Lot 621

"Cap'n George Fred" by Captain George Fred Tilton VINTAGE 1969 HC Famous Whaling Captain Bio 1st THUS Edition 1st Printing In DJ

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"Cap'n George Fred" by Captain George Fred Tilton VINTAGE 1969 HC Famous Whaling Captain Bio 1st THUS Edition 1st Printing In DJ

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by The Book Barn
August 13, 2026 5:00 PM EDT
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Shapliegh, ME, US 07076

VINTAGE 1969 Hardcover Biography Of Famous New England Whaling Captain George Tilton 1st THUS Edition 1st Printing In Dust Jacket. "Cap'n George Fred" by Captain George Fred Tilton. HARDCOVER 1969 Dukes County Historical Society 1st THUS Edition 1st Printing with Date: "1969" on title page. Exactly as shown in listing scan(s). Nice Collectible 1st THUS Edition 1st Printing hardcover copy In Dust Jacket. UNCOMMON WHALING TITLE EVEN IN "THUS" EDITION.

"George Fred Tilton, a Vineyarder who was famous for his daring attempt to rescue the crews of eight whaling ships that ended up frozen in the Arctic after staying too long in their pursuit of whales. The boats were breaking up, being trapped in the ice as supplies dwindled. Somebody had to come to the rescue. Tilton climbs snowy mountains so high that they can't even bring the sled dogs. At one point Tilton and his men jump onto an ice floe and hope that the wind would push them toward the other side, and not out to sea. When he reached the point between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island they were faced with a 37-mile water crossing. With nothing but sleds, he needed a boat. He tore up his underwear and some leather strips to put in between the cracks, and crafted a boat out of the planks of the sleds. Yet this heroic journey of more than 1700 miles across snow and ice and water had little impact on the ships he was trying to save. The crews had found enough caribou to survive on and so the resupply ship merely allowed the ships that were still intact to hunt through the next season."

Illustrated with photos. Internally tight & unmarked. Binding Exterior; light handling wear/scattered rubbing to edges, but all lettering/decoration bright. Substantial wear/scattered rubbing/chipping with small loss/edge wear to SELDOM PRESENT $6.50 unclipped DJ. NO REMAINDER MARK; NOT X-LIBRARY. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE.

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