Author: Naess, Erling D.
Title: Autobiography of a Shipping Man
Description: Colchester, Seatrade Publications, 1977. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, pale gray dust jacket with illustrations and red and white lettering, 266 pp, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits. "This autobiography traces his (Erling Naess) association with shipping and the sea from his youth in Norway through to the present day. It covers his early years as a student of economics, and his first practical association with the city of London. Naess describes his long relationship with the whaling industry, giving insights into its risks and rewards but also looking at the drama and the morality of the way in which the pursuit of the whale was conducted in those days. Naess also describes his escape from Norway during the German invasion and later his involvement in Nortraship during World War II." dust jacket. VG-/Good+ (signed by author to previous owner on title page, hinge loose on the inside, dust jacket has overall wear with small tears. Pages are otherwise clean) .

Keywords: Erling Naess, Autobiography ; Naess, Erling ; ; Erling Naess, Autobiography


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