Blunt, Edmund M.

THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT; Containing Directions for the Principle Harbors, Capes and Headlands of the Coasts of North and South America . . .

Edmund and George W. Blunt: NY, 1857. Item #98-4875

Folding plates, 9.5 x 6, recent brown cloth, 740 pp, covers lightly rubbed, hinges loose, bookplate, contents toned and spotted, else a nice copy of the 18th Edition. The book is INSCRIBED "JUNE THE 5TH, 1861, PRESENTED TO JOHN F. CLARK BY CAPT. JAS. GARVIN OF THE S. SHIP STATE OF GEORGIA." Despite its name, the State of Georgia was one of the most accomplished Union blockaders during the Civil War. Nice connection.

Price: $200.00