Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar To Which is Appended a Brief History of the Whale Fishery.... by Browne, J. Ross - 1846

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

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-25. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with notes of a sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief history of the whale fishery ... Illustrated by numerous engravings, etc..

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1846. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with many textual illustrations and full page engraved plates. Large 8vo, handsomely bound at a later date to style in three-quarter tan morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands, one compartment with a red lettering label gilt, another compartment lettered in gilt. [xi], 580, 8 ads. pp. A very pleasing and well preserved copy, the binding in excellent condition with virtually no evidence of use, the text-block with a bit of the inevitable foxing due to the paper used, the plates all quite pleasing even as there is the usual occasional evidence of non-obtrusive spotting here and there. FIRST EDITION. A book which is accepted as having had a significant influence upon Herman Melville and his authorship of Moby Dick, a cornerstone work of American literature published five years after the book here offered was published. Browne's is a fine work offering a great amount of… Read More