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Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 224 pp. Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt. A little wear to extremities and spine lightly sunned; otherwise a very good copy. Bookplate with some small stickers above. Illustrated throughout by 168 charts of tidal streams and currents and by diagrams of Icelandic and Faroes coasts and anchorages, ship's engines, towing, sun declination tables, etc. A set of detailed charts of tidal streams, round the coasts of Britain and Ireland and offshore islands, extending to the North Sea coasts of the continent, the French Atlantic coast, etc. There is particular reference to Iceland, including a more detailed section at the end. All times in the tidal stream charts refer to High Water at Dover. No title page is provided and the publisher's name, an abbreviation for the Grimsby and North Sea Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. has been taken from other catalogue sources (e.g. Library Hub).