THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AND SEAMAN'S NEW DAILY ASSISTANT BEING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, IMPROVED, AND RENDERED EAFY TO ANY COMMON CAPACITY : THE WHOLE EXEMPLIFIED IN A JOURNAL KEPT FROM LONDON TO MADEIRA, AND BACK TO ENGLAND
by Moore, John Hamilton
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for and sold by B Law (et al), 1782. Hardcover. Very Good. 13.5 cm x 22 cm. xi + [5] + 304 pp, numerous, un paginated, logarithmic, latitude, lunar/solar tables + [2]pp. Plate of projections, + folding plate of the solar system, + map. Contents clean and tight with contemporary signature to front paste down 3 cm closed tear to lower blank margin of 1 page just touching 2 lines of text no loss. Bound in full contemporary tan calf with raised bands, rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. 3.5 cm crack to spine edges at head tail. The binding tight with no stains. .
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- Hereward Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003115
- Title
- THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AND SEAMAN'S NEW DAILY ASSISTANT BEING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, IMPROVED, AND RENDERED EAFY TO ANY COMMON CAPACITY : THE WHOLE EXEMPLIFIED IN A JOURNAL KEPT FROM LONDON TO MADEIRA, AND BACK TO ENGLAND
- Author
- Moore, John Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for and sold by B Law (et al)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1782
- Keywords
- MADEIRA, NAVIGATOR, NAVIGATION.
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