Fuller Capt Joseph (7 results)

1st edition. 8vo. xxxi + 349pp. Several b/w. illustrations. Original boards. Rubbed pictorial blue d/w. with red and white lettering to spine. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley. ISBN 0913372218 US$15.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edited, with introduction and notes by Briton Cooper Busch. Mystic:Mystic Seaport Museum. (1980). 349pp.Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn at the edges with a small tear at the bottom edge of the front cover. Otherwise in very good condition. Book itself shows only some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good, clean copy.

1st edition. 8vo. xxxi + 349pp. 3 illustrations, map. Original boards. Rubbed pictorial d/w. lettered in red and blue, with 1cm. tear repaired with tape. With the signature of Ann Savours Shirley. ISBN 0913372218 US$18.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Joseph Fuller (1839-1920) was a well known whaling captain who sailed out of New London, Connecticut for half a century after the Civil War. He engaged in a little known branch of the whaling industry that hunted sea elephants for oil, principally in the Desolation Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean. Few men knew the hazards of the 23,000 mile round trip voyage.

hard cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 349pp. Illus. With dust jacket. A fine coy. Fuller was a well-known whaling captain who sailed out of New London. Active in the speciliazed and little-known branch of the whaling industry that hunted sea elephants for oil, principally at Heard and Kerguelen "Desolation" Islands in the Indian ocean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Out of print. An original publication of the Mystic Seaport Museum. Binding is cloth.