[Middle-East] Persian Gulf Pilot
Persian Gulf Pilot, 1915 and 2 similar supplements
£8,190
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
The Persian Gulf Pilot. Comprising The Persian Gulf, The Gulf of Oman and The Makran Coast. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, under the authority of HMSO by Taylor, Garnett, Evans, &Co., Ltd. Also at Manchester and Reddish; and sold by J.D. Potter, 1915. Sixth edition, 8vo, paste-down endpaper with the advice for “Caution when approaching British Ports”, followed by a page for notations, two leaves of perforated coupons on blue paper, map, slip printed in red, 6 leaves of plates, original red cloth gilt with title printed in white to upper cover, joints torn and part of the cloth on the spine lacking;
Supplement No. 6, 1921. Relating to the Persian Gulf Pilot, sixth edition, 1915 (corrected to 1st June, 1921) London, 1921. 8vo, pink slip, plate, original red wrappers;
Supplement No. 6, 1922. Relating to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot. Seventh edition, 1921 (corrected to 4th March, 1922) London, 1922. 8vo, pink slip;
each with the bookplate of W.H. Ingrams and dated (3)
Footnote
A very rare pilot of the Arabian Gulf and seemingly the earliest copy to appear at auction to date. Only five copies of this edition appearing in institutional collections on WorldCat.