The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales.

  • New York: D. Appleton, 1899
By Bullen, Frank T.
New York: D. Appleton, 1899. First American, "Authorized" edition of a classic whaling novel which takes second place only to "Moby Dick." Like Melville, Bullen, drew on his own experience, having shipped on the "Splendid" of New Bedford on a whaling trip to the South Pacific. Jenkins, p. 85. Forster 329. Very good condition in publisher's illustrated cloth binding.. 20 cm., 379 pp. b/w plates, ills., map.

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Title

The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales.

Author

Bullen, Frank T.

Condition

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Publisher

D. Appleton: New York

Date

1899


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