Lot 283
Sailing and Navigation
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
[Steel, David] The ship-master's assistant and owner's manual. London: D. Steel, 1790. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, folding table, 1 engraved plate, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, rubbed [ESTC T178423] ; Admirality Office An alphabetical list of the post captains, commander and lieuetenants of his majesty's fleet... London: M. and S. Brooke, 1806. 8vo, contemporary half calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, rubbed, a little dust-soiling, some notes in an early hand; [Anonymous] The shipwright's vade-mecum. London: J.W. Norie and Co., 1822. Second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original boards with label, bookplate of Lord Gretton, covers soiled, a little foxing, lacking folding plates; White, Thomas The theory and practice of ship-building. London: John Johnstone, 1848. 8vo, blue cloth gilt, bookplate of Lord Gretton, pages uncut, includes a contemporary letter requesting a copy of the work, spine faded, text volume only with no plates; Robertson, John The elements of navigation... London: F. Wingrave, J. Johnson... 1805. 8vo, 2 volumes in 1, 16 folding plates, contemporary tree calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, spine rubbed, joints splitting, marginal worming from page 265 to end with no loss of text, small marginal tear to one page with no loss of text; and 4 others (9)
Footnote
Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton