ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINALSHIP'S PASSPORT FOR THE WHALESHIP COMMODORE ROGERSSigned by President Andrew Jackson. Printed ship's passport for the whaleship Commodore Rogers , finished in a secretarial...
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CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
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THE SHIP HARBINGER LOG BOOK "ON A WHALINGVOYAGE TO THE...Log Book: The Ship Harbinger Log Book "On a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean", kept by Francis Fisher, Master. The Ship Harbinger out of Westbport Point,...
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LOG BOOK OF THE BARQUE CORA 1841-1845- A WHALING CRUIS...Log Book of the Barque Cora 1841-1845 - A Whaling Cruise to The Pacific out of New Bedford , preface page "Bark Cora's Log Book, Capt. Archilous Baker...
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GOLD NEW ENGLAND MARINE CANECa. 1850-Small18 karat yellow gold knob fashioned in a well-proportioned classic taste and elaborately hand chased and engraved with a plethora of flowers and scrolls topped by a plain...
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BALEEN MARINE CANE-Ca. 1850 -Singlepiece marine cane with a curving handle terminating in a stylized seal head and a cylindrical faux sprig shaft. The plain surface shows throughout the specific layered structure...
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14 BOOKS ALL RELATED TO WHALING EXCEPTONEON ASTRONOMY. SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY BY ASA SMITH, NY, 1855, QUARTRO, 79 PAGES, FAIR CONDITION. SHOWS STAINING, TEARS, CHIPPING AND FADING. A NEW BEDFORD MERCHANT...
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SIX 19TH C BOOKS RELATED TO WHALINGTO INCLUDEFIGHTING THE WHALES, 1866, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SMALL 8VO, GREEN CLOTH BOARDS BY R. M. BALLANTYNE, 140 PAGES. GOOD CONDITION. THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS BY REV....
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4 BOUND 19TH C BOOKS RELATING WHALINGIN ARCTICREGIONS TO INCLUDE AN 1884 REPORT OF THE CRUISE OF THE REVENUE STEAMER CORWIN IN THE ARTIC OCEAN. QUARTO, CLOTH BOUND WITH GILT LETTERING BY CAPTAIN M. A. HEALY...
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4 RARE 19TH C BOOKS RELATED TO WHALINGAND THESOUTH PACIFIC INCLUDES LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC BY A ROVING PRINTER, NEW YORK, 1861, HARPERS & BROS., PUBLISHERS. 361 PAGES WITH NUMEROUS INTERESTING...
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SEVEN BOOKS ON WHALING TOPICSSEVEN BOOKSON WHALING TOPICS, 1-2) Two-volume set History of the American Whale Fishery, by Alexander Starbuck, 1964. Limited edition of 750 copies. 3) The Yankee Whaler, by Clifford...
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1863-1866 ACCOUNT BOOK FOR NEW BEDFORDWHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN 16.75" X 7.25". WHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN, Includes outfitting and whale oil share distributions for more than 75 New Bedford/Fairhaven vessels....
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WHALING MASTER SPENCER PRATT COLLECTIONMID-19TH CENTURY, Mid-19th Century, Includes a scrimshaw inlaid mahogany trinket box, photographs, a logbook, a brass speaking horn and two Asian reverse paintings on glass....
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THREE BOOKS ON WHALING AND SCRIMSHAW20TH CENTURY, 20th Century, Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders ... , by E. Norman Flayderman, The Yankee Whaler, by Clifford W. Ashley and Greasy Luck, by Gordon Grant....
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RARE WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP"KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH TOOTH LENGTH 6.5". "KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH, Begins August 5, 1890 and ends March 2, 1892. Vessel departed from New Bedford...
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SCARCE BOOK "BARK KATHLEEN SUNK BY AWHALE" WHALE", Bark Kathleen Sunk by a Whale as Related by the Captain, Thomas H. Jenkins to which is added an account of two like occurrences, the loss of Ships Ann Alexander...
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD,JR. CIRCA 1830 LENGTH 13". JR., Circa 1830, Depicts a whaling scene of three ships, decreasing in size from left to right, and two six-man whaleboats in pursuit of a large...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTINGA LADY READING A BOOK MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.25". A LADY READING A BOOK, Mid-19th Century, Wearing an unusual bonnet and dress and a long thin scarf around her neck....
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ZDENEK BURIAN (CZECH REPUBLIC, 1905-1981),TWO BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHALING SCENES, WATERCOLORS ON PAPER, 3.5" X 9" AND 8" X 14". FRAMED 22" X 22".ZDENEK BURIAN, Czech Republic, 1905-1981, Two book illustrations...
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(2) BOOKS ON WHALING, TO INCLUDE: ROCKWELLKENTillustrated Moby Dick: or the Whale, by Herman Melville. De Luxe edition, Garden City Publishing, 1937. Hardcover, gilt illustration of whale tail on front cover, gilt...
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JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED WHALING BOOK LATE19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER 11.5" X 16".JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED WHALING BOOK, Late 19th Century or Earlier, Fourteen pages of basic hand drawn anatomical drawings of various whales...
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THREE BOOKS ON WHALING 20TH CENTURYTHREEBOOKS ON WHALING, 20th Century, 1) Whale Ships and Whaling, by G.F. Dow, 1925. 2) Wooden Ships and Iron Men, by Frederick William Wallace, 1st edition, 1925. 3) Whale Hunt,...
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MINIATURE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEIVORY BOOK HOLDER 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 2.25". WIDTH 1.5". DEPTH 1.25". IVORY BOOK HOLDER, 19th Century, One-piece construction, scrimshawed to resemble the covers and spine...
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ACCOUNTING BOOK OF THE WHALING BARK"MARY FRAZIER" 13.25" X 18.25". "MARY FRAZIER", Manuscript officer's and crew account book for the bark's 1867-1871 whaling voyage to the Pacific under Thomas F. Caswell,...
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+SCRIMSHAW: THREE DECORATED WHALES TEETH,INCLUDING: ONE WITH WHALING THEMED TUSK WITH DEPICTIONS OF SHIPS OF VARIOUS SIZES, A WHALE BEING HUNTED, AND A COASTAL ROCK FORMATION WITH THE GRAND UNION FLAG, TOOTH HAS...
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20 BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING TO INCLUDE:1.GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA BY CARL C. CUTLER, 1930, ILLUSTRATED. 2. WHALING AND SEALING, CHATHAM ISLAND BY RHYS RICHARDS, 1982. 3. OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. REVENUE STEAMER NUNIVAK...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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LOT OF 8 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATEDTO WHALESAND NEW BEDFORD TO INCLUDE (1) AN 1858 COPY OF "THE HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD" BY DANIEL RICKETSON, CLOTH BOUND, 412 PAGES, GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR FOXING; (2) PAPER...
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8 PIECE WHALING LOT TO INCLUDE A LEATHERWRAPPEDBRASS 4 PULL TELESCOPE, A 6" RELIEF CARVED WHALES TOOTH DEPICTING A SPERM WHALE, NEW BEDFORD HARBOR SIGNAL BOOK, SMALL BOOK TITLED "A WOMAN HAS AN AWFUL LOT TO THANK...
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SEVEN PIECE EPHEMERA LOT RELATED TOWHALING. TOINCLUDE: 1) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “BIRTH OF A WHALE SHIP” BY REGINALD B HEGARTY. PUBLISHED BY NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1964. COVER DESIGNED BY MILTON...
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THE YANKEE WHALER BOOK BY CLIFFORD ASHLEY,RIVERSIDEPRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MA. 1926. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED AND NUMBERED 4 OF 625, OF WHICH 56 ARE NUMBERED. ALSO CONTAINS THE SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A WHALER, SIGNED BY ASHLEY...
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RARE 16 PAGE WHALING MANUSCRIPT, 1834,extensivelydetailed. Instructions for Captain John Egbert Howell (1813-1840) of the whaling ship Telegraph, Sag Harbor, New York, bound for the Pacific. Signed by his brothers, agents/owners...
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1834-1838 Whaling Ledger of Ship GovernorFenner 13 x 8 in. hardcover accounting ledger for the whaling ship Governor Fenner of Bristol Rhode Island; Alexander Swain II Captain. Built in 1827 the Governor Fenner was...
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