The Classic Decoy Series
by Weiler, Milton
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Hampden, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Winchester Press, 1969. First Edition. Limited/ Signed . Paper Wrappers. Fine. No. 839 of a limited edition of 1,000, signed on the limitation page by Milton C. Weiler. Introduction by Ed Zern, foreword by William J. Mackey, Jr. 24 full color plates of decoys. Each plate is laid in beside a letterpress description of the decoy's maker. The sewn portfolio is laced into publisher's stiff paper wrappers with brown ribbon. Green paper wrappers with title gilt on front. Slipcase with paper label on front has a few faint stains, and the green paper covering has uniform but slight fading on front panel. Portfolio is fine, in a very good slipcase.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lippincott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4986
- Title
- The Classic Decoy Series
- Author
- Weiler, Milton
- Format/Binding
- Paper Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Limited/ Signed
- Publisher
- Winchester Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Fishing & Hunting; Decorative Arts;
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About the Seller
Lippincott Books
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Hampden, Maine
About Lippincott Books
We invite you to browse through the approximately 1800 books we have listed online on a wide variety of subjects, including strong holdings in Maine history and literature, lumbering, the North Woods of Maine, and Eastern Woodland Indians. We've been in business since 1975, over 25 years with a general antiquarian bookshop in Bangor.We are open by appointment; most of our stock of over 20,000 old and rare books have never been listed online, including a large selection of books on Maine and the Maine Woods. We are regularly adding to our inventory with new acquisitions.
Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...