574f. Coston, Martha J., SIGNAL SUCCESS. The Work and Travels of Mrs. Martha J. Coston. Philadelphia . 1886
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574f. Coston, Martha J., SIGNAL SUCCESS. The Work and Travels of Mrs. Martha J. Coston. Philadelphia . 1886
574f. Coston, Martha J., SIGNAL SUCCESS. The Work and Travels of Mrs. Martha J. Coston. An Autobiography. Philadelphia . 1886. 333p. First edition. Signed presentation copy by the son, William F. Coston to James Minor Lincoln. Frontispiece portrait, color plate of ship signals, plate of ship signaling, a few vignettes. 12MO. Beveled pictorial cloth covers, gilt embossed, clean and bright, light edge wear. Top page edges gilded. Widow of the inventor of the Coston flares used extensively by the Life-Saving Service, tells of her efforts to perfect and sell his night signals. Quite clean, tight, front hinge just beginning to loosen. (VG+). $138.