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Lot 2241
Barber, Joel. Wild Fowl Decoys
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(New York: Derrydale Press, 1934), No. 48 of 54 copies “printed on fine antique paper,” 155 pp., 4to (10-1/2 x 8 in. ), red morocco boards with pictorial gilt on cover and spine, conforming slipcase, numerous illustrations. Possibly the most important decoy book ever composed and certainly the rarest. Joel Barber was a trail blazing collector who documented his work here. The majority of his collection resides at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont; signed by the author.

Soiling and some shelf wear to boards; internally fine; chipping and wear to slipcase.