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HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, (1991). hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Fairfield, WA:Ye Galleon Press. (1991). Facsimile reprint of 1850 edition.  314pp+6pp ads and colophon. Illustrated. Hardcover.  A very good clean copy, inside and out.  

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-11-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-11-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

London: Neldon and Sons, 1859. Hardcover. Good. frontis, 240p. Original blue cloth. 15cm. Cover scuffed. Spine sloped. Extremities rubbed (some loss of cloth). Gift inscription dated 1879 on front free endpaper. Frontis browned. Moderate foxing.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1852. Hardcover. Good. London, 1852. From the library of retired ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely. Full leather boards with gold titles; 4 raised bands on spine; edges and covers worn; front board creased down center; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; bookplate on front pastedown; marbled endpapers; pages toned; interior is unmarked; 240 pages.

London: T.Nelson and Sons, 1859. Hardback. Fair. Small blue boards, 240pp. Ink school prize inscription to 1st fep, dated 1860. B&w frontis has scattered foxing around the edges. Publishing history of this title written in pencil on rear pastedown by a previous owner. Externally scuffed, bumped and a little worn at corners and ends of spine. Inside, top inch of Preface page missing, with the loss of a few lines of Preface text. Tiny corner of piece of one internal page missing, text unaffected. Inside, pages a little tanned, occasional scattered foxing to some pages, well-thumbed. But otherwise a good tight copy and priced accordingly. Size: 5 x 4 Inches Approx

[Toronto?]: Board of Publication, Presbyterian church of Canada, 1856. Hardcover. Good. frontis, 240p. Original green cloth. 15cm. Text lightly browned. Foxing and staining on title and frontis leaves.

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Hardcover. Good. frontis, illustrations, 314p. plus [6]p. publisher's advertisements. Original black cloth. 17 cm. Modest chipping at ends of backstrip. Corners and edges rubbed. Substantial foxing. Stain toward top on outer margin on first 30 leaves.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Scarce in this first edition. He recounts tales of whaling in the waters off New Zealand, near the Rio de la Plata, and in the Arctic Sea. A history of whaling is also included, as is the peculiar vocabulary of whalemen.Hill 283 (who notes only the 1850 edition). Forster 21. Bound in publisher's blind stamped and decorated red cloth. Scattered foxing, some cover wear. A good copy only.. 11 x 17 cm. xiii, 314, 5 (publisher's ads) pp. b/w engraved plates.

New York: Harper & Bros, 1850. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. good in ornamental red boards, no dust jacket as issued; appears to have new endpapers and new red buckram spine with bright gilt lettering; front and rear boards, which appear to be original, show some soiling and wear else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. sep 22 2017. 12mo. xiii-314, (6 ads) pp. b/w plates. Second edition. The book talks about whaling off New Zealand, the Rio de la Plata, and in Arctic waters. The history of whaling is also included, as is the peculiar vocabulary of whalemen.Hill 283. Forster 21. Some cover wear, foxing in text. A good copy.