Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2757 (2168) Category Whaling; Author Sanderson, Ivan T Title FOLLOW THE WHALE. Publishing Information London: Cassell and Company, 1958. Description 1st UK Edition; xxiv, 1 double page map, 1 table, 423 pages, illustrated with maps and charts by the author and line drawings by F. Wenderoth Saunders. Original covers, no dustjacket. Shelf wear, covers splitting on spine, remnants of bookplate, front hinge split, taped repiar to hinge between pages 422 and 423 of index. Contents clean. Since 10,000 B.C. man has pursued the whale. This is the story of the peoples who have engaged in that pursuit, its historical, cultural and economic consequences. In a narrative never less thrilling for sticking close to the known facts, biologist Ivan Sanderson has recreated the whole fabulous saga of whaling through the ages. Price £30.00 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, polar, S1-Wha ISBN Add this to your basket