Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Clifford W. Ashley. Whaleships of New Bedford. Houghton Mifflin, 1929.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original hardcover, no jacket, of limited edition of 1035 copies, SIGNED by Oliver La Farge, Pulitzer prize winning author. This was his personal copy. Contains 60 plates, rough cut page edges. Condition: book is solid and square, but back board has water damage (see photos) from many years ago. No odors, just stains and wear. Otherwise, boards have light rubbing, fading, wear to corners. Age-toning to the pages, some modest wear from age. Collectible copy.
Seller: Snowden's Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$61.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth has gilt titles on spine and gilt whale on front. In very tidy condition. Previous owner name and bookplate on front e/p. Rough cut page edges. Contents tight and clean. No dust jacket but plastic cover. This is a heavy book so please check postage with bookseller.
Seller: Arty Bees Books, Wellington, New Zealand
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fraying to bottom spine end, wear to top spine end and outer corners. Covers are smudged. Owner's sticker on the front endpaper.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (unpaginated). Fore-edge and bottom edge uncut. Small gift inscription, else clean unused. Limited Edition 1035 Copies Only Size: Quarto
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, vi, [122]; G+/ G+; Light brown spine with black letter; House in black cardboard slipcase; Dustjacket has moderate+ uneven age-toning overall, a chip to bottom-right corner of front cover, light wear to top edges, and faint red staining / a small chip at the head of spine; Boards show light wear to corners, light bumping to head/tail of spine, and several instances of light soiling; Textblock has some light age-toning and foxing to deckled edges; Slipcase has split along multiple edges and has significant chipping to black paper finish; Illustrated (sixty b/w drawing); Introduction by then NY governor Franklin Roosevelt; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1350086. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 9 x 11 in. Scarlet cloth boards with spouting whale. Limited edition of 1035 copies. This comes with the original publisher's prospectus, which is a 9 x 11" folded sheet with 3 plates and text inside. The prospectus has been folded in 3 and kept inside the front cover. Condition os BOOK is FINE ; absolutely spotless with no wear. Binding tight and text and plates also spotless. The original paper wrapper is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, spine a bit toned, edges have a few chips. The slipcase is FAIR ; rear is partly detached with a couple of old tape repairs, edges worn with partial splits, front print good with some toning. Naut. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Ashley, Clifford W.. Whaleships of New Bedford. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1929.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With an introduction by FDR. Limited edition of 1035 copies. The top and bottom edges are cut, the fore edge rough uncut. Bright red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering and a spouting whale on the front cover Includes sixty plates of Whaleships famous in New Bedford, including the Charles Morgan pictured at Round Hills (sic) South Dartmouth, MA., and the Bark California. A very solid and collectible copy. No internal markings or imprints, very clean. Ashley also wrote The Ashley Book of Knots and The Yankee Whaler. He resided in Westport MA. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First and Limited Edition (1035 copies of which 1000 are for sale0. Original red cloth with a spouting whale on the front cover. Near Fine in Good Dust Jacket (chips on the top and bottom edges) in in Fair Slipcase with one edge separated, tape marks on the bottom, and edge wear. 60 Plates.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: first limited edition (1035 copies of which 1000 were for sale); textblock near fine; red cloth binding with gold imprinting, bright and tight; original dustjacket intact, though showing shelf wear, darkening, and small piece missing from foot of spine; sixty plates of whaleships, printed on one side of each leaf, done by the famous maritime artist; foreword by Franklin D. Roosevelt; included are the remains of the slipcase (pictorial cover intact); as nice an example of this scarce imprint as one is likely to find;
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.