The American Coast Pilot

Edmund and George W. Blunt, 1833. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Containing Directions for the Principal Harrours [sp], Capes, and Headlands on the Coast of North and South America: Describing The Soundings, Bearings of the Lighthouses and Beacons from the Rocks, Shoals, Ledges, &c With the Prevailing Winds, Setting of the Currents, &c and the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours and Capes; Together with A Tide Table. Brown leather over boards. Rubbed and chipped along edges with loss to leather. Front board attached, rear board detached. Spine is worn with some loss, label detached on three edges. Covered with a burlap book cover that is stained, and taped. Rear board is detached, but all held together with book cover. Some notations on endpapers. Damp staining, foxing and worn edges. P240 torn, p219-222 signature attached at top stitch only p163-166 torn at fore edge, p72-73 stained. All maps and plates complete. All have folding issues, foxing and edge wear. P202, Newport Harbour is detached; p 222, Chesapeake Bay, lacking 1/ 2 of map; P238, Charleston Harbour Damp stained on fore edge; P242, Doboy Sound, Damp stained on fore edge; P265 Pensacola Harbour torn; P289, Vera Cruz Torn.