Bache alexander d (13 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 559, v pages. This is a sound copy of the text volume. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth good, wear to edges, foot of spine worn and slightly frayed, loss of ca one inch from head of spine, with a repair by colored tape, rhodent damage to foot of rear panel and to foot of textblock; inner hinges sturdy, "compliments of A.D. Bache" printed on a small slip and affixed to front pastedown, contents moderately foxed but otherwise unmarked, a tear with minor loss to the lower fore-corner of the final two leaves. 860 grams.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

First separate edition [from Blunt's American Coast Pilot, 1857, pp. 47-53]. 8vo. pp. [47]-53 pp. [p. 52 blank]. Folding "Chart of the Gulf Stream" (from Florida to Long Island) slight tear where attached; folding plate of tables with some foxing. Last two pages and the folding plate have old tidelines. "Taken as a whole, Bache's instructions [for the survey of the Gulf Stream] encompass physical, chemical, geological, and biological oceanography. He also touched on the interaction of meteorology and oceanography . the underlying philosophy of observation and parameters to be observed remains the same for today's oceanographers as they were for Bache's captains" (NOAA online). OCLC locates nine copies, none in southern research institutions. Lacks wrappers.…

First separate edition [from Blunt's American Coast Pilot, 1857, pp. 47-53]. 8vo. pp. [47]-53 pp. [p. 52 blank]. Folding "Chart of the Gulf Stream" (from Florida to Long Island), folding plate of tables. "Taken as a whole, Bache's instructions [for the survey of the Gulf Stream] encompass physical, chemical, geological, and biological oceanography. He also touched on the interaction of meteorology and oceanography . the underlying philosophy of observation and parameters to be observed remains the same for today's oceanographers as they were for Bache's captains" (NOAA online). OCLC locates nine copies, none in southern research institutions. Original plain blue wrappers (chipped and worn, manuscript author/title on front wrapper); ex-Franklin Institute, with its full range of markings. Good copy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good overall. Complete volume with all the maps, the Coast Survey for 1852, the personal copy of Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, the topographer who undertook the first large scale topographical survey of New Jersey. Includes maps and charts extending from the Atlantic coast's Davis' South shoal (off Nantucket, Massachusetts) down to the Gulf and Galveston Bay, and of the California coast including San Francisco. "The City of San Francisco and its Vicinity" plan extends from Point San Quentin up to Tonquin Shoal, and shows all the wharfs and street grid laid out. The San Clemente Harbor and Cuyler's Harbor map with two engraved views of the harbors by William Birch McMurtrie (1816 - 1872) (J. No. 5), and 17 additional McMurtrie engraved views at 'Western coast from San Francisco to San Diego' (J. No. 9). The maps and charts include these named locations: Davis' South shoal, Chincoteague Inlet, Seacoast of Delaware, Maryland, and part of Virginia, Cape Fear, Ocracoke Inlet, New River, Hatteras Inlet, Savannah River, North and South Edisto and Saint Helena Sound, Cedar Keys, Bahia Honda, Key Biscayne, Key West and Dry Tortugas, Key West Harbor, St. Marks, Mobile Bay, Horn Island Pass, Cat Island tides, Galveston Bay, San Francisco Bay and Vicinity, Monterey Harbor, Catalina Harbor, San Pedro Harbor, City of San Francisco and Vicinity, Cuyler's Harbor, Harbors of Santa Cruz, San Simeon, Coxo and San Luis Obispo, Western coast from San Francisco to San Diego, and Columbia River. The map numbered G, No. 3, "Reconnaissance of the Bar and Channel of St. Marks" appears twice, both at its intended location and again at H, No. 3 (Reconnaissance of the Passes of the Delta of the Mississippi"), evidently a printer's error. 4to, vi, [4], [3]-173pp, [3] pages, [37] folded leaves of plates. Black gilt stamped buckram, with gilt title at front board and spine. Corners bumped, spine ends chipped and cloth split along spine edges. Internally, blank ownership plate laid down at front paste down, ownership stamp 'C. C. Vermeule' at ffep. Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule was a topographer who undertook the first large scale topographical survey of New Jersey. The folding maps in very good condition; the California maps especially bright and clean. OCLC: 8352527.…

Zustand: Good. Handcolored lithograph. Handcolored lithograph. Some clean tears along the many folds. 69 x 88 cm.