Published by Bruce Humphries Publishers, Boston, 1964
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Signed
Paperbound. Condition: Very Good. pict. paper wraps, unpaginated (80) full page b & w reproductions of Dobbin's cartoons, some shelf wear to wraps, tight sound copy, signed in ink on the title page "With My Very Best Wishes Jim Dobbins 1967". the folio size makes the illustrations suitable for framing. Size: Foilio, (27 cm.). Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Washington, DC: Printed for the Use of the Nautical Almanac, 1856., 1856
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition
First thus edition. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. Brown stitched wraps. 4to. pp. [iii], 304-329. Very Good. Traces of cover soil, foxing starting, internally fine, no ownership. Scarce supplement constructed from the formulae given by Walker in a report to Prof Bache, the Superintendent at the Coast Survey, and printed on the 114th page of the Coast Survey Report for 1848; and from those given by Adams on the 263rd page of Volume XIII of the Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. They are adapted to the formulae and arguments of the Tables of the Moon, constructed for the use of the Nautical Almanac.
Kein Einband. Condition: Gut. 1814-57, US-Politiker (u.a. Reformer der Marine) - U. (als "Sectretary of the Navy"), Fragment eines Schriftstücks. Beiliegt ebenso des "Secretary of the Treasury" James Guthrie (1792-1869).