Brilliant Copy, with a Letter from the Author
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World after Sperm Whales.
London: Smith, Elder, 1898.
First edition. Frontispiece, folding map, and 7 plates from drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Brilliant Copy, with a Letter from the Author. Original blue cloth with gilt sperm whale on upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt. Beautiful, bright copy, with the morocco ex-libris of "H.R.S. Jr., and the bookplate of Jean Hersholt on the front pastedown. In a quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise Hill 212; Not in Forbes. Item #240226
Excellent copy of this whaling classic, greatly admired by Kipling, and the author's first book. "Bullen describes a violent cyclone at sea, gives extremely detailed accounts of the extraction of whale oil from blubber, and recounts the death-struggles between a whale and a giant squid. The book ranks next to Melville's Moby dick among the classics works on whaling" (Hill). The Cachalot called in at the Cocos Islands, Honolulu, New Zealand and Tonga.
Laid in is a 2-page ALS from Bullen to Miss Lister. Written on Author's Club stationery, dated April 8, 1911, he apologizes for being unable to convey copies of another book, SEA PURITANS, and thanking her for her hospitality.
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