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Good+, No Dust Jacket Whittlesey House 1941 8VO, Hardcover Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with title in gold on spine. Boards show soil and edge wear. Spine sun darkened. Foxing to fore edges. Soil and tanning to endpapers. Noticeably foxed on frontis, title page and dedication page. Occasional foxing and light tanning to text. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

London: Whittlesey House , 1941. Hardback. Slightly Worn Condition/No Dust Jacket.

Whittlesey House, 1941. no additional printings listed . Hardcover. very good/good. NOT an ex library book. 234 pages including the index. Creases, some tears top corner of pages 161-174 from improper storing. Dust jacket has 1/2" chip top front at spine, 3" tear top of rear endflap. Price is not clipped.

New York: Whittlesey House. 1941. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ rubbed at edges with some chipping to corners and spine ends; DJ spine lightly faded. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 234 pages. Nathaniel Bowditch was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation. His book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel. In 2001, an elementary and middle school in Salem was named in his honor. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.