BRONSON, GEORGE WINSTON | Glimpses of the Whalemen’s Cabin. Boston: Damrell & Moore printers, 1855

BRONSON, GEORGE WINSTON

Glimpses of the Whalemen’s Cabin. Boston: Damrell & Moore printers, 1855

8vo (200 x 115 mm). 3 full-page woodcuts, text illustrations. Original illustrated front wrapper bound in; Edge tears with old repairs to a few leaves, occasional spotting. Modern cloth.

First edition of this narrative journal of the Fall River author's voyage to the Atlantic whaling grounds in 1851-52. Rare. Not in Howes or Sabin.