Item #2788 SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes. Hanna Pinckney, Sessions, Laughton, Christensen, Norton, Stackpole.
SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes
SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes
SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes
SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes

SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS - Collection of 31 volumes

New York: 1968. Hardcover. collection of books and booklets on Ship Figureheads. Most are in English while a few are in Dutch, or German. Most are hardcover. The abbeviated descriptions below use HC or PB. Dust Jacket is indicated as DJ. General conditions of books and DJ are Good or better and abbreviated as G, VG, NF, F. NO copies are x-lib. Previous owner names may be written inside but not mentioned. Most are specifically about Figureheads and other ship carvings, a few have content on the subject while being more general. Note that shipping outside the USA will be expensive . The media mail price given at checkout will apply within the USA unless faster shipping is requested, then it will be more expensive. 1)"VALHALLA" The Tresco Ships' Figurehead Collection- PB, 1984, publ. by National Maritime Museum -NF
2) "Ship Figureheads and other wood carving art in the Nautical Collection of the State Street Trust Co.", PB no date, publ. State Street Trust Co., VG
3) "Ships' Figureheads" by Stammers, PB, 1983, publ. by Shire - NF
4)"Figureheads" by Taylor, PB, 1992, publ. by National Maritime Museum - NF
5)"Guide to the Department Ship and Art", PB, 1968, publ. Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, in English and German - VG
6)''Cutty Sark Figureheads-The Long John Silver Collection", by Bailey, PB, 1968, publ. Ian Allan - NF
7) "Figureheads & Ship Carvings at Mystic Seaport", by Stackpole, PB, 1964, publ. Marine Hiastorical Assoc. - VG or better- 2 copies
8) "Kunst op het Water - Nederlandse Scheepssier 1650-1850" , by Schokkenbroek, and Zonnevylle- Heyning, PB, 1995, publ. Scheepvaart Museum Amsterdam. - in Dutch - F
9)"Ships' Figureheads of Old Cape Cod" , PB, 1936, publ. Cape Cod Advancement Plan. - NF
10) "Shipcarvers of North America", by Brewington, HC, 1962, publ. Barre - VG has pencil gift inscription and ink signature
11) "American Figureheads and their Carvers", by Pinckney, HC, 1940, no DJ, publ. Norton- G
12) "Neptuns Holzeme Engel" , by Ahrens and Rittmeister, HC, 1958, DJ not quite G but in plastic protector now, publ. Dulk, in German - VG
13) "The Shipcarver's Handbook'; by Hanna, HC, 1988, DJ- F, publ. WoodenBoat - F
14) "American Nautical Art and Antiques ", by Kranz, HC, 1975, DJ- VG in plastic protector, publ. Crown, earlier owner label on front pastedown- NF
15) "Ships' Figureheads", by Norton, HC, 1976, DJ- VG, publ. Barre - F
16) "Early American Wood Carving" , by Christensen, HC, 1952, DJ - G - has small tears an some wear, publ. by World - VG or better
17) "The Mariners' Museum 1930-1950 A History and Guide" , HC, 1950, no DJ , publ. Mariners Museum - G
18) "Old Ship Figureheads and Sterns", by Laughton, HC, 1925, no DJ but has plastic protector, publ. Halton and Truscott Smith - G or better
19) "The Shipcarvers' Art - Figureheads and Cigar Store Indians ...", by Sessions, HC, 2005, DJ- VG with plastic protector, publ. Princeton University Press , NF has remainder mark on foreedge.
20) "The Decorative Arts of the Mariner" , by Frere- Cook, HC, 1966, DJ - good but with soiling and chip missing, publ. Little, Brown- VG
21) "Maritime America", by Neill, HC, 1988, DJ - VG or better, publ. Abrams - NF
22) "Treasury of American Design" 2 volumes, by Hornung, HC, no date VG plastic DJ
23) "An American Sampler - Folk Art from the Shelburne Museum", PB, no dj, publ. National Gallery- VG
24) "Die Holzemen Engel-Galionsfiguren ausfunf Jahrhunerten" , by Klasing, HC 1980, VG DJ, publ. United Nautical, NF.
25) "Wood Carvings- North American Folk Sculptures", by Klamkin,HC, 1974, G DJ, but with wear, Hawthorn - NF
26) "American Folk Art in Wood, Metal and Stone" , by Lipman, HC, 1948, G DJ in protector, publ. by Pantheon, NF
27) "Ships' Figureheads", by Hansen, HC in F DJ, 1990, publ. Schiffer - F
28) "Figureheads", by Costa, HC in VG or better DJ, 1981, publ. Nautical - NF
29) "Figureheads at The Mariners Museum", PB portfolio, 12 color plates, no date, NF
30) "Index of American Design", Christensen, 1959, fair DJ, VG. Very good / very good. Item #2788

Price: $553.00