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 #18108
An extraordinarily nice mid-19th-century printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide. This is the 14th Edition.
This is the 1st issue, without the 1843 or 1844 appendices added after text.
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 signature to front flyleaf. A touch of Sporadic foxing throughout. Leather rubbed and a touch worn with mild edge wear.
Overall a handsome and very nice example of Blunt's defining work.
Price: $475.00