The Yankee Whaler.

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: The Yankee Whaler.

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Item #51235
The Yankee Whaler.
Ashley, Clifford W.
Houghton Mifflin, ( 1926), Boston
28 cm. xxiv, 379 pp. b/w and color plates.
Price: $150

First trade edition, a limited edition of 1625 copies, and one of the key books on American whaling. Still the best general source of whaling know-how, with Ashleys inimitable illustrations and much technical information on whaleships and whaling, as well as scrimshaw. Forster 160. This copy has been well used and, we hope, enjoyed. Front board dusty, front inner hinge cracked but holding. Text and ills. clean and fresh. Sewing tight. An affordable coipy of Ashley’s masterpiece.

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