New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, xi, 259 pages, G/-; blue slipcase with tan labels, fully bound in illustrative publisher's cloth; slipcase has moderate wear to all edges with slight break along spine; boards have very light soiling and bumping to corners, light wear to spine head, 2" partial break in forward gutter; textblock shows light age toning to page edges, mild foxing to both pastedowns, frontis piece, and title page; ex-library book with usual markings, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, charts, and tables; first printing with Scribner's "A" on copyright page. More

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. First Edition. Octavo, xliii, 471 pages; VG; Dark brown leather and banded spine with black label and gilt lettering; Rebound in half-leather with dark brown cloth boards; Textblock has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, light+ shelfwear to bottom edge, occasional light foxing to pages interiorly (more significant on fold-out maps; Includes two fold-out maps and two fold-out plates; The first fold-out map has two two-inch closed tears on the right edge; Original paper spine label tipped-in at back. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Octavo; VG- Hardcover; Two volume set; Half bound in brown leather with gilt titling on spine; Marbled paper boards, moderately rubbed; Leather of binding chipped and rubbed, with areas of damage to finish throughout; Text block very slightly foxed; Complete with two engraved frontispieces, folding map at beginning of first volume; xv, 402 + vii, 395 pages. One of the classic whaling narratives, valued by Herman Melville for its vividness. Shelved Room A. More

Villanova: Ellis Taylor, 1951. Large Octavo; VG Hardcover; Quarter bound in green cloth without text on spine; Glassine protector is age-toned, chipped and head and tail of spine, with several small tears to lower edge and culaccino to front; Boards age-toned, lightly marked, and rubbed at corners; Text block age-toned; Includes musical notation and lyrics for each song; Numerous illustrations; ix, 52 pages. Shelved Room A. More

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1855. 32mo; Very Poor/Hardcover; Bound in full brown leather with gilt title reading "The Whale" on spine; Lacking front board; Rear board armorial; Spine separating; Rear joint cracked and board separating; Text block apparently complete, with colored frontispiece and engraved title page; This edition not otherwise illustrated; Text block age-toned and slightly foxed with scattered staining; Minor chipping to edges of some pages, not impacting text; Text block edges marbled; x, 240 pages. Sold as is. Shelved Room A. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Limited First Edition: 1/1035. Quarto, vi, [122]; G+/ G+; Light brown spine with black letter; House in black cardboard slipcase; Dustjacket has moderate+ uneven age-toning overall, a chip to bottom-right corner of front cover, light wear to top edges, and faint red staining / a small chip at the head of spine; Boards show light wear to corners, light bumping to head/tail of spine, and several instances of light soiling; Textblock has some light age-toning and foxing to deckled edges; Slipcase has split along multiple edges and has significant chipping to black paper finish; Illustrated (sixty b/w drawing); Introduction by then NY governor Franklin Roosevelt; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1928. First Edition. Quarto, 45 pages, [428], [2]; G+/G; Age-toned yellow spine with black lettering; Dustjacket has small chips at corners and tail of spine, a large chip at head of spine, two closed tear at top-edge of back cover, light creasing to cop edges, and moderate soiling to spine and back cover; Boards show light bumping to corners and some light fading to cloth along spine; Textblock has light age-toning to edges, mild age-toning throughout interiorly, and significant concentrated foxing to top edge; Illustrated (b/w plates); DJ in protective mylar cover; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1911. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, ix, 223 pages; G; Browned blue cloth spine with red lettering; Boards show a small closed tear to head of spine, light+ wear to head/tail of spine and corners, substantial browning to spine and light age-toning to covers; Textblock has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, light shelfwear to bottom and fore-edges, and light age-toning throughout interiorly; Several pages remain uncut; Illustrated (b/w photographs); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New York: The Editor Publishing Co., 1905. First Edition. Large octavo, viii, 341 pages; G-; Light brown cloth spine with dark brown lettering; Boards show moderate soiling to back cover, moderate+ wear to tail of spine, bottom edges and corners, and light wear to top edges; Binding is significantly shaken, and there are full-length tears to the pastedown pages along the hinges; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges, moderate shelfwear to bottom edge, and the ex libris of a former owner on the front pastedown; Illustrated (b/w illustrations); Fold-out map at front; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New York: The Editor Publishing Co., 1905. First Edition. Large octavo, viii, 341 pages; G; Light brown cloth spine with dark brown lettering; Boards show moderate foxing and light soiling overall, moderate+ fading to head/tail of spine, light fraying at head of spine, light bumping to corners and light+ wear to bottom edges and bottom corners; Binding is slightly shaken, and there are closed tears to the pastedown pages along the hinges; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges and light shelfwear to bottom edge; Illustrated (b/w illustrations); Fold-out map at front; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Boston, New York, and Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin and the Riverside Press, 1926. Small quarto; VG Hardcover; Quarter bound in tan cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and tan paper boards with black lettering; Edges and corners of boards lightly rubbed with some fraying; Boards lightly marked; Both hinges cracked; Top edge of text block gilt; Text block age-toned; Heavily illustrated with color and black and white illustrations; xxiv; 379 pages. This is an oversized item and may require additional postage. Please contact us for rates. More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1924. First edition. Octavo; VG/Poor Hardcover with dust jacket; Yellow dust jacket with red and green lettering; Dust jacket with multiple significant tears and creases, and flaps fully detached; protected in mylar; Boards lightly faded, bumped at corners and head and tail of spine; Text block age-toned; Bookseller's ticket from Wayfarer's Book Shop in Washington, DC on rear pastedown; Seven color illustrations; 358 pages. More

New Bedford: George H. Reynolds, 1929. First edition. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and front board; Bumping to corners of boards, head and tail of spine; Small stain to front board; Text block lightly age-toned; Book plate of previous owner on front pastedown; 165 pages. More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. Octavo, [4], 309 pages; G+; Dark blue leather banded spine with embossed gilt lettering and graphics; Boards have have light+ to corners, moderate wear to head/tail of spine, light fading to embossed gilt graphic on front cover, light+ wear along joints and to bands on spine, and moderate+ toning to spine; Textblock has minimal wear to marbled edges, some light soiling to top edge, and mild age-toning throughout interiorly; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Salem: Ives and Jewett, 1838. 18mo (approx. 4.5 inches x 5.5 inches); Fair Hardcover; Quarter bound in black leather, significantly rubbed away and chipped at spine; Paper-covered pictorial boards with black text and image; Cracking at front joint; Boards much rubbed and stained with bumping to corners and edges; Cracking to joints; Text block and endpapers age-toned and foxed; Several ownership marks and booksellers' annotations to front endpapers; Illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, four plates, five figures; 112 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Nantucket: The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1910. Third edition. 12mo; VG/Hardcover; Brown cloth spine without text; Paper boards with black lettering and ornamentation; Minor bumping and fraying to corners of boards, head and tail of spine; Small (1 in x 0.5 in) patch of surface damage to paper on rear board; Slight cracking to front joint; Text block slightly age-toned and foxed; Name of previous owner on front free endpaper; Numerous black and white illustrations; 125 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1924. Publication Number Six of the Marine Research Society. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; Light rubbing to corners of boards, head and tail of spine; Text block slightly foxed and age-toned; Minor creases to the corners of several pages; Numerous black and white illustrations; xvi, 335 pages. More

Boston: Coburn Brothers, 1889. First Edition. Large octavo, xvi, 420 pages; G+; Black morrocan roundback spine, banded, with gilt lettering; Half-bound morrocan with faded green boards; Boards show significant wear along joints and head/tail of spine, moderate+ wear to corners and bottom edge, 1.5-inch tears along joints at head of spine, moderate+ shelfwear to back cover, light chipping to bands on spine, and light+ shelfwear overall; Textblock has light age-toning to edges; Inscription from author appears on ffep: "To Francis Skinner / from / the Author"; t.e.g.; Illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New York: Outing Publishing Co., 1913. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Brown spine with grey lettering; Bound in brown cloth with tarnished gold lettering and ornamentation, now mostly grey in appearance; Minor rubbing to edges and corners of boards head and tail of spine; Light marking on rear board; Text block slightly age-toned; Numerous black and white photo illustrations; 250 pages. Shelved Room A. More

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 239 pages; G-/G-; White spine with black and white photo and dark grey lettering; Dustjacket has water damage to bottom right corner of front cover, moderate+ soiling overall, light+ wear to corners and edges, and several closed tears to head of spine and back cover; Boards have water damage to bottom right corner of front cover, light+ wear to head/tail of spine, and minimal wear to top and bottom edges; Spine is cocked; Textblock has moderate+ foxing to edges, significant age-toning to top edge, and light age-toning interiorly; Illustrated (b/w photographs); NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition. Octavo, ix, 418 pages, [4]; G+; Faded navy blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards have moderate bumping to head/tail of spine and corners, light bumping to bottom edge of front cover and moderate+ bumping to fore-edge of back cover, light wear to edges and joints, and moderate age-toning / soiling to edges and spine; Textblock has moderate age-toning to deckled edges, and very light shelfwear to bottom edge; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Salem: Peabody Museum, 1919. Large paper limited edition. From the large paper limited edition, which includes one additional plate; no. 52 of 75; Quarto; VG/Fair Hardcover with dust jacket; Plain brown dust jacket without lettering, significantly torn, chipped, creased and somewhat foxed; Boards lightly bumped and frayed at corners and at head and tail of spine; Text block slightly age-toned and foxed; 24 pages complete with plates. Shelved Room A. More

Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1818. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 18mo; Poor Hardcover; Brown spine with faint lettering and grey paper-covered boards; Fragile binding with significant chipping to spine; Boards largely but not completely separated; Boards stained with significant chipping and rounding to corners; Edges rubbed; Bookplate of Francis R. Hagner (attending physician to President William H. Taft) on front pastedown; Text block age-toned, foxed, and warped; first four leaves loosening but still attached; 165 pages. Shelved Room A. More

Edgartown: Dukes County Historical Society, 1966. Octavos, three volumes; G; Dark green cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards show patches of moderate foxing on front and back cover, discoloration or fading in several places (especially volumes II and III), moderate+ shelfwear overall, light wear to corners, and moderate bumping to head/tails of spines; Binding on volume III is shaken (but fully intact), and spines on all three are slightly cocked; Textblocks show light age-toning to edges, very light shelfwear to bottom edges, and moderate soiling to the fore-edge of volume III; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. Octavo; VG/G- Hardcover with dust jacket; Dust jacket in navy, blue, and peach with navy lettering; Dust jacket with some damp staining, rubbing, minor chipping, and two 1-inch long closed tears; Boards lightly bumped with minor staining; Map endpapers; Text block slightly age-toned and foxed; xv, 314 pages. Shelved Room A. More