Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean | Sea Pilots of the Gulf and Mediterranean, 1908-1955, 9 volumes

Persian Gulf, Mediterranean, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, Black Sea

A collection of maritime Sea Pilots, comprising:

i. Black Sea Pilot. 4 volumes (including 2 supplements), each 8vo, each with maps and views, original cloth: sixth edition, 1908 [with 1908 and 1909 supplementary pamphlets]. 360 + 9 + 13pp., wear to bindings; eighth edition, 1930. 420pp., some spotting

ii. The Mediterranean Pilot. 3 editions in 3 volumes, each 8vo, each with folding map and further illustrations, original cloth: volume 5, first edition, 1915. 324pp., folding map detached, dampstaining to covers with loss at head of spine; volume 5, second edition, 1925. 194pp., binding rubbed; volume 5, third edition, 1937. 215pp., spine sunned

iii. Persian Gulf. 4 volumes (including 2 supplements), all 8vo. Sailing Directions for the Persian Gulf. United States Navy Department: Hydrographic Office, 1931 [with 1944 supplement pamphlet]. 361 + 23pp., 2 folding maps, further illustrations, original paper wrappers, first folding map detached, wrappers soiled; Persian Gulf Pilot. tenth edition, 1955 [with 1955 supplement pamphlet]. 312 + 78pp., original cloth, numerous illustrations, binding rubbed with spine sunned

iv. Sailing Directions for The Red Sea and The Gulf of Aden. United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office, 1943. 8vo, 549pp., folding map, further illustrations, original cloth, creases to folding map, browned at extremities, binding slightly rubbed

A RARE COLLECTION OF SEA PILOTS, with various editions and volumes, covering the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Black Sea.