The storm compass or, seaman's hurricane companion: containing a familiar explanation of the hurricane theory, illustrated with diagrams and accounts of hurricanes.
London: J. D. Potter, sole Agent for the Sale of Charts and Works published by the Admiralty [from 1853], 1866. Wrappers. Beautifully preserved early printing, in original wrappers, of this rarity on the nature of hurricanes. Crown 8vo (180 x 119mm): viii,59,[5]pp, with lithographic frontispiece and diagrams in the text..... more