MARITIME AMERICA: Art and Artifacts from America's Nautical Collections.
Pp. 256, coloured and black & white, text illustrations (some full and double page), list of plates and notes on illustrations,, appendix, index; med. 4to;blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a little worn, small tear in top of the backstrip. partially tape repaired on the verso; Balsam Press Inc. in affiliation with Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998. First edition. Forster 1002. *An account and listing of numerous of the American collections of maritime items. Includes chapters on the Peabody Museum of Salem (by Paul Forsythe Johnstone and Peter J. Fetchko); the Kendall Whaling Museum (by Stuart M. Frank); and the Mystic Seaport Museum (by Andrew W. German); all of which have significant holdings of Pacific-related whaling material. Item #168416
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