THE ART OF THE DECOY : American Bird Carving
by Earnest, Adele; (Mary Black, Foreword)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1965. First Edition, 5th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lou Schifferl (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/closed tear to upper spine edge & showing faint discoloration. First Edition, Printing "e" (5th). PO sticker & gift dedication to fEP. History of the indigenous American folk art of decoy bird carvings. Illustrated with color and b/w photos and line drawings, volume covers the first hunting decoys fashioned by Native Americans to refined contemporary carvings of sandpipers, curlews, ducks, geese, swans, gulls, herons, crows, loons, and many others together with explanations of the highly varied and ingenious methods of construction. Fine reference/resource for both artists and collectors.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009729
- Title
- THE ART OF THE DECOY : American Bird Carving
- Author
- Earnest, Adele; (Mary Black, Foreword)
- Illustrator
- Lou Schifferl (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 5th Printing
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Arts & Crafts/Duck Decoys/History/Biographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts & Crafts; Ornithology/Birds;
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