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Auction archive: Lot number 18

Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot.Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot.

Discovery Auction
14 Feb 2013
Estimate
US$200 - US$250
Price realised:
US$90
Auction archive: Lot number 18

Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot.Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot.

Discovery Auction
14 Feb 2013
Estimate
US$200 - US$250
Price realised:
US$90
Beschreibung:

Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot. New York: Edmund Blunt for William Hooker, 1822. Octavo, stated tenth edition, signature of Captain Thomas Higgins on ffep, lacking pages 195-198, lacking the chart of the Long Island Sound, and the plan of Savannah Entrance, text not collated. Maps for the Isle of Sable, Portland Harbor; Portsmouth; Isles of Shoals; Newburyport; Annisquam; Boston; Cape Poge; Newport; New York Harbor; Little Egg Harbor; Bay and River of Delaware; Chesapeake Entrance; Charleston Harbor; Doboy; and Vera Cruz all present as called for in the Directions for the Binder; text with water stains throughout, sewing structure compromised, maps and plans with stains but untrimmed, and mostly on good paper, maps could be restored; bound in contemporary calf, quite worn, many signatures sprung.

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Blunt, Edmund March (1770-1862) The American Coast Pilot. New York: Edmund Blunt for William Hooker, 1822. Octavo, stated tenth edition, signature of Captain Thomas Higgins on ffep, lacking pages 195-198, lacking the chart of the Long Island Sound, and the plan of Savannah Entrance, text not collated. Maps for the Isle of Sable, Portland Harbor; Portsmouth; Isles of Shoals; Newburyport; Annisquam; Boston; Cape Poge; Newport; New York Harbor; Little Egg Harbor; Bay and River of Delaware; Chesapeake Entrance; Charleston Harbor; Doboy; and Vera Cruz all present as called for in the Directions for the Binder; text with water stains throughout, sewing structure compromised, maps and plans with stains but untrimmed, and mostly on good paper, maps could be restored; bound in contemporary calf, quite worn, many signatures sprung.

Auction archive: Lot number 18
Auction:
Datum:
14 Feb 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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