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[WHALING]. BEALE, Thomas (1807–1849). The Natural History of the Sperm Whale…to which is added, a sketch of a South–Sea Whaling Voyage. London: John Van Voorst, 1839. 8vo. Half–title, 3 plates including frontispiece. Modern half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine labels gilt, renewed endpapers. SECOND EDITION first published under the title A Few Observations on the Natural History of Sperm Whale (1835). An expanded edition to the first, adding the account of the whaling voyage for the first time which the author cruised the Pacific in 1831–32 visiting Patagonia, Hawaii, Peru, Tierra del Fuego, etc. THE MAIN TECHNICAL SOURCE FOR HERMAN MEVILLE’S MOBY DICK. Ferguson 2709; Hill 89; Sabin 4108; Spence 105.