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18966694Washington. Government Printing Office. 1896. Bound in gilt titled royal blue cloth. Square 8vo. First Edition. Mild scuffing to covers corners gently rubbed mild foxing to prelims. A Very Good copy. Government Printing Office. hardcover
188740498N.p.: N.p. 1887. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. Outer wrappers faintly soiled and mildly edgeworn. Probable sole edition of this bibliographically-cryptic pamphlet presenting the case of Lefferts W. Lloyd Catherine W. Mitchell and Samuel F. Engs each the administrator of the estate of a deceased versus the United States in this "French Spoliation Claim" -- claims made by U.S. citizens against France Holland and Spain for ships and goods seized by privateers prior to September 30 1800 at ports controlled by those countries -- a rather sizeable and definitely bizarre category of strange maritime documents with claims made by descendants into the 20th century. This particular claim involves John and Abraham Franklin and their ship "Hunter" commanded by William Whitlock. In 1798 she sailed from New York headed for France and then China but was captured by a Spanish and then a French privateer -- it all gets hairy and convoluted but in the end the ship and goods were damaged and the descendants seek $75000 in damages. N.p. paperback
61188LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY. Report of the Board of Managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company to the Stockholders. January 9 1843. Phila.: Printed by William S. Young 1843. 1st ed. 30 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very light scattered foxing else a very good copy. The report details expenses due to the great flood of January 1841 which necessitated repairs to be made from the mouth of the Lehigh to Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania with more work on the upper section of the river still to be done. Scarce Worldcat locates only six copies. unknown
181539889Lisbon: Simao Thaddeo 1815. hardcover. very good. 144pp. 8vo. Lisbon 1813. Second Edition. BOUND WITH: Taboa da Declinacao do Sol ao Meio Dia no Meridiano da Cidade de Lisboa . IV 64pp. 8vo full leather. Lisbon 1815. Scarce. Very good.<br/> <br/> Tables of latitude and longitude for marine navigation.<br/> <br/> Simao Thaddeo unknown
1747234865London: Printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page 1747. Later approximately eleventh edition. Illustrated with woodcuts diagrams and tables. 272 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Modern quarter blue morocco and cloth. Half-title and title leaves silked at upper margin early mild dampstaining to text; a good solid copy. Later approximately eleventh edition. Illustrated with woodcuts diagrams and tables. 272 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First published in 1694 and innumerable times since throughout the 18th-century. Printed for W. and J. Mount, and T. Page unknown
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191521548New York: Colonial Navigation Company. 1915. Softcover. Very Good-. One page separated and with staple binding weakening.; A stapled illustrated brochure promoting the steam ships Concord and Lexington as well as the; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 12 pages . Colonial Navigation Company paperback
3975Portland Oregon:: The Company; Press of C. H. Crocker . Fifty-nine halftones on 32 pp. Oblong 8vo dark gray/green pictorial wrappers. The Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Company was organized in 1891 by Captain U. B. Scott and John Leary. On p. 1 the company’s real name is revealed by "Compliments of Columbia River and Puget Sound Navigation Co. Portland Oregon" which was nicknamed the White Collar Line. [Portland, Oregon:: The Company; Press of C. H. Crocker, ,. unknown
1839331758London: Smith Elder and Co 1839. Softcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. Disbound. 49pp. folding map. Lacking wrappers; title page and folding map detached from sewing; good. A scarce report establishes an early point for the English empire’s interest in establishing a steam boat line in India and the methods by which they proposed to go about doing so. Commercial manufacturers and various merchants from Manchester Liverpool and India were enlisted to support the proposal and the report outlines navigational routes estimations of cost and the enthusiasm of changing maritime trading methods up and down the Ganges. The idea for an East India Inland Steam Navigation Company apparently began percolating in 1837 and this report fits nicely within the small pantheon of material devoted to this literature. Not in OCLC. One copy found at the British Library. Smith, Elder and Co unknown
1710ABC_46964The Netherlands 1710. Contemporary flexible paperboards. Folio 33.5 x 21.5 cm. With more than 300 mathematical figures and illustrations mainly full- half- and quarter-circle diagrams. The Dutch text is written in a clearly legible 18th-century cursive hand in brown ink. Early 18th-century Dutch manuscript on the art of navigation based on Klaas de Vries Schat-kamer ofte konst der stuurlieden . 1702. De Vries taught mathematics in Amsterdam his work proved very popular and appeared in numerous editions between 1702 and 1818. The author of the present manuscript unknown but was most likely a student of mathematics possibly even a student of De Vries himself at the beginning of the 18th century.The manuscript deals with several subjects regarding navigation including many different calculations for calendars for example the golden number the tides and determining the time at night. Furthermore theories and examples of correcting compass declination and determining the time of sunrise and sunset from the declination of the sun in combination with the pole star map reading and course calculation. It ends with approximately 50 sample problems in trigonometry and geometry showing the student author's mathematical work.Binding soiled edges frayed lacking the first 7 leaves quires 3 and 5 detached. With several ink stains the ink has bled through some leaves. Otherwise in good condition. An interesting manuscript on navigation probably from a Dutch student ca. 1702/13.l For De Vries's work: The Crone library 374 1st ed 1702. hardcover
151860240Seattle WA & Portland OR; San Francisco: Oregon Steam Navigation Company OSN Lithographers Britton Rey & Co. May 15 1874. Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 5.25 in. 1 lithographed stock certificate printed in red & black image of OSN sidewheeler decorative borders signed by Wygant Ainsworth & Thompson at lower fore-edge transfer printed on verso signed by Edwin M. Lewis to Mrs. Kate J. Jones w/ stamps of paid dividends in 1878 and 1880. A nicely lithographed and rare original stock certificate issued in 1874 by Jay Cooke and the Northern Pacific Railroad to raise money for OSN after many of its original stockholders had sold out in 1867 as the Company continued to compete with Ben Holladay’s Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Unfortunately OSN became entangled with the declining financial woes of the Northern Pacific to the extent that by 1879 Henry Villard representing German Bondholders in 1879 purchased the OSN paid off the certificate holders by 1880 and the company disappeared into Villard’s transcontinental railroad. Edwin Lewis in Shasta OR transferred this certificate to Kate J. Jones May 1 1875 and shows the stamps of being paid off in dividends when the Northern Pacific absorbed OSN’s four railroads 26 steamboats and real estate in Portland Astoria The Dalles Umatilla OR and Vancouver WA. Oregon Steam Navigation Company (OSN), Lithographers, Britton, Rey & Co., unknown
171959230Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1917; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. ix 1 4 364 pp.; 19 mimeograph leaves. With 2 large folding colour map. First vol. in black publisher’s buckram silver lettering stamped on front cover & spine minor shelfwear slight interior toning shelfwear 2nd vol. mimeographed typescript & stapled at gutter margin minor dustsoiling edgewear predation to lower fore-edge tear to last leaf of blank lower portion still a VG set. First editions of these coast pilot guides to Arctic waters during and after World War I issued about the time of the Russian Revolution and offered key navigational guides for Naval forces during the ill-fated White Russia Revolution and over 13000 troops in the Polar Bear Expedition. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Russian & British sources but also sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The two maps serve as indexes to sailing charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office and keyed to sailing instructions within the coast pilots. The supplement is uncommon no copies located in Worldcat. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
192059233Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1930. Seven vols. 8vo. 4 365 1; 584; v 1 4 447 1 pp.; 2 22; 1; 2 57 1; 1 36 2 leaves. With 3 large folding colour maps numerous photo plates elevation views. Three uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front covers & spines edgewear dustsoiling very slight uniform toning bowing to covers on vol. III some scuffing supplements all w/ self-printed softcovers edgewear rippling toning to fore-edges some predation still a G set w/ maps in bright condition. First editions stated of these uncommon coast pilot guides to Australian waters drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding Australia as well as those for the East Indies Pilot. First editions of these Hydrographic Office pilots are quite scarce and seldom seen with the supplements. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
192659234Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1926; 1930. Two vols. 8vo.viii 478 pp.; 1 22; 1 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. First vol. in tan publisher’s buckram black lettering front cover & spine minor soiling spotting fore-edges of covers darkening to spine very slight uniform interior toning; 2nd. vol. w/ self-printed softcovers toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG set. Second edition stated of vol. I and 1st edition of Supplement. These uncommon coast pilot guides to Eastern Mediterranean waters the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov draw upon British Royal Navy Ottoman Empire & Turkish coast pilots Russian & U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding the Black Sea as well as detailing those for the extensive set of the Mediterranean Sea. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
192059237Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920-1940. Five vols. 8vo. vi 638; v 1 287 1; 8 390 pp.; 1; 2 17 1 leaves. With 5 large folding colour maps numerous plates showing elevations. Three volumes uniformly bound in blue publisher’s buckram gilt lettering front cover & spine darkening to spines fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling slightly shaken Supplements in self-printed softcovers edgewear toning to fore-edges minor chipping still VG- set. Third editions revised & updated of vols. I & II second edition of vol. II and 1st editions of both scarce Supplements of these coast pilot guides to British Columbia including lower Alaska and upper Washington in the years between the World Wars. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Brazilian Argentine and British coast pilots as well as sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates the requisite coast pilots for sailing in B.C. waters and charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office while the second maps depict the sailing routes to Asia the Soviet Union and the Arctic across the Pacific. Both editions of Vol. II are offered here with the expanded 3rd edition featuring nearly double the material and extra map of the 2nd. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
192759226Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1927-1928. Two vols. 8vo. 8 viii 424; 6 v 1 446 pp. With 4 large folding colour maps 1 double-sided elevation maps showing harbor entrances numerous photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine darkening to spine fore-edges minor shelfwear dustsoiling still VG set. Third & Seventh editions revised & updated of these coast pilot guides to Central America and Mexico in the 1920’s. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions often drawing not only from Mexican and West Indies sources but also governmental publications in the Panama Canal sailing reports from U.S. Navy vessels and those from merchant ships. The first large map delineates not only the requisite coast pilots for sailing in American waters but also the charts to be ordered from the Hydrographic Office. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
192459232Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1924; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. 608 pp.; 1 32 1 leaves. With1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in light-green publisher’s buckram black lettering stamped on front cover & spines slight uniform toning darkening to spines shelfwear 2nd vol. w/ self-printed softcovers toning & minor predation minor chipping to fore-edges still VG- set w/ map in bright condition. Second edition of vol. 1 substantially revised & expanded 1st of 2nd of these very scarce coast pilot guides to waters of Indonesia drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian Southeast Asian Polynesian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The map outlines the available charts for those covering the difficult sailing conditions through Java the Celebes Borneo Sumatra the Gulf of Siam the Celebes Timor and more. Worldcat locates only 4 copies of the first vol. Yale NYPL BN Mexico Stattsbibliotheck Berlin & 1 copy of the 2nd U of W. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
171959235Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1917-1930. Nine vols. 8vo. x 4 470; 4 687 1; ix 1 586; ix 1 750 pp. plus publisher’s ads; ii 38; 5; 1 47; 1 60 3; 1 35 7 leaves. With 4 large folding colour maps. Four uniformly bound in tan publisher’s buckram black lettering front covers & spines minor soiling spotting fore-edges of covers darkening to spines very slight uniform interior toning; remaining Supplement vols. w/ self-printed softcovers toning to fore-edges minor chipping minor soiling chipping still VG set. First edition stated of vol. III and Supplements 2nd editions of other three vols. of these surprisingly scarce coast pilot guides to the Mediterranean Sea encompassing the coasts of Spain Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt Palestine Turkey the Balearics and more draw upon British Royal Navy Ottoman Empire & Turkish coast pilots North African Russian & U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The maps outlines the available charts for the designated areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea as well as detailing those for the Black Sea volume. Very uncommon to find complete set with all supplements to 1930. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
18471008098vo slate blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind illustrated with frontispiece and folding charts viii 21 429 3 24 pp.Wear to spine ends spine faded small splits to joints hinges cracked copious nautical notes to endpapers slight aging but text and charts are generally clean and unworn; about very good. This is rare first edition of what is known as "The Atlantic Navigator" which includes detailed sailing instructions for the North and South Atlantic. Includes ten folding charts and much of the text is from various captains and navigators familiar the routes contained in this work. The first numbered section of 21 pages is an 1847 supplement and the catalogue at the rear is dated 1851. Sabin noting 2300 only an 1854 fourth edition. James Imray,
192259239Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1922; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. v 1 4 397 1 pp.; 1 60 2 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine darkening to spine shelfwear minor scuffing; 2nd vol. Supplement in self-printed softcovers toning chipping & tears to fore-edges minor creasing to corner still VG- set. Third edition stated of vol. I 1st edition of Supplement vol. of these surprisingly scarce coast pilot guides detailing the sailing directions for the treacherous coasts of Great Britain France Belgium Netherlands German & Denmark notoriously treacherous for sailing and powered vessels. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions drawing upon British French German Dutch & Danish sailing directions and charts. Worldcat locates no copies of the Supplement. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback
192659231Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1926-1928. Two vols. 8vo. xxxii 4 788; ix 1 619 pp. With 5 large folding colour maps 2 double-sided. Uniformly bound in light-green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front covers & spines slight uniform toning darkening to spines shelfwear still VG set w/ maps in bright condition. Third editions revised & expanded of these coast pilot guides to waters of the South Pacific Southeast Asia and Australasia encompassing New Zealand New Guinea the Gilbert Caroline Marshall Fiji Samoan Hawaiian New Hebrides and Indonesian Islands drawing upon British Royal Navy coast pilots Australian Southeast Asian Polynesian and U.S. Navy reports. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions. The map outlines the available charts for the entire Pacific. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, hardcover
1955ABC_47446London 1955. 8vo. Published for the Hydrographic Department Admiralty Original blue cloth with yellow lettering on the spine and the front board the supplement is loosely inserted at the end of the volume: original printed paper wrappers stapled. With a folding map printed on both sides 2 coloured plates with diagrams printed on both sides 28 plates showing coastlines and occasionally a map many printed on both sides and many some illustrations in text. 2 LI = LIII: II plus 1 1 blank 1 blank 518 1 1 blank pp; Supplement: 20 pp. The essential standard sailing directions for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden corresponding with zone NP64 on the official Admiralty charts. These nautical works - pilot guides and charts - were published by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office which provides the necessary hydrographic and marine geospatial data to all kinds of maritime organisations across the world. The publications are not only used by the British Royal Navy but can also be found on board the majority of international merchant ships. The data provided in the pilot guides and other publications are compliant with SOLAS the Safety of Life at Sea treaty guidelines and are updated constantly in weekly "Notices to mariners" and supplements to and new editions of the pilot guides whenever necessary.The present copy is the 10th edition 1955 of the pilot guide with sailing directions and other information on the weather currents radar ranges etc. relating to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden including the supplement issued in 1957. It includes an erroneous "advertisement to the eight edition" by the Hydrographer of the Navy Rear-Admiral Kenneth St Barbe Collins 1904-1982. The advertisement states that with the publication of "the ninth edition" presumably this volume the previous edition and its supplements are cancelled since the most up-to-date information has been compiled in the new edition and the weekly "Notices to mariners" that appeared after the publication of the 11th edition. The 10th edition of 1955 and its 1957 supplement were made redundant with the publication of the 11th edition in 1967. Each subsequent edition of the pilot supersedes the last which have appeared infrequently depending on newly available information from the mid-19th century until the present day.The front paste-down and recto of the first free endpaper contain a "caution" notice and room for the notation of "supplements and annual summaries of notices to mariners relating to this book" the first two pages are printed on red-pink paper. The binding shows minor signs of wear around the spine and corners of the boards the gutter after page II is somewhat weakened the head edge of the wrappers of the supplement are very slightly browned. Otherwise in very good condition. hardcover
1967ABC_46470London: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 1967. Grey-blue back wrapper; the two quires map and back wrapper held together by two metal staples. Blue cloth with title information in yellow on front cover and spine the supplement loosely inserted at the end of the volume. Large 8vo. The main work with 3 maps including 2 folding and 82 views of coastal profiles on 52 plates. The supplement with 2 folding maps on the two sides of a single folding leaf and 4 views of coastal profiles on 3 pages. With: NAVIGATION - RED SEA - PILOT GUIDE. Supplement No. 7 - 1977 to Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot eleventh edition 1967 corrected to 4th March 1977 Whenever reference is made to the pilot this supplement must be consulted.London United Kingdom Hydrographic Office 1977. The essential standard sailing directions for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden corresponding with zone NP64 on the official Admiralty charts. These nautical works - pilot guides and charts - were published by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office which provides the necessary hydrographic and marine geospatial data to all kinds of maritime organisations across the world. The publications are not only used by the British Royal Navy but can also be found on board the majority of international merchant ships. The data provided in the pilot guides and other publications are compliant with SOLAS the Safety of Life at Sea treaty guidelines and are updated constantly in weekly "Notices to mariners" and supplements to and new editions of the pilot guides whenever necessary.The present copy is the 11th edition 1967 of the pilot guide with sailing directions and other information on the weather currents radar ranges etc. relating to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden including the supplement issued in 1977. The first two pages are printed on red-pink paper. Binding slightly rubbed and faded board edges very slightly soiled fore-edge of the supplement slightly frayed. Overall in good condition. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, hardcover
1955K3CC18ANEAK3London: published by the Hydrographic Department Admiralty 1955. Original blue cloth with title on spine and front board; supplement with original printed paper wrappers. 8vo. With a folding map printed on both sides 2 coloured plates with diagrams printed on both sides 28 plates showing coastlines and occasionally a map many printed on both sides and many some illustrations in text. Including: Supplement no. 1-1957 relating to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden pilot tenth edition . Tenth edition of a work "comprising sailing directions for the Suez canal the Gulf of Suez and the central track for power vessels through the Red sea Straits of Bab-al-Mandab and Gulf of Aden ." p. III and more areas. Besides navigation it deals with the climate weather and ocean streams of the area. The first chapter also gives and "general description of countries bordering the Red sea and Gulf of Aden" p. V. Including two copies of the supplement. Spine slightly discoloured otherwise in very good condition. published by the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, hardcover
192059238Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office Hydrographic Office U.S. Navy 1920; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. viii 4 577 1 pp.; 1 38 1 leaves. With 1 large folding colour map. 1st vol. in green publisher’s buckram gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine darkening to spine shelfwear deep embossed circular indentation at gutter margin where brass weight held book open; 2nd vol. Supplement in self-printed softcovers toning chipping & tears to spine still G set. Second edition stated of vol. I 1st edition of Supplement vol. of these surprisingly scarce coast pilot guides detailing the sailing directions for the treacherous coasts of Norway & Sweden notoriously treacherous for sailing and powered vessels. Prior to modern GPS systems and satellite navigation these regularly updated and revised navigation handbooks provided key sailing instructions drawing upon British Norwegian Swedish & Danish coast pilots. Worldcat locates only 1 copy of the Supplement U of W. Government Printing Office, Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, paperback