Click for full-size.
United States Coast Pilot, Gulf Coast, Key West to the Rio Grande, Second (1936) Edition, Serial No. 590
by [U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Daniel C. ROPER, Secretary. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, R.S. PATTO, Director]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Thomaston, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington DC: United States Government Printing OFfice, 1939. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. Inserted maps and charts, fold-out: Index Map: Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts, 1939; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Inside Route, Key West to Rio Grande, No. 1, 1936 [Florida and Gulf of Mexico]; No. 2, 1936 [Gulf of Mexico: Sabine Pass to St. George Sound]; No. 3, 1936 [Gulf of Mexico: coast of Texas].
8vo; vi, 397pp; pale green buckram over board with black decorative border and title to front cover and spine stamped in black, seal of Department of Commerce to back cover; purple stamp of Hydrographic Office Navy to front free endpaper; errata and updates with tipped in corrections at page; light green edges; light foxing to edges and cover, light soiling to cover, lightly cocked forward; binding tight, maps all present and clean; very good.
8vo; vi, 397pp; pale green buckram over board with black decorative border and title to front cover and spine stamped in black, seal of Department of Commerce to back cover; purple stamp of Hydrographic Office Navy to front free endpaper; errata and updates with tipped in corrections at page; light green edges; light foxing to edges and cover, light soiling to cover, lightly cocked forward; binding tight, maps all present and clean; very good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158
- Title
- United States Coast Pilot, Gulf Coast, Key West to the Rio Grande, Second (1936) Edition, Serial No. 590
- Author
- [U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Daniel C. ROPER, Secretary. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, R.S. PATTO, Director]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- United States Government Printing OFfice
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Militart, Coast, Sea charts, Maps, Survey, Geodetic, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Key West
Terms of Sale
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Items are returnable for any reason for a full refund. Please inform us within three days of receipt and provide the reason for the return.
About the Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
Thomaston, Maine
About Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller
We sell antiquarian, collectible, out-of-print, and rare, books, maps, prints and interesting ephemera by internet and show.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
This Book’s Categories
Collecting the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Born in the midst of the Great Depression, the theme of the 1939 World’s Fair was “The World of Tomorrow” - a theme that captured the hearts of a generation. Check out the maps, souvenirs, and other ephemera on Biblio!
Vertigo Comics
Vertigo Comics, an imprint of DC Comics, is being retired in 2020 after a 27 year run of groundbreaking comics. The imprint was DC’s home for mature tales that were often horror-themed or otherwise dark in nature. Learn more about Vertigo, home of V for Vendetta, Sandman, and Fables.
