the peabody collection of navigating instruments with notes on their makers di m v brewington (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: fine. no jacket. First Edition date same on title. NOT an ex library book. Book with black cloth binding, print in gold. 154 pages including the index.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. With cracked back hinge and scattered pen markings. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - near very good. Limited. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Limited to 3,000 copies.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Light scuffing/rubbing to front board o/w tight, solid copy that is also has an internally clean, unmarked interior. BP/Navigation.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. reprint edition 1991, limited to 300 copies. 413 instruments are described, several of which are illustrated on 56 plates. Contains notes on instrument makers, dealers, and designers. 154pp 1.59lb 10.5x7.3x0.8in.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. xii, 154pp, 55 photo plates. This edition limited to 300 copies, original was 1000, same year. Clean and tight, issued without wrapper. 900g.

Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. One of 1000 copies. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. Trace edgewear and slightly bumped spine ends. Corners sharp. Binding sound, text clean. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Very clean. ; Large 8vo, hardcover, 154 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. xii, 146pp, 56pp black and white photographic plates, 147-160pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 4to. Very, very light bumping and rubbing at spine ends; bumped lower front corner. Light shelf wear, small area of bubbling cloth on front. Foxed top text block edge; other edges less so. Foxing to endpapers, light foxing to first and last pages. Gutter strained at page 1; hinge stretched between rear endpapers. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, tight and bright. One of 1,000 copies.

4to, 25.4cm. Pp. xii,154,[2], frontisp., many photos on 56 plates, name index. Hardbound, orig. cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to backstrip. Fine, like new. - Edition limited to 1,000 copies. - [gkt.int.401].

Edition limited to 1000 copies, large 8vo, pp. xii, 154, [2]; frontispiece and 56 composite plates; full black cloth, gilt title on spine; bookplate of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian on upper pastedown, else fine.

8vo [27 x 18 cm]; xii, 154, [i] pp, 57 plates with frontis, from photos, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean, not issued with a dust jacket. The work, which has become a standard reference work on the subject, describes 413 instruments and 150 instrument makers. Includes quadrants, astrolabes, sextants, circles, artificial horizons, lodestones, compasses, ring dials, nocturnals, sand glasses, chronometers, clocks, dead reckoning recorders, graphic tools, sounders, telescopes, tide calculators, computers, barometers, orreries, planispheres, etc. A picture of this book is available on request.