Maritime - Whaling and Fishing

Fish ‘N’ Ships Goddard, John and Spalding, Roger 108 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Dalesman Books; 1987. (The rise and fall of Grimsby –the world’s fishing port.  Describes how the fishing industry has changed.) Wha23228 $22.00

Hessle Road – A Photographer’s View of Hull’s Trawling Days Gill, Alec 120 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; mint copy; Hutton Press; 1987. (The Hessle Road area of hull was the centre of the fishing industry.  A good account of fishing activities and the people involved.) Wha23230 $15.00

Lovely She Goes! Mitford, William 196 pages; folded map; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Book Club; 1969. (A story of Artic trawling by the Grimsby based fleet. Written by a trawlerman, it’s an account of 20 men and 1 ship against the northern seas.) Wha34257 $18.00

The Whale – Mighty Monarch of the Sea Cousteau, Jacques-Yves and Diole, Philippe 304 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Cassell; 1972. (A full description of the life of whales and their environment.) Wha23229 $20.00

The Old Whaling Days McNab, Robert 508 pages; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Golden Press; 1975. (Sub-titled ‘A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840’, this is reproduction of the 1913 classic of New Zealand wild whaling days when British, American and French ships scoured our coastlines in search of the sperm whale.) Wha34255 $32.00

Trawler – A Journey through the North Atlantic O’Hanlon, Redmond 340 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Hamish Hamilton; 2003. (An emotional account of a trip on a Scottish trawler with its crew of five fishing near the Artic Circle in wild weather and little sleep – all part of a day’s work.) Wha34256 $32.00