JOHN NORIE. A COMPLETE EPITOME OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, 1852...

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£50 - £100

JOHN NORIE. A COMPLETE EPITOME OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, 1852. London: J.W. Norie & Co., 1852. Fifteenth edition, first published in 1805. 8vo. Original binding. Binding worn and loose, supported by linen strips. Cover worn and damaged, spine cracked. Internally, spotting and some water damage. Previous owner's hand-drawn bookplate to front flyleaf reads "John T Short / St Ives / Cornwall / March 4th / AD 1858 / Bot. of C.C. 1476 / Sold to / Charles Rowe / Dec 6th 1858. Further ownership inscriptions to front endpapers including Charles S. Murrish Sr and Charles S. Murrish Jr. Mathematical annotations to rear flyleaf.