Life On A Whaler or Antarctic Adventures In the Isle of Desolation.
New London, CT: New London County Historical Society, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited to 900 copies. Narrative of a whaling voyage from New London August 18, 1851 to June 4, 1853.
8vo, xix, 208pp, frontispiece and b&w illustrations by William T. Peters of the US Japan Expedition. Quarter black cloth with tan cloth boards. Title in gilt at front board and spine. Spine ends just a little bit rubbed; inscription at ffe to "Miss Kate Huntley, compliments of Ernest E. Rogers, 1929". Rogers was the president of the New London; he later became mayor of the city and Lieutenant Governor of the state Historical Society.
See Spence 1181 for unlimited edition. Very good condition. Item #22465
Price: $35.00