Whale And Seal Fishery

CATCHING OF THE WHALE AND SEAL, OR HENRY ACTON'S CONVERSATION TO HIS SON WILLIAM ON THE WHALE AND SEAL FISHERY, Salem NY Ives and Jewett, 1838

Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 112 pages; 1 vol. Catching of The Whale and Seal, or Henry Acton's Conversation to His Son William on The Whale and Seal Fishery. Salem: Ives and Jewett, 1838. 16mo, orig. Printed yellow bds. With vignette; spine rubbed, scuffed & spotted. With frontis. & 4 full-page illus. & text illus. Foxing throughout. Imprint given as Andover: Gould & Newman. American Imprints 49620 (locating 3 copies) ; OCLC 21912158 . AE records 5 copies sold at auction since 1922.

[SW: CHILDREN'S Whales Seals Fishing]

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MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, described and illustrated together with an account of the American Whale-Fishery. Scammon, C.M. THE, San Francisco, 1874, 1st edition.
The brown cloth is bright, clean and unworn, there is scattered foxing, occasionally heavy, to the text and to a few plates, overall, this a very good copy. The solander case is very attractive and well made.

Pp. 319, v, 27 full pg b/w lithographs, + text-figs. Original brown cloth with gilt image of a seal on the front cover, lg 4to. A previous owner had a half leather, gilt-decorated solander case made to house the volume. From 1852 onward, Capt. Scammon surveyed the Northwest Coast for marine mammals especially whales. He is among the earliest to give full accounts of their habits. This volume is very scarce since much of the remaining stock was destroyed in a fire that broke out after the 1906 earthquake. A small stamp on front endpaper indicated that this copy was purchased on March 7, 1885 in San Francisco. Howes S136, Cowan 570, Tourville 3990.

[SW: Mammals Whales Pacific Ocean Whaling]

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Van Dervoort, J. W.. Water World, The: The Ocean, Its Laws, Currents, Tides, Wind-Waves, Phenomena, Mechanical Appliances, Animal and Vegetable Life. New York, NY: Union Publishing House, 1883.
Decorative boards. Aqua blue green with gilt decoration (lighthouse, seal, skin divers, shells, etc). Light/moderate bumping/scuffing to edges. Small faded streak to spine, some small scratches to blank back board. Front hinge has been repaired with archival rice paper. 480 pages Full gilt page edges showing light tanning to edges. B+W plates throughout. Light foxing to outer pages. Chapters include: "The Frozen Ocean", "Minute Animal Life", "The Monarch of the Ocean" (whales), "The Whale Fishery and Its Perils", "The Pirate of the Ocean" (Sharks), "The Floating Navigators of the Ocean" (Jelly-fish), "Superstitions Connected with the Ocean", "Monsters of the Deep--Sea Dragons" (prehistoric life), "Phenomena of the Ocean", "Ocean Steamships", "The Signal Service", "The Life-Saving Service", "Lighthouses and Beacons"; and more.

Subscription Edition, Hard Cover, Good.

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Goodrich, Samuel, Author Of Peter Parley's Tales. ENTERPRISE, INDUSTRY AND ART OF MAN, PART I As Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture and Manufactures. Boston: Bradbury, Soden And Co., 1845.
Paper covers aren't much heavier than the paper on which the text is printed. Frontispiece drawing with tissue guard. A score or so b/w illustrations throughout text. HISTORY. Volume 20 of Parley's Cabinet Library. Table of contents lists 333 pages, this volume is limited to 176 pages; it is assumned that Part II would contain the missing pages. Essays about the history, origin and activities of: whale fishery, seal fishery, pearl fishery, cattle hunting, buffalo hunting, bear hunting, the fur trade, bird catching, discoveries andcommercial establishments of the Porguguese in India, voyages and discoveries of Columbus, voyage and discoveries of Magellan, voyage of Sir Francis Drake, etc. ; 7"; 176 pages.

Paperback, Good- with no dust jacket; The cover is in pretty rough condition, with over half of the spine material missing, including most of the title. The fore edges of the paper covers have numerous small tears, although very little material is actually missing. Covers' top and bottom edges are in good shape. Name on front cover's top margin. The paper is very white (not at all age-browned) , but there is a moderate amount of foxing, otherwise the contents are clean and unmarked. Please keep in mind that this is a paper-covered book which is over 150 years old. The stiching, holding the pages in place, are sound..

[SW: WHALING Sealing FISHING Voyages Of Discovery Pearl Fishing Magellan Sir Francis Drake Buffalo Hunting Other History,]

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