Arctic Whalers Icy Seas: Narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery
by Ross, W. Gillies
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0772515247
- ISBN 13
- 9780772515247
- Seller
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Picton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Irwin Publishing, 1985, xvi, 263 p., first edition,map on end papers, includes index, illustrated throughout, describes the life of whalers and the hardships of arctic winters caught in the ice from first hand accounts. vg black cloth with silver title on spine, previous owners book plate, dj vg but rubbed on top corners, art on cover Fire Down on the Labrador, by David Blackwood. Heavy extra postage required.
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- Bookseller
- Naval Marine Archive (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 812959
- Title
- Arctic Whalers Icy Seas: Narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery
- Author
- Ross, W. Gillies
- Format/Binding
- Book
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0772515247
- ISBN 13
- 9780772515247
- Publisher
- Irwin Publising
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- xvi, 263 p.
- Size
- 25 x 27 cm
- Keywords
- whaling, arctic, weather, ice flows, scurvy, Greenland whales..
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