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BOOKS ON STEINS & DUCK DECOYS

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Logo BOOKS ON STEINS & DUCK DECOYS

The Mettlach Book; American Factory Decoys; The Stein Book. All have wear

9 1/4" X 12 1/4"


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THE STEIN BOOK
ILLUSTRATED CATALOG
CURRENT PRICES
American
COLLECTOR’S INFORMATION
by GARY KIRSNER
&
JIM GRUHL
Factory Decoys
by Henry A. Fleckenstein, Jr.
FEATURING THE STROH BREWERY CO. COLLECTION
THE METTLACH BOOK
COLLECTOR’S
by GARY KIRSNER
1983
THE
STEIN
BOOK
ILLUSTRATED
CATALOG
CURRENT
PRICES
American
COLLECTOR’S
INFORMATION
by
GARY
KIRSNER
&
JIM
GRUHL
Factory
Decoys
by
Henry
Fleckenstein,
Jr.
FEATURING
THE
STROH
BREWERY
CO.
COLLECTION
THE
METTLACH
BOOK
ILLUSTRATED
PRICES
CATALOG
COLLECTOR’S
by
GARY
KIRSNER
1983

Image 2:

THE STEIN BOOK
THE METTLACH BOOK by GARY KIRSNER
American Factory Decoys
by GARY KIRSNER & JIM GRUHL
SEVEN
HILLS
BOOKS
GLENTIQUES
LTD.
Schiffer
1985
Publishing
Ltd.
THE
STEIN
BOOK
THE
METTLACH
BOOK
by
GARY
KIRSNER
American
Factory
Decoys
by
GARY
KIRSNER
&
JIM
GRUHL
SEVEN
HILLS
BOOKS
GLENTIQUES
LTD.
Schiffer
1985
Publishing
Ltd.

Image 3:

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decoy enterprises i
betical order.
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trations of decoys
back to the 1880’s
50 color
treatise.
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over the country, M
erature.
father’s guidance at
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and
lesser
known
collector
will
be
ab
ume
and
see
close
decoy
enterprises
i
betical
order.
Over
trations
of
decoys
back
to
the
1880’s
50
color
treatise.
more
colorful
exam
With
the
cooperatio
over
the
country,
erature.
father’s
guidance
at
Bob
of
Books
organizations
Boen,
Arthur
Luby,
and
to
for
for
would
Equally
Burlington,
Many
Morty
Michelson,
all
all
collections
Dick
for
she
of
never
Birdsall,
Dale
thanks
the
and
Joe
important
all
has
Lancaster,
typing
have
Horst,
Iowa,
of
Carol
had
go
Bob
Roger
of
Dave
his
Otto
Chris
out
factory
been
to
and
help
Jones,
Kramer

Image 4:

AM
by
An early J.N. Dodge oversize mallard decoy
A Down East Decoy Company solid body
in original condition made during the late
These decoys were
sleeping mallard drake.
These large prime birds are seldom
made
in
Portland Maine by the Coffin Bro-
found in this condition.
thers and were offered in both solid and hol-
low models.
A pair of mallard silhouettes from a folding
rack made by J. Coudon & Company of Aikin,
Maryland, c.-1890. These two birds illustrate
the outstanding paint work that was applied to
A V-board rack of blackhead or
AM
by
An
early
J.N.
Dodge
oversize
mallard
decoy
A
Down
East
Decoy
Company
solid
body
in
original
condition
made
during
the
late
These
decoys
were
sleeping
mallard
These
large
prime
birds
are
seldom
made
in
Portland
Maine
by
the
Coffin
Bro-
found
in
this
condition.
thers
and
were
offered
in
both
solid
and
hol-
low
models.
A
pair
of
mallard
silhouettes
from
a
folding
rack
made
by
J.
Coudon
&
Company
of
Aikin,
Maryland,
c.-1890.
These
two
birds
illustrate
the
outstanding
paint
that
was
applied
to
the
A
V-board
rack
of
blackhead
or

Image 5:

this
in
volume
neither
the
contained
authors
reliance
by
placed
incurred
financial information or
on
nor
the
otherwise,
informa-
the
in
taken
been
has
for compiling loss, of
care
liability
every
While
any
accept
can
the
tion publisher herein.
©MCMLXXXIV Gary Kirsner
in
form
or
utilized
any
be
reproduced
this
book
may
or retrieval by any system, means, electronic without per- Or
and
of
No
storage
part
information
any
or
by
All
rights
recording,
mechanical, mission in writing including from photocopying, the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
this
in
volume
neither
the
contained
authors
reliance
by
placed
incurred
financial
information
or
on
nor
the
otherwise,
informa-
the
in
taken
been
has
for
compiling
loss,
of
care
liability
every
While
any
accept
can
the
tion
publisher
herein.
©MCMLXXXIV
Gary
Kirsner
in
form
or
utilized
any
be
reproduced
this
book
may
or
retrieval
by
any
system,
means,
electronic
without
per-
Or
and
of
No
storage
part
information
any
or
by
All
rights
recording,
mechanical,
mission
in
writing
including
from
photocopying,
the
author.
Library
of
Congress
Cataloging
in
Publication
Data

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