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New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1846. Sixteenth new stereotype edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 318, 451 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with gold print on red banner. Boards in brown leather. Wear to spine caps and corners, front board is detached, wear to edges, spine tear repaired, peripheral toning, shelf wear. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, damp stains to edges, mild foxing throughout. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (folded map), drawings, plates, charts, tables. Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1376739. FP New Rockville Stock.
The New American Practical Navigator Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables Necessary to be Used with the Nautical Almanac, in Determining the Latitude and the Longitude by Lunar Observations... by Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838) - 1817
by Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838)
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The New American Practical Navigator Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables Necessary to be Used with the Nautical Almanac, in Determining the Latitude and the Longitude by Lunar Observations...
by Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838)
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New York: E. M. Blunt, (Proprietor,) and Samuel A. Burtus, 1817. 1/2 leather. Octavo. xvi, [2], 274, 280, [555]-597, [13] pages. Near Fine. Some light browning and foxing to text, a few shallow chips to fore edge of frontispiece fold-out chart.. Early edition of this important work on navigation. The extensive tables have in this edition been stereotyped for the first time, at significant expense. This is the first and only edition of Bowditch to show New York bookseller and stationer Samuel Burtus as a co-publisher. An interesting woodcut ad at rear depicts E. M. Blunt's four-story brick building at 202 Water Street, New York. Collated complete, with fold-out chart at frontispiece and 11 plates, 13 pages of ads at rear. Rebound in a modern half leather binding with marbled paper sides, spine titled in gilt on a red title block, with gilt and blind-stamped horizontal rules. CAMPBELL 7.
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- Format/Binding 1/2 leather. Octavo. xvi, [2], 274, 280, [555]-597, [13] pages
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine. Some light browning and foxing to text, a few shallow chips to fore edge of frontispiece fold-out chart.
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- Publisher E. M. Blunt, (Proprietor,) and Samuel A. Burtus
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1817
- Keywords Navigation, Sextant, Quadrants, Longitude, Position Finding
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THE NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR : BEING AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION CONTAINING ALL THE TABLES NECESSARY TO BE USED WITH THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC, IN DETERMINING THE LATITUDE AND THE LONGITUDE BY LUNAR OBSERVATIONS, AND KEEPING A COMPLETE RECKONING AT SEA ..
by Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
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THE NEW AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR : BEING AN EPITOME OF NAVIGATION, CONTAINING ALL THE TABLES NECESSARY TO BE USED WITH THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC, IN DETERMINING THE LATITUDE AND THE LONGITUDE BY LUNAR OBSERVATIONS, AND ..
by Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838; Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll, 1806-1889
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New York: E. & G.W. Blunt, 1851. Twentieth new stereotype edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xix, 317, 458 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is brown with author's name in ink. Boards covered in brown cloth sewn over original leather. Wear to spine caps, soiling, smudging/shelf wear. Text block has name in pencil on front flyleaf, cracked hinges, penciled notation on endpapers, mild amount of foxing throughout, damp stain on final pages. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (map) and plates (some folded). NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1373179. FP New Rockville Stock.
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