The White Whale.

LEE, Henry.

Published by R.K. Burt, printers. [1878], 1878

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Oale yellow printed wrappers; sl. marked. 16pp. Copac records copies at the BL, Cambridge and the Natural History Museum. A detailed survey of sightings of the white Beluga whale in the 1860s and 1870s with an account of a live capture, where the whale dies within three days. Melville's Moby-Dick, or the Whale was published in 1851. Henry Lee was a naturalist knowledgeable on large aquatic beings, and the author of Sea Monsters Unmasked, published in 1883, dashing the hopes of believers in the Kraken and the Great Sea Serpent.

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Title
The White Whale.
Author
LEE, Henry.
Publisher
R.K. Burt, printers. [1878]
Publication year
1878
Binding
Soft cover

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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