Square 8vo, 221 pages, red cloth; front flap of dj creased. Signed by Hall at the Whaling Museum, September 15, 1982. "The photographs Ashley took for his own reference constitute the most complete known pictorial record of a sperm whaling voyage. . The photographs and descriptive captions provide a wealth of information on the whaling vessel, its gear, shipboard routine, whaleboats, and the cutting in and processing of whales.".

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Title

Sperm Whaling From New Bedford Clifford W. Ashley's Photographs of the Bark Sunbeam in 1904

Publisher

Whaling Museum / Old Dartmouth Historical Society ( 1982 ), New Bedford, MA

Publication Date

1982

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

Condition

Fine

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very good

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Joyce And Company, established 1975, works out of an office near Chicago's Loop. There are usually 15-20,000 books on-site and available for browsing. Mr. Joyce was a founding partner of the former Chicago Rare Book Center, of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. Proprietor Tom Joyce appeared regularly as the book appraiser on "The Appraisal Fair", seen on Home And Garden Television, HGTV. We still do appraisals on a wide variety of subjects, from literature to history, fine books, children's, presses, theology, law, medicine, maps, autographs. These topics are reflected in our inventory, and much more, including Sherlockiana. In addition to regional institutions nearby Chicago and Illinois, we have been able to place rare materials with the American Antiquarian Society, The Library of Congress, The Bodleian Library, Harvard and Yale Universities, the Presidential Libraries of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, et cetera.

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