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Rare book titled "The Whaling DIrectory of the

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United States in 1869 with Signals of the Fleet Lithographed in Colors". Taber Brothers, New Bedford, 1869. 8vo. Cloth boards and gilt lettering, very good condition with minor splitting on the exterior spine.

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