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WHALING, ANTARCTIC
J. Ross BROWNE. Etching of a Whaling Cruise, with notes of a Sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. 8° (228 x 148mm.). 8pp. publisher's advertisements. 13 plates (5 wood-engraved, 8 engraved), illustrations. (Some spotting and old light dampstaining.) Original cloth (spine faded and somewhat chipped). FIRST EDITION. Spence 197.
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William B. WHITECAR. Four Years aboard the Whaleship, Embracing cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic Oceans, in the years 1855, '6, '7, '8, '9. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. and Trübner & Co of London, 1860. Small 8° (185 x 115mm.) Half-title. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (spine rubbed).
And five others on whaling: W.S. SCORESBY. The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean, London: 1850, 12°, original cloth; A.G. BENNETT. Whaling in the Antarctic, Edinburgh and London: 1931, 8°, original cloth; George Francis DOW. Whale Ships and Whaling, Salem, Mass.: 1935, 4°, original cloth, dust-jacket; J.F. BEANE. From Forecastle to Cabin, New York: 1905, 8°, original cloth; Clifford W. ASHBY. The Yankee Whaler, Boston and New York: 1926, large 4°, original cloth-backed boards). (7)
J. Ross BROWNE. Etching of a Whaling Cruise, with notes of a Sojourn on the island of Zanzibar. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. 8° (228 x 148mm.). 8pp. publisher's advertisements. 13 plates (5 wood-engraved, 8 engraved), illustrations. (Some spotting and old light dampstaining.) Original cloth (spine faded and somewhat chipped). FIRST EDITION. Spence 197.
[With:]
William B. WHITECAR. Four Years aboard the Whaleship, Embracing cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic Oceans, in the years 1855, '6, '7, '8, '9. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. and Trübner & Co of London, 1860. Small 8° (185 x 115mm.) Half-title. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (spine rubbed).
And five others on whaling: W.S. SCORESBY. The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean, London: 1850, 12°, original cloth; A.G. BENNETT. Whaling in the Antarctic, Edinburgh and London: 1931, 8°, original cloth; George Francis DOW. Whale Ships and Whaling, Salem, Mass.: 1935, 4°, original cloth, dust-jacket; J.F. BEANE. From Forecastle to Cabin, New York: 1905, 8°, original cloth; Clifford W. ASHBY. The Yankee Whaler, Boston and New York: 1926, large 4°, original cloth-backed boards). (7)
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