and later the U. S. Life-Saving Service protected our coastline. Well illustrated with 35 wonderful large format photographs. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $19. 21402c. Stick, David. BALD HEAD – A HISTORY OF SMITH ISLAND AND CAPE FEAR. Southport. 1985. 1st edition. 143p. DJ. The infamous "Cape of Feare" has been the scourge of mariners for centuries, its wreck-strewn shoals stretching far out into the Atlantic while at the same time standing as a friendly sentry guarding the approaches to North Carolina’s chief river and major seaport. This is the fascinating story of the area, of Old Baldy lighthouse, of the brave surfmen of Cape Fear Life-Saving Station, wrecks on the Frying Pan Shoals, blockade runners, Fort Holmes and much more. Well illustrated and expertly presented by this renown North Carolina author. (VG+). $42 net. 7276. [An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Light-house at the entrance of the harbour of Nantucket] ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS: BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1795. [Boston: Adams and Larkin. (1795)] pp.503-504. Plain original wrappers, stitched, folio. Minor scattered spotting and wear. Very good. Includes Chapter XVII; An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Light-house situate on Brant Point, at the entrance of the harbour of Nantucket. This document speaks to a very important time in our light-house history, when the colonial period gave way to the central government, and it was realized that lighthouses were a national concern In 1789 Congress passed an act assuming to the central government responsibility for all aids, and this local Act follows. A very rare copy of an important Act, in wonderful condition. Also contains various other Acts concerning the establishment of Towns and commerce, etc. A desirable Nantucket item. (VG). $128. 7275. [An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Several Public Light-Houses, within this Commonwealth] ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS: BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1790. [Boston: Thomas Adams. (1790)] pp. 75-87. Plain original wrappers, stitched, folio. Minor scattered spotting and wear. Very good. Includes Chapter IV; An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Several Public Light-Houses including Boston Light, the two light-houses on Thatcher’s Island, two lighthouses on Plum Island, Portland Head Light, the Gurnet-Head Light-House in Plymouth, Light-House on Sandy Point [Nantucket]. Also includes various buoys, etc. Act also notes that should the United States shall at any time neglect to keep lighted or in repair any one or more of the aforesaid lights, then the grant shall become void. This document speaks to a most important time in our light-house history, when the colonial period gave way to the central government, and it was realized that lighthouses were a national concern In 1789 Congress passed an act assuming to the central government responsibility for all aids, and this local Act followed. A very rare copy of an important Act, in wonderful condition. Also contains various other Acts concerning the establishment of Towns and commerce, etc. A desirable lighthouse, New England and Cape and Nantucket item. (VG). $128. Early U. S. Coast Guard Publications... 999. [US Coast Guard] UPSTREAM
[MAGAZINE] Publication of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, St.
Louis, Ninth Naval District. 1943. Filled with informative notes and
articles about the men, women and stations in the district and the Coast
Guard Auxiliary there. Each 24 pages, soft wraps, staple bound. $14 each
or $48 for all four. 999h. [Coast Guard] OUTPOST [MAGAZINE] Publication of the U. S. Coast Guard Separation center No. 3, Brooklyn, NY. March 1, 1946. Filled with informative notes and articles about the men and stations in all of the districts, former personnel, housing shortages, family photos and more. Illustrated with numerous photographs and postwar cartoons. Staple bound, soft wraps, 12 pages. $28 999i. [Coast Guard] ALL HANDS MAGAZINE Publication of the U. S. Coast Guard, Third Naval District. April 1945. Filled with informative notes and articles about the men and stations in the district and the men returning home. Includes articles on the men returning, Guadalcanal Vets, recollections of those returning, and memories of some who didn’t return. Illustrated with numerous photographs and postwar cartoons. Staple bound, soft wraps, 16 pages. $28 9300c,d,e. Noble, Dennis. THE COAST GUARD IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. Wash. c.1988. 18pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the men of the Coast Guard dating back to the 1700’s when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment, and later the U. S. Life-Saving Service protected our coastline. Well illustrated with 22 wonderful large format early photographs including Light Vessel No. 88 in drydock, lighthouse and Life-Saving keepers and personnel, Umatilla Lightship No. 513, Neah Bay Life-Saving Station, crew men from the U.S.R.C. Rush, and more. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $10. 6259b. Noble, Dennis L. and PA3 Kenneth Arborgast. THE COAST GUARD ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. Wash. c.1988. 24pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the men of the Coast Guard dating back to the 1700’s when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment, and later the U. S. Life-Saving Service protected our coastline. Well illustrated with 35 wonderful large format photographs. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $19. 8271. Noble, Dennis. THE BEACH PATROL AND CORSAIR FLEET. USCG. Wash. c.1992. 22pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the Coast Guard’s lonely beach patrol, and the fleet of reserve vessels that has come to be known as the Corsair Fleet. Well illustrated with 29 wonderful large format photographs. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $36. 693c. Willoughby, Malcom F. Lt.(j.g.) (T) USCGR, THE COAST GUARD TR's-First Naval District. Boston. 1945. 247pp. Illustrated with photos. With DJ. Relates the contribution of the Coast Guards Temporary Reserve unit in New England during World War II. Chapters cover training, harbor and sea patrols, the "beach pounders", storms, rescues and more. Quite clean, crisp, tight, nice copy in bright but lightly chipped dj. Quite difficult to find. (VG+) $48. 6149e. Baarslag, Karl. COAST GUARD TO THE RESCUE. NY. 1937. 2nd. 328 pp. Soft wraps. Illustrated with official USCG photographs. One of the better chronicles of the history of the Coast Guard and its duties through the years. Chapters include Flying Lifeboats, Joshua James, Cutters, Great Lakes and many more of great interest. Clean, tight, light wear to wraps. (VG-). $27. 4571b. Shomette, Donald G., SHIPWRECKS ON THE CHESAPEAKE - Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries 1608-1978. Maryland 1982. 324 pp. 5th printing 1982. DJ. Fascinating, detailed accounts of the wrecks and rescues of the area over a 370-year period. Liberally illustrated. With large chronological index of vessels lost in the area. As new. (F) $21. 21378. Vintage Monarch stereoscope stereo view viewer. For those of you who have vintage stereo views in your collection, this is a wonderful vintage viewer for use with your views. This is a great opportunity to clearly see the true depth of your views the way that they were originally intended. Viewer is in original condition complete with handle and eye shield and dates from about 1904. These viewers were supplied by the Keystone View Company for use with their view selections. Viewer is entirely original but in excellent, clean condition. (VG). $124 net. 4532k. Putnam, George R., BEACONS OF THE SEA: LIGHTING THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. January, 1913. 53 pp. Illustrated with 67 photographs including light vessels, depots, and much more. [disbound from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January 1913]. Excellent descriptions of the work of the Lighthouse Service by the Commissioner himself. . Wonderfully illustrated with numerous official photographs. Includes especially nice photos of various light vessels, lenses and various lanterns and towers. More and more difficult to find this article. Disbound, otherwise contents clean, tight. (VG). $46. FG-27. Floherty, John J. SENTRIES OF THE SEA. Philadelphia. 1942. 220 pp. DJ. Well illustrated with over 85 U.S.C.G photos. Vivid presentation of the men of the Lighthouse Service and their battles with the elements of nature. The author tells the story of who the men are that man these lonely sentries, what they were like and what their work consisted of. Numerous vintage photographs show details of the stations, lanterns, lens apparatus, tenders, and more. Very nicely done. Clean, tight, in lightly chipped dj. A desirable title. (VG). $36. 9434d,g,h,i. Bachand, Robert G., NORTHEAST LIGHTS, LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS - RHODE ISLAND TO CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY. Norwalk, Ct. 1989. 422 pp. Impressive reference work covers 133 light stations that existed Includes all manor if information from construction information, major alterations and characteristics of the lights that existed there, to information about the keepers work there. A most excellent reference for this area, extremely difficult to find now. As new. (M). $52. 6306d. Waters, Harold and Wisberg, Aubrey. PATROL BOAT 999. Philadelphia.1959. 1st ed. 256pp. DJ. Joining the Coast Guard at the age of seventeen, the author recounts his experiences in chasing rum-runners during Prohibition. Stationed off the coast of Florida, Patrol Boat 999 met with piracy and cold-blooded murder in the roaring twenties. Well written by this 20 year veteran. Light shelf wear, good copy. (VG). $24. #6514. [lot 7] United States Lighthouse Service Uniform Buttons. Lot of seven buttons all removed from a keeper’s coat many years ago and saved in a small box. Design is FD-24 Image of Masonry (Minot’s Ledge] Light. Five buttons are 16mm (5/8") cuff buttons, and two buttons are 23mm (7/8") coat buttons. All are marked "Superior Quality made in England". Buttons are all intact and not damaged, but they all bear a dark surface corrosion or staining on half to full face and back. Still a nice and unusual lot from the same keeper’s uniform. Lot 7 buttons $54 net. 21263. Butterfield, A. E., REPORT ON THE LIGHTHOUSES, LIGHTSHIPS, LIGHT FLOATS, BUOYS AND VESSELS BELONGING TO THE BOARD. Humber Conservancy Board. Beverley, GB. 1939. 55p. Gilt embossed wraps. The Humber Conservancy Board had jurisdiction for maintaining the lighthouses, lightships and other aids for navigation along the river Humber from Spurn Head to Blacktoft. In this superb report, the Board details all equipment and aids maintained by the board. Extensive vintage photographs, drawings, architectural plans and extensive text detail the various beacons, light towers, shore lights, light vessels with photos and sectional plans, submarine signals, light floats, light buoys, steam vessels owned by the Board including yachts, launches and tenders, wreck marking system and more. Also includes a complete light-list. Well done with great detail. Clean, crisp, nice copy. (F-). $128 net. 21268b. Piper, Horace L., THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE – Inception, Development, and Achievements. The Technical World. September 1904. Pp. 1-9. Rarely found article details at some length the origins of the Life-Saving Service. Includes a mention of the Mass. Humane Society as well as a great deal on the early growth of the service. Includes great photos of an early metallic life-car and mortar, early stations and surf-boats, wrecks, lifeboats, crews and more. Discussion also includes the various methods employed to reach stranded mariners, heroic rescues and more. Very interesting article. Full issue with numerous articles of the day on a variety of subjects. (VG). $48. 4337e. Doc. No. 24. LIGHT-HOUSES, &c. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE FIFTH AUDITOR, IN RELATION TO THE EXECUTION OF THE ACT OF 7TH JULY LAST, FOR BUILDING LIGHT-HOUSES, LIGHT-BOATS, &c. December 13, 1838. 171pp. Reports on the condition of light-houses throughout the Districts as well as new construction and proposed beacons. Very complete, early information about many lights throughout the districts [example: ¼ page recommendation that Point Gammon Light on Cape Cod remain, with the upper series of lamps discontinued and lower six to be placed closer together, etc]. Beautifully re-bound in cloth boards with new endpapers, with gilt embossed cover and spine, a superb copy. (VG+). $124 net. 854c. Stevenson, D. Alan (ed). ENGLISH LIGHTHOUSE TOURS 1801, 1813, 1818 From the Diaries of Robert Stevenson with his Drawings of Lighthouses. London. 1946. 1st. 70p. 12MO. Robert Stevenson ranks high in the hierarchy of great lighthouse builders. D. Alan Stevenson, great-grandson of Robert Stevenson, acts as editor of the diaries, which are in his possession and contributes an introduction and notes which not only mould the diaries into a unique picture of the early lighthouses, but make a romantic contribution to this romantic phase of maritime history. The remarkable connection of the Stevenson family with lighthouses, which has continued for 160 years, ensures a correct historical background on the subject. A remarkable insight to the work and the thoughts of these important lighthouse engineers, and extremely scarce. Clean, tight, near fine. (VG+). $115 net. 7447d. Mercey, Arch A. [Cmdr. USCGR] and Grove, Lee. [USCGR]. SEA, SURF AND HELL. THE U. S. COAST GUARD IN WORLD WAR II. NY. 1945. 352p. Relates the participation of the Coast Guard in the second world conflict with stories of human interest. Includes rescues from lifeboats, the arctic, tales of shore duty, the Battle of the Atlantic, storming the beaches in Europe and in the Pacific, the Coast Guard aloft and many other tales. Illustrated with photographs. (VG). $24. 6146d. Ingraham, Reg. FIRST FLEET - The Story of the U. S. Coast Guard at War. Indianapolis. 1944. 1st, 310p. DJ. Illustrated with photographs. Whether landing with the first Marines in the Solomon’s or fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Coast Guardsmen’s hard fought battles deserve to be told. In this factual account the author presents the complete story of their many roles during the World War. Clean, tight in chipped dj. (VG). $24. 22477. [movie film] This is a large 400-foot roll of 8mm home movie film made in 1954 about boating on Long Island Sound. These home movies feature lots of wooden pleasure boats, large Navy ships, and damage from Hurricane Carol of 1954. Much of the film was made from a family's wooden cabin boat that cruised up and down Long Island Sound, from New York City, and perhaps to Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The boat was the Rango from Norwalk, Connecticut, from the South Norwalk Club marina. The people on the cabin cruiser do a lot of fishing. One town had a bascule bridge, that opened in the middle. The boat is shown leaving a breakwater with a light tower at the end. A lighthouse is also shown, as is Coast Guard vessel # 83346 (see scan), at a marina dock with a Texaco gasoline sign. A large Chinese junk is strangely at the marina too. The Navy destroyer #369 is shown; the ship's name is the Thaddeus Parker, and it is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard together with other vessels. The hurricane footage is all along a town, showing dozens of sunken and wrecked boats, at finger piers and along the shore, on a dreary cloudy day. Another scene is on a sunny day at a large beach party. The motor boat apparently traveled to Mystic Seaport, where a large 3-masted ship is shown, perhaps the Charles W. Morgan, also a large white sailing ship is next to it. There are also close-up shots of the lightship Cornfield, which was on duty at the time in Long Island Sound. A rough, handwritten description of the film came with the reel, mentioning a little bit of everything. Condition of the film is excellent. $58. 21522. Baker, William Avery. A MARITIME HISTORY OF BATH, MAINE AND THE KENNEBEC RIVER REGION. Bath, Maine, Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973. 2 volumes (1160 pages), 32 plates, 7 folding plans, charts, tables, cloth. 1st edition. This is the first comprehensive history of the rich maritime heritage of this region, the results of over five years of writing and many more of research. Beginning in the 1600’s, the author details the extensive ship building history and yards right into the 1900’s. Also included are the storms and wrecks, the effects of the Revolution and other conflicts on the region, ship design and construction, ships and fleets of the region, trade, the effects of steam and much more. An exceptionally comprehensive history of this rich ship building area. Also includes a complete record and history of the sailing ships built in the various yards in the 18th and 19th centuries. Binding is Hard Cover, in slipcase. Condition is near fine, rarely opened. Slipcase with chips to two corners, otherwise clean and crisp. An important reference, quite difficult to find. (VG+). $132 net. 7276. [An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Light-house at the entrance of the harbour of Nantucket] ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS: BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1795. [Boston: Adams and Larkin. (1795)] pp.503-504. Plain original wrappers, stitched, folio. Minor scattered spotting and wear. Very good. Includes Chapter XVII; An Act for Granting to the United States of America, the Light-house situate on Brant Point, at the entrance of the harbour of Nantucket. This document speaks to a very important time in our light-house history, when the colonial period gave way to the central government, and it was realized that lighthouses were a national concern In 1789 Congress passed an act assuming to the central government responsibility for all aids, and this local Act follows. A very rare copy of an important Act, in wonderful condition. Also contains various other Acts concerning the establishment of Towns and commerce, etc. A desirable Nantucket item. (VG). $128. 21289. [Life-Saving Station, New Jersey] THE NEWBURGH REGISTER ALMANAC FOR 1881. H. P. Kimber & Co., Newburgh, NY. 1880. 44p. Soft wraps. Typical almanac of the day includes all forms of date and astrological information. Of particular interest are the wonderful full page engraved views of scenery across the country and particularly a half-page view of an extremely early life-saving station on the New Jersey coast. With the engraving is a half-page article describing this new service, its evolution from the Massachusetts Humane Society, staffing and more. A wonderful early view, the first I have ever seen of this style station. Clean, crisp, unusually good condition. (F-). $46. 2120. [newspaper] PROPOSALS FOR A LIGHT HOUSE CAPE HENRY, VIRGINIA. Massachusetts Spy or the Worcester Gazette. October 28, 1790 by Isaiah Thomas. Lengthy full column article details the new stone light-house and dwelling to be constructed at Cape Henry. Detailed article discusses the design and construction specifications of the tower, lantern, keeper’s quarters, and fitting up the tower with eight hanging lamps, each of six quarts capacity. Most interesting with a great deal of extremely early lighthouse design information. Interesting too is that this newspaper, the Massachusetts Spy, is an extremely important paper in the history of the United states. During the Revolutionary War, Isaiah Thomas used his paper as a forum for anti-British sentiment in New England, feeding the fires of the Revolution. Full issue with additional articles of the day, light browning and foxing, original folds, but in unusually good condition considering the age. (VG). $68. 773. Kurtz, John D. & Brown, Micah R., [Engineer Dept., U. S. Army]. REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF THE SEA-WATER AND EXPOSURE UPON THE IRON-PILE SHAFTS OF THE BRANDYWINE-SHOAL LIGHT-HOUSE. GPO. 1874. 8VO (11 ½") 13p. with 5 large fold-out tables and diagrams. Includes information in the form of letters and statements, with descriptions of examinations of the light-house piles. Divers note some piles that now want in verticality, corrosion and other peculiar details. Fold-out plates include Tabular Statement of Pile Measurements, Diagram of Piles and Braces, Plan of Ice Harbor at Brandywine Lighthouse, Longitudinal Section of piles and braces, Diagram of Measurements of Pile Shafts. Soft wraps, overall clean, tight. Scarce item. (G+). $138. 2113. Manby, Capt. G. W., METHOD OF RESCUING PERSONS FROM VESSELS STRANDED ON A LEEWARD SHORE. [Gentleman’s Magazine bound volume July – December, 1821]. August 1821. 19p. George William Manby was most famous for his development of an early line mortars and cannon for firing a life line to a ship in distress, which bears his name. Born in 1765, Manby devoted himself to the development of life-saving apparatus after experiencing a shipwreck while in his forties. In addition, he developed the breeches buoy apparatus and was a founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The early life-saving equipment developed by this important inventor is detailed in this scarce work. Illustrated with 22 early engravings including early mortars, shot, heaving lines, faking boxes, weatherproof pistol, life-car, buoys, signals, lifeboats, and much more. Extremely important early information. In calf boards, embossed spine with some wear, overall clean and tight. (G+). $124 net. 97197qqq. [newspaper] LIGHT HOUSE [CONSTRUCTED] ON COHASSET ROCKS. Boston Journal. March 8, 1849. Lengthy full column article details the new cast iron light-house being constructed off Cohasset. Detailed article discusses the design and construction of the tower, keeper’s quarters, and the efforts involved in anchoring the structure to the ledge. [In the Spring of 1851 this new lighthouse would be swept away by the storm with the loss of two keepers.] Most interesting with a great deal of design information. Full issue with additional articles of the day, light browning, original folds. (G+). $26 97197ttt. [newspaper] TWENTY-TWO YEARS ON MATINICUS ROCK. The Portland Transcript. February 19, 1876. Lengthy ½ page article describes the isolated life of Abbie E. Burgess and her family tending the lighthouse on Matinicus Rock in Maine. Article is based on an interview and visit with Abbie and from this perspective it is most unusual and interesting. This early piece is quite interesting as it dates from the time that the Burgess family served on the island. and it provides a look into the life at this remote outpost during the early years. Full issue with additional articles of the day, light browning, moderate wear, original folds. (G+). $28. 6477m. Stevenson, Robert Louis. [A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Volume X. New York 1906. 462 pp. First published in Vol. XVIII of the Edinburgh Edition of Stevenson’s works in 1896, this edition of "A Family of Engineers" is contained in a set of his works. This sought after piece on the history of the Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers remains quite difficult to find. Included is a history of their service to the Northern Lights, and the building of Bell Rock Light. This copy has a gilt top edge; not all do. Front hinge lose, contents quite clean, tight. Spine chipped at top and on label. Still, a nice addition to a scarce Stevenson library. (G+) $54. 20347. [newspaper] THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. The Daily Graphic. August 17, 1875. Lengthy 1 column article describes the history and organization of the Service, location and organization of the stations, equipment and systems employed for the rescue of shipwrecked mariners. This early piece is quite interesting as it predates the annual reports and provides a look into the organization during its earliest years. One large full sheet, also with some with articles of the day, light browning, moderate wear. (G).$68. PC-159. Timbs, John. WONDERFUL INVENTIONS: From the Mariner’s Compass to the Electric Telegraph Cable. London. 1868. 400p. With 70 engraved illustrations. An interesting compilation of important early Nineteenth Century inventions which includes a 16 page chapter on lighthouses and lifeboats. Includes early lighthouses, great British lighthouses, construction, cast iron light towers, gas and electric lights, floating lights, Captain Manby and the invention of the lifeboat, tubular lifeboats, the RNLI, and more. Other interesting chapters include The Mariner’s Compass, The Barometer, The Thermometer, The Telescope, Clocks, Gas Lighting, The Steam Engine, Steam navigation, Iron Ships of War, the Electric telegraph, Ocean [submarine] Electr0-Telegraphy, and more. Fine gilt embossed beveled board with some wear, front hinge worn, contents clean and tight. Informative reading. (VG-). $36. 466. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING AN ESTIMATE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1817. Wash. Davis. 1817. Folio size. 54p. Includes appropriations for all departments including detailed estimates for the Light-House Establishment (3p.). In addition to oil and supplies, includes appropriations for building light-houses at: Cape Lookout, North Carolina; Cumberland Island, Georgia; Bird Island and Presque Isla on Lake Erie; New Inlet, North Carolina; Bald Head, North Carolina; Race Point and Point Gammon on Cape Cod, Petite Manan in Maine; Cumberland Island and Sapelo Island, Georgia; fitting up lights with lighting apparatus, and more. (VG). $48 net. 9217. Huntress, Keith. NARRATIVES OF SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS 1586-1860. Iowa State University Press. 1973. 248p. Unbound printer’s proofs, stapled by signature. A scholarly compilation of narratives of 24 notable shipwrecks with detailed accounts and a wealth of information. Included are such famous shipwrecks as the Nottingham Galley off Boon Island, the Brig Tyrrel off Sandy Hook, shipwreck of the French Frigate Medusa, destruction of the whale-ship Essex (Herman Melville based his last chapter in his book Moby-Dick on this incident.), loss of the Albion off Fastnet Rock, fatal explosion of the boiler on the steamship Helen MacGregor at Memphis, loss of the steam packet Home, and many more. Also includes a lengthy listing of narratives published of shipwrecks and disasters since the 1500’s. Nicely illustrated with period woodcut engravings. A most interesting and valuable work. (G). $62. 97197sss. [newspaper] CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT HOUSES IN MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS. Daily Northern Tribune. February 22, 1847. Short article details individual appropriations for new lighthouses including Little River, Mt. Desert Rock, Prospect harbor, White Head, Whale’s back, Minot’s Rock, Sow and pigs light-boat, buoy-boat on Tuckernuck Shoal, and more. Full issue with additional articles of the day, light browning, original folds. (VG). $16. 22568. [newspaper] Proposals for Building a Light-House, &c. at the Entrance of Scituate Harbor, in the State of Massachusetts, of the following materials, dimensions and description: … The Columbian Centinel. April 27, 1811. Lengthy full column articles detail specifications for the above early lighthouse and keeper’s quarters, etc. Detailed information includes all aspects of the construction, dimensions and materials to be used, lanterns and equipment. Extremely detailed, interesting very early information on this important light. Full newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, only light browning and expected wear, 2 folds. (G+) $48. 22553. [bid booklet] U. S. Light-House Establishment. [specifications for] LIGHT HOUSE, ETC. MAHON RIVER LIGHT STATION, DELAWARE. 1900. 39 p. 9½" x 12". Original soft wraps. The fourth Mahon River light house was an elevated structure completed in 1903 to replace an earlier structure threatened by rising water levels and yielding foundation. The new structure was two stories in height set upon iron pile foundation with a lantern rising from the central portion of the roof. These original bid specifications for the new station contains complete Advertisement, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Form, Contracts and Specifications for the erection of the light house with keeper’s dwelling, oil house, barn, privy, elevated board walk and small wharf. Rare, unusual document containing an exceptional amount of detailed information relative to this scarce design. As expected, all aspects of construction, foundations, chimneys, carpentry, trim, roofs, lantern glass and metal work, plumbing, well, millwork, heating, painting, lightning conductors, and more. Complete, tight, some wear to spine, light shipping, contents clean and tight. (VG-). $298 net. PC-118. Senate 166. "REPORT of THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY communicating THE RESULT OF AN EXPERIMENT TO ASCERTAIN THE EXPEDIENCY OF USING GAS, INSTEAD OF OIL, IN THE LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT." May 24, 1844, 41pp. Very interesting historical reading about the continual search for brighter and more efficient fuels, examinations of various types of lights, report on lighting apparatus invented by Benjamin F. Coston and erected at the lighthouse at the Christiana River, Delaware, and more. $34. 8391f. Drysdale, William., THE BEACH PATROL - A Story of the Life-Saving Service. W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. 1897. 318p. With five illustrated plates. Special edition in half calf with marbled boards, gilt embossed spine, marbled endpapers. All aspects of the work of the life-savers is described in this fictional tale of the men at the Great Harbor Life-Saving Station in New England. Sixteen year old Tom examines the equipment, from the operation of the Coston flare, to the contents of the Life-Saving Service portable library and assists with numerous rescues as we follow him through his adventure. Quite good descriptions, with great detail. An extremely early, rare Life-Saving Service novel. Beautiful gilt embossed covers with very little wear, contents clean, crisp and tight, an unusually nice copy of an unusual edition. (VG+). $128 net. 22379. [newspaper] Proposals for Light-House on Robbin’s Reef in the Harbor of New York, and second Proposal for Building a Vessel to be used as a Floating Light [lightship] off Sandy Hook. The New York Times. August 25, 1837. Lengthy 1/4th page articles detail specifications for the above lighthouse and light vessel in the New York area. Detailed information includes all aspects of the construction, dimensions and materials to be used, lanterns and equipment. Extremely detailed, interesting very early information on these two important lights. Full newspaper contains four pages with articles of the day, only light browning and expected wear, 2 folds. (G+) $48. 22315. [newspaper accounts] THE GREAT HURRICANE AND TIDAL WAVE –September 1938. Ten newspapers of the day provide a factual and pictorial record of the worst disaster that has ever struck New England. Compiled within days of the awful event, numerous part and full page photographs and text record the wild gale. A graphic look into the damage the sweeping winds and tides brought to the region. Vivid photos include vessels on the beach, the historic Narragansett Coast Guard station, Sandy Point lighthouse, Brenton Point Coast Guard station, and much more. Papers include Providence Journal, Pawtucket Times, Providence Evening Bulletin. Full newspapers with articles of the day, clean, overall browning from age, one original fold.. (G+). $48. 22279. [U. S. Signal Service]. Beltzhoover, Hon. Frank E., speech of Hon. Frank E. Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. Wash. 1883. 41 p. Soft wraps. Text of lengthy speech endorses the work of the Signal Service and advocates a number of changes in its organization and duties. In addition mention is made of its’ relationship with the U. S. Life-Saving Service and discusses the area of communications which that service too might benefit from. Clean, tight, in original soft wraps. One corner has been chewed but no text is affected. (G+). $56. 22266. na. Facsimile of a Letter Book of Colonel Sharp Delany, First Collector, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1789 to December 20, 1790. (Washington, DC: Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service, June 1987) 100 p. As new, blue Buckram with old stamped lettering, no DJ as published. 95 pages of Delany’s manuscript letter book are reproduced with a forward by Michael N. Ingrisano, Jr., Director of Information Service Division, of the Treasury Department. Colonel Sharp Delany was the first collector of Customs appointed by President George Washington for the port of Philadelphia. Colonel Delany’s letterbook for the period of August 7, 1789 to December 20, 1790 contains facsimile reproductions of his letters in his original hand. These letters were significant because they portray some of the problems of a Customs Service trying to emerge from a succession of administration under the British Crown, under the individual States, and finally as a Federal entity seeking to protect the revenue of the United States. Included is Delany’s October 31, 1789 letter to Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, that advocated regular boat patrols of the coast. This letter was instrumental in establishing the Revenue Cutter Service, which joined with the Life-Saving Service to become the US Coast Guard in 1915. Other letters discuss seizures, purchase and operation of vessels, and customs duties. Extremely scarce, essential for research on the subject. (M). $85. 6106e. Cox, William Van Zandt, and Northrup, Milton Harlow, LIFE OF SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX. Syracuse. 1898. 281p. Nicely gilt embossed binding. Dedicated by the author "To the Employees of the …Life-Saving Service…." Given the title "Father of the Life-Saving Service", Mr. Cox spent his thirty year career in the United States Congress attempting to upgrade the Life-Saving Service. Mr. Cox was most proud of his work in creating the Federal statute that created the Life-Saving Service and his untiring zeal in pressing for its eventual passage. Throughout his career he continued to press for the upgrading of this humanitarian service such that, upon his death his widow was presented by members of the Life-Saving Service with a memorial vase inscribed to his memory. This volume details his distinguished life and his efforts in support of the Service. Includes a nice photograph of Sumner I. Kimball and of the Port Huron Life-Saving Station. Illustrated with 28 photographs. Pages lightly browned, otherwise clean, tight, front hinge open but intact, covers with some sunning and soiling. (VG-). $86 net. 2168. [document] U. S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. June 19, 1908. Typed letter on official stationery of the U. S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps bears a reply by George A. Thormann, General Superintendent of the Corps to Mr. Marcus H. Holcomb, Attorney-General, Hartford, Conn. Attorney Holcomb had apparently requested a report on the organization. Superintendent Thormann explains that since the Corps is a humane institution for the purpose of organizing crews of volunteer life savers, that they do not fall under the Public Acts that Mr. Holcomb had referred. Document is clean and crisp and signed in the hand of General Superintendent Thormann. 8 ½" x 11", with original folds. (VG). $42. 22190. Campbell, J. M. [Assistant Lightkeeper, Bell Rock Lighthouse], NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BELL ROCK. Edinburgh. 1904. 112p. 12MO. Beautiful gilt embossed lighthouse on binding. After serving nine years as Assistant Keeper of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, the author was encouraged by friends to record his many detailed observations of the life there, with particular emphasis on the many different animal species that exist in the area. From the gulls and terns, to the seals and fish species, the rock was teeming with life which was well chronicled by the author. Most interesting account of the period between 1901 and 1904. Contents clean, tight and bright. Covers light wear and staining, corners bumped. (VG-). $118. 6657c. Stevenson, Robert. THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE. London. 1935. 2nd. 136p. 12MO. [Passages selected from An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse (Published in 1824) and edited by A. F. Collins.]. With 22 well done illustrations. One of "The Craftsman Series for young people, this edition brings together portions of Stevenson’s original work, focusing on the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse during the years 1807 to 1810. Detailed day-by-day account. Embossed hard wraps, light wear, contents clean, tight, ex. Lib with markings on cover and front end-paper. (VG-). $56 5515b. OUR LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. na. June 1856. [Putnam’s Monthly. June, 1856. NY. pp.644-658]. Contains a wonderful early overview of the early history and operation of the United States Light-House Establishment, with comparisons to those of Britain and Europe. Written just after the establishment of the Light-House Board, this account provides a most interesting look at the operations and conditions present at such an important time in out lighthouse history. Quite interesting, nice early work. Full issue, unusually clean and tight. (VG). $68. 21509c. na. U. S. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. Fortune Magazine January 1937. Pp. 61-69, 126-132. Lengthy, large folio illustrated article details the men and equipment of today’s Lighthouse Service. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs, paintings and diagrams including a large full page diagram of the Nantucket LV No. 112 illustrating its construction, equipment and operation. Other photos include quartermaster at the wheel of the Lighthouse Tender Spruce, lens apparatus, buoys and more. Most interesting and detailed article. Full issue. (VG+). $64. 3164k,m,n. Kobbe', Gustav. "LIFE ON THE (Nantucket) SOUTH SHOAL LIGHT-SHIP". 11pp. Century Magazine, Vol. XLII. August 1891. This often quoted article is one of the very few ever written describing the life on these early light vessels, based on the author’s visit in 1891. One "old whaling captain told me that the loneliest thing he had ever seen at sea was a polar bear floating on a piece of ice in the Arctic Ocean; the next loneliest object to that had been the South Shoal Lightship….and it pitched and rolled such that even an old whaleman… felt ‘squamish’." Excellent descriptions of the crews and the life on board. Includes nine very nice engravings. Disbound, without wraps. Clean, crisp. $48 net. 7197rr. [newspaper] [practice of appointing Light House Keepers]. The Portland Daily Advertiser, Portland, Maine. May 17, 1853. Article remarks on the practice of appointing keepers based on their political affiliation, and that the recent keeper appointed to Boon Island Light was appointed by a Democrat appointed by President Polk, rather than a Whig as was reported, and that the keeper "..has never seen a vessel, and with good old fashioned country notions of ‘early to bed and early to rise’ very verdauntly supposed that vessels kept country hours, and ‘did not sail after it became dark’". This most interesting comment on the system also notes that one of the newly appointed keepers at Cape Elizabeth has resided in an interior town until the Presidential election and several Democrats were well qualified but set aside. Full newspaper contains Four pages with articles of the day, quite clean, 2 folds. (VG-) $28. 6593e. Kobbe, Gustav. HEROISM IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. A Description of Life on Matinicus Rock. The Century Magazine. 1897. 12p. disbound. Illustrated with 12 very nice engravings, this article describes the life of Abby Burgess and her family at the Matinicus Rock Light Station including her heroism in the winter gale of 1856. Later Abby married Captain Grant and continued her service at Matinicus and later at White Head Light. Most interesting. Illustrations include Keeper Frederick T. Hatch, the only recipient of the Gold Bar for Heroism, Abby Burgess, and more. Quite clean. (VG+). $48. 4342L. Otis, James. THE LIFE SAVERS. A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service. New York. 1899. 1st. 327 p. Nicely illustrated with official photographs. Nice gilt embossed cover scene of life-savers launching their surfboat. Relates the history of the Life-Saving Service and the work of the U.S. Life-Savers through various chapters in this fictional account. Though probably intended for a teenage audience, this is by far one of the best early day-to-day accounts. Based on fact. Quite scarce. Clean, tight in bright wrap, spine slightly darkened. (VG). $64. 744. Navy Department. REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COAST SIGNAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES. Wash. 1898. 18pp. The Signal Service was organized to open and maintain communications, to note the development and progress of storms, to predict probable future atmospheric conditions and to report on the conditions of the sea and navigable rivers. Signal Service Stations were established in connection with lighthouses and life-saving stations, connected by telegraph and offered communications to ships at sea by light or flag (and later by radio). They also summoned assistance to vessels in distress from the nearest life-saving stations or ports. Regulations identify districts and stations, duties and discipline, care of stations and property, daily drills and routine. Includes a complete listing of stations. (Photocopy $3.60) 21387b. Darrah, William Culp. STEREO VIEWS – A HISTORY OF STEREOGRAPHS IN AMERICA AND THEIR COLLECTION. Gettysburg. 1964. 255 p. One of the more fascinating collectibles today continues to be early photography including stereographs. For the collector or professional, this book continues to be the "bible" on the subject. Includes the history, types, manufacture and development in America, types and dating of views and more. Most important if the author’s checklist of photographers with dates of their primary period of producing views. A most detailed reference and almost impossible to find today. (VG+). $138 net. 5515b. OUR LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. na. June 1856. [Putnam’s Monthly. June, 1856. NY. pp.644-658]. Contains a wonderful early overview of the early history and operation of the United States Light-House Establishment, with comparisons to those of Britain and Europe. Written just after the establishment of the Light-House Board, this account provides a most interesting look at the operations and conditions present at such an important time in out lighthouse history. Quite interesting, nice early work. Full issue, unusually clean and tight. (VG). $68. 21509b,c. na. U. S. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. Fortune Magazine January 1937. Pp. 61-69, 126-132. Lengthy, large folio illustrated article details the men and equipment of today’s Lighthouse Service. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs, paintings and diagrams including a large full page diagram of the Nantucket LV No. 112 illustrating its construction, equipment and operation. Other photos include quartermaster at the wheel of the Lighthouse Tender Spruce, lens apparatus, buoys and more. Most interesting and detailed article. Full issue. (VG+). $64. 2291. Thompson, Lawrance. THE NAVY HUNTS THE CGR-3070. Garden City. 1944 First printing. 150 p. B&w photographs. Detailed account of the U.S. Navy's search for the missing Coastal Picket vessel Zaida and her crew of nine enlisted men. The Zaida was a private 58-foot yacht owned by George Ratsey before the U-boat crisis off the Atlantic coast of the United States during World War II. Zaida was converted to Coast Guard Reserve Boat 3070, and was on anti- submarine duty in the Eastern Sea Frontier in 1942 when she was blown far out to sea. Quite interesting. Dark blue cloth over boards with blue stamped spine lettering. Mild browning to textblock edges and endpapers, otherwise clean and tight, nice copy. (VG). $28. 2244. Schriber, Mary Suzanne. WRITING HOME – AMERICAN WOMEN ABROAD 1830-1920. Charlottesville. 1997. 254p. Before the 1820’s women’s travels outside the United States were infrequent and "accidental", undertaken to accompany fathers and husbands. With the advent of steam-powered ships, followed by the luxurious liners, American women began to journey in significant numbers. Between 1830 and 1900 books of travel written by women number at least 195, by far most after the Civil Way. Writing Home studies these books and the conditions that made them possible, with the tales of women who transformed themselves into travelers and business women. Of particular interest to us here, the author examines Martha Coston’s work A Signal Success: The Work and Travels of Mrs. Martha J. Coston, an Autobiography. Martha Coston traveled to sell night signals that he husband had developed. Widowed and in financial difficulty, she traveled to introduce the signals into the navies of the world and win proper recognition of her husband’s talents. The author discusses her work and writings, and studies her success in a men’s world of business. (M). $36. 4531(3). Putnam, George R., NEW SAFEGUARDS FOR SHIPS IN FOG AND STORM. August 1936. 32pp. 30 photo illustrations [NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. LXX, No. 2, August 1936] Complete issue, very clean. George Putnam was the Commissioner of Lighthouses in the early years of the twentieth century. In this interesting and detailed article, Commissioner Putnam includes information on the use of the new radio beacons, lightship operations as well as the overall operation of the Lighthouse Service. Included are 30 wonderful official photographs of light stations, tenders, light vessels, lens apparatus, light keepers and more. (VG) $26. 20141. Dalton, John W. ALONG THE COAST [Official Journal of the Life-Saving Service Surfman’s Mutual Benefit Association]. Volumes No. 1 through 9. From March 1909 to June 1910. Folio 11" x 14". 210 pages. Spiral bound. Along The Coast was the official monthly journal of the Surfman of the Life-Saving Service, distributed monthly in the early 1900’s. The magazine was published by John W. Dalton and was devoted to the work and interests of the Life-Saving Service, the men and the organization. During that period men of the Lighthouse Service at shore stations and on lightship duty also found the publication most interesting as much news of their stations was also reported. Each issue contains hundreds of stories of historical shipwrecks, service incidents, detailed wreck reports, and the work of the life-saving crews. Also included are wonderful photographs [though poorly reproduced in this copy from microfilm] and biographical sketches of the heroes of the Life-Saving Service. Also included are other interesting stories of the sea, official notifications and reports of meetings. One almost never finds any of these publications and now we have an opportunity to read the first nine issues. This is by far the most interesting material that I have ever read on the day to day operations of the Service. A MUST for anyone interested in the subject. [210 pages, spiral bound, folio 11" x 14" photocopy.] $138. 8501b. Phillips, Godfrey W., LIGHTHOUSE AND LIGHTSHIP AND THE MEN WHO MAN THE TRINITY HOUSE SERVICE. London. nd. c.1949. 134 p. Cloth wraps. DJ. Quite a detailed description of the men, equipment and operations of the Lighthouse Service in Great Britain. In addition to chapters on the construction and history of over 15 land and ocean lights, the author also describes in some detail life in the lights, salary, relief days, light vessels, the Trinity House past and present and more. With 23 illustrations. Quite scarce. Clean, crisp nice copy in G dust wrap. (VG).$68. 7429b. Thaxter, Celia. AMONG THE ISLES OF SHOALS. Boston. 1915. 3rd. 184p. Poetess and sister to Oscar Laighton, Celia Thaxter grew up the daughter of the Light Keeper of the light-house on the Isle of Shoals in New Hampshire. In this reprint of her earlier volume, the author offers tales and insights into her life at this vital light station. Whether you enjoy reading of the light-keeper’s life or of life in the remote areas of New England, you are sure to enjoy these early accounts. Scarce account. Quite crisp, clean, tight, a very nice copy. (VG+).$56. 2198a. Markham, Richard. ABOARD THE MAVIS. Boston. 1880. 240 pages. Unusually decorated board covers. Includes 13 untitled chapters with black & white engravings and maps, many full page. It is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise aboard the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in addition to sundry good times, they learn somewhat of the early history of the Life-Saving Service, and of their country. "Every life-saving station is furnished with a small mortar, or cannon. When a ship goes ashore, and the surf is so heavy that a boat cannot be launched, the mortar, which is packed in a two-wheeled car, is dragged down to the very edge of the surf. Then it is loaded with a conical shot, to which a very light but very strong rope is fastened. It is, perhaps, more like a cord than a rope. This cord is coiled by the side of the cannon, and when all is ready the gun is fired. The ball flies through the air over the ship, if all goes well, and the line drops on deck." Some illustrations include: Carrying a line aboard, the old way, Carrying a line aboard, the new way, The breeches buoy, Launching the surf boat, Half buried in foam and spray, Hauling the mortar-car, Night patrol burning the red light, etc. Quite an interesting difficult to find early novel with Life-Saving Service content, a scarce addition to your collection. Contents clean and tight, hinges intact. Most unusual decorated boards with moderate wear and bumping but still intact. (G+). $48. 20394. Munro, Wilfred H., PICTURESQUE RHODE ISLAND. Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Scenery and History of its Cities, Towns and Hamlets, and of Men who have made them famous. Providence. 1881. 304 pages with 96 additional pages of fine vintage advertisements. In nicely gilt embossed binding. Certainly one of the nicer collections of over 200 vintage Rhode Island scenes. Includes volumes of quaint historical sketches found in few other places, as well as four large fold-out maps. Illustrated with over 200 early engraved views and accompanying text, this is a tremendous look at this area so rich in maritime history. Includes the lighthouses, steamships, churches and government buildings, as well as a host of hotels, mansions and homes, government, personalities, founding, and much more. Fine illustrated advertising by local establishments is included in the front and back. Contents quite clean, nice, expected wear to hinges and spine ends, corners bumped, hinges becoming loose. Most pleasant reading and collector’s volume for your shelf. (G++). $94. 2188. Ferguson, Charles B., TWENTY-SEVEN VIEWS OF RACE ROCK LIGHTHOUSE IN THE FOUR SEASONS. Fishers Island. 2000. 64p. DJ. Signed and numbered by the author. Twenty-Seven Views of Race Rock Lighthouse is artist Charles B. Ferguson’s homage to the island of his birth and the Gothic Revival lighthouse that anchors its southwestern tip. Filled with 27 of the author’s full color paintings accompanied by four lines of haiku-style text, this collectors edition presents a summation of a lifetime spent living and painting on Fishers Island in Long Island Sound. Through his work, Mr. Ferguson traces in his paintings the dramatic story of building Race Rock Light by two historic men: Francis Hopkinson Smith and Captain T.A. Scott and the eight years to complete construction. Race Rock lighthouse appears somewhere in each of the twenty-seven paintings though the major theme is the four seasons on Fishers Island, with its flora, fauna, history and sports. The book itself is a work of art in hard cover with dj, 64 pages 10.5" x 8" horizontal format, 100 lb page stock. Edition is limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. A must for your collection. (M). $168 net. 20247. Mack, E. IDA LEWIS MAZURKA. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, [c.1869]. Tinted lithographed sheet music cover only, showing Ida Lewis rowing out in a chop to rescue a waving figure in distress. Ida Lewis (1842-1911) was one of the first female lighthouse keeper in the U.S. Her father was a lighthouse keeper in Newport, and by 15 she was assisting him, and was officially appointed keeper of Lime Rock light in 1879. Her first rescue came in 1858 or 59, rowing to the aid of four young men and hauling them all to safety. In 1869, in the midst of a blizzard, she and her brother rescued two men, and the resulting publicity brought her into the national limelight, occasioning this piece, and doubtless others. Light soiling but nicely intact without tears, most presentable for framing. (VG-). $138 net. 6103h. Sterling, Robert Thayer. LIGHTHOUSES OF THE MAINE COAST AND THE MEN WHO KEEP THEM. Brattleboro, VT. 1938. 2nd printing 1938. 224pp. Illustrated with over 80 photographs of Maine light stations. Written by the Assistant Keeper of Portland Head Light, this volume contains a wealth of first hand information about the Maine lights and light-vessels. A rescue of seventeen men…seas washing away the garden….a lone survivor on the barren ledge….panic when the light at Saddleback went out….a bombardment of ducks into the lantern….visions, solitude…and an ever changing background of weather and seasons. Clean, tight, unusually good copy. Ex lib. The best Maine account available. (VG). $55. 6599d. Bradner, Lawrence H., THE PLUM BEACH LIGHT -
The birth, life, and death of a Lighthouse. 1989. 196p. Soft wraps. Signed by
the author. The story of the Plum Beach Light, Rhode Island from several
generations of family records, long forgotten newspaper reports and documents
dealing with the politics, bureaucracy, and engineering technology of
instigating, building and keeping a lighthouse. A wonderful, detailed account of
the light - if only there were a similar account on each and every light...
Clean, tight, nice copy. (VG). $26. 4401. H.R. Ex. Doc. No. 13. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. A Statement of receipts and expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1857. 738pp. Contains approximately 61pp. of expenditures of the Light-house Service, well detailed for the year. Contains a wealth of additional information. Disbound. (VG). $63. 22217. [Lighthouse Establishment Bookplate]. Ainsworth, William Harrison. OVINGDEAN GRANGE. London. nd. c.1870. 310p. A tale of 17th Century English Cavalier. This book was part of a U. S. Light-House Establishment keeper’s library, as evidenced by a U.S.L.H.E. Property Label adhered to the inside front cover. Light foxing, hinges and spine weak, some wear. Label clean. It is extremely difficult to find these titles from the early LHE libraries, making this a most desirable item. (FR). $62 net. 7206b. Perry, Frank. THE HISTORY OF PIGEON POINT LIGHTHOUSE. 1986. 87p. Soft wraps. Magnificent Pigeon Point Lighthouse, first lighted in 1872, still shines its flashing signal. This book is the first detailed account of its intriguing past: the tragic shipwrecks of the 1800’s, the legends surrounding its mysterious lens, the first-hand recollections of lighthouse life and much more. (M). $22. United States Life-Saving Service. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVING SERVICE We have just acquired a large collection of these rare Annual Reports of the Life-Saving Service and, in an effort to stem the rise of prices over the last few years on these reports, have endeavored to offer them at as low a price as possible. This is the perfect opportunity to begin your collection or to fill those missing years in your present collection. Reports are printed by the Government Printing Office [GPO] and range from 180 to 600 pages. Includes extensive details of operations and of rescues throughout the year. Also details personnel, construction and repairs of stations and equipment, evaluation of new equipment and much more. In addition, many include appended reports such as the new Beebe-McLellan Life-Boat, Dobbins’s surf life-boat, launching wagon, improved breeches buoy traveler block, McLellan’s Tally-Boards, and lengthy report on tests performed on Hunt and Lyle guns on Nantucket Island in 1887, reports on Cunningham rockets, surfboats and more. Quite detailed, becoming exceptionally difficult to find. Typical cloth government binding, contents overall clean, expected uniform very light browning on some copies, hinges tight and intact, covers may have some wear. $124 net each. Years available change weekly, please inquire. 22179s. Glidden, Helene. THE LIGHT ON THE ISLAND – Tales of a Lighthouse Keeper’s Family in the San Juan Islands. Woodinville. 2001. Soft wraps. This classic chronicles the life of a lighthouse keeper’s family on Patos Island in Washington’s Rosario Strait from 1905 to 1913. Herein Helene or "Angie", as she calls herself, records the hardships, adventures and heroism that her family experienced in this remote corner of Washington state. The tale begins with the five-year old and her family moving to Patos as her father is appointed keeper there. Originally published in 1951, this aniversary edition preserves forever an important era in lighthouse life. (M). 16.95. 6259b. Noble, Dennis L. and PA3 Kenneth Arborgast. THE COAST GUARD ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST. USCG Bicentennial Publication. Wash. c.1988. 24pp. Soft Wraps. Tremendous overview of the life and work of the men of the Coast Guard dating back to the 1700’s when the Revenue Cutter Service and Lighthouse Establishment, and later the U. S. Life-Saving Service protected our coastline. Well illustrated with 35 wonderful large format photographs. A most interesting pamphlet. Clean, tight. (VG). $19. 22159b. York, Wick. ARCHITECTURE OF THE U. S. LIFE-SAVING STATIONS. Log of Mystic Seaport. Spring 1982. 32 p. Soft wraps. Fine article by noted architectural historian provides a good overview of the architectural history of the stations of the Life-Saving Service. Interesting are the early 1870’s "red-house" stations constructed along the New Jersey coast. Includes over 20 photographs and a wonderful large full page illustration of the beautiful 1882 Victorian station in Bay Head, New Jersey. Also included is a lengthy article on the wreck of the Jason off Cape Cod in 1893. Great for reading or research. (VG). $38. 2286. Bunting, William H. STEAMERS, SCHOONERS, CUTTERS, AND SLOOPS – Marine Photographs of N. L. Stebbins taken from 1884 to 1907. Boston. 1974. 126 p. DJ. Among the more noteworthy pioneer American marine and yachting photographers were men like N. L. Stebbins, David Mason Little, Henry G. Peabody. These noted photographers ranged the New England coast from New York to Massachusetts capturing on glass-plate negatives the great yachts and the most animated yachting events of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. During their career they shot thousands of views, a great many of which appeared periodically in numerous yachting publications. Stebbins, himself, during the period 1891 through 1910 published his illustrated coast pilots which still today endure as reference works. This book reproduces in full page format many of his superb views and remains a tribute to early marine photography. Superb yachting photographs with detailed text make this a must for your library. Clean, crisp in good dj. (F-). $74. 312e. Lamb, Martha J., "THE AMERICAN LIFE SAVING SERVICE", 17pp., February 1882. (from Harper’s Monthly) 6" x 9 1/2". With 15 excellent engravings; Patrolmen exchanging checks-Sumner I. Kimball-Lifeboat Station on Lake Michigan-Self-righting Life-Boat-United States Life-saving Station on the Eastern Coast-Nag’s Head, Scene of the "Huron" disaster-Wreck of the "Huron"-"They found him nearly dead"-Surfman’s Shield-Wreck of the Schooner "Hartzel in Lake Michigan-Life-saving Car-Life-saving Station on the North Carolina Beach-First Ball, Ship "Ayrshire"-The Lyle Gun-Life-saving Medals. Describes the history and the work of the life-savers, their equipment and the rescues. Full issue, some expected wear and chipping, clean. (G). $24. 3164k,m. Kobbe', Gustav. "LIFE ON THE (Nantucket) SOUTH SHOAL LIGHT-SHIP". 11pp. Century Magazine, Vol. XLII. August 1891. This often quoted article is one of the very few ever written describing the life on these early light vessels, based on the author’s visit in 1891. One "old whaling captain told me that the loneliest thing he had ever seen at sea was a polar bear floating on a piece of ice in the Arctic Ocean; the next loneliest object to that had been the South Shoal Lightship….and it pitched and rolled such that even an old whaleman… felt ‘squamish’." Excellent descriptions of the crews and the life on board. Includes nine very nice engravings. Disbound, without wraps. Clean, crisp. $48 net. 4532k. Putnam, George R., BEACONS OF THE SEA: LIGHTING THE COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES. January, 1913. 53 pp. Illustrated with 67 photographs including light vessels, depots, and much more. [disbound from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January 1913]. Excellent descriptions of the work of the Lighthouse Service by the Commissioner himself. . Wonderfully illustrated with numerous official photographs. Includes especially nice photos of various light vessels, lenses and various lanterns and towers. More and more difficult to find this article. Disbound, otherwise contents clean, tight. (VG). $46. 6335f. Collins, Francis A. SENTINELS ALONG OUR COAST. New York. 1922 1st. 272pp. Nicely illustrated with 24 official Lighthouse Service photographs. Nicely developed overview of the history of the Service, the light and fog stations, lightships, equipment and men of the Light-House Service. Chapters include Harbor Protection, Early Lighthouses, Building the Lighthouse, Developing the Light, A Night in the Lighthouse, A Service Depot, Aboard a Lighthouse Tender, Aboard a Light-ship, With the Coast Guard, and more. One of the nicer early references. Extremely clean, tight, near fine. (F-) $88. 21200b. Von Physter, George. PAINTINGS AND LORE OF CALIFORNIA LIGHTHOUSES. San Diego. 1963. 1st. 40p. Soft wraps. Interesting booklet features 14 b/w reproductions of California lighthouse paintings, along with a description of the station and a bit of history as well. Light stations include Point Loma, Ballast Point, Los Angeles Hatbor Light, Anacapa, Point Conception, Point Sur, Pigeon Point, Mile Rocks Light, Point Reyes, Todos Santos Island Light, South Coronado Island Light, San Felipe Light, and more. A scarce booklet. Clean, crisp. (F). $28. 6597q. Witney, Dudley. THE LIGHTHOUSE. Boston. 1975. 1st. US edition. 256p. DJ. 8VO. The author’s enjoyable and informative text compliments over a hundred beautiful color and b/w photographs, early architectural plans and illustrations outlining the history and architectural significance of lighthouses. Includes many quite beautiful photographs of lamps, lens and early lighting apparatus. Certainly one of the nicer of the more recent publishing endeavors, unusually difficult to find. Clean, tight. (VG+). $54. 6597r. Witney, Dudley. THE LIGHTHOUSE. Toronto. 1975. 1st. 256p. DJ. 8VO. The author’s enjoyable and informative text compliments over a hundred beautiful color and b/w photographs, early architectural plans and illustrations outlining the history and architectural significaance of lighthouses. Includes many quite beautiful photographs of lamps, lens and early lighting apparatus. Certainly one of the nicer of the more recent publishing endeavors, unusually difficult to find. Clean, tight. (F). $68. 485h. Hardy, W. J., LIGHTHOUSES, THEIR HISTORY AND ROMANCE. Oxford. 1895. 224pp. With 24 illustrations. A very good early history of many of the lights protecting the British coastline, with a chapter on each. Includes ancient and mediaeval lighthouses, the Trinity House, Grace Darling, lightships, and numerous British lighthouses. Contents clean, very tight, rarely opened. Cover with nice gilt embossed lighthouse, spine sunned. Wonderful early information. (VG+). $64. 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