Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway
by Starr Jr., George Ross
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/G (Light foxing to upper text block. Pages are otherwise clean. dust jacket has overall wear, fading and small tears)
- ISBN 10
- 0876911416
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911419
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Winchester Press, 1974. Hardcover. VG-/G (Light foxing to upper text block. Pages are otherwise clean. dust jacket has overall wear, fading and small tears). Blue cloth with gilt design and lettering. Cream dust jacket with color illustrations, blue lettering. bw illustrated end pages, ix; 308 pp. 41 color plates, 161 BW figures. Photographs by George Dow. "More than 350 decoys, all from Dr. Starr's collection, are shown in George Dow's stunning photographs, and more than 60 of the decoys are in full color--masterful carvings from the workbenches of Joe Lincoln, Elmer Crowell, Benjamin Holmes, the Ward brothers, the Cobbs of Virginia, and scores of other makers, known and unknown." -- Dj flap.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180382
- Title
- Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway
- Author
- Starr Jr., George Ross
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/G (Light foxing to upper text block. Pages are otherwise clean. dust jacket has overall wear, fading and small tears)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0876911416
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911419
- Publisher
- Winchester Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- American Decorative Arts; Decoys; Duck Decoys ; Decoys ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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