Whale Ships and Whaling
by Albert Cook Church
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, 1938. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The Front Cover has a full whaling ship illustration. B&W photos throughout. Signed by the author on the title page, not inscribed to anyone. Three parts, Part One is a narrative on Whaleships and Whaling, Part Two is Illustrations and Part 3 contains Whaleship Plans and Specifications and the Data on the actual Vessels Illustrated. Normal aging and soiling to the volume, Some rubbing to the spine, still very collectible signed..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayward Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030650
- Title
- Whale Ships and Whaling
- Author
- Albert Cook Church
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- whaling New Bedford
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts
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Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
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