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Cheever, The whale and his captors
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28.10.2021 / Los 1827-1967 / Sitzungsbeginn 14.30 Uhr
Cheever, H. T. The whale and his captors; or, the whaleman's adventures, and the whale's biography, as gathered in the homeward cruise of the "Commodore Preble". New York, Harper & Brothers, 1850. (17,5:12 cm). Mit gest. Front. u. 16 gest. Tafeln. S. (III)-XIII, 2 (statt 3?) Bll., S. 21-314, 5 S. Blindgepr. Or.-Lwd. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel u. Deckelvignette; stellenweise etwas berieben; vorderer freier Vorsatz fehlend.
Hill I, 51; Jenkins, Bibliography of Whaling, 89. - Erste Ausgabe. Henry Theodore Cheever (1814-1897) "describes the particulars of the ship's homeward journey from the South Seas to Boston. The book talks about whaling off New Zealand, the Río de la Plata, and in Arctic waters. The history of whaling is also included, as is the peculiar vocabulary of whalemen" (H.). - Stellenweise etwas stärker gebräunt und stockfleckig. Fehlt wohl der Vortitel u. 1 Bl.
With engraved frontispice and 16 engraved plates. - Some browning (stronger in places) and some foxing. Original cloth with goldembossed title to spine and gilt vignette to upper cover; some rubbing in places. Lacking front endpaper, half-title and 1 leaf.