About 160 pages with over 125 illiustrations. Still considered one of the basic books for decoy collectors. Soft cover, fine condition, minor rubbing. View More...
Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, teal & color illus. paper dust jacket, 219 pp., 476 bw illus. & 18 color plates. More than one thousand marine paintings and drawings are catalogued in this volume. Contains 635 catalogue entries. Lists American, European and Oriental artists. The entries are organized alphabetically. A nicely put together book, and an important resource for anyone researching a maritime artist or painting. The overall condition of this book and dust jacket are Very Fine. There is some foxing visible on the outside edges of the pages when the book is ... View More...
This volume brings together 12 years of research and collecting. The book focuses on decoys made in the Ontario counties of Wentworth and Kent. These counties were homes to some of the most important hunting camps in North America and created a steady trade in decoys and equipment. Research based on interviews and over 60 carvers are profiled. Over 80 color photographs and more then 200 black and white. Excellent condition. Scarce. View More...
Color photographs of more than 200 decoys, plus numerous black and white photos and line drawings. All help identify and authenticate these factory-made decoys. Chapters on species and special order models. View More...
Includes 192 black and white photographs, an 8-page color insert, and 40 line drawings. This book is a little old school, but is still today considered to be a very good history of the decoy use and form. Earnest refers to decoys as the first and only true American folk art. A great resource. View More...
294 pages, over 570 color and b/w illustrations. List of Hampshire county cabinetmakers, thorough coverage of the furniture, form by form; chairs, beds, tables, case furniture, etc. View More...
This book by decoy expert Henry Fleckenstein is focused exclusively on decoys made in New Jersey and for the Delaware River. Over 600 decoys shown in primarily black and white photographs. As usual, Fleckenstein uses numerous photographs to provide as many comparative examples as possible. View More...
This book focuses on the factory-made decoys, but unlike other books of similar titles, it is the only one that also explores the smaller and lesser known of the factories and their products in some depth. An excellent title, full of numerous photographs, advertisements, etc. Fine condition, with some slight wear to edges of the dustjacket, which is now protected in a mylar Brodart cover. View More...
More than 150 decoys shown in black and white photography, along with maker biographies. Sticker of former owner on inside of front cover. Previous owner also taped in a couple of additional illustrations inside the rear cover. View More...
This scarce catalog looks at the carvers, their materials, their tools, the regions, etc. for Louisiana and includes a section on why we should care about these decoys. In fact, they are under appreciated and scarce thanks to the numerous storms that wiped out blinds, clubs, and other places where such decoys were often stored. Book is very good condition. The dust jacket has some shelf rubbing and sunning of the very spine, but is otherwise in very good condition. View More...
More than 75 black and white photographs with many chapters going through regions and makers¿ biographies. Biographies are well researched and include known dates, locations worked, etc. Signed by author and inscribed to previous owner, and previous owner's name written in pen on inside of front cover. Some light scuffing to green paper covers. Otherwise it looks as if the book was never opened. Fine condition. Scarce. View More...
Twenty-three chapters and extensive small but good color photographs. Chapters cover all designs. Numerous examples of all designs, grades, styles, etc. Book is written by well known collectors of Mason decoys for more than twenty years. View More...
The Guyette name has been associated with decoy knowledge for some time. This book covers the decoys of maritime Canada, which is techincally still part of the Atlantic Flyway. Covering Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick; this book has over 330 black and white photographs of decoys with an additional 32 color illustrations to show the species that prevailed in this area. View More...
This soft cover book has 168 pages and is heavily illustrated-some in color. Includes our flag, carved and other eagles, George Washington figures, patriotic quilts, carvings and more. Fine condition. View More...
This was the first publication to cover all of the areas in North America where decoys were produced; touching on all of the four major American flyways: Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific. More than 500 black and white photographic illustrations of decoys, with an additional 66 color photographs. View More...
