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LAUGHTON, Leonard George Carr (1871–1955). Old Ship Figure–Heads & Sterns… London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1925. Small folio. 7 tipped–in color plates and 48 monochrome plates from photographs, drawings, diagrams, etc., numerous in–text illustrations. Original gilt–decorated blue cloth, top edge gilt (few spots of rubbing at ends and corners). Provenance: Donald M. Laurie (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 543 of 1500 copies. A detailed and scholarly examination of ship decorations.