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Arctic Whalers, Icy Seas: Narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery
by Ross, W. Gillies
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0772515247
- ISBN 13
- 9780772515247
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, foil titles on spine, endpaper maps, xvi, 264 pp, numerous b & w photos and facsimile documents, bibliography, index. Slight wear to tail of spine, gift inscription on preliminary blank. DJ in Brodart archival cover. "...fifteen whalemen, mostly from British ports, relate their own dramatic experiences in the Eastern Arctic between 1824 and 1917. Their tales take on epic proportions as they describe being hemmed in by pack ice and forced to winter over; tension between crew members; six months spent drifting on an ice floe; outbreaks of scurvy, desertion and even cannibalism; attempts to establish settlements--and even play cricket--in the grim Arctic environment." Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 25 X 26½ cm (oblong).
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SHWH00004
- Title
- Arctic Whalers, Icy Seas: Narratives of the Davis Strait Whale Fishery
- Author
- Ross, W. Gillies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0772515247
- ISBN 13
- 9780772515247
- Publisher
- Irwin Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Ships Whaling
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships & Boats;
- X weight
- 64 oz
- Size
- 25 X 26½ cm (oblong)
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About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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