Book: American Ship Figureheads & Their Carvers

“American Figureheads and Their Carvers”

By Pauline A. Pinckney.
Published by W.W. Norton & Company in 1940.

"American carvers went far beyond the repetition of the traditional forms developed in Europe and soon achieved a richness in design and an originality in execution hitherto unknown. This book deals with American ship carving and carvers... based on extensive research in museums, in the records of customhouses, merchants' and builders' accounts, and in the archives of the Navy. Beautifully illustrated with examples from public and private collections, it also includes an exhaustive list of American ship carvers with the known examples of their art".

Hardcover. 8"x10", 223 pages, 32 black & white plates and 11 line drawings.

Not in excellent condition- this is an ex-institutional with spine number, bookplate and several stamps. The covers have some soil. the hinges are tight and except for the stamps, the text is clean and unmarked.

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