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George Huxtable wrote:

> For some time, I've been looking out for the following secondhand nautical
> books, without success. With the possible exception of Seidelmann, all are
> presumably now out-of-print.
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If your quest for a specialised bookseller fails, you might try
amazon.com,
they even offer to search for out-of-print titles.


> Astronomical.
>
> Charles H. Cotter, "A History of Nautical Astronomy", American Elsevier
> Publishing Company, Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, New York,
> 10017. 1968.

Out of print, but you can let them search for a secondhand copy:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0370004604/qid=927876806/sr=1-13/002-5086067-7703457


> J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, Willmann-Bell, about 1991.

Can be ordered from Amazon (2nd edition Dec. 98):

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0943396638/qid=927877023/sr=1-2/002-5086067-7703457


> Nautical Almanac, any year prior to 1905 or so (when the tables of Lunar
> Distances were dropped).

No luck here...


> P. Kenneth Seidelmann, "Explanatory
> Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac", ISBN 0-935702-68-7.

Can be ordered from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0935702687/qid%3D927877262/002-5086067-7703457


> Nautical.(fiction)
>
> C.S.Forester, "Hornblower and the Crisis", a book referred to in Forester's
> "Hornblower Companion", but which I have never come across. Is it an
> alternative title, perhaps for an American edition? Does it exist at all?.

There's a "Hornblower During the Crisis":

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316289442/qid=927877408/sr=1-8/002-5086067-7703457

A search for books by the author "Forester" and with "Hornblower" in the
title
will reveal a plethora of other relevant books...

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