Bache a D Superintendent (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A Good copy of this slim tall-format paperback. Edge-wear to the covers, clean/unmarked within. (Not ex-library.). Book.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. b/w map (illustrator). 1st Edition. 12-1/2" x 11 " b&w map of Eastern Part of Eggemoggin Reach, Maine with t Sub-Sketchslight locating the beach in the overall coastline; lite toning at some creases, else bright and white.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to., viii, 270, (1)pp., with 31 folding maps and diagrams attached at rear. Bound in original purple cloth with title on front board and spine in gilt. Spine sun faded. Library call label affixed to lower spine. Wake Forest College book donation plate on the front paste down. Some light browning and spotting to the paste downs, else text and maps are clean and bright. Map 2 is slightly mis-folded, with a very small tear along the edge of the mis-fold. A Very Good copy, with Near Fine maps. *** Library markings limited to the sticker on the spine, and the book plate***.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Not stated [Washington: Published by Robert Armstrong, 1852], First Edition. Scarce volume enclosing 58 maps and folding plans. Lacking map 25, (Bull's Bay) but with an additional folding Map of the Mouth of the Columbia River, the last map not mentioned in the contents. Single maps are selling for in excess of £100 online. Bound with titles in gilt to the front board, the spine strip missing, but the volume intact. Approximately 11 ¾ inches tall to the boards. Map dimensions are all approximate. Condition Report Externally Spine poor condition lacking the original spine, revealing the white binding beneath, structurally sound. Joints poor condition sound, rubbed. Corners good condition bumped and worn, with loss. Boards good condition front board with gilt titles both boards with blind stamped decoration. Page edges good condition slightly darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound but loose. Paste downs good condition bookplate for the University of London, notes in pencil. End papers good condition tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition tanned with some foxing, some closed tears to the folds and joins with the volume. Binding good condition worn and rubbed. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1851 Binding: Hardback.

Map. First Edition. 1854 map, single sheet, 14.5 x 19.75 inches, with individual harbor maps inside borders, 14 x 17.6 inches. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. Previously folded, some slight tanning along fold edges. Border on left partially missing.

Condition: Good. Handcolored lithograph. Handcolored lithograph. Some clean tears along the many folds. 69 x 88 cm.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Electrotype Copy No. 1 by G. Mathiot U.S.C.S. Verified I.I. Stevens, Lieut. U.S. Engrs. & Bvt. Major Asst. in charge of office. Outlines and Topography engraved by Max. F.O. Strobel; Lettering by E.F. Woodward. Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1853 [but later]. Photographic facsimile map and chart (MC), 9 panel fold, adhered to backing board, framed under glass, double matted, features nautical region (NR) chart of the San Francisco (SF) Bay, faint foxing of NW NR, SF illustrated in hand coloured detail; streets, wharves, reservoirs, buildings (various locations identified; e.g. Portsmouth Square), hardware fastened at rear with (2) bumpers at bottom corners. Vodges, No. 627 appears atop border of 1853 first edition, absent from this state. Per the Annual Report of the Survey for 1853, the state of the MC reflects characteristics as issued and published (litho) with the addition of more notes regarding tides (upper left) and issued, engraved on thin paper, as noted in the collection of charts published by the survey in 1854. (p. 253) Not examined outside of frame. Very good. Measures: 27 x 35.75 x 1 overall, 19 x 27 sight, 18.75 x 26.5 MC, inches. Scale 1: 10,000. "A.D. (Alexander Dallas) Bache was a great grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bach joined the U.S. Coast Survey in 1843. Bache was best known for his outstanding administrative abilities and remarkable vision; e.g. He assigned his Coast Survey topographers and hydrographers to the Union Army and Navy and increased four-fold the production of maps and charts." (ASCE).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. b/w map (illustrator). 1st Edition. 18.25 X 24.25 b&w map of Monomoy Harbor, Old Stage Harbor, Oyster Harbor, Powder Hole, Monomoy Island, and surrounding shoals, reefs, and islands. , folded w/small separation at one fold, slight toning at some creases, else bright and white.