STARBUCK, ALEXANDER. History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. 6 plates. Large 8vo, original cloth, shaken, spine slightly faded, chipped at bottom, gilt lettering rubbed off; contents toned, light foxing on

STARBUCK, ALEXANDER. History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Inception to the Year 1876. 6 plates. Large 8vo, original cloth, shaken, spine slightly faded, chipped at bottom, gilt lettering rubbed off; contents toned, light foxing on title. Waltham,Mass.: for the Author, 1878 E200-300 FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of the standard history of the subject; first published as part 4 of Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fishing, Washington, 1875 Howes S892.