About this title: One of the finest, most colorful and definitive studies of whaling ever published. Construction and outfitting of ships, crafts and routines, hunting methods, much more. 133 halftones. 17 line illus. Introduction.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1991-10-07
ISBN-13:9780486268545ISBN:0486268543
Description: Very Good. Unmarked, uncreased, gently used. Cover has slight shelf wear. Pages clean & bright, binding tight. *Ships Next Business day* read more
Binding: Cloth Over Board
Publisher: HaLCYON HOUSE, NY
Date Published: 1942
Description: Good+ No Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY AND PREFACE TO PICTURES BY ZEPHANIAH W. PEASE. HINGES OK, CLEAN AND TIGHT. sPINE GILT DULLED. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House, Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1942
Description: Zephaniah W. Pease. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light foxing throughout, otherwise, clean and tight. Color frontis, 15 color plates and chapter headpieces sketched in b/w. 120 pages of text followed by an Epilogue, A Glossary of Whaling Terms, A List of Books Concerning Whales and Whaling. an Index and a Suite of 112 pages of plates which include paintings reproduced in b/w, charcoal drawings, scrimshaw, figureheads, gear, plans etc. printed on ... read more
Binding: Hardcover/DJ. Octavo.
Publisher: Halcyon House., New York.
Date Published: 1942 (c1926).
Description: Very good-hardcover in a fair to good chipped dust jacket. 150 pages of text + 112 pages of photographs. Halcyon House 1942 reprint of the second edition. Father's day gift inscription inside the front cover (under the dust jacket flap). Text well-bound and clean. Dust jacket chipped and worn. read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford., Halcyon House, 1942, c1926 & 1938, 3rd Edition, cloth, vg w/badly chipped dj, 156 pps w/glossary, index & bibliography +plates, B & W/colored illus in text, 9 1/2' x 6 3/4', 'The Romantic Account of the Great American...' read more
Description: Fair. Ex-Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. x-xxviii; 156pp; 112 plates of illustrations to rear; frontis; book-plate to the front; library stamp to title page, decorative eps; reddish boards frayed at spine ends, corners worn, half-way tear to spine edge; shabby spine with fading; internally clean and good. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Popular ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company, Boston
Date Published: 1938
Description: Fine in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. The book is very fine, no marks, tight binding; the dust jacket is only fair with usual tears & wear from age. xxviii p., 1., 156 p., 1. : col. front., ill., plates (part col. ) port. group.; 27 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. "A number of errors found in the Yankee whaler as it originally appeared have been corrected. "--Foreword to 2d ed. Contains "the account of my whaling voyage in the bark Sunbeam, originally published in Harpers magazine. ... read more
Description: Good; Collectible. Ex. Library copy. No marks/underlines/highlights. Heavy creases and shelfwear on covers. Free deliver confirmation. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford w/intro by Robert C. Murphy & preface to the pictures by Z. W. Pease., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938, c1938, 2nd 'Popular Edition', decorated cloth, illus. eps, back hinge worn o/w vg (no dj), 156 pp, +105 pp of B & W illus., Sm 4to. Ashley, Clifford. read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford w/intro by Robert C. Murphy & preface to the pictures by Z. W. Pease., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938, c1938, 2nd 'Popular Edition', decorated cloth, vg, 156 pp, +105 pp of B & W illus., Sm 4to. Ashley, Clifford. read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford W w/intro by Robert Cushman Murphy & preface by Zephaniah W. Pease., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938, c1938, 2nd 'Popular' Edition, gilt decorated cloth, illus. eps, vg (no dj), (261 pp) w/index & glossary, B & W/color illus. by the author, Sm. Ashley, Clifford W. read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford w/intro by Robert C. Murphy & preface to the pictures by Z. W. Pease., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938, c1938, 2nd 'Popular Edition', decorated cloth, light foxing o/w vg w/slightly chipped & price-clipped dj, 156 pp, +105 pp of B & W illus., Ashley, Clifford. read more
Description: Ashley, Clifford w/intro by Robert C. Murphy & preface to the pictures by Z. W. Pease., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938, c1938, 2nd 'Popular Edition', decorated cloth, illus. eps, vg (no dj), 156 pp, +105 pp of B & W illus., Sm 4to. Ashley, Clifford. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Bx-50
Date Published: 1938
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin. 1938. 2nd Edition/First Printing. xXxviii + 156 pgs, 16 other coloured plates, 12 headpieces, 65 paintings, 12 charcoal drawings, and 44 pictures of scrimshaw. The uncommon DJ in G shape with shelfwear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremitites. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. BX-50; 156 pages. read more
Edition: 1st Ed, 2nd Prtg or 2nd Ed., 1st Prtg.
Binding: Buckram Cloth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1938
Description: Pease, Zephaniah, W. Pease. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Signed by Author A handsome copy bound in red cloth covers with gilt illustrated whale on front cover and spine cover.156 text pages plus many pages of plates. Illustrated end papers. Top page ends finished. Varying light blems on covers. ot much or bad. DJ is complete, is not price clipped ($5.00) and has varying light and medium edge wear. Some small closed tears and one that is three inches in length. A few small ... read more
Edition: 1942 Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Halcyon House, Garden City, New York (1926, 1938, 1942)
Description: Illus. Color and b/w. Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and preface to pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. Covers bit scuffed and little worn edges. Previous owner's name and address written front endpaper. Front hinge starting, and paper lightly browned. Some light spotting, but contents mostly clean and good. read more
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