The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Constable Young Books Ltd. London.

BINDING
Blue cloth boards.

BOOK CONDITION
A little fading to top edges of boards.  Printed pages, illustrations and chart remain clear and unmarked. Small previous owners name and sticker on flyleaf.

DUST JACKET
Worn at edges and around spine. 4cm tear has previously been mended with tape.

EDITION
First GB edition 1968. First published in USA in 1965.

DESCRIPTION
Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated with two charts and several contemporary drawings / engravings. 128 pp.

SYNOPSIS
A first hand narrative by the first mate of  the sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex after being rammed by a sperm whale. The original was and Inspiration for Herman Melvilles Moby Dick. Edited for young readers, with prologue and epilogue, by Iola Haverstick and Betty Shepherd.