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E.C.
Williams
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Selected Bibliography
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Bibliography
of materials relating to Capt. Edward C. Williams
and "Williams’ Panorama of a South Sea
Whaling Voyage" held at the Kendall Institute,
New Bedford Whaling Museum.
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Williams,
E.C. (Capt.) Life in the South Seas. History
of the Whale Fisheries. Habits of the Whale. Perils
of the Chase and Method of Capture… By
Capt. E.C. Williams, deleneator (sic) of Williams’
Panorama of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. New York:
Polhemus & De Vries, 1860. 22.5 cm. 32 pp. Original
pale pink paper wrapper with cover title and title
page. 2 copies.
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Williams,
E.C. (Capt.) Life in the South Seas. History of
the Whale Fisheries, Habits of the Whale, Perils of
the Chase, and Method of Capture;… By Capt.
E.C. Williams, delineator of Williams’ Panorama
of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. New York: John F. Trow,
186[1]? 15 cm. 68 pp. with 9 color illustrations tipped
in. Frontis. See Ingalls # 294. ODHS copy lacks wrapper
and title page. Inscribed "Presented by Capt.
E.C. Williams, June 28, 1862." |
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Williams,
E.C. (Capt.) Life in the South Seas. History of
the Whale Fisheries, Habits of the Whale, Perils of
the Chase, and Method of Capture;… By Capt.
E.C. Williams, delineator of Williams’ Panorama
of a South Sea Whaling Voyage. New York: John F. Trow,
1862. 15 cm. 68 pp. Original pale pink paper wrapper
with cover title and title page. Frontis. 2 copies. |
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MSS
notebook compiled by E.C. Williams that appears to
be his manuscript notes preparatory to narrating his
panorama which was variously titled Life in the
South Seas, Grand South Sea Whaling Voyage and
Celebrated Representation of a South Sea Whaling
Voyage that described the history of the whale
fisheries, habits of the whale, perils of the chase
and method of capture. It toured through New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Maine between May, 1858 and March, 1866. 25 cm. [250
pp.], Boards detached. Inscribed on front free end
paper "E.C. Williams, Rochester, NY." 2003.74
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Series
of 10 prints under the old KWM # PS 182 appear to
be wood engravings photo-transferred to a lithographic
process and are meant to be book illustrations tipped
into the pamphlet by Capt. E.C. Williams entitled
Life in the South Seas: History of the Whale
Fisheries, Habits of the Whale, Perils of the Chase,
and Method of Capture. New York: John F. Trow,
186[1]?
Another
set on two uncut pieces of stock (see illustrations):
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Correspondence
and notes between Charles Foster Batchelder and Francis
B. Lothrop regarding the chronology and dates of the
panorama including newspaper clippings from the cities
and towns where the panorama appeared and biographical
notes from the collection of the Rochester Public
Library in Rochester, New York. Special thanks to
Buzz Baker, Local History Specialist at the Rochester
Public Library for providing obituaries for Edward
C. Williams and other biographical material. See:
ODHS call # BII 255
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