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ROBOTTI, Frances Diane. Whaling and Old Salem : A Chronicle of the Sea. With an Account of the Seal Fisheries, Excerpts from Whaling Logs and Whaling Statistics. Illustrated. With an Introduction by Carleton D. Morse. Salem :Newcomb & Gauss, 1950. First Edition. Pp 192. 8vo, red cloth spine. Forste r 239. Contents : Early History of the "Royal Fish"; Did Salem Whale BeforeNantucket?; Off-Shore to Deep-Sea Whaling; Salem and the Fur Seal Fishery; Whale-Oil, Whalebone, Whale Beef; Whaling Merchants, Officers and Crews; G eorge Dodge of Salem Ships on a Whaler;On the Emerals to the South Pacific,and others. Very good in dustjacket. 65.00
Title: : A Chronicle of the Sea. With an Account of the Seal Fisheries, Excerpts from Whaling Logs and Whaling Statistics.. First Edition in dustjacket
Categories: 888,
Publisher: Newcomb & Gauss, Salem, Mass., 1950,:
Seller ID: 19921
Keywords: NAUTICAL WHALING SEALING UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS WHALES AMERICAN WHALERS HISTORY,