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, 1842. 14th Edition. 8vo. Very Good. Item #18107
A mid-19th-century Printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide. This is the 14th Edition.
This is the second issue, with the 1844 appendix added.
Seventeen black and white engraved map plates as called for in binder's instructions, plus the extra map of Little Egg Harbor as called for by Campbell between pages 208-209, Many folding maps, along with in-text engravings.
Original calf, with gilt ruling to spine and burgundy title label. xxii, [1], 686pp, [4]. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for contemporary signatures to front flyleaf. "Samuel Thaxter & Son Nautical and Mathematical Instruments - Boston" Advertisement to front pastedown. Sporadic foxing throughout. Leather rubbed and a touch worn with moderate edge wear. Some mild dampstaining toward upper rear of volume.
Overall a handsome and very nice example of Blunt's defining work.
Price: $475.00