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Whale Hunt.
by Haley, Nelson Cole
Ives Washburn., (1948). 'The narrative of a voyage by the harpooner". V G. in D J.. 21 cm. 304 pp. B/W plates.
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A$15.46
Whaling and Old Salem.
by Robotti, Frances Diane
New York.: Fountainhead., 1962.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Fine copy in near fine (light shelf wear) dust jacket (in mylar).. Octavo.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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A$34.02
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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A$34.95
The Yankee Whaler.
by Ashley, Clifford W
The Riverside Press., 1938.. V G. in D J. (slightly chipped).. 26 cm 156 pp. B/w and Color plates plans and drawings.
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A$46.39
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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A$17.78
Whaling and Old Salem.
by Robotti, Frances Diane
Fountainhead Publications., (1962). V G. in D J.. 23 cm. 292 pp. B/W plates
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A$30.93
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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A$38.97
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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A$61.84
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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A$54.12
Whaler's Eye
by Ash, Christopher
New York: Macmillan, 1962. Hardcover. DJ has small chips/tears/folds along edges.
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A$54.12
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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A$126.75
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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A$1,468.98
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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A$35.56
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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A$115.97
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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A$11.37
Captain Joe. Whaleman from New Bedford.
by Gomes, Captain Joseph
New York: Vantage Press, (1960). Recollections of an Azorean whaling captain, and his whaling schooner "Pedro Varella." First edition. Very good condition in publisher's illustrated dust jacket, which shows a bit of wear.. 20.5 cm. 273 pp. b/w frontipiece plates.
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A$46.39
Children of the Light
by Allen, Everett S
Boston, (1973). b/w plates. 302 pp. The rise and fall of New Bedford whaling and the death of the Arctic fleet. VG, dj.
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A$30.93
Whales and Whaling. Port of Sag Harbor, New York.
by Finckenor, George A
Sag Harbor, NY: Wm. Ewers, 1975. Listing of ships, voyages, cargoes and captains. With a special compilation of the whaling fleet for the peak years 1845-1848. Signed by author. First edition, inscribed by author on title page. Fine condition.. 23 cm. 159 pp/ b/w plates, ills. facsimiles.
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A$61.85
Whale Hunt
by Haley, Nelson Cole
NY, (1948). b/w plates. 304 pp. Narrative of a voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, harpooner in the ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853. Written by the old whaler years after his trip, with his own illustrations. Forster 51. Light wear to spine ends. A good copy in chipped and torn dj.
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A$30.93
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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A$13.40