Furlong captain lawrence (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later cloth. 8vo. 386pp, 6pp ads. Fourth edition. Illustrated with 11 charts (2 folding). Collated and complete with "Directions to the Binder" leaf. A rare edition of Blunt's "American Coast Pilot", the first book of American sailing directions published in the United States. The author was nominally Captain Lawrence Furlong, a prominent Massachusetts ship captain, but Blunt was the primary author, using Furlong's name to gain credibility for his work. The first edition was issued in 1796 and covered the entire east coast of the United States, including the Gulf Coastal waters, Caribbean, and eastern coast of South American. It relied on verbal descriptions of sailing directions, tidetables, tables of latitudes and longitudes of principal harbors and navigational landmarks. This Fourth edition was the first to include charts. There are charts of: Portland harbor, Portsmouth harbor, Newburyport harbor, Annis Squam harbor, the Isle of Sable, Boston harbor, Newport harbor, New York harbor, the Bay and River Delaware (folding), the Bay of Chesapeake (folding), and Charleston harbor. In terms of condition this is a good to very good copy with some heavy browning to portions of the text, particularly the first 130 pages preceding the first chart. The charts are in very good condition with some spotting and browning to the surface and margins. They are printed on heavy paper stock. The Boston harbor chart is a bit loose with some light chipping to the right edge and a small fold to the bottom corner. The other charts are free of any chips or tears. The page of text between the Isle of Sable and Boston charts is torn at the right side but complete. HOWES F-421; SABIN 26219.…

Full calf. Zustand: Near fine. Third Edition. Octavo, xvi, [1], 18-251pp, [5pp ads]. Original full tree calf, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine. Stated "Third Edition" on title page. Published without maps or plates, the same as the first edition from 1796. Slight separation of boards at head and tail of spine, text block remains solid. Rear hinge reinforced, foxing to endpapers, a near fine example. Previous sale price written in ink on front free endpaper. Two states noted: One has booksellers' advertisements for West & Greenleaf and for E. & S. Larkin on page 255-256, and is dated "Boston, November 26, 1800" at foot of page 256. The other has advertisements for Thomas C. Cushing and for Thomas Biggs, and is dated "Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1800." This copy is the latter. (Campbell 3) (Howes F421) (Evans 33772) (Sabin 26219) (ESTC Citation No. W37197). Full title: The American Coast Pilot; Containing 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. Connected And Improved By The Most Experienced Pilots In The United States - Also, Information To Masters Of Vessels, Wherein The Manner Of Transacting Business At The Custom Houses Is Fully Elucidated. The scarce third edition of The American Coast Pilot by Captain Lawrence Furlong. (illustrator).…