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The New Sailing Directory for the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, from Cape Finisterre to Cadiz, and Thence to the Eastward of Malaga: Composed to Accompany the Chart.
London, Laurie, 1839. 8vo. In contemporary blank wrappers with part of original printed wrapper pasted on. Stamp to front wrapper and title-page. Internally fine and clean. iv, 38 pp.
Third edition of Purdy's commentary to his chart of the coast of Spain and Portugal.
The new Sailing Directory for the English Channel and Southern Coast of Ireland. Ninth Edition.
London, R. H. Laurie, 1842. 8vo. In contemporary (Original?) coardboard binding with cloth backstrip. A stamp to spine and two stamps to front board. Three small stamps to title-page. Wear to extremities, internally fine. XXIV, (1)-265, (1) pp.
Ninth edition of Purdy's pilot to the English Channel.
The new Sailing Directory for the English Channel and Southern Coast of Ireland. Eighth Edition.
London, R. H. Laurie, 1838.. 8vo. In contemporary (Original?) coardboard binding with cloth backstrip. A stamp to spine and two stamps to front board. Three small stamps to title-page. Wear to extremities, internally fine. XXII, 240 pp.
Rare eighth edition of Purdy's pilot to the English Channel.
The New Piloting Directory for the Eastern Coasts of England, from Orfordness to Flamborough Head: INcluding Lowestoff and Yarmouth Roads, Lynn and Boston Deeps, The River Humber, Smith's Knoll, The Leman and Ower, &c.
London, R. H. Laurie, 1839 8vo. In contemporary boards with part of the original front wrapper pasted on to front board. Three stamps to front board and two stamps to title-page. Extremities with wear, internally fine and clean. (I)-IV, 36 pp.
Rare Fourth edition of Purdy's pilot to the Eastern coasts of England.
The New Sailling Directory for the English Channel: composed to Accompany the General Charts published by R. H. Laurie, with the accompanying plans of Harbour and Islands.
London, R. H. Laurie, 1832. 8vo. In contemporary (Original?) coardboard binding with cloth backstrip. A stamp to spine and two stamps to front board. Three small stamps to title-page. Wear to extremities, internally fine. XVi, IV 172 pp.
Rare seventh edition of Purdy's pilot to the English Channel.
New and accurate Piloting Directions for the Navigation of the Bay of Biscay, from Ushant to Cape Finisterre, and of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, thence to Cape Trafalgar....
London, R.H. Laurie, 1827. 8vo. Orig. blue boards with orig. printed titlelabel on frontboard. Rebacked with cloth. Stamp on title-page. IV,55 pp. Clean.
The new Sailing Directory for the Navigation of the North-Sea, with all its Harbours:.... the Channels of the Thames, from London with the Eastern Coasts of Great Britain.... from the Downs to Shetland... likewise the Coasts of France of Belgium, The ...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1834. 8vo. Contemp. clothbacked blue boards. Printed titlelabel on frontcover. XX,144 pp. Textillustrations in woodcut.
Memoir, descriptive and explanatory, to accompany the Charts of the Northern Atlantic Ocean and comprising Instructions, general and particular, for the Navigation of that Sea. Tenth Edition corrected and materially improved, from many original Comm...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1853. Orig. boards, later clothbacked. With orig. printed titlelabel pasted on frontboard. Stamps on title-page. Covers with traces of use. XIV,582 pp. + (6) pp. of printers catalogue of Charts. One folded engraved map (Coursed of various Hurricanes), textillustrations (lighthouses, coastal profiles etc.). A few scattered brownspots.
The British American Navigator. A sailing Directory for the Islands and Banks of New Foundland, the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy and the Coasts thence to the River Penobscot, etc. originally composed by ...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1847. Contemp. boards, later clothbacked and with the printed part of the original frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamps on title-page. XXVI,202 pp. Some even browning to the first leaves, otherwise fine.
Sabin, 66691.
Memoir, descriptive and explanatory of the Northern Atlantic Ocean, and comprising Instructions, general and particular, for the Navigation of that Sea. Twelfth Edition by Alexander Georg Findlay.
London, Richard Holmes laurie, 1865. Orig. full blindstamped. cloth. Gilt. Light wear along edges. XII,740 pp., maps, plates and textillustrations.
The New sailing Directory for the Bay of Biscay, from the Ushant to Cape Finisterre and for the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, thence to Cape Trafalgar: describing, most particularly all the Harbours, Channels, Tides, Currents &c &c. The Second Edition.
London, printed for R.H. Laurie, 1833. Clothbacked boards with the orig. printed titlelabel on upper board. Stamp on title-page. VIII,61 pp., a few coastal profiles in the text.
The Brasilian Navigator or Sailing Directory for all the Coasts of Brasil, etc. from the River Para to the Rio de la Plata including general Instructions for the Routes, both from England and from north America, with Descriptions of and Directions ...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1838. Orig. printed boards, later rebacked with cloth. Stamp on title-page. VI,185,(1) pp. A few textillustrations (coastal profiles). Internally clean.
Scarce first edition. Not in Sabin. - Sabin, 66690 (the sec. ed.).
The New sailing Directory for the Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean including the Coasts of Brasil, &c. to the Rio de la Plata, the Coast thence to Cap Horn, and the African Coast to the cape of Good=Hope, Xc. including the Islands between the two...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1837. Contemp. blank boards, later clothbacked. Stamp on title-page. Engraved frontispiece (Virgin Islands). XL,398 pp., textillustrations (coastal profiles)
New and accurate Piloting Directions for the Navigation of the North-Sea describing, most particularly, the different Channels of the River Thames, from London, with the eastern Coasts of Great Britain, from the Downs to Shetland, iclusive. Likewise,...
London, R.H. Laurie, 1821. 8vo. Contemp. clothbacked blue boards. Printed titlelabel on frontcover. stamps on title-page. VI,134 pp., 1 table, textillustrations in woodcut.
The New sailing Directory for the Bay of Biscay, from the Ushant to Cape Finisterre and for the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, thence to Cape Trafalgar: describing, most particularly all the Harbours, Channels, Tides, Currents &c &c. The third Edition.
London, printed for R.H. Laurie, 1839. 8vo. In contemporary blank wrappers with part of original printed wrapper pasted on. Stamp to front wrapper and title-page. Internally fine and clean. (4), 51, (1), pp.
Third edition.
New and accurate Piloting Directions for the Navigation of the Bay of Biscay, from Ushant to Cape Finisterre, and of the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, thence to Cape Trafalgar....
London, R.H. Laurie, 1827. 8vo. Contemporary (original?) blue wrappers with the original printed titlelabel on frontboard. Rebacked with cloth. Stamps on front wrapper and title-page. IV,55, (1), 16 pp.
New and accurate sailing Directions to accompany the new general Chart of the English Channel,... The sixth Edition, completely revised... including the former Additions... Also, some Addenda, by James Rennell.
London, R.H. Laurie, 1825. Clothbacked contemp. blue boards. Original printed titlelabel pasted on upper board. Stamp on title-page. VIII,160 pp., 1 folded engraved table, textillustrations (coastal profiles). + Catalogue of the Pilots, Charts, and other Nautical Works, printed for R.H. Laurie. 16 pp.
Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, to Accompany the New Chart of the Atlantic Ocean" and Comprising Instructions, General and Particular for Navigation of that Sea.
London, Whittle and Laurie, 1814. 8vo. In later half half cloth with gilt lettering and stamp to front board. Two stamps to title-page. Occassional browning throughout. lV, 150 (2) pp.
Second edition, ""corrected and materially improved"".
Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory, to Accompany the new Chart of the Atlantic Ocean: and Comprising Instructions, General and Particular, for the Navigation of that Sea (+) Catalogue of the Pilots, charts, and other Nautical Works,
London, Laurie, 1826 - 1825. 8vo. In later half half cloth with gilt lettering and stamp to spine. Two stamps to title-page. Occassional browning throughout. Last ten leaves closely trimmed in upper margin, with minor loss of text. VIII, 309, (1), 16 pp.
Fifth edition, ""Corrected and materially improved"".
Memoir, Descriptive and Explanatory to Accompany the New Chart of the Atlantic Ocean and Comprising Instructions, General and Particular, for the Navigation of that Sea.
London, Whittle and Laurie, 1817. 8vo. In later half cloth with gilt lettering and stamp to spine. Stamps and annotations to tite-page, otherwise internally fine. VIII, 182, (2) pp.
Third edition.
New Sailing Directions to accompany the Channel Pilot and their large general chart of the English Channel, [...]. Fifth Edition.
London, printed for James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie, 1815. 8vo. In contemporary blue boards (original ?). Stamp to spine. Stamp and annotations in contemporary hand to title-page. Soiling and wear to extremities and brownspottet throughout. VIII, 130 pp. + folded tabel on the tides in English channel.
Rare fifth edition of Whittle and Laurie's pilot to the English Channel.
TIDAL HARBOURS COMMISSION - Rear admiral William BOWLES - James John Gordon BREMER - Francis BEAUFORT ( hydrographer ) - George Biddall AIREY ( astronomer ) a.o.- Isaac PURDY ( maps ) :
Reference : 45836
Second Report of the Commissioners, with minutes of evidence, appendices, supplement and index. (from the Tidal Harbours Commission ) .
London, printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1846, in-folio, 34 x 22 cm, xvi pp + 92a pp + (8)nn pp (contents B) + 638 pp + 14 (of 15) folding colour lithographic maps. Uncut copy bound in a half cloth binding with blind supple boards, title label (in French) on spine. Boards of the binding soiled and stained, margins of untrimmed copy a bit dustsoiled, title page soiled. On the whole a clean copy with the maps in very good condition. Provenance. Copy from the library of Louis Raymond de Montaignac de Chauvance (1811 - 1891) with his printed ex-libris on the first paste down. This first owner played an important role in the French navy and was e.g. Ministre de la Marine (1874-1876). Rare exhaustive report presented to both Houses of Parliament on the geography , hydrography, economy, logistics of British harbours. This second report on the subject includes all the ports of Ireland , Island of Man and most of the ports of England. The work is illustrated with 14 (of 15) large folding colour lithographic maps made by Isaac Purdy and printed by Standidge & C°. (The map of Salcombe and Darthmouth was never bound in in this copy and so is missing).
