CYCLOPEDIA OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION. With Maps and Engravings. Part 1: A-H. Macdonald Maritime History Series.

25.5x18.5cm. Vol. 1 (of 2) of facsimile reprint of the rare New York edition of 1858; a work encompassing the wide range of knowledge of naval matters required of a naval officer of the period. pp(2)VI(2)1001(5) with two-column text, 8 maps (two folding, six in-text), a few in-text figures, and tables. Blue top edge. Hardback / hard cover: patterned paper-covered boards backed in dark blue faux leather titled in gilt. Lower outer corner of front board slightly bumped. Fore-edge of text-block a little spotted. Shallow indentation remaining from erased pencil price on flyleaf. VERY GOOD copy in FAIR unclipped dust jacket sunned at backstrip panel (though lettering perfectly clear), lightly rubbed over front and rear panels, with a little wear along upper edges and at corners, and with residue remaining from removed selotape strip along underside of upper edges. (Heavy item, overseas shipping at cost.).