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NY: Knopf. VG-/Good only (see notes). 1969. 1st US. hardcover. 12mo . 204pp . Spine cocked some. DJ has a 1" tall x 1/2" wide chip bottom spine, couple 1/2"-1" tears. In mylar. .

EB: Knopf. Very Good. 1969. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969. 206 pgs. Illustrated with 40 photographs and drawings by the author. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities and to the spine ends). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating account of today's whalers of the Azores: their lives, their ways, their pursuit of the great sperm whale. Today's Azoreans still spurn modern weapons and hunt and kill the sperm whale with hand harpoons and lances. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photos, Maps and Author Drawings. One of the finest whaling histories ever written. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy with just a small red dot mark to the bottom foreedge.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. BALEIA! BALEIA!- Whale Hunters of the Azores- Bernard Venables- Illustrated By Author- Alfred A. Knopf-NY- 1969- 1st Edition-1st Printing-US-Stated- Hardcover:-8vo- Near FINE/VG++ jd is unclipped and clean with some edge nicks and rubs-now in mylar- 204pp are clean, no tears or writing- red dot on lower page edge- SEE PHOTO- "The cry goes up--a whale has been sighted in the Azores. The noted writer Bernard Venables signed a "death warrant" and took full responsibility for his own safety, and was allowed to accompany the whalers on their rounds. Dark blue boards with representation of a spear on front. With photos and illustrations and maps by the author in B&W."- Non-fiction-history-whaling-New England-Illustrated (1462) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Near FINE/VG++. Illus. by Illustrated By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.