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Wild Fowl Decoys
Joel Barber
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Description for Wild Fowl Decoys
Paperback. This authoritative volume is the only text written for the collector that contains all there is to know on the subject of wild fowl decoys.-Eugene Connett, III Num Pages: 151 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
Joel Barber spent 20 years studying and collecting wild fowl decoys from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. Mr. Barber's authoratative volume is the only text written for the true collector and contains all there is to be known on the subject: how to recognize the locality from which a decoy comes, the world of famous decoy makers, the scarcity of certain types of decoys and more.
Joel Barber spent 20 years studying and collecting wild fowl decoys from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. Mr. Barber's authoratative volume is the only text written for the true collector and contains all there is to be known on the subject: how to recognize the locality from which a decoy comes, the world of famous decoy makers, the scarcity of certain types of decoys and more.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
Number of Pages
151
Place of Publication
Missoula, United States
ISBN
9781568331454
SKU
V9781568331454
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Joel Barber
Joel Barber was a New York architect who spent 20 years studying and collecting wild fowl decoys. He is also the author of the Derrydale book Long Shore. His collection of decoys is now in Vermont's Shelburne Museum, where it forms the nucleus of the largest and most important public collection in the world.
Reviews for Wild Fowl Decoys
While vintage decoys are fetching high prices as antiques, they began life as hunters' tools used to lure ducks from the sky to the dinner plate. Barber's 1934 volume as long been a standard for carving and molding duck and geese decoys. The text offers numerous pictures as well as patterns and loads of advice on creating the decoys and ... Read more