AMERICAN WHALERS IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC
by BOCKSTOCE, John R.
BOCKSTOCE, John R. AMERICAN WHALERS IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC. Fairhaven: Edward J. Lefkowitz, 1983. Oblong folio. Quarter-niger goatskin, cloth, and separate cloth portfolio. vi, (ii), 48, (1) pages, 12 color plates extra suite of 12 plates loose in separate portfolio. One of 400 copies. A large (15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches) and handsome book, printed by The Steinhour Press and Meriden Gravure and illustrated by William Wilkerson. Wilkerson is renowned in maritime circles both for his artistry and for his historical precision. The text surveys whaling from 1848 to the end of the nineteenth century in the waters off Alaska. Very good. (Inventory #: 33880)