BULLEN, Frank T. (Stephen Reid illus)

The Cruise of the Cachalot

Philadelphia: David McKay, N.d. (ca 1920s). Reprint. Small octavo (19cm). Attractively rebound (20th c.) in quarter maroon morocco over hand-marbled boards; 385pp, seven inserted leaves of color plates (including frontispiece). Fine. Pretty copy of this celebrated first-person account of life on a 19th-century whaler. Originally published in 1898, the work went through many editions, most (like this one) oriented to juvenile readers. With eight attractive color plates by Stephen Reid.

Price: $65.00

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