furlong capt lawrence (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 4th Edition. 8vo leather bound volume. Spine chipped front board off rear trying. No front or rear endpapers. Has title preface and directions to the binder. Sadly their are no charts and 4 leaves page 147-150 and 187-190 are missing. A worm had a small meal on top edge of pages 137 thru 186. Contents have usual toning and scattered foxing but it never made it into the ocean so no tide marks.

Full leather. Zustand: Good. sixth edition. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. xii, 389 pp., plus 3 pgs of Newburyport nautical adverts. Full contemporary brown calf. All 15 map plates present. Sixth edition, as stated, 1809. Lacks ffep. Condition is GOOD ; front board deatched but present. The calf of the front is chipped with loss at edges. Spine and binding of text split at pg. 186, with a little looseness to pags immediately surrounding. Front pastedown shows a water stain but title pg has just a faint one, text does not show water stains but several plates do. Some plates have mild foxing as well, but overall they are quite clean and the folds good - Sable Island chart has darkest water staining, the Chesapeake fold-out has a little over-folding to the central one. Rear endpapers have more foxing. Naut. RGR.

Leather bound. Zustand: Good +. Fifth edition of Capt. Lawrence Furlong's The American Coast Pilot, belonging to Capt. Ebenezer Andrews of Dighton, Massachusetts. (illustrator). Fifth Edition. Octavo, xii, [2], [15]-408pp. Full leather, title "Blunt's Coasting Pilot" stamped on spine with gilt worn away. Leather covers rubbed and scuffed, worn along edges and corners. Front free endpaper and pastedown missing with hinge cracked, binding stable. Stated "October, 1806" at bottom of title page. Foxing to text pages, with occasional mild dampstaining. Front flyleaves are loose with fore edges tattered. Twelve maps (three folded), very good condition with some mild browning and a few dampstains, lacking map of Charleston Harbour. Handwritten notations on front and rear flyleaves and page 203. Contemporary owner's name in ink on front flyleaf: "Ebenezer Andrews / Dighton." A nice example of this early American navigational guide. Full title: The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the Principal Harbours, Capes and Headlands, from Passamaquoddy, through the Gulph of Florida; With Directions for sailing into the same, describing the Soundings, Bearings of the Light-houses and Beacons from the Rocks, Shoals, Ledges, &c. Together with the Courses and Distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to Georges' Bank, through the South and East Channels, and the setting of the Currents, With the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours on the Coast. Together with a Tide Table. Ebenezer Andrews was a sea captain who was born in Dighton, Massachusetts in 1785, later moving to Fall River in the 1820s. Capt. Andrews sailed the world, traveling to ports in South America, Europe and Asia. He was associated with a number of vessels during his career, either as master or part owner. Among the ships he commanded were the Hope, John Brown and Superior. In 1837, Capt. Andrews moved to Providence, Rhode Island, eventually becoming a merchant in the hay, grain and salt business. Retiring in 1848, Capt. Andrews returned to Dighton, where he died in 1858. He is buried in the Unitarian Church Cemetery.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Fair. 7th. One of 14 editions we are offering. ; 311 pages.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Fair. 3rd. No spine. Some chips and flaking on boards. Text block is somewhat loose, but still intact. Previous owner practiced writing his name on the blank free papers. Some pages are dog-eared. ; One of 14 editions we are offering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Very Good. 4th. Covers scuffed. Bookplate on inside front board. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Some foxing to some pages. ; Dark brown leather covers with paste-on leather title on spine. Six compartments on spine. Bookseller's advertisements at end. Eleven maps (plans) , including two fold-out maps. Tight binding and clean text except as noted. One of 14 editions we are offering. ; Folding Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 386 pages.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Good+. 2nd. Detached front board and free endpaper. ; One of 14 editions we are offering. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Fair. 6th. One of 14 editions we are offering. ; 389 pages.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Very Good. One half of spine on one side is split with the front cover. Pencilled inscription by previous owner, and provenance, on first free page. Thirteen maps, including three fold-outs. One fold-out map has been repaired with tape on some seams (Bay of Chesapeake). Another fold-out chart has two one inch closed tears at seams, no tape (Long Island Sound). ; 13 maps, including 3 folding. Heavy brown leather covers with paste-on leather title on spine. Tight binding and clean text. One of 14 editions we are offering. ; Folding Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 408 pages.

Third Edition, Second Issue with November ads on last leaf. xvi, [1], 18-251, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ownership inscription of Thomas H. Thomas with pencil note "Tuesday afternoon May 23, 1809/ Sailed from New York/ bound to Liverpool/ the ship Otis." Captain Thomas was master of the Ship Otis in 1811 bound for New York from Lisbon when he describesd the June 17 eruption of the Volcano on St. Michael's in the Azores. Evans 37483; Howes F421 Contemporary American tree calf, neatly rebacked xvi, [1], 18-251, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo Third Edition, Second Issue with November ads on last leaf.