THE YANKEE WHALER BOOK BY CLIFFORD ASHLEY

RIVERSIDE PRESS, 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 IN THE FRONTISPAGE. THE BOOK BELONGED TO FREDERICK ADRIEN DELANO, AN AMERICAN RAILROAD PRESIDENT, BORN HONG KONG, 1863. HE WAS THE UNCLE OF US PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT. LEATHER SPINE WHICH SHOWS SOME LOSS AND CHIPPING, GILDED DECORATION OF WHALES. CLOTH BOARDS, FAIR CONDITION, SOME WEAR. 379 PAGES, THE BOOK IS 11" X 8 1/2". TAPED REPAIR TO TOP OF SPINE, 3 PAGES WHEREIN NEWSPAPER ARTICLES RELATED TO WHALING HAVE BEEN PASTED IN.