A Mariner's Fancy: The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw
New York/ Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press / South Street Seaport Museum, 1992. Paperback. Glossy wraps with black front cover, scrimshaw image, and white lettering. 96 pp. with 126 color and bw illustrations. Good + (Minor foxing, shelf/edgewear to wraps, minor sticker remnants on back cover; textblock edges are mildly foxed; some pages show edge foxing, most pages show age-toning around edges, but are clean; binding is solid.). Item #192910
ISBN: 9780295972121
Catalogues a portion of the exemplary collection of scrimshanded objects of the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City. Illustrated essays address issues of connoisseurship in scrimshaw and the surprising role of New York in American whaling history. Lovely illustrations.
OCLC: 26132602
Price: $24.99