23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Whaling.
The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869, with the Signals of the Fleet Lithographed in Colours.
New Bedford: Taber Bros., 1869, octavo, [4], 9-46, [2] pages, seven double-sided plates with hand-colouring, double sided advert leaf (another copy found has six pages of adverts), original cloth (neatly re-backed).
Sold for £600
Estimated at £600 - £1,000
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 23rd Nov, 2022
Highlights include a collection of Opera scores and books from the Library of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, and two first edition Harry Potter books. Also included are early antiquarian books, modern first editions, illustrations, manuscripts, maps, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.
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