[CHILDREN] [CHAPBOOK] STORIES ABOUT THE WHALE [COVER TITLE: STORIES ABOUT WHALES]; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE FISHERY, AND OF THE PERILS ATTENDING ITS PROSECUTION

Concord, N. H.: Rufus Merrill, 1850. Original Sewn Wrappers. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in cream colored sewn wrappers printed with red woodcut designs on the covers, including "The Spermaceti Whale" on the rear cover, 24 pages; with 12 wood-engraved vignettes of whaling ships and whales being killed, including intials.~~This edition includes an account of the loss of the Essex, a whaling ship that was rammed by a sperm whale in 1820.~~Quite an attactive copy, uncommon in commerce. Very Good binding.