Sold for:
$461
$461
Hall, Daniel Weston (b. 1841) Arctic Rovings: or the Adventures of a New Bedford Boy. Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1861. First edition, 12mo, portrait frontispiece opposite title, four pages of publisher's ads after the text; bound in publisher's brown cloth, blind tooled boards, pictorially gilt titled spine, worn, 6 3/4 x 4 in. Hall's lively autobiographical text recounts his adventures on a whaling ship at the age of fifteen. Much is included regarding Hawaii; Hall also describes encounters with Russian sailors, tales of the ship in a gale, and more. Hall was abused by the master of the Condor and jumped ship for a penal colony in Siberia.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-23
