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In a Sperm Whale’s Jaws.

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  • Hanover, NH: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1954
By Wood, Albert and George C.
Hanover, NH: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, 1954. Wood, a crewman aboard the whaler "Ploughboy" actually survived an attack by a flurrying whale. Fine press printing of his account and related documents, with wood engravings by J. J. Lankes. Reprint of the original edition of 30 copies, in decorated wrappers. A fine copy in custom made clamshell box.. 16 (2) pp. b/w ills.

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Title

In a Sperm Whale’s Jaws.

Author

Wood, Albert and George C.

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Friends of the Dartmouth Library: Hanover, NH

Date

1954

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