The American Coast Pilot; Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors, Capes and Headlands on the Coasts of North and South America; Describing the Soundings, Bearings of the Lighthouses and Beacons from the Rocks, Shoals, Ledges with the Prevailing by Blunt, Edmund M - 1857

New York : Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1857. 18th Edition.. Hardcover. None. 739 pages, contains 4 fold-out maps and charts. 2 maps with tears, one detached, all present. Original calf covers with spine label. Edges worn, hinges cracked, some tan staining to some page margins. Soiling to rear end papers and text block, top and bottom edges. Overall good plus. Record # 512388

New York: Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1857. Eighteenth edition. Hardcover. Good. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. lii, 740 pages + ads, includes appendices of Oct. 1858, Jan. 1859, and Aug. 1859. Condition is Good; front joint cracked but holding, leather split down center of spine but binding is sound, light to moderate foxing on about 10% of pages, fold-out maps are very clean. STK

Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1833. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Containing Directions for the Principal Harrours [sp], Capes, and Headlands on the Coast of North and South America: Describing The Soundings, Bearings of the Lighthouses and Beacons from the Rocks, Shoals, Ledges, &c With the Prevailing Winds, Setting of the Currents, &c and the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours and Capes; Together with A Tide Table. Brown leather over boards. Rubbed and chipped along edges with loss to leather. Front board attached, rear board detached. Spine is worn with some loss, label detached on three edges. Covered with a burlap book cover that is stained, and taped. Rear board is detached, but all held together with book cover. Some notations on endpapers. Damp staining, foxing and worn edges. P240 torn, p219-222 signature attached at top stitch only p163-166 torn at fore edge, p72-73 stained. All maps and plates complete. All have folding… Read More

NY: Edmund and George W. Blunt. Very Good+. 1837. Hardcover. Contemporary (? ) full leather, appears to be expertly rebacked with probably new label. 13th edition, improved. Slight bumping to points, mild rubbing to edges. Scattered foxing; some damping, mostly confined to upper margins. PO name; PO inscription to verso of pp xix. All plates present in very nice condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xix,724,2 pages .

New York: Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1827. eleventh edition. Full leather. Good. 6 x 9 in. xvi, 676 pp., plus appendix [4 pp] plus adverts [16 pp]. Full contemporary brown calf with black calf spine label. Condition is GOOD ; front joint is cracked and holding only at the upper inch. The spine has some loss along that upper end, with loss of about 1/3 of the label. The text binding is pulled at pg 39, with the following 8 pgs loose but present. Twp pgs of text at pg 131 are detached but present. Pg 445 is detached but present. Covers also show long use, with slight loss at corners, which are bumped, and some surface wear and a few spots of paper stuck on. Text has some sections that are browned but readable, overall some toning and minor foxing. Ffep is lacking, if one existed. Title pg has some faint water stains. On some early pgs there are notes in ink in the margin, in a contemporary hand, notes about details of sailing conditions. On the front pastedown is a square sheet with notes on… Read More

New York: Edmund & George Blunt, 1850. 648pp/engraved maps (most fold-out). Contemporary calf with a morocco spine label (taped on); some light wear and foxing, but better than usual. 17 plans and charts (all presnt) and many coastal views text illustrations. Handwritten owner name on ffep and light notes inside front and rear covers. Text clean. Maps undamaged.. 16th Ed. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edmund & George W. Blunt, 1827. Leather. Acceptable. Edmund & George W. Blunt; NY, 1827. Hardcover. Eleventh edition. Fair to Good only, well worn leather, pre-lims missing up to title page but book seems complete otherwise, numerous fold out plates/charts, slight basement odor, archival tape to title page, in full period leather binding. 8vo[octavo or aprx 6 x 9 inches], 676pp., + 4pp appendix. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

New York: Published by Edmund and George W. Blunt, 154 Water-Street, corner of Maiden-Lane, July, 1833. Twelfth Edition. 8vo (9.25" x 6"), original full calf with gilt-stamped red lettering piece on spine. xviii, [2], 657 pp., [4], 19 charts, mostly fold-outs, early inscription on flyleaf. Twelfth edition. Inscription reads as follows "Bought April the 12th 1837, [?Meryman], Harpswell, Maine. Bought in Portland $3.50." CONDITION: Good, with warped covers, wear at extremities, damp-stains throughout, sound binding.

New York: Published by Edmund and George W. Blunt, 179 Water Street, 1847. 15th Edition. 17 maps, many folding. xxiii, 642 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Contemporary acid calf, red leather spine label, covers and joints scuffed but sound, small tear at head, Very Good, sound copy withal. 15th Edition. 17 maps, many folding. xxiii, 642 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo.

New York: Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1833. Twelfth Edition. Leather bound. Good. Twelfth edition of Edmund M. Blunt's The American Coast Pilot, belonging to Capt. Oren Crowell of Hyannis, Massachusetts.. Octavo, xviii, 657pp. Full contemporary calf in a hand-sewn cloth cover with stitching visible inside the volume's front and back covers. Stated "July 1833" at bottom of title page. Original owner's name painted on front panel of cloth cover, dated 1833. Cover torn and frayed with some loss, heavily soiled. Cloth cover has not been removed to inspect beneath. Leather which is visible is rubbed and worn through in places. Binding stable, but joints cracked with spine beginning to separate along the lower rear edge. Browning and dampstaining to text pages. A few closed tears and some dog-eared pages. Black stain on bottom edge of text block. All 19 maps present (many folded), most in very good condition with some browning and a few dampstains. Map of "Long Island Sound" is mounted on stiff paper and… Read More

Solid binding, clean interiors free of any markings. Light shelwear to bottom corner. tiny crease on the edge of page 115. Includes a CD rom of photos. 169 pages. Nonfiction. Sailing. Mountaineering. 0.25" X 7" X 10" 0.7cm X 18cm X 25.5cm Author describes three different adventures he went on: trekking in Nepal on a path along Annapurna in 1981, sailing a small catamaran along the New England Coast in 1983, and as crew on a replicate of James Cook's square rigged sailing ship Endeavor from Bermuda to the West Indies in 1998. There are black and white photos illustrating the text and a CD containing additional bonus photos of the voyages.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

Lighthouse Publications, 2002. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new- gift quality! 24 pages of factual information on Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, "Black Sam" Bellamy, "Calico Jack" Rackham, Charles Vane, Mary Read ann Anne Bonny illustrated with fine art and photos of artifacts on high quality, glossy paper. 0.9

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).

NY: French Line, 1949. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 20pp; illustrated throughout from photographs and full-color watercolor drawings by Richard Lindner. The text sets the scene as the Ship leaves New York harbor: "You are aboard the Ile de France--a completely rebuilt Ile de France." Described are: the Versailles Suite, the Chantilly Suite, the Cafe de Paris; First Class and Cabin Class dining and smoking rooms; theatre; reading room; gymnasium; tourist class salon, smoking room and bar. A 24-inch centerspread from a Lindner painting shows the Ile de France in full color. 12" x 8.25" Originally launched in 1927, the S.S. Ile de France was converted to a troopship in 1941. In 1947, the ship was returned to France, rebuilt, and launched on her second maiden voyage in 1949. This brochure celebrates the post-war, transatlantic Ile de France.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xxvii, 324pp, 16 color illustrations, 170 black and white illustrations. Tan buckram, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, rough-cut edges. Cover is clean and unworn, endpapers lightly foxed, a very occasional spot in margins, contents are overall very clean and sound, binding is tight, some pages still unopened. A very nice copy of a handsome publication. Dust jacket is heavily soiled, chipped and missing a large piece from rear panel.

Interesting vintage nautical map of the Pacific Ocean, from Fiji Island in the east to Samoan Island in the west. The map also shows Tonga and a few other islands in the South Pacific.Printed in London by Admiralty and under the supervision of the British Royal Navy. Size: 104 x 71 cmCondition: Lines of folding, some wrinkles, in very good condition overall.

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Country Of the Pointed Firs .Franklin Watts, ca 1986, A Keith Jennison Book. Large-Print Edition. RARE/SCARCE. EXLIB. VG Condition/ VG clear plastic dj. 8 ¾ x 11 3/8. 247 pages. Please see stock photo. Our copy is not stamped discard on the front cover and includes the RARE original white and green dust jacket for this edition. "A classic of American fiction, memorializing the traditions, manners and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the 20th century. In luminous evocations of their lives, Maine-born Jewett created startlingly real portraits of individual New Englanders, and a warm, humorous, and compassionate vision of New England Character."