Becher Captain (3 results)

Pictorial Cloth. Condition: About Fine. Arthur Becher (illustrator). First Edition. A rather spectacular copy, other than a slight spine lean, this is a fine, fresh copy with NO prior owner markings or bookplates. Tight and clean throughout. Original brown cloth with black ink illustrated front boards and spine. The paper is quite fresh appearing, considering age. Probably as nice a copy as one could hope to find, other than that it is lacking the dust wrapper. Book.

Original Card Covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. viii59p +5p . The 1903 reprint from the 1866 Third Thousand Edition.Extract of the log of the ship "Equestrian" and Appendix. (2. Becher was a naval commander, hydrographer, and cartographer. Here he uses first hand accounts, with precise meteorological data, to explain the physics and mathematics of hurricanes and suggests precautionary measures to avoid them. He also details ways to ascertain the center and direction of approaching storms and illustrates with a detailed account of a hurricane encountered in the Gulf of Mexico, in 1838. The book is bound in its original card covers which are browned with ink mark on the front board. Rte spine has been repaired with archival tape to the gutters and spine There is a 7 x 3 cm loss at the bottom of the blank fep and some worming in the corner of pages 53 onwards. Se scans and email for more.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover. Blue textured cloth with blue embossed design to board edges front and rear. Gold coat of arms on front board. Title on sun darkened spine in gold. Boards, corners and edges are bumped, rubbed, frayed and soiled. Previous owners name, stamp and notations on first free endpaper. Hinges are cracked. Text block is nice and tight. Endpapers are noticeably foxed. Some foxing to foredge, and occasional light foxing to text margins. Text itself is completely legible. Foldout map in rear is intact and a bit foxed. The Landfall of Columbus on his first Voyage to America with a translation of the Baron Bonnefoux's History of his Previous Life, also a chart showing his track from the Landfall to Cuba and an outline of his subsequent voyages.; Maps; 8VO; 376 pages.