Resultados de búsqueda: Whaling from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Heinemann, Melbourne, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 500 g; IX, 202 pp., last two blank, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, two appendices, select bibliography. Illustrated black and white frontispiece, of Captain James Waddell. The text is illustrated with contemporary black and white illustrations and sketches. Dark blue boards with gilt writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing sailing ship at berth, blue background with white and black writing on front panel and spine. In January 1865 the Confederate raider 'Shenandoah' berthed at Melbourne. The consequences of this docking had serious consequences to Great Britain and to the whaling fleets of the United States. The edges of the dust jacket I slightly rubbed, and there is a small chip at the top right-hand corner of the spine section, the top edge of the text block is very slightly spotty. No other damage, no annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

Angus & Robertson Publishers, Melbourne, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. introduction by author, bibliography and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing the ship the "Charles W. Morgan". The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography/illustrations between paid 146 and 147. Illustrated card cover (wraparound) with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A history of whaling in Australia and the southern seas, from the first time that whalers ventured into the southern oceans to recent times. The book was first published (in 1934) when whaling was still pursued in Australia and Australian waters. Part of A & R Non-Fiction Classics. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with sunning to the back strip. The front panel has started to curl and there is light age toning of the text block edges and pages. A small staining to the top right hand corner of the front text block… Leer más