40 pp. With eleven plates (one in color). Of the 11, Plate 1 is a folding map of Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Title page vignette. (4to) 29.1x23.3 cm (11½x9¼") original purple cloth lettered on cover in gilt. First Edition. Signed with the inscription "To the Odd Fellows' Library with the compliments of R.S. Williamson..." The complete official report, with precise engineering drawings, of the removal of this major obstacle, which was located just five feet below the surface of the Bay between Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Islands and was a considerable peril to shipping. Cowan, p. 688. Rocq: 12846. Mechanics-Mercantile Library bookplates on front pastedown and rear free endpaper, with Mechanics Institute stamps throughout.
40 pp. With eleven plates (one in color). Of the 11, Plate 1 is a folding map of Entrance to San Francisco Bay. Title page vignette. (4to) 29.1x23.3 cm (11½x9¼") original purple cloth lettered on cover in gilt. First Edition. Signed with the inscription "To the Odd Fellows' Library with the compliments of R.S. Williamson..." The complete official report, with precise engineering drawings, of the removal of this major obstacle, which was located just five feet below the surface of the Bay between Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Islands and was a considerable peril to shipping. Cowan, p. 688. Rocq: 12846. Mechanics-Mercantile Library bookplates on front pastedown and rear free endpaper, with Mechanics Institute stamps throughout.
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