This book is bound in cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Spine is faded; bookplate and inscription on front endpapers; foxing throughout. Tear on first two pages. This book covers the history of commercial fishing in the United States from the pre-Colonial period up to the time of its publication. 317 pages, including charts and tables; approx. 6"x9".
- Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas: Prepared for the Treasury Department of the United States
- Lorenzo Sabine
- Robert Armstrong, 1853