Brown's Nautical Almanac, 1950

760pp, copiously illustrated with contemporary advertisements, some in colour, many charts, tables etc. In paper covered boards, largely displaying adverts, with linen spine (boards are a little faded and lightly rubbed at edges, spine cloth faded and rubbed, fraying at tips). Internally a little toned with some signs of fingering, strained gutters in a couple of places. Covers now protected in a wrap-around plastic cover fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. The 73rd annual publication of Brown's Nautical Almanac, incorporating Pearson's Nautical Almanac. Includes an astonishing array of facts and figures for sailor and those upon the sea, including tidal tables, Angle upon the Bow Tables, Conversion Tables, etc and sections on Directions for Restoring the Drowned, Eclipses, The Gyro Compass, How to Find the Principal Stars, Ice Definitions, Salvage, Sea and Swell Scales, Quarantine Signals and much, much more. Packed full of contemporary adverts for nautical equipment and related items.