Tiny stain on the front cover, otherwise a nice, clean copy. Contents include Painting a Teal, Hardy Oldsquaw, Bering Sea Pirates (Part One), George W. Thompson (pioneer decoy collector), Tufted Titmouse, Part One: Rough Carving, and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Sharp, clean copy. Contents include Heads Up! Part Two: Head, bill, and eye details of popular waterfowl hens, Wood Duck Head (reprint from the Winter 1987 issue), Textural Diversity (reprinted from the Fall 1985 issue), Elements of Artistry (basic design tools), Dust in the Wind (shop hazards), FW Duck (Diary of a timber sale), Cinnamon Teal Family (Part Two: instructions for painting the drake), Might Wanderer (peregrine falcon), Bob Brown (Profile of the carver in the Jersey Coast tradition), Hot Times and Cool Tips (burning techniques adapted from The Amazing Art of Pyrography), and more. ... View More...
Rubbing wear to the covers, clean inside. Contents include The Woodcock, Introduction to Songbird Wings, The Many Talents of Charlie Perdew, Perdew's Amazing Owl, Wood Duck Head, Carving and Painting Techniques (Part Three), Remembering 'Doc' Starr, Wildfowl photo Reference and Photo Books, Carving Small, and Art Law (copyright law as it applies to art). View More...
Contents include The American Goldfinch, Beginner's Notebook: Soft Feathers (Part One), Flowing Plumes, Commentary: The State of the Art, Montana Bird Carvers (Joan Zygmunt and Eugene Morelli), Welding Feet, From Great Horned Owl to Broad-winged Hawk, The Mackey Collection-1969, A Collecting Goldmine (decoys from Herter's Incorporated), and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Faint stain ring on the front cover and rubbing wear to the spine. Contents include Bering Sea Pirates (Part Three), Guy Taplin (premier carver from England), Discovering Almeda Carver Dean Brown, Tufted Titmouse (Part Three: Painting), Annual Index covering to Spring 1990 to Winter 1991, and more. 88 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Rubbing wear to the covers, clean inside. Contents include The Tattle-tale Yellowlegs, When Should I Use Feather Inserts?, Masterwork Gallery: The Happy Eagle, In the Louisiana Wetlands, Inserts for Wings In-Flight, Carving the Competition Feather (Part One), a review of 1986 decoy auctions, and more. 108 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Light rubbing and a trace of staining to the front cover, soiling to the fore-edge. Clean Interior. Contents include The Glories of the Meadowlark, A House Fit for a Duck (guide to aviaries), Photography in the Aviary, Profile of a Classic Carver (Arnold Melbye), Tracking the Elliston Decoy, Beginner's Notebook: Burning Tools, Quail: Habitat and Feet, Masterwork Gallery: Sun Kings, Carving Spread Wings, Michigan's Pioneer Collector (Phyllis Ellsion), and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Light rub to the front cover, otherwise fine. Contents include The Familiar Red-tail, Beginner's Notebook: Form and Feathers, Birds in Flight: The Carvers' Techniques, Kingfisher Crest, A Bridge to Bay History (Jake Ferreira, San Francisco), Works of Grainger McCoy (South Carolina wildfowl artist), Slick-Style Woodie, A Little Decoy History (Conclusion - West Coast), and more. 88 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Small amount of light staining on the front cove, otherwise a nice, clean copy. Contents include The Marbled Godwit, Commentary: The State of the Art, Molding Leaves, Beginner's Notebook: Soft Feathers: Texturing, Cajun Crowells, Sketching Birds, The National Celebrates its Silver Anniversary (decoy show), Carving a Low-head Green-winged Teal, and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Rubbing wear along the spine at the front cover. Nice, clean copy. Contents include The Gentleman's Gamebird (bobwhite quail), Service Class Sprigs, Interviews with Carvers Dave and Mary Ahrendt, Hal Sorenson's "Labor of Love" (editor, Decoy Collector's Guide), Beginner's Notebook: Keep it Running (flexible shaft power tool), The Painted Surface (decoy painting), Painting an English Sparrow, Palm Frond Decoys of California, The Venerable Roothead (photo essay on collectible decoys), and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Small amount of staining on the front cover and light reading/shelf wear. Contents include Todd Wohlt (Interview), Pelican Personalities, Bering Sea Pirates (Part Two), Decoys of the Shelburne, Tufted Titmouse (texturing the tiny songbird), and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Sharp, clean copy. Contents include Making the Most of the Least (Using decoys to restore least terns), Canvas Decoys, Elements of Artistry, Part Two (Understanding and exploring good design), Cinnamon Teal Family (Part Three: Painting the chicks), Martin Gates: Interpreting Nature's Beauty, California Quail, Milling, The 1995 National Exhibition of Carved Birds (The UK's premier bird carving event), and more. 96 pages with Index to Advertisers and numerous photos. View More...
Minor wear to the spine, otherwise fine. Premier edition celebrating competitive bird carving. Includes informative feature stories and highlights from the previous year's competitions. View More...
Rubbing wear to the covers, otherwise fine. Contents include Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, Mid-Atlantic Wildfowl Exposition, Ward World Championship, Pacific Flyway Decoy Association Wildfowl Festival, Minnesota Masters' Class Championship and more. View More...
Trace of shelf wear. Small edge tear to the top of the dust jacket's front panel. Large coffee table size book, which may require extra postage for expedited and international delivery. 150 pages, with Picture Index. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of E.C. Tunnicliffe's bird paintings, as well as some field studies and sketches. This book brings together a major collection of watercolor paintings of birds that were exhibited briefly before passing into other hands. The paintings are divided into the following sections: Ducks and Rails, Geese, Swans, Waders, Gulls and Terns, Auks, Bir... View More...
