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Handbook of Alaska: It's resources, Products, and Attractions by Maj.Gen. A.W Greely; 1st edition, May 1909. illustrated Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1909. brown cloth with gilt lettering. Includes original map inside back cover folder. "externally very good, light wear and cover rubbing, inside previous owners name and stamp, one plate loose, some foxing spots, good".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1927 Edition. ex libris sunning on spine removed front pages cord jacket.

Paperback. Telegraph; Puerto Rico; 100p.; 22.3cm; disbound; 17" x 42" folded map of Puerto Rico; U. S. Senate document #429. Book.

First edition. Senate Document No. 429, 56th congress. This report was given by Adolphus Washington Greely (1844-1935) then Brigadier General and Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army. Greely was in charge of maintaining communications networks during the Spanish-American War and oversaw construction and maintenance of telegraph lines in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. The map in this report is "Map of the Island of Porto Rico Showing the lines of signal communication, telegraph, telephone, and heliograph, operated by the Signal Corps, U.S. Army, with Military Posts." It was prepared by major William A. Glassford under the direction of Greely. OCLC cites 11 holdings. 8vo, 100pp. Color folding map, 42x108cm attached at rear. Stitched, lacking wrappers or disbound from a larger publication, paper toned with light chipping. Map clean. A good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. RARE copy of this 286 page, illustrated book about the weather, which "gives clearly and simply, without the use of mathematics, an idea of meteorology in general, supplemented by climatic data regarding temperature, rainfall, wind, and storms, especially of our own country". Has minor edge wear/marks. Ex-Library.

HARDBACK TAN. Condizione: Good. (title cont.) Hail-Storms and Tornadoes, pages clean, black and white illustrations, corners bumped, excellent condition considering age, some foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1888 EDITION: 286.