Baleia! Baleia! Whale Hunters of the Azores by Venables, Bernard - 1969

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. .

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.