AMERICAN FIGUREHEADS AND THEIR CARVERS
by PAULINE A. PINCKNEY
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Company· Inc, 1940. 223pp, 32 plates, 11 figures. ''In this book, the first publication on the subject, the author has attempted a chronological record of American ship carving.This art, so widespread in america where shipbuilding was being carried on, was one of the first expressions of the plastic arts in this country and therefore represents an important epoch in American sculpture.''. 1st edition. tan buckram, gilt. Fine. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- N119
- Title
- AMERICAN FIGUREHEADS AND THEIR CARVERS
- Author
- PAULINE A. PINCKNEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company· Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- naval, maritime, shipping, naval architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical & Maritime;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...