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. Good. Item #18124
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 along with in-text engravings.
Original leather, worn and rubbed, with gilt ruling to spine and burgundy title label. Square tight binding. xxiii, 47-642pp. Square tight binding. Generally clean interior, save for outer pages both front and rear, which contain contemporary writing, as well as a contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown. Sporadic foxing throughout. Leather rubbed and worn with moderate edge wear. Crease to spine.
Price: $275.00