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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Small slim octavo, pp (4), 76, a slight stain to pages 2 - 5, otherwise clean internally, paperback, a good copy. SCARCE.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - When Herman Melville published Moby-Dick, readers were thrilled by the terrifying concept of a vengeful, giant sperm whale attacking a ship. Few realized that the climax of the novel was not fiction, but a horrific historical reality. In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed and shattered by an impossibly large, enraged sperm whale, leaving twenty men stranded in tiny lifeboats thousands of miles from land.What followed the sinking was a nightmare of survival that shocked the 19th-century world. The crew faced a brutal 90-day voyage across the unforgiving Pacific Ocean. Dehydrated, starving, and driven mad by the equatorial sun, the men were forced to make unimaginable choices. As their numbers dwindled, the survivors resorted to the darkest taboo of human existence: drawing lots to decide who would be killed and eaten so the others might live.This gripping historical narrative reconstructs the disastrous final voyage of the Essex. It explores the brutal economics of the Nantucket whaling industry, the complex psychology of extreme starvation, and the heavy moral burden carried by the few men who miraculously returned home.Venture into the darkest depths of the human will to survive. This is the harrowing true story of nature striking back, and the terrible price paid by the men who dared to hunt the oceans' greatest titans.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Wrath of the Leviathan | The Sinking of the Whaleship Essex and the Gruesome True Story Behind [.] | Nathaniel Cross | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565275564 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

New edition hard back binding in contemporary full tan calf covered boards, the spine divided into six panels, gilt and burgundy morocco lettering label in the second, gilt tools to the others, front and back parallel twin gilt lines to the perimeters. 18mo. 6½'' x 4¼''. A series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting the author's state of mind following several bereavements, it was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke. Contains frontispiece engraving, A2, [blank], 315 pp + 3 pp publisher's listings. Engraving is printed to the verso of the first leaf, rear end paper absent, staining from the leather turn-in's front and back. This volume, along with other books of the period, came from the family estate of Sir Frederick Treves, SIGNED by his father William Treves to the front free end paper 'William Treves - Dorchester', green heraldic bookplate of Reverend Nathaniel Thornbury, Avening, Gloucestershire to the front paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.