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FOUR MONTHS ON A JAP WHALER (SIGNED)
by McCracken, David R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1948. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1948. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. x,228, [2]. Red and white photographic paper jacket with white type. Green boards with black type.
Inscribed and SIGNED, most likely by author (his first name only) on front free endpaper. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Edge wear, some creasing, closed tears to dust jacket with $3.00 price intact, and several small chips missing, the largest being a 1/2" x 3/4" at top of (dustjacket) spine. Boards with slight rubbing to extremities.Light toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author was appointed by General McArthur and assigned to the post of American observer aboard the Hashidate Maru, fleet flagship of a Japanese whaling fleet southward bound for the great Antarctic fisheries. He accompanied 300 Japanese seamen and one Australian representative for 132 days, his chief responsibility being to enforce the whaling regulations laid down by Supreme Allied Headquarters in Tokyo.
Inscribed and SIGNED, most likely by author (his first name only) on front free endpaper. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Edge wear, some creasing, closed tears to dust jacket with $3.00 price intact, and several small chips missing, the largest being a 1/2" x 3/4" at top of (dustjacket) spine. Boards with slight rubbing to extremities.Light toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author was appointed by General McArthur and assigned to the post of American observer aboard the Hashidate Maru, fleet flagship of a Japanese whaling fleet southward bound for the great Antarctic fisheries. He accompanied 300 Japanese seamen and one Australian representative for 132 days, his chief responsibility being to enforce the whaling regulations laid down by Supreme Allied Headquarters in Tokyo.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 508
- Title
- FOUR MONTHS ON A JAP WHALER (SIGNED)
- Author
- McCracken, David R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Whaling, Japanese Whaling, Antarctic Whaling
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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