The Cruise of the Cachalot: Around the World After Sperm Whales / Frank T. Bullen

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

The Cruise of the Cachalot: Around the World After Sperm Whales / Frank T. Bullen

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.149

Description

379 pages. Illustrations, map. Includes 8 full page prints and a folding map of the Cachalot's voyage after sperm whales. Authorized edition.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Sperm whale hunting, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

5 in

Book Details

Author

Frank Thomas Bullen

Edition

First American

Publisher

D. Appleton and Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1899

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Poster Style

Binding Designer

Unidentified Designer

Binding Notes

Unknown designer. Bound in green cloth and stamped in black, yellow, white, and gold. The design shows a whaleboat, with harpoon-carrying men, being pulled by a whale not in the scene, beyond the horizon. Title stamped in gold.

Notes

Text of letter, dated Nov. 22, 1898, from Rudyard Kipling to the author on p. [vi].

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Frank Thomas Bullen

Person or Organization

Rudyard Kipling

Notes

correspondent.

Person or Organization

Frank Thomas Bullen

Person or Organization

Rudyard Kipling

Notes

correspondent.