Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
Book, New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Dartmouth SIGNAL BOOK, 1855, New Bedford, 82pp., with black half calf and blue cloth boards, spine rubbed and lightly worn, VG. Thirty-one pages of brilliantly hand colored flags, apprx 70 flags. Each flag is headed by the name of the agents, with a list of the ships which may be flying that flag off to the right. The work is divided into three sections, "Red, White and Blue," "Red and White," and "Blue and White," denoting the different color schemes of the flags. A nice specimen, annotated by a native of the area. A rare American color plate book, as well as its navigational and maritime interest.
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