A journal of the voige in the sloop Union Elisha Mahew, master in an expedition against Cape Briton 1745. Printed from the original manuscript in the library of Paul C. Nicholson, with an introduction by Howard Chapin
Providence: [privately printed], 1929. Edition limited to 100 copies, 8vo, pp. 26; 2 folding maps, 2 plates, 1 illustration in the text; fine copy in original brown cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine. "Mr. Paul C. Nicholson, the son of the founder of the Nicholson File Company, formed an outstanding collection that now includes over 750 manuscript logbooks describing 1,000 whaling voyages, as well as several thousand printed books on whaling. His collection also contained scrimshaw, a narwhal tusk, three harpoons, a harpoon gun, prints and photographs and ship models. At the suggestion of Mr. Stuart C. Sherman, then librarian of Providence Public Library, Mr. Nicholson bequeathed the collection to the Library. After Mr. Nicholson’s death in 1956 Mr. Sherman compiled a catalog of the logbooks and wrote an account of the collection that was published by the Library in 1965 with the title The Voice of the Whaleman. The book was handsomely printed by the Stinehour Press of Lunenberg, VT. The Nicholson Whaling Collection is the second largest whaling logbook collection in America" (Providence Public Library, Nicholson Whaling Collection). Item #56721
Price: $125.00
