| The Warship Figureheads of Portsmouth Contributor(s): Pulvertaft, David (Author), Dean, Kevin (Illustrator), Hrh the Princess Royal (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 075245076X ISBN-13: 9780752450766 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $46.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - Pictorial - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - History | Oceania |
| Dewey: 736.4 |
| LCCN: 2010399189 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 9.7" W x 8.8" (1.25 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Figureheads were carved for the bows of British fighting ships from the early sixteenth century until the start of the twentieth This book reveals the history of warship figureheads, those in the Portsmouth collection being lavishly illustrated with watercolour paintings. It examines the context of figurehead against the life of its ship. |