JAMES AND JOHN BARD: PAINTERS OF STEAMBOAT PORTRAITS; Museum Publication No.18. by Harold S. Sniffen and Alexander Crosby Brown. Newport News, Virginia: The Mariner's Museum, 1949. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with eighteen art paintings on striking black-and-white plates. This extract from Art In America, Vol. 37, No. 2, April 1949, adds additional text, a detailed checklist and bibliographic notes. A wonderful description of the art and both artists, with two-hundred-twenty-three vessels portrayed in three-hundred-eleven paintings that have been found to be still be in existence. A lovely and presentable art and steamship collectible. Barely perceptible bend to the upper corner tip, else crisp and very nearly fine in stapled bluish-green stiff-card wraps with dark-blue embossed titles and illustrated insignia to the front cover. Octavo (10' X 7"); 32 pages. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.