American Practical Navigator : An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy (H.O. No. 9)
by Bowditch, Nathaniel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (+)/No Jacket
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About This Item
Washigton DC: U.S. Hydrographic Office of the Secretary of the Navy, 1926 Standard aid to the practice of navigation. This is the first edition in which time is accounted for from midnight to midnight (formerly accounted for from noon to noon). Condition notes: 849 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, small device on title p; early and late pages well foxed, a.e. sunned, Pacific Marine supply stamp title p. Cover: tan buckram, black titles and linework front/spine; modest shelfwear, top front corner bumped, overall soil. Classic reference. Heavy.
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- Independent Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036661
- Title
- American Practical Navigator : An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy (H.O. No. 9)
- Author
- Bowditch, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (+)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- U.S. Hydrographic Office of the Secretary of the Navy
- Place of Publication
- Washigton DC
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Maritime, nautical, navigation
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Sunned
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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