A Whaling Voyage in the Bark "Willis" 1849-1850
Millet, Samuel
Boston: Privately Printed, 1924. F 46 pages; No. 34 of 50 copies, this edition printed from hand-set type on Tuscany Italian hand-made paper; with black and white illustrations of whaling, logs; introduction by Thomas Perkins, who remarks,"...Samuel Millet...apparently knew the value of dramatic incidents and realized that happenings even of no great importance to him might prove of interest to one in an entirely different walk of life...owned by R.W. Barstow, of Matapoisett..."iron men" if any ever were...whaling was "the nursery of a hardy, daring, and indefatigable race of seamen, such as scarcely any other pursuit could have trained..."; bibliography; small booksellers ticket on the endpaper (upside down) of Edgar H. Wells & Co. 41 a East 47 New York; green marbled-paper covered boards. brown cloth spine, gilt spine titles; some extremity wear, spine end fraying; first couple and last couple leaves with edge discoloration, not obtruding into text block of pages; very good condition and nicely printed. Very Good H (Item ID: 18400)
$500.00
