7119. Small, Isaac M., SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD. North Truro , MA . May 1st, 1928
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7119. Small, Isaac M., SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD. North Truro , MA . May 1st, 1928
7119g. Small, Isaac M., SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD . North Truro , MA . May 1st, 1928 . 1st. 86pp. Soft wraps. Isaac Small was for sixty years the marine reporting agent stationed at Highland Light, whose duty it was to report incoming shipping. His experience and knowledge of this area of Cape Cod provides a solid background for this history of these prominent wrecks of the area. Born in Highland Village , North Truro in 1845, Mr. Small’s father was the Keeper at Highland Light, where he grew up. After graduating from school in 1863 he took charge of the Telegraph office at the light. Includes full information on the light, the life-saving and the wrecks of the day. Illustrated with photos. 4TO. Contents clean, tight, overall light browning from age, wraps nicely intact but with moderate sunning to portion. (VG-) $78.
7119o. Small, Isaac M., SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD – The Story of a Few of the Many Hundred Shipwrecks Which Have Occurred on Cape Cod. North Truro, MA. May 1st., 1925 . 58pp. With original soft wraps, with added beautiful bbinding in gilt embossed cloth wraps. With additional chapters added since the 1912 edition. Isaac Small was for sixty years the marine reporting agent stationed at Highland Light, whose duty it was to report incoming shipping. His experience and knowledge of this area of Cape Cod provide a solid background for this history of these prominent wrecks of the area. Born in Highland Village, North Truro in 1845, Mr Small’s father was the Keeper at Highland Light, where he grew up. After graduating from school in 1863 he took charge of the Telegraph office at the light. Full of information on the light, the life-saving and the wrecks of the day. Shipwrecks include the Josephus, Clara Bell, Peruvian, Francis, Giovanni, Jason, Monte Taber, Oakland, Castagnia, Thomas W. Lawson, barges Wadena and Fitzpatrick, sloop Trumbull, Somerset, Mary Celeste and the steamship Portland. Illustrated with a few photos. 4TO. Contents clean, tight, wraps are nicely intact, beautifully protected in fine binding. (VG+) $78.