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Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, (1991). hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Fairfield, WA:Ye Galleon Press. (1991). Facsimile reprint of 1850 edition. 314pp+6pp ads and colophon. Illustrated. Hardcover. A very good clean copy, inside and out.
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THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS; OR, THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES, AND THE WHALE BIOGRAPHY, AS GATHERED ON THE HOMEWARD CRUISE OF THE "COMMODORE PREBLE".
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The Whale and His Captors; or, the Whalemens Adventures, and the Whales Biography, as Gathered on the Homeward Cruise of the "Commodore Preble"
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Scarce in this first edition. He recounts tales of whaling in the waters off New Zealand, near the Rio de la Plata, and in the Arctic Sea. A history of whaling is also included, as is the peculiar vocabulary of whalemen.Hill 283 (who notes only the 1850 edition). Forster 21. Bound in publisher's blind stamped and decorated red cloth. Scattered foxing, some cover wear. A good copy only.. 11 x 17 cm. xiii, 314, 5 (publisher's ads) pp. b/w engraved plates.
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