14410,a John F. Kennedy Scrimshaw Collector

Clare Barnes, Jr.; John F. Kennedy Scrimshaw Collector; Little, Brown and Company; 1969; First Edition, dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Kennedy’s 37 pieces, teeth and tusks, are primarily decorated with nautical subjects and patriotic themes. This book, published shortly before Flayderman’s landmark work, helped popularize the collecting of scrimshaw.