Compass | A Story of Exploration and Innovation
Gurney, Alan
(Book #ID 102728)
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York First US Edition 2004. 2004.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original parchment paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the terracotta spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating treacherous sea routes around the globe. Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the instrument-so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with one had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. Contains 320 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, $22.95. Unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0393050734
Click here to select books from the
SAILING BOATS (Yachting)
Category