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1883153130Washington DC.: Government Printing Office. 1883. hardcover. very good with no dust jacket; wear to extremities. 8vo. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
182957255Washington: NP. Very Good. 1829. Paperback. Pamphlet disbound 20pp. some foxing good. 20th Congress 2d Session Rep. No. 62. Ho. of Reps. . NP paperback books
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 books
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 books
183349821New York: G & C & H Carvill 1833. First Edition. Octavo. Original pebble-grained boards; paper spine title; 1-78-1582pp. Backstrip partially detached ; spine label faded barely legible; text fresh and unmarked - Good or better. Ex-U.S. Naval Lyceum with ink pressure stamp to endpapers and title page with de-accession dated 1927 on verso of title page. Pencil ownership inscription of a "Thos. J. Manning U.S. Navy" at head of title page. Verso of final text leaf prints a brief list of errata. G & C & H Carvill unknown books
1868285943Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. The Bureau of Navigation Navy Department's booklet General Instructions for Hydrographic Surveyors. Dampstaining to the bottom edge of the second half of the textblock. Writing in ink on the front wrapper. Engraved plate of "Brooke's Deep Sea Sounding Apparatus" at the rear. Blue printed paper wrappers. Very Good. 62 pp. Very Good binding. Government Printing Office unknown books
185854442n.p. n.d. 1858. 8vo pp. 20; self-wrappers; fine. UC-Riverside and AAS only in OCLC. In 1855 while charting the Rio de Plata Basin the United States ship U.S.S. Water Witch was fired upon by a Paraguayan fort killing the helmsman Samuel Chaney. This outraged the U.S. government who along with the U.S. & Paraguay Navigation Company decided to bring the incident to the Supreme Court. In 1858 began the Paraguay Expedition the purpose of which was to demand an apology from the Paraguyan government and to address alleged insults against the Navigation Company. The result of the expedition was that Paraguay apologized the Chaney's family was indemnified and a new advantageous commercial treaty between Paraguay and the United States was forged. <br/><br/> unknown books
187838742Brazil 1878. Broadside. A few small holes affecting a few letters some folds reinforced on verso additions in manuscript. 20 3/4x29 inches. The Companhia Nacional de Navegação a Vapor replaced the Companhia Brasileira de Navegação a Vapor as the government sponsored line along the southern route in 1872. Montevidio was the furthest stop of this important Brazilian shipping company from which it also provided river service to upper Brazil. The broadside contains a listing of the rates of passage from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo as well as the limitations and restrictions for passengers which included a prohibition on weapons and flammable materials. unknown books
188025667New York City: Eastern Office Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand Avery & Co. Boston 1880. 59 1 blank pp large 17" x 19" folding Colton color map of Oregon Washington Territory part of Idaho. A few short splits along folds with no loss. Original printed wrapperssoiled and worn. Scattered spotting. A few small chips and wormholes at corners of outer leaves closed tear to title page no text loss. Good.<br/><br/> "To meet the constant and increasing demand for full information as to the climate and resources of both Eastern and Western Oregon the present pamphlet is issued. In this compilation use is made of matter entertained in pamphlets issued by Oregon State Board of Immigration. The reader is given a few of the disinterested opinions of travellers map and tables showing all that may be desired in order to arrive at a correct knowledge of this state as gathered from Facts and Figures."<br/>Adams Herd 1729. Eastern Office, Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., Boston unknown books
1882130Washington D.C.: 1882. 32 plates in full color. Very good with light wear. hardcover books
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, books
