430 pages. Illustrated with 24 plates by Charles Livingston Bull and Theodore Carreras.
An account of sea creatures based on Bullen's personal observations, "buttressed by scientific fact and decorated by imagination."
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Marine animals, Anecdotes, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Frank Thomas Bullen
Illustrator
Charles Livingston Bull, Theodore Carreras
Edition
First
Publisher
F.H. Revell Company
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1904
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in dark grey cloth with black, white, and olive green stamped and embossed cover illustration of a breaching whale diving through frothy white waves. Gilt stamped cover title. Spine is stamped with 3 black humpback whales and gilt titles.
Cover design after plate "the ocean boiled with our efforts" on p. 36. Drawing isn't signed, but on early printing of the Sperm Whale story, all illustrations are credited to Charles Livingston Bull.
