Arctic Rovings: Or the Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land by Hall, Daniel Weston

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. or The Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land. NY, 1968. 144 pages, clothbound, no jacket, very good condition. .

William R. Scott, 1968Inc., 1968. "or the adventures of a New Bedford boy on sea and land". v g IN d j.. 21 cm. 144 pp. B/W illustrations.

Boston (Abel Tomkins), 1861.. (4), 171, (7)pp. Frontis portrait. Original blindstamped cloth. Head and foot of spine chipped.

Boston: Abel Tompkins. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1860]. Hardcover. 171, [4] pages; 12mo, original ornamental and pictorial blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt. Heqad and foot of spine lightly worn, Frontispiece. Internally generally clean. Early ink ownership on front blank, modern ink annotation on verso of frontispiece. Publisher's advertisements in the rear. A youth's advenures as a mariner touchng on Whaling, Hawaii and the Arctic. Has a chapter titled "Peep at the Whale Fisheries." Sabin 29745. Appendix. .

1861. HALL, Daniel Weston. Arctic Rovings: or, The Adventures of A New Bedford Boy on Sea and Land. Boston: Published by Abel Tompkins, 1861. 171pp. plus [4]pp. of advertisements. Frontis. 12mo. Original publisher's blindstamped rust cloth, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, spine ends and corners worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Occasional areas of foxing, small hole to upper margin of pp.143-4 (no text affected). Good plus. A scarce account of a teenager's adventures at sea, including Pacific whaling experiences and visits to Hawaii and Siberia. During a three-month stay in Honolulu, Hall witnessed a volcanic eruption and planned his escape from the cruel captain of the whaleship Condor. After some whaling adventures in the Pacific, Hall deserted ship along the coast of Siberia, near the bank of the Oudskoi River. He was eventually rescued as a result of his father's efforts back home in New Bedford. One of the reasons Hall published this work was to call the public's attention to the severe punishments… Read More

Boston, 1861. 171pp. plus [4]pp. of ads. Frontispiece portrait. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in blind, expertly rebacked retaining portion of original spine. Light foxing and soiling. About very good. A scarce account of a teenager's adventures at sea, including Pacific whaling experiences and visits to Hawaii and Siberia. During a three-month stay in Honolulu, Hall witnessed a volcanic eruption and planned his escape from the cruel captain of the whale ship Condor. After some whaling adventures in the Pacific, Hall deserted ship along the coast of Siberia, near the bank of the Oudskoi River. He was eventually rescued as a result of his father's efforts back home in New Bedford. One of the reasons Hall published this work was to call the public's attention to the severe punishments suffered by seamen, especially in the whaling fleet, and to encourage the reform of discipline at sea. Includes a chapter entitled "Peep at the Whale Fisheries." Not in Hill nor, apparently, ARCTIC… Read More