(WHALING) Crosby Everett U Susans Teeth and Much about Scrim

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(WHALING.) Crosby, Everett U. Susan's Teeth and Much about Scrimshaw. Numerous illustrations. 4to, cloth-backed boards, only minimal wear; inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, original owner's bookplate on front pastedown. [Nantucket, MA: Tekaukimmo Press, 1955]

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first edition of the scarcest and most desirable book on scrimshaw. The title refers to the carved teeth from the Nantucket whaling ship "Susan" in the 1820s. One of the first serious studies of scrimshaw, the book contains detailed photographs of examples, as well as articles by the leading experts in the field.