Whaling Masters: American Guide Series
New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1938. First Printing. Monochrome plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 314 pages.
An exhaustive directory of America's whaling captains, their ships, and their voyages. Contains information on over 10,000 voyages between 1731 and 1925.
Compiled as a volume in the WPA's "American Guide Series," this significant work opens with an historical overview of the whaling industry in Massachusetts, and a bibliography of books about whaling.
One of the more scarce WPA books, especially in dust jacket.
Ref. BREWER 916.
Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in dark green cloth over boards with green endpapers. Spine and upper board titled in gilt. One shallow bump to lower fore corner of upper board. White dust jacket shows some faint surface soil and a couple of shallow edge chips at head of spine. Clean and sound copy.
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