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Danish Greenland It's People And Its Products; Edited by Dr. Robert Brown
by Rink, Henry
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated salmon cloth. Good. XVIII, 468 pages. 19.5 x 14 cm. 16 full page illustrations, lacks the folding map. Appendix of flowerless plants of Greenland. Index. Rink was a Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology, and the first to accurately describe the inland ice of Greenland. Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region, and became notable for Greenland's...
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£117.38
Whale Hunt: the Narrative of a Voyage
by Nelson Cole Haley
Robert Hale, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Published. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
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£6.18
Whale Hunt
by Nelson Cole Haley
London: The Travel Book Club. Faded spine, block faded boards. Lightly rubbed. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1951.
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£10.00
Whaling and Old Salem
by Frances Diane Robotti
New York, NY: Fountainhead Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear to DJ edges, some minor tearing. Rubbing/smudges to back of DJ. Book is in Very Good overall condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings.; B&W Photographs; 292 pages .
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£32.37
The Whale
by Dr Leonard Harrison (editor] Matthews
George Allen & Unwin, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. illustrated end-papers(b/w. whales on blue background); profusely illustrated throughout by b/w. & colour photographs, drawings & diagrams; Foreword by Philip F. Purrington (curator The Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass, USA); chapters include: Whales in Mythology & Folklore;The Biology of Whales; The Different Kinds of Whales; Whaling with Boats & Hand Harpoons; The...
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£20.00
Hunting Of The Whale, The A Tragedy That Must End
by Cherfas Jeremy
London, England: The Bodley Head. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0370311426 . Blue hardcovers / bold gilt titles to the spine. A Very Good++ copy, tightly bound, unmarked with light tanning to the interior page edges. End Papers have illustrations of the different whale species. The DJ is clipped and also in Very Good condition, light cover scuffing & edgewear. "This book chronicles the history of commercial whaling, which began in the tenth century and...
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£13.01
Story Of Yankee Whaling, The
by Shapiro Irwin, American Heritage
Perennial Library. Very Good. 1965. Paperback. Smaller Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Tight, bright, unmarked with cover rubbing and edgewear. "Brings to life the whaling industry from early colonial days through the development of deep-sea whaling when Yankee whalemen made the world their domain." ; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .
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£4.89
Whaler's Eye
by Ash, Christopher (Author)
Liverpool, England: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Mild shelf wear to edges and corners of dust jacket, cover, and spine. There is a crease along top edge of front cover dust jacket. Binding remains intact and pages are mostly clean and unbent. Good used reading condition.
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£9.31
Yankee Whalers in the South Seas
by Whipple, A.B.C
Doubleday, 1954. 1st. fair.ex lib Tales of the New England whalermen in the South seas. 304 pages
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£4.45
THE MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED:
by Scammon, Charles M
Quarto (12 by 9 1/2 inches) San Francisco: John H. Carmany and Company, 1874. Original First Edition. 319 + v pages, hardcover, bound in original green pebble cloth, with title in gilt on spine, and gilt vignette of a seal on upper front cover; 27 lithographic plates drawn by the author, and printed by Britton and Rey, plus many other fine lithographs (a few drawn by another hand) of whaling equipment, seals, dolphins and porpoises. Neat nineteenth century inked gift inscription on front fly leaf; minor...
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£769.02
Mutiny on the Globe
by Heffernan, Thomas Farel
WW Norton, 2002. 1st. fine/fine. The story of the mutiny in 1824 aboard the whaler Globe, and the life of the mutineer Samuel Comstock.
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£5.93
WHALERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: A Story of Modern Whaling in the Antarctic
by Villiers, Alan
Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. Cloth. Good Condition. 1st Edition: 285pages, illustrated, frontispiece plus 9 woodcuts by Charles Pont. Yellow cloth covers with blue titling and decoration in illustrated dustjacket. Previous owners dated signature on front end paper and a stamp number. Maps on end papers. Dustjacket tatty, torn in half and laid in, covers grubby. Contents clean Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whaling; 1950s; Fishing &...
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£65.00
Salem and Nagasaki: their encounter, 1797-1807
by Kanai, Madoka
Tokyo: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1968. Pamphlet. 21p., wraps, inscribed by the author to American Japanologist Frank Gibney; faint dampstain at lower left corner and along spine, pages evenly toned. Reprinted from Contemporary Japan. On the history of connections between the US whaling port and the only Japanese city that permitted foreign contacts in the Tokugawa period. Includes discussion of the author's visit to Salem and the Peabody Essex Museum.
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£28.33
Whaler's Eye
by Ash, Christopher
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1964. First British edition [1964], lightly worn copy with a lean to the binding. Bright yellow cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. Light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, but with a noticeable lean to the binding when the book is laid flat, greatly reduced when the book is properly shelved, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has shelf soil to the light colored background of the rear panel, edgewear, a few very...
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£18.61
Children of the Light : The Rise and Fall of New Bedford Whaling and the Death of the Arctic Fleet
by Everett S. Allen
Parnassus Imprints, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£8.48
Unearthed The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island
by Taylor, Rebe
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2022. Mint - a new book. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and maps 389 pages. In the early 19th century sealers took Tasmanian women to Kangaroo Island, establishing a cross-cultural community before the settlement of South Australia. Aboriginal Tasmanian descendants are still living on Kangaroo Island today and this book is their story. Beginning in the sealing days, it tells how they became successful farmers, but how many grew up unaware of their Aboriginal...
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£18.49
Whaling and old Salem (a chronicle of the sea) by Frances Diane Robotti ; with an introduction by Henry Beetle Hough
by Robotti, Frances Diane (1919- )
New York : Fountainhead Publishers, 1962. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 292 pages; Description: 292 p. ; illus. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Whaling --Massachusetts --Salem.
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£20.40
Polar Secrets: A Treasury of the Arctic and Antarctic
by Manley, Seon and Lewis, Gogo (Editors)
New York: Doubleday & Co. 1968. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Laminated boards - no dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Maps to endpapers. 355 pages. A collection of excerpts and writings about the Arctic and Antarctic, including Scott's account of his tragic attempt to reach the South Pole. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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£7.94
Whaler's Eye
by Ash, Christopher
New York: Macmillan, 1962. Hardcover. DJ has small chips/tears/folds along edges.
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£28.33
Whaling and Old Salem: A Chronicle of the Sea
by Robotti, Frances Diane
Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 192 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very minor wear to spine. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers. Record # 2230912
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£18.62
Birth of a Whaleship (SIGNED)
by Hegerty, Reginald B
Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1964. FINE condition. SIGNED and Inscribed on the title page. 159 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages; Signed by Author .
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£48.57
The Yankee Whaler
by Ashley, Clifford W
USA: Dover, 1991. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156 pages. Index. Glossary of whaling terms. Black and white illustrations. "Salted with the wit and wisdom of a Yankee seaman, Ashley's engrossing account presents 'the bloody and desperate quest' for the great whales and their valuable meat and oil." - from back cover. Clean and bright with negligible wear. Discard stamp upon first blank page else unmarked. Nice copy..
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£48.53
The Song of Moses. Deut. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII
by [Charles Taber & Co.]
New Bedford: Charles Taber & Co., 1857. [1-3], 4-28pp. 2½ x 2¼ inches. Black glazed paper wrappers imprinted in gold-colored ink to front. Creased; worn; good. Charles Taber on his own-and also in partnership with his brother-clearly served the whaling community of New Bedford, Massachusetts as booksellers, stationers, and dealers in charts and nautical instruments. In The Music of the Waters. A Collection of the Sailors' Chanties, or Working Songs of the Sea... (London, 1888) the "Song of Moses or...
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£60.71
