BROWNE, JOHN ROSS. Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a Brief History of the Whale Fishery, its Past and Present Condition. 13 plates. 8vo, original cloth, rebacked, with morocco

BROWNE, JOHN ROSS. Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a Brief History of the Whale Fishery, its Past and Present Condition. 13 plates. 8vo, original cloth, rebacked, with morocco lettering piece; marginal foxing throughout, scat-tered marginal stains. New York, 1846 E400-600 FIRST EDITION of the author's first book, " . . . written in large part to show what life was like on a whale ship, in order to better the lot of seamen. The narrative provides one of the few accounts we have of life in the whaling fleet of the 1840s written by an intelligent and sensitive observer. Browne was influenced by Richard Henry Dana and, in turn, was imitated by HermanMelville"-Hill, page 36. Howes B877.