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B-36 ANTIQUARIAN
NARRATIVE. Jacob A. Hazen, “Five
Years Before The Mast,” 1853, Donohue &
Henneberry, Chicago. 444 pages, hard-bound cloth
cover. A narrative of the writer’s life aboard a
whaleship HUDSON from 1837 to 1842. Excellent
condition considering its age. A very rare antiquarian
book. 5 ½ by 7 ¼ inches. Originally
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B-37 SCRIMSHAW REFERENCE BOOK. Nina Hellman and Norman Brouwer, “A Mariner’s Fancy,” South Street Seaport Museum, 1992, Washington University Press. 93 pages exclusive of index. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Seasoned nautical dealer and scrimshaw expert, Nina Hellman, compiles some of the finest scrimshaw examples extant in this beautiful 8 by 9 inch book with high gloss pages. As new condition. 19 New, this book sells on Amazon for $125. |
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B-38 WHALING PRINTS. M.V. and Dorothy Brewington, “Kendal Whaling Museum Prints,” 1969, Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts. 198 pages exclusive of index, hard-bound cloth cover. Profusely illustrated primarily in black and white, but with some color plates. This book is absolutely the “Bible” of whaling prints! As new condition. 69 Used copies of this book start at $73 on Amazon. This copy is in absolutely brand new condition and also contains an original pamphlet from the museum. |
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B-39 KENNEDY SCRIMSHAW COLLECTION. Clare Barnes, Jr. “John F. Kennedy Scrimshaw Collector,” 1969, Little Brown & Company Boston. 129 pages, hard-bound cloth cover with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with all color plates. A catalog resonnaie of the President’s ground breaking and very famous scrimshaw collection, now held in the Kennedy Library, Boston. 9 by 11 ½ inches. As new condition. 49 Advertised on Amazon in “like new” condition for $52.95. |
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B-40 ANTIQUARIAN BOOK. Joseph C. Hart, “Miriam Coffin or The Whale-Fishermen,” 1872, H. R. Coleman, San Francisco. 336 pages, hard cloth cover, 6 by 8 ½ inches. Originally published in 1834, this second printing reveals an interesting, period insight into the whale fishery of the era. The Coffin name was synonymous with Yankee whaling on the island of Nantucket in the 19th century. Some sea shanties and music scores within. A very, very rare copy! Good, toned content. Original classic silk ribbon page marker. Binding stable. Originally sold for $150. 19 |
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B-41 EARLY WHALING BOOK. Rev. Henry T. Cheever, “The Whale and His Captors or The Whaleman’s Adventures.” 1850, Harper Brothers Publishers, New York. 314 pages of content with additional advertisements following. Hard embossed cloth cover, 4 ¾ by 6 ¾ inches. This extremely rare antique book describes the whale fishery in pre-Civil War America, complete with several fine steel plate engravings. Condition is sound with no losses. Covers are stained and foxed as are end papers. A nice gold embossed image of a whaleship and boat on the cover. Content is good with some minor water staining evident. An important old book on the subject. 49 |
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B-42 ANTIQUARIAN WHALING BOOK. Henry George Burgess, “On Board A Whaler, An Adventurous Cruise Through Southern Seas.” 1901, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. 397 pages of content with additional advertisements following. Hard cloth cover 5 ½ by 8 inches. Written 30 years after his 18 month voyage on the whaleship GRACE LATHROP out of Provincetown, Massachusetts, the author details the fascinating experience in 36 chapters along with 16 illustrations. Cover worn with fragile spine. Content excellent. Originally sold for $130. 29 |
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B-43 ANTIQUARIAN WHALING HISTORY BOOK. J. Ross Browne, “Etchings of A Whaling Cruise, with notes of a Sojourn On The Island of Zanzibar to which is appended a brief History Of The Whale Fishery.” 1846, Harper Brothers Publishers, New York. 580 pages inclusive of appendix. Hard embossed cloth cover with reinforced spine. 22 chapters illustrated with numerous steel engravings and wood block prints. Each engraving is faced with a protective tissue page. 6 by 9 ¼ inches. Good overall condition with slight foxing to a few pages. Spine professionally reinforced. Originally marked $350 and sold for $250. 145 Page 143 of this book (shown in Pate 1 below) was reproduced on page 79 of the famous Time/Life series book, "The Whalers." |
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B-44 ANTIQUARIAN WHALESHIP BOOK. Thomas H. Jenkins, “Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale.” 1902, H.S. Hutchison & Co., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 43 pages, hard cloth cover. Well illustrated with black and white photos. The whaling bark KATHLEEN was built in 1844 in Philadelphia and was considered a Lucky ship” until the events of March 17, 1902 ended her career. In 1902 the New York Journal reported it this way: |
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Rammed and Sunk by an Infuriated The most thrilling episode ever known
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A fascinating first hand account. Well illustrated
and in virtually perfect condition for a book 110 years
old. Prior prices of $75, 125 and 140 penciled in the
inside cover along with the publisher’s label of
Hutchison’s Book Store, New
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B-45 ANTIQUARIAN SAILING SHIP
BOOK. John D. Whidden, “Ocean Live In
The Old Sailing-Ship Days (From Forecastle to Quarter-deck.”
1909, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. 314 pages,
hard cloth cover. Illustrated with black and white
photos. Author-signed and dated presentation on the
front end paper. Captain Whidden was master of
several square riggers dating from the Civil War. The
33 chapters include, “The Forecastle, Crossing The
Line, Whaling in `48, Fishing On The Grand
Banks, New Orleans In Winter, Taking The Black Veil IN
Sicily, Flying Through Formosa Straits, The Pilot Service in
`63, Coasting In The Bahamas, Bahia, Liverpool, The Isle of
St. Helena, and The Decadence Of The Sailing Ships.”
Very well written first hand narrative of fascinating
encounters and events. Excellent original condition
for a book over 100 years old.
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B-46 BOOK, WHALESHIP
CONSTRUCTION. Reginald B. Hegarty, “The
Birth of a Whaleship.” 1964, The New
Bedford Free Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts. 159
pages, hard cloth cover with see-through dust jacket.
Well illustrated in black and white with line drawings,
prints and photographs. Author-signed on the title
page. A very informative progression of the making of
a whaleship beginning with the plans and ending in the
finished product, with virtually every detail of shipboard
construction in between. The 29 chapters include: “The
Model, Framing Planking, Hull fastenings, Caulking,
Coppering, Catheads, Windlass, Tryworks, Steering Wheel,
Cabins, Davits, Bitts, Figureheads and Sternboards, Spars,
Sails and Whaleboats, among others. As new
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B-47 CLASSIC WHALING BOOK.
Clifford Ashley, “The Yankee Whaler.”
1942, Halcyon House, Garden City, New York. Second
edition. Hard cloth cover, 149 pages exclusive of
index and 109 more pages of illustrations.
Several color plates and wood block prints within. In
1926 author/artist Clifford Ashley published his landmark
work documenting the American Whale Fishery, coming on the
heels of the wrecking of the last American whaleship the
Bark WANDERER two years earlier. The
talented and adventuresome artist/photographer had himself
gone to sea as a whaleman on the Bark SUNBEAM out
of New Bedford in 1904. He knew of what he wrote,
painted, sketched and photographed. Chapters include, “The
Blubber-Hunters, Cape Cod, Long Island, and Nantucket, New
Bedford, The Whaler, The Whaleboat, The Whale, Gear and
Craft, Scrimshaw” as well as a Glossary of Whaling
Terms. An absolute wealth of first person information,
exquisitely illustrated. Excellent condition, noting
light toning of the end papers. Ex.
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B-48 ILLUSTRATED WHALING HISTORY. Francis Russell Hart, “The New England Whale-Fisheries.” 1924, John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 92 pages hard cloth cover. 3 black and white photographic illustrations, one depicting a whaling scene in engraving quality. A section devoted to an Exhibition of “Old Maps” at M.I.T. April – June 1926, with numerous additional blank pages for notes. This book comprises a brief synopsis of the New England Whale Fishery in the very year of its demise upon the wreck of the last American whaleship, the Bark WANDERER. Lengthy penned inscription by the author on the front end paper dated “20 April / 27”. Front and back covers water stained but otherwise sound. Content perfect. Originally sold for $150. A very rare antiquarian book. 49 |
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B-49 PICTORIAL WHALING HISTORY BOOK. George Francis Dow, “Whaleships And Whaling A Pictorial History.” 1985 reprint of the 1925 first edition. Dover Publications, New York. 238 pages, soft cover, profusely illustrated in black and white. Beginning with a brief history of “The Whale Fishery In New England,” what follows is an incredible documentary of that bygone American industry in pictures. A truly marvelous compilation of photographs! As new condition. 29 |
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B-50 ANTIQUARIAN WHALING BOOK. Nannie Belle Maury, “Whalers And Whaling.” 1896, H.S. Hutchinson & Co., New Bedford, Massachusetts. 73 pages, hard cloth cover, well illustrated with black and white photographs. A nice pictorial documentary of whaling in America towards the end of the “Golden Era.” The final page says it all -- “DRIFTWOOD FROM OLD WHALESHIPS, For Open Fireplaces. Put up in Barrels and shipped to any address.” Slight soiling of covers, otherwise excellent condition. Originally sold for $150. 69 |
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B-51 WHALING PAINTINGS REFERENCE BOOK. M.V. & Dorothy Brewington, “Kendall Whaling Museum Paintings.” First edition, 1965, The Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts. 131 pages exclusive of index, hard cloth cover. A landmark compilation of the most amazing and historical scenes of original whaling-related drawings and paintings ever produced! Many color plates. All with extensive and informative captions. As new condition. This book sells in paperback on Amazon for $80 and used hardback for $95. 89 |
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B-52 (4.90) SCRIMSHAW REFERENCE BOOK. Edouard A. Stackpole, "Scrimshaw At Mystic Seaport," 1958, Second printing 1966, The Marine Historical Association, Incorporated, Mystic, Connecticut, 53 pages, hard cloth cover with dust jacket. Written in 1955, Everett Crosby's landmark book, "Susan's Teeth and Much About Scrimshaw" was the first book ever published on the topic of scrimshaw. The book offered here was published just 3 years later as a more scholarly and comprehensive "introduction to scrimshaw." Accordingly, the book's introduction is well worth quoting: "A century ago the American whale fishery, the most extensive and lucrative in world history, was just past its peak. As a theme for adventure in industry, whaling had few peers. As a nursery for seamen it was unrivaled. By the same token it was one of the hardest and most brutal seafaring activities the world has ever known. The whalemen of New England established a record for daring and enterprise that was never equaled. At first whales were taken near shore. In 1716, Capt. Christopher Hussey of Nantucket, sighted and killed a sperm whale at sea off that island, thus beginning one of the most exciting chapters in American Maritime history which culminated in voyages around the world sometime lasting 4 and 5 years! It was during those long arduous, but often monotonous trips that scrimshaw gave creative relief to the sailors. It is against this backdrop that the marvelous creations contained within these chapters are presented." 14 |
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