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A vintage collection of whaling adventures, first edition books from the early 20th century--all of them, except the last title, which is fiction--lavishly illustrated with old photographs. An excellent set, as follows:
David Moore Lindsay, A Voyage to the Arctic with the Whaler Aurora. Boston: Dana Estes & Company. 1911. First edition, first issue, in near Fine condition. Cited in Jenkins, p. 119.Walter Noble Burns, A Year With A Whaler. New York: Outing Publishing Co. 1913. First edition, first issue. VG, bit of sunning to spine. Cited in Jenkins, p. 85.
George Barker, Thrilling Adventures of the Whaler Alcyone. Killing Man-Eating Sharks in the Indian Ocean. Peabody, Mass.: George Barker Publisher. 1916. First edition, first issue. VG+ condition. Cited in Jenkins, p. 78
Alan J. Villiers, Whaling in the Frozen South. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1925. First edition, first issue. VG condition. Cited in Jenkins, p. 154.
William H. Tripp, There Goes Flukes! New Bedford, Mass.: Reynolds Printing. 1938. First edition, first issue. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. With the scarce dust jacket. VG, with some tape marks on the jacket. Cited in Jenkins, p. 151.
Edouard Stackpole, Mutiny at Midnight. New York: William Morrow and Company. 1939. First edition, first issue. With the dust jacket. Book and DJ are VG. Cited in Jenkins, p. 147.
Each volume is encased in a thick mylar jacket.
I hate to let these go, but need the shelf space!
I\'m pricing these at the lowest end of lesser-quality copies listed on ViaLibri
I pack all books carefully.
Thank you for your interest.
