Harpoons and other whalecraft
By: Thomas G. Lytle
Contributors: Keith, C. Freeman, book designer; Harvard, Stephen, illustrator; Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford, Mass.); New Bedford Whaling Museum; Stinehour Press; Meriden Gravure Company
Publisher: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, Whaling Museum
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New Bedford, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Harpoons; Whaling
Description: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of harpoons and other implements of the American whale fishery based principally on the collection at the Whaling Museum of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society. Also includes all whaling implements for which U.S. patents were granted during the nineteenth century.
Notes: Includes " ... a fully-illustrated catalogue of the New Bedford Whaling Museum"--Page ix.

"Six hundred copies of this book were printed and bound at The Stinehour Press and The Meriden Gravure Company. The type face is Linoterm Sabon, the paper Mohawk Superfine, the binding cloth Scholco Halflinnen. The book was designed by Freeman Keith, with decorative drawings by Stephen Harvard."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.