HASELDEN Thomas - The seaman's daily assistant being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea - London J. Mount, T. Page and W. Mount 1777 - one volume in-12° - full calf binding, spine with four small nerves - 160 pages - Contains numerous tables and calculations - Title page marked in ink and partly burnt with iron "William Summers's book, april 30 1777 with free foliate designs before the title and marked "Williams summers his book 1781" and "William Summers 1782" at the end of the book (binding with numerous wormholes, splits at the spines, missing boards and headpieces, corners nicked - tear and wormholes only on the endpapers - interior with some foxing, corners of pages slightly bent, quires untidy but condition good)

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