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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. xlviii, 472. Engraved text figures. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and matching boards, original lettring-pieces mounted on cover and spine with a floral-shape shelf label; wear to spine head, old institutional stamp to first free endpaper, and another, almost invisible, to title-page. In a very good condition. ~ Third edition, revised and corrected by Alex G. Findlay. First published in 1837, the work went through several editions. I-1. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 4th Edition. Fourth edition, "Revised and Corrected from Recent Authorities". 8vo. pp. vi, 160; a few illusts. or plans to text; minor age-toning, ex library of the Marinens Bibliotek (Copenhagen) with inkstamp to title-page, else very good in contemporary (?original) wrappers with paper label to upper wrapper (titled "The New Sailing Directory"), worn to extremities, old inkstamp to label. An uncommon sailing directory for the West Indies. Though issued for use with the chart mentioned in the title, most such directories were sold separately from the charts to which they relate, and in many instances both directories and charts are hard to find. This volume previously formed part of the holdings of the Danish Marinens Bibliotek, the centre for Naval and maritime research in Copenhagen. …

In Relation to the Probable Ultimate Sources of the Nile.Large folding map. 8vo. Original black on green printed wrappers. 20pp. [London, "Read before the Royal Geographical Society, June 3, 1867."Findlay seeks to provide evidence to support Livingstone's conviction that Lake Tanganyika was the true source of the Nile. Findlay was a renowned geographer and cartographer.…

In Relation to the Probable Ultimate Sources of the Nile.Large folding map. 8vo. Original green printed wrappers. 16pp. [London, "Read before the Royal Geographical Society, June 3, 1867.".

London, R.H. Laurie, 1853. Orig. boards, later clothbacked. With orig. printed titlelabel pasted on frontboard. Stamps on title-page. Covers with traces of use. XIV,582 pp. + (6) pp. of printers catalogue of Charts. One folded engraved map (Coursed of various Hurricanes), textillustrations (lighthouses, coastal profiles etc.). A few scattered brownspots.…

London, R.H. Laurie, 1847. Contemp. boards, later clothbacked and with the printed part of the original frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamps on title-page. XXVI,202 pp. Some even browning to the first leaves, otherwise fine. Sabin, 66691.

Lodnon, Richard Holmes Laurie 1854. XII,224 pp. Contemp. wrappers. 8vo. - Spine damaged; backcover & last pages stained. - With (cancelled) bookplate of the Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam. Extremely rare fourth edition of this sailing guide for the Brazilian coast (only one copy of the 4th edition registered in Worldcat). Of the of various editions issued between 1838 and 1862 only 12 copies are listed on OCLC. This work was issued to accompany Laurie's new general chart of the coasts, entitled 'General chart of the coasts of Brasil, &c., from the River Para to Buenos Ayres; with particular plans of the harbours.'.…