Whaling Days
by Carrick, Carol,
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0395509483
- ISBN 13
- 9780395509487
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Good/Unknown. David Frampton. Quarto, hardcover, in near fine, mylar protected, dj. Book is ex school lib. lightly circulated and VG cond. A look at "The Golden Days of Whaling" when almost 700 ships plied the waters around America to catch the enormous mammals and harvest them for use, which is no longer the case. 40 pages with color-highlighted woodcuts.
Synopsis
Describes the golden age of American whaling by tracing the history of the whaling industry from hunting in Colonial America to present day regulation and conservation efforts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16684
- Title
- Whaling Days
- Author
- Carrick, Carol,
- Illustrator
- David Frampton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395509483
- ISBN 13
- 9780395509487
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1993-03-22
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