Robertson, R.B. Of Whales and Men. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan. 1956
pp.xiii, 247 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback in vg. dw.
The author, a senior medical officer on a whaling ship, recreates the world of whale hunting: the hunt, the complex operations of the factory ship, the tensions among the crew and the lore of the South Atlantic.
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