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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Cooking, Cookbook) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Book Club edition. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Original green cloth with gilt lettering. Minor traces of use, else in good condition. Dustjacket present but rather damaged. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. This is Volume II of Andrew Mackay s The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea or Land (1801, second edition, improved and enlarged), an important early 19th century manual on practical navigation and astronomical calculation. Mackay, a Scottish mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, produced one of the most thorough guides of its time for mariners, surveyors, and navigators, covering the determination of longitude and latitude, compass variation, and the application of newly refined tables. The determination of longitude at sea was one of the great scientific challenges of the 17th and 18th centuries. Unlike latitude, which could be established using the sun s elevation, longitude required accurate timekeeping or precise astronomical measurements to determine a ship s position east or west. Before the widespread use of marine chronometers and the adoption of the lunar distance method, navigators often faced grave uncertainty, which led to shipwrecks and navigational errors. Mackay s work offered systematic explanations, mathematical tables, and fold-out diagrams to help mariners apply these emerging techniques in practice, representing the cutting edge of navigational science at the dawn of the 19th century. This volume contains the working tables, explanations, and 4 fold-out plates, illustrating the practical application of the methods described in the text. Its focus on computation and the use of astronomical observations reflects the period s critical efforts to improve maritime safety and global navigation. The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea or Land: To Which are Added, Various Methods of Determining the Latitude of a Place, and Variation of the Compass; With New Tables. The Second Edition, Improved and Enlarged. In Two Volumes. Volume II. By Andrew Mackay (Note: This is Vol. II only). Printed for the Author, by J. Chalmers & Co, Aberdeen. Sold by W. Heather, J. White, J. Wallis; and D. Steel, London; D. Akenhead and Sons, Newcastle; F. Hill and A. Constable, Edinburgh; Brash & Reid, Glasgow; and A. Brown, Aberdeen. 1801 Second edition. This volume provides detailed explanations of how to use the comprehensive tables and carry out the necessary calculations. At the rear are 4 fold-out Plates. A very good hardback in full contemporary calf with gilt lined spine, and red morocco title label with gilt. Leather with some light and bumping. Some rubbing to joints, but all soundly bound. Some losses to the label. Text is clean and bright throughout and fold-outs are clean and intact. Text in English. viii + 28pp text + 29-257pp Tables + 258-264pp text + 4 fold-out Plates (V-VIII; all Plates as called for in this volume). Weight approximately 456g (unpacked). Approx Dimensions: 225mm high x 242mm wide x 27mm deep.…

Zustand: BUONO USATO. Piano Solos-Fifth series INTERLINGUE Spartito per pianoforte solo, in buono stato, coperta illustrata in cartoncino, bordo e punte appena consunti, strappetti, piega, macchie di umiditÃ, foro su piatto inferiore, pagine con tracce di fioritura sul margine. Fa parte della collana Piano solos-Fifth series. Numero Pagine 9.…

VOLUME 1 all published 1809, first published 1793 apparently in Parts with 28 plates, and according to ESTC the first 28 plates in the 1809 edition are the same illustrations as the 1793 edition (Volume 2 was never published). 4to approximately 230 x 160 mm, 9 x 6½ inches, 54 hand coloured plates, with explanatory text, plates 13 and 45 have a following plate with the same number given a star, no duplication of image, just the numbering, pages: [5], vi-ix [3], ii, ii, [102], followed by A Systematical Arrangement 1-28, (page "B" has a correction to text probably by author or printer, changing wav- to hav), rebound in full crushed black morocco, gilt lettered green title label to spine, gilt lettering and decoration with date to spine, gilt floral decoration to corners of both covers, gilt rule to edges of covers, marbled endpapers. Pale age-browning to 4 leaves of prelims, pale offsetting to many text pages facing the plates, occasional small pale spot, a very good tight handsome copy. See John Challinor, The History of British Geology, page 17, No.62; William Upcott, A Bibliographical Account of Principal Works Relating to English Topography, 143; A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, Volume 4, page 67; East Midlands Geological Society, biography by Trevor Ford, listed on Google; DNB. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. …