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, 1833. 12th Edition. 8vo. Fair. Item #18109
An early 19th-century printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide. This is the 12th Edition.
Seventeen of the called-for 19 black and white engraved map plates present.
Original calf, with gilt ruling to spine and burgundy title label. xviii, 657pp. Front board detached, but present; rear board held by two of the three binder's cords. Sporadic foxing throughout. Leather rubbed and a touch worn with moderate edge wear. Generally clean throughout, save for endpapers with contemporary writing and a contemporary New Bedford, CT bookseller sticker to front pastedown.
Map of Cape Ann Harbour with large chip across bottom resulting in loss of that section of map. Map of Charleston lacking. Map of Savannah River lacking.
Overall a solid working example of Blunt's defining work.
Price: $250.00