Author: Georges Blond
Title: La Grande Aventure Des Baleines
Description: Strasourg, Selection des Amis du Livre Strasbourg, 1959. Leather. A beautiful and scarce French work detailing the life and history of whales, illustrated with photographs throughout. This work contains four chapters, including on topics such as whales and man and whalers in the Antarctic.Dedicated to the memory of Herman Melville, author of 'Moby Dick&apos.In the French language.Illustrated with photographs by Fred Matter.Written by Georges Blond (1906-1989), a French writer known for a number of works similar to this, including 'L'Amiral Togo', 'La Grande Aventure des Elephants', 'Les Grandes Aventure des Oceans' and 'Les Naufrages de Paris&apos.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In a quarter leather binding. Externally very smart, with just a little wear to the head of the spine resulting in loss to the leather. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Fred Matter. Near Fine .

Keywords: Whales Georges Blond Natural Sciences French Georges Blond Fred Matter


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