Softcover. New Haven CT, S. Babcock, reprint, 1845, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages, 4 1/2 X 5 1/2", illustrated with b&w engravings. Forward by author dated 1845, noting that this book is a shorter version of a "somewhat larger book" printed several years earlier (1832). Wrapper worn with red design and lettering: "Stories About Whale Catching/Toils and Perils of Whalers". Yellow endpapers. Half of paper on spine missing, light foxing and minor staining to several pages.