Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries, With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial New England
by Dow, George Francis
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 446 pages. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, photographs in the text. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Covers are lightly toned. Illustrated end papers. Front hinge starting to pull. Bookstore book plate on the front paste down.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24613
- Title
- Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries, With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial New England
- Author
- Dow, George Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Marine Research Society
- Place of Publication
- Salem, MA
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Whales
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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