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SAILOR STORIES AND SONGS. 1853. Apparently unrecorded edition of a chapbook containing 2 stories about Antarctic voyages.
SAILOR STORIES AND SONGS. Woodcut text illustrations. 24 pages. 12mo, original yellow pictorial wrappers, light marginal dampstaining on covers and through contents, darker stains at bottom of rear cover; crude partial hand-coloring on title vignette and a few other illustrations. Concord, N.H.: Rufus Merriam, 1853
- Notes: Apparently unrecorded edition of a juvenile chapbook of nautical tales and verse, including 2 items of Antarctic interest: "Story of the Sea," on pages 5-12, describing a whaling voyage into Antarctic waters; and "Jack Halliard," on pages 18-22, concerning a voyage to the South Shetland Islands. Overlooked by Spence; OCLC locates 2 copies of a variant dated 1854.
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