Scoresby, William. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery. Archibald Constable and Co Ltd: Edinburgh (1823). Full title-Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the east coast of West Greenland made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool
Jardine, William. Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales. W. H. Lizars: Edinburgh (1837).
Browne, J. Ross. Etchings of a Whaling Cruise. Harper and Brothers Publishers: New York (1846). First U.S. Edition; Full title-Etchings of a Whaling Cruise, with Notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper and Brothers: New York (1849). 2 volumes
Jones, John D. Life and Adventure in the South Pacific. Harper and Brothers: New York (1861).
Hall, Charles Francis. Life with the Esquimaux. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston: London (1864). 2 volumes; Full title-Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling BarqueGeorge Henry,from the 29th May,1860, to the 13th September,1862
Bullen, Frank T. Cruise of the Cachalot. Smith, Elder and Co.: London (1898). Illustrated by A. Twidle
Various Authors. Report of the Cruise of The U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear. Government Printing Office: Washington (1899). Full title-Report of the Cruise of The U. S. Revenue Cutter Bear: The Overland Expedition for the Relief of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean, from November 27, 1897, to September 13, 1898
Bullen, Frank T. Cruise of the Cachalot. Smith, Elder and Co.: London (1902). Second Edition
Murdoch, W. G. Burn. Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting. Seeley, Service and Co. Ltd: London (1917). Full title-Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting: A Record Of Present-Day Whaling With Up-To-Date Appliances In Many Parts Of The World, And Of Bear And Seal Hunting In The Arctic Regions
Ashley, Clifford W. Whaleships of New Bedford. Houghton Mifflin: Boston (1929). Limited Edition; 1035 copies; Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick, or The Whale. Random House: New York (1930). Illustrated by Rockwell Kent
Church, Albert Cook. Whale Ships and Whaling. W. W. Norton and Company: New York (1938). 112 copies
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick; or, the Whale. Arion Press: San Francisco (1979). 265 copies; Hand-set in Goudy Modern; Printed on Barcham Green's hand-made paper; Illustrated by Barry Moser
Bockstoce, John R. American Whalers in the Western Arctic. Edward J. Lefkowicz: Fairhaven, MA (1983). 400 copies; Illustrated by William Gikerson
Lytle, Thomas G. Harpoons and Other Whalecraft. Old Dartmouth Historical Society Whaling Museum: New Bedford, MASS (1984). 600 copies; Foreword by Richard C. Kugler