Nimrod of the Sea or The American Whaleman
by William M. Davis (With Introduction and Notes by John R. Spears)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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- art longwood books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22658
- Title
- Nimrod of the Sea or The American Whaleman
- Author
- William M. Davis (With Introduction and Notes by John R. Spears)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- Charles E. Lauriat Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Whaling in America.; Whaling History.; Whaling Accounts.
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