Author: Flayderman, E. Norman
Title: Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders: Whales and Whalemen
Description: New Milford, Connecticut, N. Flayderman & Co. Inc, 1972. 937/1000; autographed. Hardcover. Cream cloth boards with silver lettering. Housed in a black board slipcase with color illustrations and white lettering. xiv, 14 unnumbered pages, 291 pages with bw illustrations throughout. Deluxe, numbered edition with three additional bw plates. "This is copy number 937 of a special edition containing three additional plates and limted to 1000 copies of the first printing." A very thorough study of the art of scrimshaw. Includes and introduction (The Romance of Scrimshaw), bibliography, notes, and index and 7 main chapters: The Word; The Background; Materials and Methods; Sailing; Whaling; The Product; Allied Arts Part I (Other Carvers and their Arts) and Part 2 (Shell Work, Baskets, and Embroidery). Examples of all kinds included: Boxes, razors, pie cutters, violin tailpieces and tuning pegs, candle holders, frames, and nearly anything else imaginable. Some practical, all artistic, several erotic, many humorous. A very enlightening book!. VG/VG (Book is very clean. Light shelfwear to slipcase). Pictures are not of this exact copy, but comparable to show condition .

Keywords: Whaling and Scrimshaw; Scrimshaw ; Scrimshaw ; ;


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