The American Coast Pilot; Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes & Headlands on the Coasts of North And South America: Describing the Soundings, bearings of the Lighthouses and Beacons....
New York: Edmund M. Blunt, 1847. 15th Edition. 8vo. Very Good. Item #18106
A mid-19th-century Printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide. This is the 15th Edition, 1st issue.
Seventeen black and white engraved map plates, many folding, along with in-text engravings.
Original calf, with gilt ruling to spine and burgundy title label. 47-642pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for contemporary manuscript nautical poem adhered to the front pastedown, a very nice piece of pre-Civil War nautical history; and a 1908 gift inscription to the rear pastedown. Sporadic foxing throughout. Leather rubbed and a touch worn with moderate edge wear.
Overall a handsome and very nice example of Blunt's defining work.
Price: $350.00