Nautical Antiques: With Value Guide

Ball, Robert W.D.

ISBN 10: 0887406025 / ISBN 13: 9780887406027

Published by Schiffer Pub Ltd, Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1994

About this Item

AS NEW Book and DJ, both near MINT, and DJ now with new Mylar protection. // Exhaustive, and wethinks no finer copy exists. // You want this book. Seller Inventory # 007664

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nautical Antiques: With Value Guide

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd, Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: As New

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This beautiful volume illustrates hundreds of nautical treasures, items related to lives of seamen in past generations. Included are a variety of scrimshawed items, sailor-made ship models, nautical instruments and aids, nautical and whaling implements, furnishings and accessories, ship's figureheads, sternboards, and billet heads, ship's journals, ephemera, paintings, and much more. A useful price guide is included. This fascinating and complete look at the artifacts of our nautical past will be enjoyed by collectors and old salts alike.

About the Author:

Robert Ball is a lifelong resident of Connecticut. he is an Army veteran, a military historian, and a dealer and collector of militaria and firearms. He has written several other books, including Western Memorabilia and Collectibles, Cowboy Collectible and Western Memorabilia, and American Shelf and Wall Clocks.