Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders: Whales and Whalemen
New Milford, Connecticut: N. Flayderman & Co., Inc., 1972. First printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth, 305 pp., many BW illus. Traces the history and craftsmanship of the art of scrimshaw, working with whalebones, from the whalers and the whales themselves, to the actual art pieces. Lavishly illustrated in BW. A terrific..... More