Gilkerson, William: THE SCRIMSHANDER. , San Fransico: Troubader Press, 1975.1st Edition; Introduction by Karl Kortum. 120pp, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. SIGNED by author on fep. Cream cloth covers with blind stamped depiction of a piece of scrimshaw on the front cover and gilt titling to spine in pictorial dustjacket. "The nautical ivory worker and his art of scrimshaw, historical and contemporary". Contents: The old and new scrimshaw. An endangered species and an endangered art form. A photographic portfolio of scrimshaw including whalers, ship portraits, crafted artifacts, fantasy and imagery, pirates, tools and techniques, acknowledgements, bibliography, Index. Shelfware, contents clean. Very Good/Good (Book ref. 2129) £75.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Polar Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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