Vintage Book OCEAN Sea Maritime WHALES SHIPS Voyages MUTINY Sailors 1st Edition

Description: Sails and Whales by Captain Harry Allen Chippendale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. Map-decorated endpapers. Introduction by Henry Beetle Hough. Frontispiece photo portrait of Captain Harry Allen Chippendale. Hardcover. Turquoise cloth boards with lettering and small whale design on both cover and spine. This book is Captain Harry Allen Chippendale's fascinating memoir. Chippendale wrote about his days of whale hunting, his brutal struggles, and his encounter with the mighty sperm whale. The book serves as a detailed memento to a bygone era. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ST. HELENA - RENDEZVOUS I BELONGED TO THE CANTON DUKEY WAS HELL FOR A DART HARD AFAST ON DESOLATION INTERLUDE OF WAR NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY MUTINY AT CAPE TOWN THE STOVE-IN BOAT AND TRAGEDY TWO MEN LOST HELL SHIP CATTLE-BOAT MONMOUTH AN EVENTFUL HOLIDAY LAKE SHIPS THE TROOPSHIP “FLATONIA" "OLD HORSESHOES LUCKY F.P. 13 HULL DOWN IN THE SUNSET SHIP'S BIBLE GLOSSARY OF WHALING TERMS GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. The cover, however, is worn, stained, and scuffed. Bumped cover corners. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. There is also foxing on the books edges. The dust jacket is very worn, stained, ripped, soiled, scuffed, and is attached to the back hardcover by some kind of adhesive. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.

Price: 30 USD

Location: Claremont, California

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