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Account of American Whaling

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Description

Heading:
Author: Davis, William M.
Title: Nimrod of the Sea; or, The American Whaleman
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1874
Description:

403 pp. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. 18.5x12 cm. (7½xz4¼"), cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Dramatic, well illustrated account of whaling on the high seas. Ownership signature of Geo. F. Worth, Oct. 8th, 1874, to top of title-page; his rubber-stamp to same page below title, and to following (contents) leaf.

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Rubbing/fraying to extremities; very good.

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Account of American Whaling

Name: Account of American Whaling
SKU: 33605626
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