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Toronto: William Briggs, 1889. cloth. Very good. SIGNED. 8vo; [i-vii], viii-ix, [3], 12-136pp; gilt stamped title and decoration on blue cloth over board, beveled board edges, blind stamped borders; inscribed and signed by author on free front endpaper; illustrated; scuffing and fraying to head and tail of spine, ½" scrape to mid spine with loss of cloth, rubbing to gilt decoration of front cover, light age toning paper; very good. Inscribed and signed by the author to Captain J.G. Kiah [Jerome], Superintendent of the 10th District United States Life-Saving Service. The USLSS was the precursor to the U.S.Coast Guard. In 1903 Capt. Kiah was the Superintendent of the 10th District at Sand Beach, Michigan. The author was a Captain in the Dominion of Canada Life-Saving Service. A fascinating book, highly illustrated with instructive drawings.
The Lifeboat And Other Poems With a Record of Eighteen Years Service by Andrews, Capt. W.D - 1890
by Andrews, Capt. W.D
The Lifeboat And Other Poems With a Record of Eighteen Years Service
by Andrews, Capt. W.D
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William Briggs Briggs, Toronto, 1890. Paperback. Good. poetry and prose, 64 pages including plates, blue cloth on card, gilt stamped.Watters list 1887 and 1888 editions of this title, this 1890 edition has material not included in the 1889 edition, corners marked but about very good
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Swimming and LIfe-Saving
by ANDREWS, R.H.S., Captain W.D
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