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Murdoch, William G. Burn. Modern whaling & 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. Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1917.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 22.5 cm, 320 pp, lacks frontis and one other plate, illus in text, b&w photo plates, decorated cloth - marks from private library stickers. New end papers - an amateur repair. Text often marked, signs of silverfish in places, and some foxing. A very untidy reading copy of a very scarce book. Account of Shetland whaling industry. The second part of the book is concerned principally with polar bear hunting in the arctic.

Seller: Archway Books, Mana, New Zealand

Murdoch, W.G. Burn. 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. Seeley, Service & Co, London, 1917.

Price: US$80.54 + shipping

Description: Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt pictorial decoration, colour frontis, b&w plates, b&w text illus, ship plan, pp 320. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Bumped to top edge. Lightly rubbed to head and foot of spine. Very good condition. Whaling and polar bear hunting in the Arctic and Shetland.

Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia

MURDOCH, W. G. Burn. Modern Whaling & 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. Seeley, Service & Co, London, 1917.

Price: US$82.50 + shipping

Description: First printing. Octavo (23cm). Green cloth, stamped in gilt; 320pp; half-tone photographs. Bookseller's ticket of E. G. Glaisher; bookplate of Erland Scheen; and ownership inscriptions of Edward Mitchell and James G. Mead. Straight, but much rubbed, binding slightly loosened: Good or better.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Murdoch, W.G. Burn. Modern Whaling & 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. Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, London, 1917.

Price: US$83.00 + shipping

Description: Roy. 8vo, 320pp, 110 illustrations chiefly from Drawings & Photographs by the Author. Orig. green cloth, gilt stamped harpooner & title. Gilt slt. dulled on spine , slt. rubbing at extremes, a very nice copy. Spence 826. Not in Arctic Bibl.

Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

MURDOCH, W. G. Burn.. Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting: A Record of Present-day Whaling with up-to-date Applications in many parts of the world, and of bear and seal hunting in the Arctic Regions.. Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1917.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: 320 pp. plus pub. cat. With 110 Illustrations chiefly from Drawings & Photographs by the Author. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition. Bookplate and trace of old price on pastedown; a few tiny spots and light use to cloth; tight and sound.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Murdoch, W. G. Burn, F.R.S.G.S.. MODERN WHALING & 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. Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, London, 1917.

Price: US$104.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pp.320 including Index. Illustrated with a coloured frontis. and with photographs and line drawings in the text chiefly by the author. Green cloth with gilt decoration on the front showing a harpoon gun ready for firing. A little very light wear to head and foot of spine and corners and with a small dent in lower part of front board. Name of former owner Basil Lubbock of Monk's Orchard on front endpaper dated Feb. 1935. together with a tipped-in bookplate of Patrick Walcot showing a antarctic explorer in full gear standing reading a paper with his sledge and 'Cape Evans' and 'Hut Point' in the background. endpapers lightly tanned, otherwise a very good clean and tight copy. ( nb. see Wikipedia for biographical information on Basil Lubbock.) Heavy book which will require additional overseas shipping.

Seller: C & J Read - Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, W.G. BURN,. Modern whaling & 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.. London, Seeley Service & Co., 1917., 1917.

Price: US$116.71 + shipping

Description: 320 pp. With col. frontsip., 29 b/w photogr. plts. & num. drawings by the author. Index. Hardcover. Or. cloth. VG/--. (Spine ends sl. bumped; free endp. sl. browned, gift dedication on endp., dated Nov. 13, 1917).

Seller: Charbo's Antiquariaat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Murdoch, W. G. Burn. 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. Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 38 Great Russell Street, London First Edition . London 1917., 1917.

Price: US$123.52 + shipping

Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine [oxidised] gilt harpoon, rope and man vignette to the upper panel. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [iv] 320 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and 110 monochrome illustrations throughout. Boards with light surface fleck marks, old small damp mark to the top of the lower board, without any ownership markings, shallow rubs across the spine tips, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. WHALING & WHALES

Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, W.G.B.. 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.. 1917, 1917.

Price: US$151.00 + shipping

Description: London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1917. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Gilt. (320pp.). With col. frontispiece, numerous full-page plates, and text-illusts. Fine.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

W. G. Burn Murdoch. Modern Whaling and Bear Hunting. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, London, 1917.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good Hardcover in an about Good Dust Jacket; Book has one small blemish on front board and only slight edge wear, Jacket has edge wear, mostly to very worn tipped on illustration on spine, also a word has been cut out from Jacket spine (see photo). Scarce in Jacket. Color Frontis +110 drawings & photographs. 320 pp + 16 pages of ads. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages

Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.