1936. 1st Edition. 8vo. This scarce work traces the roots of this influential Massachusetts nautical family back to its known beginnings in the early 16th century, which includes the influential navigation publisher, Nathaniel Bowditch. Bowditch published what is widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of..... More
Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blumt, 1807. 2nd Edition. Octavo. A lovely 1807 2nd Edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Newburyport editions are very scarce as many were burned in the Great..... More
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1866. Octavo. 1866 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Octavo. 1887 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first revision..... More
Boston: Charkes C. Little and James Brown, 1838. 1st Edition. 8vo. An extremely rare 1838 1st Edition, inscribed by the author on the title page to one William Sullivan. Bowditch published what is widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation, 'The American Practical..... More
Boston, MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. 1st Edition. 8vo. AN extremely scarce early biography of Bowditch, the most important figure in early American nautical navigation, from the library of eminent 19th-century Bostonian Samuel A. Dorr, with his signature in pencil at the top of the title page..... More
Boston: 1832. A wonderful original 1832 manuscript Letter from Nathaniel Bowditch, creator of 'The New American Practical Navigator', the most important navigator in American History. This leaf features Bowditch's signature twice, once at the end of his note to Catlin, and the other on the verso, with his return..... More
Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blumt, 1802. 1st Edition. Octavo. 1802 1st Edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Newburyport editions are very scarce as many were burned in the Great Newburyport Fire..... More
Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blumt, 1807. 2nd Edition. Octavo. 1807 2nd Edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Newburyport editions are very scarce as many were burned in the Great Newburyport Fire..... More
Newburyport, MA: Edmund M. Blumt, 1811. 3rd Edition. Octavo. 1811 3rd Edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." This is the 3rd Edition, 2nd issue, being the first Edition after printing was..... More
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1851. Octavo. 1851 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first..... More
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1851. 20th Edition. Octavo. 1851 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published..... More
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1852. Octavo. 1852 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first..... More
New York: E. & G.W Blumt, 1852. Octavo. 1855 edition of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most influential work in the history of navigation. Bowditch published his first..... More
Boston, MA: Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1829-1839. 1st Edition. Quarto. An extremely rare complete five-volume set of the 1st Edition in English of this pioneering 18th-19th century navigator, limited to just 250 copies at the time of publication and the first important scientific work to be published in America..... More
London: Moore, John Hamilton, 1798. Octavo. A lovely 1798 edition of the precursor to "The New American Practical Navigator" by Nathaniel Bowditch, what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Widely regarded as the most..... More
Newburyport, MA: E. & G.W Blumt, 1800. 2nd Edition. Octavo. 1800 edition of the predecessor of what Howes calls the "First accurate navigator's guide' and an institution in Nautical writing, possibly the most important navigator in American history." Newburyport editions are very scarce as many were burned in the..... More