The Physical Geography of the Sea by Maury, Lieutenant M. F

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Good. . Minor tanning to spine, rubbing to boards, general shelf wear. Minor foxing here and there throughout, most pages clean. Binding sturdy.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1883 Copy in blue cloth on boards with black title on cover and gilt title on spine. Spine lightly rubbed at head/foot and along side edges. Corners bumped. Foxing to front end rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. A few specks of foxing to folio forw-edges, otherwise clean and tidy contents.

London, Edinburgh and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1863. 8vo, 19.5cm, xiv,[2],493pp., with 11 maps, charts & 2 plates (9 folding ~ all printed in blue, original publisher's blue pebbled cloth, blind and gilt borders and decorated titles on the spine and cover, some slight foxing throughout, some slight edge wear, very good to fine copy. (Tr). Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer, meteorologist and officer in the United States Navy. He became the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory in 1842. This book is his best known work, a comprehensive study of winds, ocean currents and navigation, composed from years of examining logs and charts of naval captains which he found in storage trunks at the Observatory. His publications and system of recording nautical data was used to develop charts for major trade routes. First published in 1855 it was reprinted many times.

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1873. 493 pages. Page 288-289 coming loose at spine. Some light foxing, otherwise pages good condition. 13 plates at end of text, many folded. Edges of some illustrations foxed and worn. Plate VI torn at crease. Endpapers lighlty worn at spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Green cloth, embossed docorative design on both covers. Gilt decoration on spine. Gilt title on upper cover and spine. Boards show light wear and cloth loose in spots. Edges, head/tail of spine and corners worn and bumped. GOOD+. 6th Edition. Hard Cover. Good+.