Whaling.- Beale (Thomas) The Natural History of the Sperm Whale... to which is added, a sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage, second edition, half-title, 3 wood-engraved plates, tissue guards, illustrations, without list of subscribers or 4pp. advertisements at end, an excellent clean copy, bookplate of Lord Farnham, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with roan label, rubbed, [Ferguson 2709; Hill 89; Sabin 4108; Spence 105], 8vo, 1839.
⁂ Classic whaling account first published under the title A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale in 1835, this greatly enlarged version was the first to include the whaling voyage, and was the edition used and annotated by Herman Melville prior to writing Moby Dick.
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