Description

Hardcover, dark blue cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with maps and charts by author, chapter head drawings by F. Wenderoth Saunders, and a complete drawing of all living whales [appendix E]. Stated first edition, first printing. A history, from neolithic times up through the present, of peoples who have engaged in the pursuit of the whale, and the historical, economic, and cultural consequences which have resulted. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jakcet worn and quite rubbed. Very good in a fair dust-jacket.