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THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886
THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886

THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, 1886

$ 18.48

Availability: 46 in stock
  • Country/Region of Origin: United Kingdom
  • Time Period, War: 1886
  • Condition: See below
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original

    Description

    King, J. W. Commander RN. THE PILOT’S HANDBOOK FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL; Containing Precise Instructions for Entering and Navigating the Channel, and for all the Harbours and Anchorages on the English coast, from the Scilly Islands to the North Foreland. London, 1886, J. D. Potter. Tenth Edition 8vo.(8.5” X 5.5”), 164 pages. Prior owners bookplate and booksellers stamp on front paste down From the library of Sir Fredrick Harvey Bathurst. Illustrated with 17 plates, some folding, original blue embossed boards, gilt illustration of sailing vessel on front cover, original endpapers. Minor ware to the extremities. Plate 7 is detached but present. Nautical guidebook, a compilation of 'general, brief, and plain directions' of everything essential to the safety of ships when navigating the English channel, including maps which illustrate the coasts and harbors and show the meeting and separation of the tidal streams in the Dover strait. See photos.