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...
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...
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 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...
This book covers the makers and carving traditions of the Winnebago Lakes region of Wisconsin. The book is comprehensive and includes biographies of 147 carvers, descriptions of the lakes, and all aided by numerous black and white photographs. Scarce. Very fine condition. View More...
The focus of this book is on decoy forms and regions of production. Topics range from ducks and geese, shore birds, "odd" birds, decoys of vanishing and vanished birds, and crows and owls. Regions discussed include states all along the Eastern seaboard from Maine to Virginia, and to the Middle West. More than 200 black and white illustrations, with 8 in full color. Photographs were taken by another well-known decoy collector and scholar Quintina Colio. Considered to be one of the staples of the decoy collectors¿ library. Dust jacket is beat up, but protected now in a mylar Brodart cover. Inter... View More...
This book is the only title that takes an in-depth look at the previously under appreciated Pacific Coast decoys, decoy carvers, and hunting traditions. Hundreds of decoys shown with black and white photography along with regional information on style, etc. and numerous biographies of carvers. The book took many years to produce and after publication delays, was finally released in 1990. It is thorough, well organized, and all encompassing. This book isn't meant to introduce a reader to the subject; instead, it is meant to be the ultimate source for a collector, curator, and scholar. Scarce. View More...
The author of this book was for many long years the Road-and-Gun Editor of the New York Times. This is an early overview of the history, blinds, areas, equipment, and rules about duck hunting, etc. There are instructions about setting up decoys in lines, etc. The best part of this book however is the wonderful retelling of the early duck hunting stories, the characters who made the stories a reality, and the "big fish" tales. Some illustrations, but primarily text. Condition Fair to Good. Dustjacket torn, but protected in mylar Brodart color. Acid-transfer staining on inside covers from newspa... View More...
This book looks at the trade of decoys and collecting overall. Craftsmanship, acquisition, definitions, history, etc. The stories contained within the covers are worth hearing. Tales of auctions and makers, great finds and stories of the trade help the interested reader understand the passion of the great collectors. View More...
The Thousand Islands region covers the myriad small islands at the northeastern end of Lake Ontario between New York and Ontario, along the Upper St. Lawrence river. The seven chapters look at the distinct carving styles that came out of this region with the help of more than 400 photographs including more than 150 in color. Scarce. Excellent condition. View More...
