1. Rare, possibly unique Greener darting gun conversion marked as follows: Obliterated markings partially read: "Converted for Ne... (?) by W.W. Greener." 761 over AF1215 with British foundry markings: A 4 line incised star to the left of a crown over "E," over 18, beside a crown, over VR, over crossed swords(?),over 2P. The opposite side is marked with a crown over V.R., over Enfield 1876, over an anchor over "II". The stock is faintly marked: W.G. Co., within a circle over 3756. P.O.R. A rare, possibly unique conversion to an air gun, most probably used for seal or walrus hunting. Length overall: 45-1/2". The dart is 17-3/4". Expected minor wear. I can find no similar piece. P.O.R. Sold
2. Cunningham & Cogan bomb lance. Length 16" diameter 1-1/8". Brass bomb with rubber fins present. See Lytle pp. 235, #250. Sold
3. C brand style bomb lance. Length 16". diameter 1". Cast iron tip with three cutting edges, iron or steel tubing, lacks rubber fins. See Lytle pp. 234-235. #248 Sold
4. Arctic double flue harpoon, marked: "JT" marked at head of shaft (boss?). 39-1/2" See Lytle pp. 193, #10. Very good condition. Sold
5. Arctic double flue harpoon, marked: "J.T" at the head of the shaft. See Lytle pp. 193, #10. 37" Very good condition. Sold
6. A single flue Arctic harpoon. Length 35-3/4". See Lytle pp. 198-199 #45, 48, 49. Provenance: Barbara Johnson Sale Part One, 11 Dec. 1981, lot #154., ex-Macy collection. Very good condition. Sold
7. Lance marked "U.A. 8" on the center of the blade on both sides. Length 51-1/4". Good condition. Sold
9. Toggle iron w/ rope work and shaped wooden harpoon sheath. Blade stamped "T.M. Jr. & Co." and incised "BRM" on the reverse. The center "R" is "pin prick" style. Length 33-1/2". Sheath length 8-1/4". There's a "W", for waist boat(?) carved on the top. See Lytle pp. 206-207. Sold
10. Toggle iron w/ rope work remnants on cone. Blade marked "U.A.8" Length 31-3/4", See Lytle pp. 206-207. Sold
11. Darting gun iron 32-3/4", rope remnants on serving ring. See Lytle pp. 214-215, #137, 140. Sold
12. Single toggle "Grommet Iron" harpoon w/ locking ring. Length 30-1/4", grommet ring 2-1/8", spring-loaded head. See Lytle pp. 203-205, #73. Very good condition. Sold
13. Swivel-barbed harpoon w/ copper tag "B-95" Length 28-1/2", probably a porpoise iron. See Lytle pp. 202-203 for a similar iron w/ square section head. Sold
14. Boarding knife and Sheath w/ make-do socket handle and rope work. Length 33-1/4". Two-piece wooden sheath, nailed and bound with serving marlin, traces of old paint, pole remnant in socket. See Lytle pp. 242-243. Sold
15. Skimmer on short pole. Length 42-1/4" Perforated, 12" diameter, sheet iron bowl. Socket mounted on an oak pole. See Lytle pp. 246-247. Fine condition. Sold
16. Sliver or bone spade with round shank on short pole, length 26-1/2", length with pole 51-1/4". Blade width 7-7/8". See Lytle pp. 240-241. #282, 289. An exceptional piece of metal work. Sold
45. 1960s Eskimo fully rigged harpoon on pole. A 90" wooden pole with two oval, hard styrofoam floats and a 2" arrow-shaped dart. Acquired in Alaska. Fine. Sold
46. Large German sperm whale scene Abtheilung. Colored lithograph. ca. 1860. 13-1/8" x 17-1/6", original centerfold. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 243. #477. Sold
47. Large German active bowhead whaling scene w/ whaleboat and whaleship Abtheilung. Colored lithograph, 13-1/4" x 16-1/2", misc. creases to the lower corners do not extend to image. Original centerfold. Ingalls. Lothrop Collection. pp. 243, #476. Derived from Robert Hamilton ca. 1837. Sold
48. Peche de la Baleine etching by Morel Fatio, engraved by Rouargue, published by Charden. Taken from La France Maritime. Grehan, Paris, 1837. French hand-colored etching. 5-3/4" x 9" sight, matted in a 10-1/4" x 13-1/2" black frame. See Brewington. Kendall Whaling Museum Prints. pp. 69, #211. Ingalls Lothrop Collection. pp. 93. #192. View larger image. Sold
49. Shooting the Harpoon at a Whale by J.H. Clark. 1813.Framed colored aquatint 7" x 9" sight, matted in a 12-1/2" x 14-1/4" wooden frame with a gold liner. "Published & Sold March 1st 1813 by Edwd. Orme, Bond St. London." See Brewington. pp. 51, #158. Ingalls Lothrop Collection. pp. 43. #89. "...a relatively early depiction of a mounted harpoon gun in action." Sold
50. Two hand-colored 19th century prints of whales. View second print. Three whales to a print. Each 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" in a 13-3/4" x 9-7/8" mat. Fine. Sold
51. German whaling print Der Grosse Nordishe Walfisch, #6. 7-1/2" x 8-1/2", matted. Scattered minor foxing, 18th century. Ingalls. Lothrop Collection. pp. 231. #450. Sold
52. French etching of Fishing, Whaling & Rendering Implements, Peche de Mere, two sheets, each 11-1/4" x 8-1/4". Plate #41 illustrates rendering equipment and netting, while #105 shows netting, implements and cooperage. Both bookplates by Bernard. Sold
53. The Whalebone Scrapers. Colored aquatint by Geo. Walker. An 1885 Richard Jackson reprint of the 1814 original from Costumes of Yorkshire. 8-1/2" x 12-1/2" on a 12-1/4" x 17-1/8" sheet. There's a 4" diagonal crease in the lower right corner that does not extend to the image. See Brewington. Kendall Whaling Museum Prints. pp. 187, #570. Sold
54. German Sperm Whaling Scene - XXIX. 12-3/4" x 16-1/2". Two colored vignettes. The top is an active sperm whaling scene with a whaleship in the background. The lower view is a breached sperm whale. There's a 2-1/2" split along the center fold. See Ingalls. Lothrop Collection pp. 243, #478 for a similar view. Ca. 1876. Sold
55. Waltiera, as above, with the addition of the title and following captions: a. Der Gronlandswal. Balaena mysticetus, b. Der Pottfisch. Physeter macrocephalus, 12-3/4" x 16-1/4". Centerfold. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 243, #478 ca. 1876. Sold
56. English woodcut "Jonah & the Whale", 9-1/4" x 7". Late 18th to early 19th century, "Jonah delivered from the Fish". Sold
57. Histoire Naturele, Cetaces, Scattaglia, dir, Plate #8, 8-1/4" x 11-1/2". French engraving of sperm whale and whales' teeth. Ingalls Lothrop Collection pp. 251, #492. Sold
58. Small English hand-colored book plate of nine varieties of whales, 9-3/4" x 6-1/2", chipped where removed, marked "XXX" upper left and "A. Fullarton & Co. London & Edinburgh" at the base. Sold
59. Jonah & the Whale by Joan Drew. 11" x 11-1/2". Titled and signed lower right. Sold
60. Hand-colored etching "Pisces XXXIX" 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" w/ a deep plate impression. Illustrates large fish and dolphins, signed in the plate, lower right "Jacob Haver Schmuzer". Crease in the upper right corner. Sold
61. Hand-colored print "Pisces II", 9-1/4" x 7-1/4", w/ a deep plate impression. A whale and narwhal are shown. Near fine. Sold
62. 19th century colored lithograph, 13-3/4" x 9-1/2", showing a seal, walrus, narwhal, dolphin and a right whale. Fine condition. Sold
63. Small, tattered hand-colored plate w/ a central whaling and sealing scene "T-11", 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" . The upper right corner is missing along with a bit of the top image. The whaling scene is fine. Sold
64. The Right Whale Fishery, ca. 1851. 11-1/2" x 9-1/8" B&W print w/ two commercial fishing vignettes and a central sperm whaling scene. Lacks upper left corner, damp staining across the upper margin does not extend to the image. Signed "G. Heck dirt" and "Henry Winkles sculpt" on lower right. Minor scattered foxing. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 79, #161. See Brewington, pp. 6, #12 for a similar image. Sold
65. "Whaler's Chantey" sheet music, 12" x 9". Chicago: Foster Music pub. 1924. 8pp. The cover vignette is a three-quarter stern view of a brigantine within a rope, anchor and harpoon border. Sold
66. Matted print Zoologie. 10-1/4" x 13-3/4" in a plain mat. A variety of the animal kingdom including a narwhal, right whale, dolphin, seal, etc. Marked at the base Druck und Verlang von F.A. Brockhaus in Leipzig. Fine. Sold
67. One sheet "Cetacea Whale Tribe"9" x 13-1/2" Removed from a book, plate LXX, "J.B. Mould, Sc". Illustrations of a "True Whale, Narwhal and porpoise." Slightly chipped along the edges. Sold
68. London Gazette, November 17-20,1679. A single sheet, 2pp, approx. 11" x 7". The back page has an Nov. 18th article "A very great Fish, supposed to be a young whale..." Toned. Sold
69. London Gazette, Sept. 7-11, 1693. A single sheet, 2pp., approx. 10-1/2" x 7-3/4". The back page has an article on the "Greenland Merchant", Capt. Mathews' capture of French whaling prizes off Iceland. Scattered minor foxing. Sold
70. Bell's Weekly Messenger, December 22, 1805. 15-1/4" x 10-1/4". 8pp., with a bold tax stamp in the lower right. Contains articles on the Whale Fishery, including a suit "...to recover the value of a whale, a harpoon, a line, and a boat." from the Greenland Grounds. Also covers Nelson's burial arrangements and the battle of Austerlitz, Sold
71. Connecticut Courant, Nov. 18, 1817. 4pp., 21" x 14", folded. Milford sea serpent article along w/ an illustrated ad for "Hotchkiss, Burdett & Co., have received a large supply of Winter & Summer strained Spermaciti and Sea Elephant Oil..." Sold
72. The Mirror, Sat., May 17, 1823. 14pp., 8-3/8" x 5-1/4". An excerpt from the Annual Register of 1821 reporting the wreck of the Essex. "Vessel Dashed To Pieces By A Whale". Final pages. partially separated. Sold
73. The Leisure Hour, Nov. 10, 1859. 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" 14pp., contains "A Nantucket Whaler's Adventure". Sold
74. Four copies of The Monthly Supplement to The Penny Magazine, May 18, 1833. 8pp., 11-1/8" x 7-1/4". Entirely devoted to "The Whale Fishery" w/ a cover illus. "Harpooning the Whale in the Arctic Seas", "Carcass & Skeleton of the Whale", "Harpoon & Lance", and "The Dangers of the Whale fishery". All vg+ to near fine. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 55, #112-113. Sold
75. The Saturday Magazine, April 23, 1836. 8pp., 10-3/4" x 7". A 1-1/2 page article on "The Whale Fishery" w/ an illus. of "The Common Greenland Whale". v.g. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 58. #116. "The bowhead is a copy of Pl. XII, "Balaena Mysticetus, or the Common Whale" in Scoresby (Edinburgh, 1820)." Sold
76. The Mirror, Sat., Aug 13, 1831. 16pp., 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". 3+pp. article on "The Gigantic Whale" w/ skeletal illus. of the "Greenland Whale" at the Pavillion, King's Mews, Charing Cross, London. v.g. Sold
77. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. June 1860 partially disbound, possibly incomplete. 141pp., 10" x 6-3/4". The 19pp. cover story is "A Summer in New England", specifically, New Bedford, whaling and the waterfront. The cover has "A sperm Whale in a Flurry" vignette that is partially torn. Sold
78. Ballou's Pictorial, Feb. 17, 1855. 15-1/8" x 11-1/4" 16pp. Includes a 2pp. article w/ six illus. of "Whaling". Minor scattered foxing, chipped spine. Sold
79. Six hand-colored prints by Wade, cut from Ballou's 1855-pp. 104, 105 along w/ a partial description. All approx 5" x 7": (1) The Chase, (2) Lowering the Boats, (3) Laying On, (4) The Flurry, (5) Cutting In, (6) Trying Out. Sold
80. Gleason's Pictorial, May 17, 1851. 8pp., 15-3/4" x 11-1/4". Contains an illus. "Encounter w/ a Whale". The cover is the Black Ball Line packet "Issac Webb". Scattered minor foxing. See Ingalls. Lothrop Collection pp. 140. #270 for a similar image. Sold
81. Penny Magazine, Dec. 28, 1839. 8pp., 11" x 7-1/4". A three page article on "The Narwhal, or Narwhale" w/ an illus. "Spearing the Narwal". Scattered minor foxing. Sold
82. Harper's Weekly, Aug. 27, 1859. Partial copy of 2pp. The cover illus. and accompanying article is "The Whale Found Near Flushing, L.I." Sold
83. Ballou's Pictorial, Dec. 1, 1855. 14pp., 15" x 11". Contains an article "Whale fishery on the Coast of Japan" w/ illus. See Ingalls. Lothrop Collection pp. 146. #283. Sold
84. Four copies of Harper's Weekly, Nov. 18, 1876. 20pp. The cover features the famous Capt. Kelley illus. of the New Bedford Whaling Fleet trapped in the ice w/ a one paragraph article. All copies in unusually good condition. Ingalls Lothrop Collection pp. 162. #308. Sold
85. Harper's Weekly, June 19, 1875. 20pp. Contains a full 2 page illus. "An Ice Nip in Melville Bay, Off The Devil's thumb"(separated), and "The New Arctic expedition" w/ a large 3/4 page illus. and a full two page spread. Brittle and disbound. Sold
86. Harper's Weekly, June 23, 1877. 20pp. 16-1/2" x 11-1/2". The cover illus. is "A Whaling Station on the California Coast". Brittle and disbound. Sold
87. "Whaling Off Amagansett, Long Island, Drawn by Tappan Adney." A single sheet Harper's 1897 with six vignettes, article on the reverse.15-3/4" x 11". Chipped where removed. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 169. #323. Sold
88. Harper's, Dec. 22, 1866. Full page illus. 11-1/4" x 15-3/4". "Taking a Whale" by R. Weir. (page 813) with an article by Roger Starbuck. Also, a full page illus. of "The Great Ocean Race -- Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta" w/ accompanying article. Disbound, but complete. Ingalls Lothrop Collection, pp. 159. #303. "Robert Weir, the artist, was a whaleman and a naval engineer and officer before becoming an illustrator for Harper's. He served aboard the whaler Clara Bell of Mattapoisett, 1855-1858..." Sold
89. Two bottles sperm whale oil, Portuguese, marked Aceite de Esparma Para Maquinas de Coser. Se Garantiza Que No Forma Goma. 4-1/2" height. Cork stopper, bottle marked "Made in U.S.A." Full and fine condition. Sold
90. Continental cylindrical decorated needle case. 5-1/2" height, 1-1/4" diameter. Divided into two threaded sections. One decorated with a seated lady with a lap dog; the other with an embracing couple. All within a repeated foliate background. Late 18th-early 19th century. Sold
91. Large crochet hook with a fine hand finial dotted inlay, 7-1/2". A one-inch clenched fist w/ dot inlay over three rings, above a 1-1/2" dot inlaid section. The central tapered 2" segment is in a sawtooth pattern.* Traces of old glue reveal that the hand had been repaired at some point. Sold
92. Umbrella form needle case w/ fist finial, 4-3/4". The hand is wrapped around a tiny viewer w/ indistinct scene. Sold
93. Umbrella form needle case w/ hoof finial, 5-1/4". A viewer is inserted through the hoof. Sold
94. Whalebone spool, 1" high, 7/8" diameter. Sold
95. Lace maker's winder w/ beads, 4-1/2" long, marked "Betsey" and decorated with polychromed dots. Sold
96. Early 19th century corkscrew w/ nicely turned whalebone handle, 3-3/8" long, 2-1/4" handle. Sold
97. Eskimo toggle-type harpoon point mounted in a bone head with a serratted edge, 7-1/2" long, 1-1/2" max width. Rust on the spearhead. Sold
98. Eskimo toggle-type harpoon point mounted in a bone shaft, 6" long, 1-3/8" max width. Rusted point. Sold
99. Scenic book mark (oval medallion w/ girl and dog) 4-1/2", contrasting ebonized backing. Sold
100. Seven bone gambling chips, all fine condition, all approx. 1-1/2" diameter. Four marked "5" with red polychrome decoration. Three marked "*". Sold
101. Four miniature bone charms or toys: Acorn form, 1" holder w/ polychrome foliate decoration containing two dice. Turned 1" telescope, no lens. Miniature 1/2" napkin ring. Turned 1" dagger(?). Fine. Sold
102. Turned, bone-handled seal w/a brass "C", 2" long. Sold
103. Whalebone signet ring w/ initial "P" and red polychrome decorated plate and shoulders. Sold
104. Turned acorn-shaped, bone tape measure, 7/8" diameter, 1" height. Sold
105. Bone barrel or cask shaped needle case, 1-1/2" high, 1-1/8" diameter. Sold
106. Four bone charms (two hands, two locks) Extended hand, plain cuff, 1-3/8" long. Open hand, fancy cuff, 1" long. Small padlock. Handbag (?) Sold
107. Open-work bodkin w/ ball in column, 4-3/8" long, incised geometric decoration. Sold
108. Bone pick decorated in a heart and diamond pattern, 2-1/2" long, 6 open-work picks, fine condition. Sold
109. Bone pick decorated in a heart and cross pattern, 2-3/4" long, 6 picks, fine condition Sold
110. Sperm whale tooth, 3-1/4" high, 1-1/4" at the base. Decorated with a fanciful rendering of the eagle and the Seal of the United States. Mid-20th century work. Good condition. Sold
111. Sperm whale tooth, 4" long, 2-3/8" at the base. A beautifully engraved mid-20th century scene. The Merrimac & the Monitor Exchange Fire on the front illustrating the battle at Hampton Roads. The back shows Liberty in the "Emancipation" chariot. There's a small chip above the Monitor's flag. The rest is fine with a nice patina. Sold
112. Sperm whale tooth, 5-7/8" long, 2-1/4" max at the base. The front is decorated with a portrait of a full-rigged ship flying an American flag. The reverse has a full figure portrait of a Civil War era Drummer Boy. The tip of the tooth has an entwined rope border. Mid-20th century work. Sold
113. 19th century sperm whale tooth, 6" high, 2-1/4" at the base, engraved pin-prick style with Victorian women. One side shows a woman in front of a Rocco stand; the reverse has a lady with an exotic bonnet. The work is a bit faint, but quite well done with a nice patina. This is a large, dense tooth that weighs a bit over a pound. Sold
114. 19th century flat bone server, 10-1/8" long w/ two banded baleen rings, a shaped shaft and a sunburst top. Sold
115. Small ivory parallel rules, 6" x 1-3/8", fine. Sold
116. Brass-bound, bone folded rule, 1/4" folded, 12" fully-extended, divided into eighths. Sold
117. Ivory straight ruler, 6" x 1/4". Marked in inches on one side and millimeters and "Lignes" on the reverse. Minor chips. Sold
118. Ivory rule marked "J. Prentice, 1 Chambers St., NY", 6-3/8" long, minor chips to the edges. Sold
119. Brass-bound ivory slide rule marked "Dring-Fage No. 20 Tooley St. London", 6-7/8" x 1-5/8". Minor damage to one of the two sliding scales. Sold
120. Unmarked ivory scale and sector with scrolled top, 6" x 1-3/8". Slightly warped. Sold
121. Surgical tool (?) with ivory handle, 5-3/4", marked "Perry & Co., No. 3 Cheapside". Sold
122. Brass swordfish dart, 4-3/4". Nice edge and patina. A more unusual form than typical. Sold
123. Boot jack with a turned whalebone handle, 9-1/4" long, w/ 3-1/4", fine patina. Sold
124. Three-blade ivory pick, 2-1/8" folded, 3-1/4" fully-extended, somewhat wider than typical picks. Sold
125. Three-blade ivory pick, 2" folded, 3-1/4" fully extended. Sold
126. Small bone needle case, plain, elongated oval form, 2-3/8". Sold
127. Small bone needle case, 3-1/4" rolling pin form w/ turned ends and spiral sawtooth decoration. Minor damage to the carving. Sold
128. Large bodkin w/ turned top. Sold
129. Large bodkin w/ turned top. Sold
130. Small turned bodkin. Sold
131. Boxed set of two spermaceti candles, 10" tapered white candles "Made at the Candle Shop, Nantucket Island, Mass." Sold
132. Two plain baleen busks, 14-1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5-1/3", split, minor scattered insect damage w/ expected lesser assorted age cracks, 13-7/8" a minor central age crack, v.g. overall. Sold
133. Piece of raw baleen "whiskers" Sold
134. Folded umbrella w/ plain bone handle and fancy carved finial, 24" extended. The umbrella fabric is worn. Sold
135. Cased drafting set, three pieces with bone handles: 5-1/8" knife w/ turned handle, minor rust to steel blade. 41/4" straight edge. 4-3/4" pencil w/ turned handle. Sold
136. Crochet hook w/ inlay, 3" long. Sold
137. Two small bone handled knives. One 3-3/8" brass-bound w/ brass cap and rusted blade; the other a 2" long (open) brass-bound, miniature jackknife, w/ loop. Sold
138. Knitting needle w/ fist finial and polychromed cuff. 13-3/4" length overall, hand 1". Minor rust to steel shaft. Sold
139. Jack knife w/ bone handle, 2-3/4" folded, 5" fully extended, blade marked "Kind" within a fancy rectangle. Minor rust to blade and cap. Sold
140. Plain bone match safe, 2" x 1". Sold
141. Bone lot composed of thirteen items: A glove stretcher, two, small, oriental forks (one broken), toy top (possibly oriental), eight small crochet hooks (three plain and five turned tops), and a crude whalebone ring, perhaps unfinished. Sold
142. Bone sewing lot with 15 items: Eight small bodkins, and seven misc. hooks and picks w/ bone handles and all-steel points. Sold
143. Four misc. flat, bone book marks or page turners(?). Sold
144. Incomplete bone chess set, lacks red king. Sold
145. Partial domino sets, 77 pieces. One lot of 67 similar pieces with two broken along with a larger size partial set of 10 pieces. Sold
146. Half-penny coin, 1794, "Payable at I Fowler London Whale Fishery 1794" with a whaling scene of four men in a whaleboat. The reverse has Neptune and a trident under "Half Penny". 1-1/8" diameter. Sold
147. Four Cocos Island ivory tokins. Two are square, one round, and one octagonal. These replaced sheepskin banknotes in 1913 and were used until 1956. All dated 1913. Good used condition. Sold
148. Stereo view cards "Cutting-in" by J. Freeman, Nantucket. 3-1/2" x 7", v.g. Sold
149. Stereo view card "Floating Whale Station, Spitsbergen" by Keystone #15768T, 3-1/2" x 7", minor foxing to the right image. Sold
150. Four whaling post cards, all uncirculated: Two Norwegian photo cards of beached whales. "Hual Norge", "A captured Whale, Bermuda" by Wm. Weiss, Hamilton, Bermuda , colored, photo card, "Now Visiting Whaleship Charles W. Morgan" illustrated by Frank Repoza. Sold
151. Check from The New London Whaling Bank. 2-5/8" x 6-1/2". An 1838 check with a small whaling vignette in the upper right corner. Near fine. Sold
152. Stonington Bank note with a whaling vignette. An uncirculated two dollar note, 2-7/8" x 7-1/4" Fine. Sold
153. Stonington Bank Note with a whaling vignette. An 1862 ten dollar note, 3" x 7-1/4". Near fine. Sold
154. New Bedford GAR Ribbon w/ sperm whale. 8-1/4" x 2-5/8" from the 24th National Encampment, Boston, Aug. 12, 1890. Sold
155. Mariner's Chronicle Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, such as Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires, and Famines, also Naval Engagements. New Haven: 1834. 1st ed., 496pp., 25 woodcuts (two per page), lacks the end-papers and frontis, scattered foxing, worn leather covers, chipped embossed spine, tight binding. Contains an early account of the loss of the Essex with an illustration. Sold
156. The complete 4 volume set of Sotheby's 1981-1983 sale of the Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection. 4 vols., wraps, annotated with prices realized. Good condition. Sold
157. Hinsdale, F.G. Identifications & Classifications of the Specimens of Whaleman's Harpoons, Lances & Fire-Arms Contained in the Collection of the United States National Museum, Washington D.C. 1918. n.p. 38pp. A mimeographed, 13" x 8-1/2" copy of a catalog that I've not previously seen. Sold
158. 1878 Patent Office Gazette. Vol.13 No. 13. 47pp., illus, wraps. lacks covers. Patents granted for March 1878. Includes pp. 581 #201,793 Bomb-Lances, Daniel Kelleher, New Bedford, Mass. Filed Feb. 16, 1876. Sold
159. Three books associated with the Charles W. Morgan and Mystic: Stackpole, E. Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport. Mystic: 1966, 2nd printing, 53pp., illus., wraps, Hirshon, G.W. The Whaleship Charles W. Morgan. New Bedford, 1932, 3rd ed. 18pp, illus., wraps. Leavitt, J.F. The Charles W. Morgan. Mystic: 1973. 131pp., illus., wraps. Sold
160. Five whaling museum monographs and bulletins from New Bedford and Nantucket. The Story of Whaling. 1961, 28pp., illus., wraps. The Forbes Collection Exhibit on Nantucket. Nolin, W.R. The Nantucket Whaling Museum. 1967. 48pp., illus., wraps. Bulletin from Johhny Cake Hill, 1965 12pp., illus., wraps, w/ article "Fitting Out a Whaler." Kugler, R.C. The Whale Oil Trade 1750-1775. 1980, 23pp., illus., wraps. Hall, E.W. Panoramic Views of Whaling by Benjamin Russell. 1981,. n.p., illus., wraps. Sold
161. Auction and marine catalogs. Bourne 1966. Auction of the Edwin F. Eldredge Whaling & Marine Collection, Session III. 28pp, illus., wraps (sporadically annotated in red) with the folded advertising pamphlet. Chuck Deluca's 1979 Maritime Antiques catalog, 18pp., illus., wraps, creased where folded. Sotheby's London 1985 Marine Sale. n.p., illus., wraps, 649 lots. The Bourne and Deluca material are scarce. Sold
162. Two whaling histories. The Whale Fishery of New England. Boston: State St. Bank: 1915, 63pp., illus., wraps, front hinge coming unglued, 1" rip on cover. Martin, K.R., 1974. Delaware Goes Whaling 1833-1845. 64pp, illus., wraps, chip to upper front cover. Sold
163. Barbeau, M. "All Hands Aboard Scrimshawing". Salem: 1973. 26pp., illus., wraps. Reprint from the 1952 American Neptune. Sold
164. Earle, W.K and Davenport, J. Scrimshaw Folk Art of the Whalers. 1957. 4th printing, illus. w/ line drawings, 36pp., wraps. A publication of the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. Sold
165. Whaling -- The American Neptune Pictorial Supplement IV. Salem: 1962. 32 plates, wraps, slightly sunned covers. Sold
166. Matthews, Dr. L.H. ed., The Whale. 1975. 287pp., 267 illus., v.g. w/ a chipped d.j. Sold
167. Two books on whales. Hoyt, E. The Whale Watcher's Handbook. 1984, 208pp., illus., wraps. Walker, T.J. Whale Primer with Special Attention to the California Grey Whale. 1091. 65pp., illus. wraps. Sold
168. American Heritage Whaling Books. Shapiro, I. The Story of Yankee Whaling (Junior Library). 1959. 153pp., illus., Amer. Heritage Dec. 1960 w/ a 17pp. article by Ivan Sanderson on whaling and the Benj. Russell panorama. Sold
169. Two children's whaling books. Sheldon, D. The Whale's Song. 1990. n.p. illus w/ d.j. Spence, Bill. Harpooned -- The Story of Whaling. 1980. 192pp., illus. w/ d.j. Sold
170. Two whaling books. Dow, G.F. Whale Ships & Whaling. 1985 reprint of the 1925 ed., 239pp., illus., wraps. Giambarba, P. Whales, Whaling & Whalecraft. 1967. 127pp., illus., wraps. Sold
171. Two books on whales and whaling. Burton, R. The Life & Death of Whales. 1973. 185pp., illus. w/d.j. Hagelund, W.A. Whalers No More. A History of Whaling on the West Coast. 1987. 211pp., illus. w/ d.j. Sold
172. A large misc. lot of magazine articles and newspaper clippings on whaling, whales, scrimshaw and artifacts. Sold
173. Salvie, M. Ice Fishing Spears. 1993. 1st printing. 312pp., 460 photos. Near fine. The standard reference. Sold