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Price: £8.00
Publisher: 1971, Salem,
Seller ID: 10461
32pp, 52 illus, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. View more info
By: Bonner (W.N.)
Price: £6.50
Publisher: 1982, Seattle,
Seller ID: 8792
xii + 170pp, 64 illus, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. AJS: Nine lectures on the seal and its environment..Harp Seals, PribilofûFur Seals, Elephant Seals, Antarctic Seals, Grey Seals..and others. View more info
By: Browne (H.B.)
Price: £45.00
Publisher: 1947, Whitby,
Seller ID: 9356
extract, pp140-169, frontis, 9 illus, original printed paper wrappers. AJS: Reprinted from "Chapters of Whitby History, 1823-1946". The ScoresbysûFather and Son (1) Captain William Scoresby 1760-1829 (Whitby's mostûsuccessful Whaler). (2) The Rev. Wm. Scoresby, DD, FRS. 1789-1857 (ArcticûExplorer, Scientist and Divine). View more info
By: Coull (J.R.)
Price: £15.00
Publisher: 1996,
Seller ID: 3304
xvi + 308pp, 34 illus, 34 text figs, dw. AJS: Emphasis on the medieval period to the late 19th century. Scottishûherring fisheries rose to a position of world leadership in the 1870s andûcontinued to flourish until the 1950s. View more info
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1975,
Seller ID: 7930
(viii), 59pp, frontis, 16 illus, chart, landscape format, pictorial stiffûpaper wrappers. View more info
By: Espegaard (A.) & Kingsland (L.) Translators.
Price: £20.00
Publisher: 1968, Esbjerg,
Seller ID: 10699
48pp, 24 illus, with numerous sketches in the margins, attractive format,ûpictorial stiff paper wrappers. AJS: Full English language text. View more info
By: Fitzhugh (W.) & Kaplan (S.A.)
Price: £35.00
Publisher: 1982,
Seller ID: 9083
295pp, 23 colour illus, 432 illus, 9 maps, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. SBS: The best illustrated book I have ever seen on Eskimo traditionalûarts and crafts, including clothes and hunting weapons. View more info
By: Harland (J.H.)
Price: £95.00
Publisher: 1992, Rotherfield,
Seller ID: 4160
xi + 432pp, 2 plates, 505 illus (photos, line illus, many multi-view), 77ûplans (30 folding), large handsome format (32cm x 25cm), dw, a very goodûcopy [large heavy item]. AJS: The first purpose-built whalecatcher was built in 1862 in Norway,ûwhen Svend Foyn of Tonsberg founded the modern whaling industry by solvingûthe technical problems involved in the successful hunt of theûfast-swimming rorqual whales, and their recovery for processing.ûThe outbreak of war in 1939 was a signal for Allied navies to requisitionûover 200 catchers, which performed sterling work as anti-submarine vessels... View more info
By: Hohman (E.P.) RP
Price: £20.00
Publisher: 1928 rp 1970,
Seller ID: 808
xiv + 355pp, 21 illus, decorated cloth. AJS: Factual account of the US whaling industry which reached its peak inû1830-1860, an authoritative work.ûPublication date in UK 21st March 1974. View more info
By: Mawer (G.A.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1999,
Seller ID: 3645
xiv + 393pp, 18 illus, 5 maps, dw. Publisher: Follows the rise and fall of this first truly globalûindustry..yet a closed and isolated world. View more info
By: Taylor (R.A.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1960,
Seller ID: 783
240pp, tables, dw. AJS: Describes the structure and organisation of the British fish trade,ûanalyses trends in the industry..suggests future lines of development..theûauthor had not heard of the EEC at this point. View more info
By: The Society for Nautical Research.
Price: £7.50
Publisher: 1938,
Seller ID: 5534
20pp, 2 folding plates, 4 plates (with 8 illus), 3 text figs, cream paper wrappers. AJS: By James Hornell. View more info
By: The Society for Nautical Research.
Price: £7.50
Publisher: 1938,
Seller ID: 5535
24pp, 4 plates (with 8 illus), 7 text figs, without wrappers. AJS: By James Hornell. View more info
By: Tonnessen (J.N.) & Johnsen (A.O.)
Price: £45.00
Publisher: 1982,
Seller ID: 3702
xx + 798pp, 112 plates, 7 maps, 71 tables, substantial format, dw. AJS: Modern whaling began around 1864, when steam driven vessels carryingûthe shell harpoon invented by Svend Foyn replaced open boats andûhand-thrown spears. Other countries - Germany in the 1930s and the SovietûUnion and Japan in recent times - are also leading protagonists.ûThis work, translated from the Norwegian by R.I. Christophersen, is a muchûshortened version of a work originally published in Norwegian in threeûvolumes 1967-1970. A standard work now long out-of-print. View more info
By: Walker (D.M.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1971, Whitby,
Seller ID: 9575
12pp, 5 illus, original printed green paper wrappers. SBS: A general history of Whitby, including Captain Cook, by theûthen Curator of Shipping Records and Models at Whitby Museum. View more info
By: Walker (D.M.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1973, Whitby,
Seller ID: 9576
16pp, 4 illus, pictorial laminated paper covers. SBS: Good line drawings of the Dandy, the Marshall, and StaithesûLuggers and the Herring Bus. View more info