Arctic Whalers Icy Seas
Narratives of the Davis Strait whale fishery
By W. Gillies Ross
Very Good Hardcover in Good DJ
Irwin Publishing - 1985 1st Edition
Illustrated with B&W Photos and Drawings
Fifteen Eastern whalemen relate their stories of battling Arctic elements under terrible conditions in pursuit of Greenland whales.
Black cloth hardcover with silver title on spine. Map on endpapers. Frontispiece 'Men of the American Whaling Bark Black Eagle. Illustrated throughout with B&W drawings and photos. First edition, published in 1985 by Irwin Publishing, Toronto. Glossy dust jacket with photographic image of David Blackwood's etching 'Fire Down on the Labrador'. 293 pages - Size 9 3/4'" tall x 10 1/2".
Very Good hardcover with Good DJ. light edge wear to cover, spot on bottom page edges at spine. DJ has 1" tear at top right front and light rubbing. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.
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