(WHALING) Scammon Charles M The Marine Mammals of the North

Sale 2310 - Lot 296

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(WHALING.) Scammon, Charles M. The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America. 27 plates. 4to, publisher's cloth, rebacked with original backstrip laid down; minor to moderate foxing; early owner's signature on title page, small bookplate on front pastedown. San Francisco, CA, 1874

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first edition. Written by a veteran whaling captain, with a 91-page section on the American whale fishery, and lithographic plates by Britton & Rey. "The classic work on whales and seals along the Pacific coast. . . . The first edition is rare, as many copies were left unsold and subsequently destroyed"--Hill 1530. Cowan 1933, page 570; Howes S136 ("b").