ORIGINAL 1872 FIRST EDITION HARDBACK TITLED 'THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS FOR ALL NATIONS', SIZE 9¾"X 6¼" WITH 235 PAGES OF TEXT AND PICTURES PLUS 25 PAGES OF FASCINATING ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE TIME. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE UNDER SIR. WILLIAM MITCHELL, WITH A CONTENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS SECTION SHOWING THE COLOURED FLAGS OF NATIONS AND THE COLOURED SIGNALS FLAGS USED. THE REST HAS THREE MAIN SECTIONS, PART 1, GENERAL SIGNALS; PART 2, VOCABULARY AND INDEX TO UNIVERSAL SIGNALS; PART 3, DISTANTSIGNALS, SEMAPHORES AND BOAT SIGNALS; PARTS 4 AND 5 ARE APPENDIXES. BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS, THE FRONT EMBOSSED WITH THE TITLE AND THE BOARD OF TRADE COAT OF ARMS. THE LEATHER SPINE COVER IS MISSING AND NEEDS A PEPLACEMENT RE-BINDING ON, AND THE REAR COVER HAS SOME DAMP STAINING. THERE IS A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FOXING TO THE END PAPERS AND TO JUST A FEW PAGES, BUT A REMARKABLE AND NOSTALGIC ITEM OF MEMORABILIA FROM A PRE-RADIO NAUTICAL ERA WHEN IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SHOW OVER 78000 DIFFERENT SIGNALS USING A COMBINATION OF JUST FOUR FLAGS.
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