Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, NY, 1931
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Spine is browned. ; Copy #184 of 360. In a slip case. Slip case has a little wear to the lower edge and to the spine ends.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Anton Otto Fischer (illustrator). Lovely copy. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. The color pastedown on the front cover showing a three masted whaler and an oared sloop shows no scratches, no edge wear.Pages are tight clean with no marks. There is a gift presentation for perfect attendance at junior church services on the verso of the color frontispiece. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket shows light wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector. This is a volume in the John C. Winston " The Children's Bookshelf." Abridged: lacking all of Melville's zoological details about whales/.