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THE ARCTIC WHALERS
by Lubbock, Basil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st Edition; xi, 483pages; frontispiece, 85 illustrations, mostly reproductions of old paintings & prints.(1 folding plan), end paper maps. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, in unclipped dust jacket. The amazing life of the whale hunters amid the hardships and dangers of the Northern Sea. The book has been written after examining the most famous and exclusive collection of whaling logs and manuscripts. A detailed history of the whale trade as it was practiced in the northern seas. Lubbock had access to not only the whaling manuscripts of Mr. J. E. S. Suddaby, but also the incredible image collection of Mr. James G. Sleight--many of which were reproduced here for the first time. Lubbock was also able to interview some surviving Arctic whalemen for the book. Chapters on the early Spitzbergen fishery, the revival of British Whaling 1750-1800, specific fishing seasons, and more. See WHALE 857. Shelfware, contents clean and bright. Dust jacket tatty with pieces missing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2647. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2647
- Title
- THE ARCTIC WHALERS
- Author
- Lubbock, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, whaling, polar Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Lubbock, Basil THE ARCTIC WHALERS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration; Whales;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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