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Av Hvalfangstens Historie

by Risting, Sigurd

Publisher : J.W. Cappelens
Published In : Kristiania
Illustrations : b/w photos, b/w illus, text figs

Description:

Kommandør Chr. Christensens Hvalfangstmuseum I Sandefjord, Publkation Nr. 2. Text Norweigan. First edition. Scarce. The first book published in Norway on the history of whaling based on the author's 20 years research into the history and statistics of whaling. From 1918 Sigurd Risting (1870-1935) was secretary of the Norsk Hvalfangerforening (the Whaling Association of Norway).

Condition

Roy. 8vo, orig. cloth, gt, marbled edges, patterned endpapers. Spine creased. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few ink stamps; shelf label to spine. Good.