SIGNED POPULAR EDITION COPY OF "THE YANKEE WHALER" BY CLIFFORD W. ASHLEY 10.5" x 7.5".

SIGNED POPULAR EDITION COPY OF "THE YANKEE WHALER" BY CLIFFORD W. ASHLEY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Inscribed, signed and dated "To H[...] B[...], with best regards Clifford W. Ashley So. Westport July 21st 1938" under a pen and ink drawing by the author of harpooners on a whaleboat aiming at the tail of a whale. Profusely illustrated with a colored frontispiece and numerous colorful black and white images. Worn dust jacket.
10.5" x 7.5".

Provenance:
The Collection of Bob and Nina Hellman, Nantucket, Massachusetts. More information about this item may be found on their online database, hellmanwhalingcollection.org, reference REH666.

Condition
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