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].
