Description: Greetings! Old Saratoga Books is pleased to offer seven books about whales and whaling. The titles for your consideration are: 1) In Search of a Whale, by Allan W. Eckert, Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1970, first edition. 158pp. Very Good in Good jacket. Boards sunned, jacket price-clipped, chipped, and toned. Introduction by Marlin Perkins and one of the books in the Marlin Perkins' Wild Kingdom series. Color illustrations throughout by Joseph Cellini. Blue cloth binding. 2) The Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan, by G. Warren Hirshson, New Bedford, MA: Reynolds Printing, 1926, second edition. 22pp. VG. Covers worn at edges. String-tied green illustrated card covers. Photos, illustrations. Short history of the wooden whaling ship, The Charles W. Morgan, which was exhibited at E. H. R. Green's South Dartmouth, Massachusetts estate until 1941, when it became part of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. 3) The Whaleboat: A Study of Design, Construction and Use from 1850-1970, by Willits D. Ansel, Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1983. Softcover. Good. Rear cover waterstained, rippling to last several pages. 147pp. Index, bibliography, glossary. Numerous illustrations. Drawings and specifications for some whaleboats in appendices. 4) Sea Mammals, by Dorothy Childs Hogner, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979, first edition. 80pp. VG/Good. Front jacket flaps clipped, rear jacket panel soiled, name stamped on front free endpaper. Blue illustrated cloth. Lovely illustrations grace this children's book about whales, dolphins, seals, and other marine mammals. 5) Seasons of the Whale: Riding the Currents of the North Atlantic, by Erich Hoyt, Post Mills, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company., 1990. VG/VG. 104pp. Boards rubbed, page tops foxed. Chronicle of a group of blue, right, and humpback whales over the course of a year, written for a young adult audience. Many color photos. Index. 6) The World of the Arctic Whales: Belugas, Bowheads, and Narwhals, by Stefani Paine, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1995, first edition. 116pp. VG/VG. Many color photos and illustrations. Index, list of further reading. 7) Whaling Days, by Carol Carrick, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1993, first printing. 4to. 40pp. VG/Good. Jacket worn. Cloth-backed boards. History of whaling industry written for young readers with dramatic woodcut illustrations by David Frampton. Thank you for visiting our auctions. Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. We had an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville and now sell books exclusively online. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
Price: 40 USD
Location: Selkirk, New York
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Book Title: 7 books about whales and whaling
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Various
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1983
Format: Hardcover and softcover
Language: English
Era: 1970s
Personalized: No
Author: Various
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Animals & Pets, Marine Life
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Natural History
