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Author: Laughton, L.G. Carr
Title: Old Ship Figure-Heads & Sterns: With Which are Associated Galleries, Hancing-Pieces, Catheads and Divers Other Matters That Concern the "Grace and Countenance" of Old Sailing-Ships
Place Published: London
Publisher:Halton & Truscott Smith
Date Published: 1925
Description:

xv, [1], 281 pp. With 7 tipped-in color plates and 48 monochrome plates from photographs, drawings, diagrams, etc. (4to) 31.5x25 cm (12½x10"), blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. No. 63 of 1500 copies. First Edition.

Detailed and scholarly examination of those decorative accoutrements which gave old sailing ships so much of their character and charm.

Condition

Some wear, joints starting, front hinge cracked; very good.

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Old Ship Figure-Heads & Sterns

Name: Old Ship Figure-Heads & Sterns
SKU: 55406924
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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