The young whaler, or, The adventures of Charles Hollberg

Date:

1862.

Author:

Gerstäcker, Friedrich, 1816-1872.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH G383 Y6 LOCAL

Publisher:

Routledge, Warne, & Routledge

Physical Description:

343, [1] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

Notes:

Also published under the title: The little whaler. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

George Routledge and Sons (London & NY), n.d., printed by Savill, Edwards (London), engraved by the Dalziel Brothers [GS&A imprint flourished in 1870's, text first appeared in German in 1856 as Der kleine Wallfischfänger, 1st English translation in 1857 as The Little Whaler, and in 1858 as The Young Whaler]; includes catalog of Routledge juvenile books dated August 1875; spine and front cover tiltes and some rulings stamped in gold on red cloth, spine decorations stamped in gold and printed in black, front cover decorations printed in black, back cover decoration blind-stamped

Subjects:

Sea stories Juvenile fiction, Whaling Juvenile fiction, Conduct of life Juvenile fiction, Conduct of life, Sea stories, and Whaling

Genres/Forms:

Fiction and Juvenile works