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Holdings - Whaling

The following represents a partial list of our holdings in the above category, and is limited to books (manuscripts, logs, periodicals, artwork, charts, etc are not included). Please note that the term "category" is a very general classification and in no manner should be considered as exclusive.

For example, "Arctic" might not contain titles that have been, perhaps arbitrarily, classified as biography, design, discovery, whaling, etc. "Navy" generally does not contain titles that are specific to the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy (Dept of National Defense), or the United States Navy. And so on ...

A general set of keywords applicable to these titles follows below the table.

Title Author Publisher ISBN 1st ed
Whaler's EyeAsh, ChristopherMacMillan62-81481962
Old Whaling DaysBarron, Captain WilliamConway Classics0-8517-695-71996
Track of the BearBixby, WilliamDavid McKay Company, Inc. 1965
Whales Ice and Men - The History of Whaling in the Western ArcticBockstoce, John R.University of Washington Press0-295-96318-21986
People of the Ice WhaleBoeri, DavidE.P Dutton and Co0-525-24206-61983
Death on the IceBrown, CassieDoubleday Canada0-385-05037-21972
Cruise of the CachalotBullen, Frank TD. Appleton and Co 1899
Cruise of the CachalotBullen, Frank TD. Appleton and Co 1899
The Cruise of the "Cachalot": Round the world after sperm whalesBullen, Frank T.Smith, Elder, London 1899
Dix siecles de peche a la baleineCazeils, NelsonEditions Ouest-France2-7373-2395-92000
Living Ice, TheChantraine, PolMcClelland and Stewart0-7710-1960-21980
Life in a WhalerCharley, SailorWard, Lock & Co., Limited 1905
Wreck of the Whaleship EssexChase, OwenHarcourt Brace15-600689-81965
Wreck of the Whaleship Essex, TheChase, Owen Harcourt, Brace and World 1821
Whale ships and whalingChurch, Albert CookBonanza Books 1938
Whale, The - Mighty Monarch of the SeaCousteau, Jacques-YvesDoubleday and Co71-1800521972
Adventure of whaling, TheCrisp, FrankMacMillan and Co, London 1954
Pacific Northweast and beyondCritchfield, Howard JCenter for Pacific Northwest Studies  1980
Mr Currier and Mr IvesCrouse, RusselDoubleday, Doran and Co 1931
Whale Ships and Whaling A pictorial historyDow, Geaorge FrancisDover Publications0-486-4808-91925
Petticoat whalersDruett,JoanCollins1-86950-043-11991
A History of world whaling - the great chaseFrancis, DanielViking Press0-670-82447-x1990
Arctic Chase - A history of Whaling in Canada's NorthFrancis, DanielBreakwater books0-919519-28-81984
Great Chase, TheFrancis, DanielPenguin Books0-14-011489-01990
Demon of the WatersGibson, GregoryLittle, Brown and Co0-316-29923-52002
ScrimShander, TheGilkerson,WilliamTroubador Press0-912300-53-11975
Harvest of the SeaGrenell, W.T.,Fleming H. Revell Company 1905
Flying the chase flagHagelund, W.A.The Ryerson Press 1961
Whalers No MoreHagelund, W.A.Harbour Publishing0-920080-02-21987
Captain of the DiscoveryHaig-Brown, RoderickMacmillan0-7705-0857-x1956
Whale HuntHaley, Nelson ColeIves Washburn 1948
Mutiny on the Pedro VarelaHammond, WalterMarine Historical Association 1956
Gone WhalingHand, DouglasSimon and Schuster, New York0-671-76840-91994
Great WatersHardy, Sir AlisterHarper and Row67-265831967
New Bedford and American WhalingHegarty, Recinald B.Reynolds Printing, Inc. 1960
Seal warsHenke, Janice ScottBreakwater Books0-919519-63-61985
Thar she blows! Thundering adventures of Whaling and MutinyHowland, Chester S.Wilfred Funk inc. 1951
Hunters of the WhaleKirk, RuthWilliam Morrow and Co0-688-30109-61974
Derniers Baleiniers francais, LesLacroix, LouisEditions Maritimes Et D'outre-Mer 1968
Arctic Whalers,TheLubbock, BasilBrown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow 1937
WhaleLucas, JeremySummit Books0-671-43653-81981
She went a-whalingMacKay, Anne (ed) and Brown, Martha Oysterponds Historical Society0-9631911-2-81993
Moby DickMelville, HermanSignet Book 1851
And the whale is oursMiller, Pamela ADavid R. Godine0-87923-252-81979
Must the Sea Die?Moorcraft, ColinTemple Smith0-8511-7037-41972
A Whale for the killingMowat, FarleyMcClelland and Stewart0-7710-6570-11972
Logbook for GraceMurphy, Robert CushmanTime Inc 1947
Eastward around the World on the Barque EmeraldNichols, Captain Henry C.Naumkeag Publications 1973
Whaling and FishingNordhoff, CharlesDod, Mead and Co 1855
Scrimshaw and Sudden DeathO'Brien, BrianE.P. Dutton59-78011959
Incidents of a Whaling VoyageOlmstead,Francis AllynBell Publishing 1841
In the heart of the seaPhilbrick, NathanielViking0-670-89157-62000
Le Pâtre des baleinesPont, PatrickSang de la terre28-6985-062-X1993
Of whales and menRobertson, R.B.Simon and Schuster0-671-20351-71954
Phantom Whale, theRobinson, Warren FGoldsmith Publishing 1937
Whaling and Old SalemRobotti , Frances DianeFountainhead Publishers61-148241961
Arctic Whalers Icy SeasRoss, W. GilliesIrwin Publishing0-7725-1524-71985
Whale Ships and Whale ScenesRussell, BenjaminSecond Bank - State street Trust Co 1955
Chafe's Sealing BookRyan, Shannon(ed)Cater Andrews Project0-920911-57-91989
Follow the whaleSanderson, Ivan T.Little, Brown and Co56-50471956
Year of the Whale, TheScheffer, Victor B.Charles Scribner's Sons, NY68-570841969
In search of Moby DickSeverin, TimBasic Books0-46507696-31999
Yankee WhalingShapiro, IrwinAmerican Heritage59-146901959
Story of the New England Whalers, The Spears, John R.Macmillan & Co., Limited 1922
Scrimshaw at Mystic SeaportStackpole, EdouardMarine Historical Association 1958
Voyage of the Huron and the Huntress, TheStackpole, EdouardMarine Historical Association 1955
Sea-HuntersStackpole, Edouard A.J. B. Lippincott Company 1953
Sea-Hunters, TheStackpole, Edouard A.J.B. Lippincot52-137341953
Whales and DestinyStackpole, Edouard A.University of Massachussets Press72-775671972
History of the American Whale FisheryStarbuck, AlexanderCastle Books1-55521-537-81989
Baleia, baleia, whale hunters of the AzoresVenables, BernardAlfred A. Knoff68-239591967
Oceans of the WorldVilliers, AlanMuseum Press Ltd. 1963
Whalers of the Midnight SunVilliers, AlanCharles Scribner's Sons 1934
Whalers of the Midnight SunVilliers, AlanScribners 1947
In the Wake of the WindshipsWallace, Fredrick WilliamGeorge Sully 1927
Harpoon GunnerWalton, Bryce Thomas Y. Crowell68-219491968
Sea Shepherd - my fight for whales and sealsWatson, PaulW.W. Norton0-393-01499-11982
There she blowsWheeler, James CooperE.P. Dutton 1909
Whalers, TheWhipple, A.B.C. Time-Life Books0-80942672-21979
Yankee Whalers in the South SeasWhipple, A.B.C. Doubleday 1954
Northern Seas, Hardy SailorsWhiteley, GeorgeW.W. Norton & Company0-393-03270-11982
One Whaling FamilyWilliams, HaroldThe Riveside Press Cambridge 1964
One Whaling FamilyWilliams, HaroldThe Riveside Press Cambridge 1964
To catch a WhaleWise, TerenceGeoffrey Bles Publishers0-7138-0263-41970
Two dramatic episodes of New England WhalingWithington, SidneyMarine Historical Association 1958
Two dramatic episodes of New England WhalingWithington, SidneyMarine Historical Association 1958
Whales for KidsWolpert, TomNorth Word1-55971-125-61990

 

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