The Cruise of the Cachalot; The Log of the Sea-Waif
Author(s):
Bullen, Frank T
; Innes, Hammond (foreword)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Size: | 5 - 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Collins |
| Publication Year: | 1953 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 038025 |
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| Categories: | Autobiography and Biography , Travel, Exploration and Topography |
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Two books in one volume. 448pp, with portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Decorated endpapers. Top edge sprayed blue. 12mo. Cloth a little rubbed at spine tips. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, faded and shelf worn, crease on rear upper edge, with some chipped loss at spine tips.
The Cruise of the Cachalot is an 1898 semi-autobiographical travel narrative of a whaling expedition from a seaman's perspective. The Log of the Sea-Waif, originally published a year later in 1899, is Bullen's vivid account of his early years at sea in the days of sail.
Keywords:
Seafarers
Whales
Whaling
The Sea
Travel
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