Published by Taber Bros., New Bedford, 1869
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Lacks title page (photocopied title page laid in): text begins with Preface, Light staining/foxing to contents, binding square and tight. 46 pp., ads, 14 pages color flags and pennants of the Fleet. Publication not previously or subsequently issued - quite uncommon. history maritime united states 19th century.
Published by New Bedford: Taber Bros., ,, 1869
First Edition
US$ 1,106.79
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition 1869 A rare work "The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869, with the Signals of the Fleet Lithographed in Colours." New Bedford, Taber Bros., 1869, octavo, [4], 9-46, [2] pp, seven double-sided plates with hand-colouring recto and verso, double sided advert leaf, original cloth professionally and very neatly re-backed. A very decent copy of the rarest of the American signal books, essentially a who's who of the US Whaling industry of the mid-19th century.