Condensed from William Scoresby's Account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery (Edinburgh, 1820).
In printed wrapper; variant bindings. One state has a wood engraving of a woman seated at a table with two girls on p. [1] of wrapper, and a wood engraving of a shop scene on p. [4] of wrapper; another state has a wood engraving of a whaling party on p. [1] of wrapper, and a wood engraving of a boy running with a dog on p. [4] of wrapper.
"New editions of toy books, just published by S. Babcock"--catalogue, p. [4] of wrapper.