The Merchant s and Shipmaster s Assistant; Containing Information Useful to the American Merchants, Owners, and Masters of Ships

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In fair condition. Front board is nearly detached, but remains on by a thread. Boaters are worn with scuffing, edge wear. Rubbed corners. nearly cracked hinges. Spine is chipped, flaked and mostly missing exposing binding. Rear board is pitted with areas of leather loss. Mercantile bookplate of William Hooker (more information below) on front pastedown. 30 s-50 s sticker above bookplate. Interior moderately age-toned with dampness staining to title page. Interior is somewhat soiled, but remains legible. Binding remains intact. Free of known marginalia. Please see photos. Rare, 1st American edition. Bookplate of W. Hooker, Instrument Maker & Chart Seller to the U.S. Navy and Agent for the Nautical Store 202 Water Street, New York. William Hooker (1811-1846) was an important American geographer, surveyor and engraver active in New York during the early part of the 19th century. As a young man, Hooker may have been apprenticed to Edmund Blunt March (books publisher and Joseph s father), the well-established publisher of the New England Coast Pilot. Hooker married Eliza Carleton, Blunt s daughter. Jospeh (1792-1860) was the son of Edmund March Blunt (1770-1862), publisher of the American Coast Pilot (1796). He was trained as a lawyer and gained some attention for his writing on the Missouri question in 1820. He was an ardent Whig and protectionist and later one of the first members of the Republican Party. N° de ref. del artículo RAREA1822DKNA

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