Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Book. Illus. by Ashley, Clifford W.. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited.. With an introduction by FDR. Limited edition of 1035 copies. The top and bottom edges are cut, the fore edge rough uncut. Bright red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and a spouting whale on the front cover Includes sixty plates of Whaleships famous in New Bedford, including the Charles Morgan pictured at Round Hills (sic) South Dartmouth, MA., and the Bark California. A very solid and collectible copy. No internal markings or imprints, very clean. Ashley also wrote The Ashley Book of Knots and The Yankee Whaler. He resided in Westport MA. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: Wayward Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017124
Title: Whaleships of New Bedford
Author: Ashley, Clifford W
Illustrator: Ashley, Clifford W.
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1929
Bookseller catalogs: Cape Cod and the Islands; Whaling; New Bedford, MA;

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