Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Murphy, Stanley. Martha's Vineyard Decoys. David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA, USA, 1978.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth boards with silver gilt spine lettering. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, also a small section of color plates. -- Top and bottom edges of covers and spine shows a bit of fading with some very faint shadowing on the front endpapers as from a newspaper clipping; iOtherwise the inside taxt and photos a bright and clean, and the book itself is tight. -- Price-clipped DJ Very lightly faded; some moderate edgewear here and there. But generally bright and protected in clear plastic. -- 165 pp. This would be a very nice gift for a collector or folk art enthusiast. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall -- Oblong
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
Murphy, Stanley. MARTHA'S VINEYARD DECOYS. David R. Godine, Boston, 1978.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Description: 165 pages. Illustrated with b&w and colorphotographs by George Moffett. Previous owners name neatly written on ffep. Dust jacket is protected in clear Brodart protective cover. A very nice copy of this scarce title!
Seller: Thompson Natural History&Sporting Books, OAK RIDGE, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt-stamped quarter blue leather and plain blue cloth covered boards, square 8vo, 165pp, illustrated with b&w and color photographs by George Moffett. Plain blue cloth-covered slipcase. Limited to 55 numbered (#28) and signed copies. Bound by William Zahrndt & Sons Bindery. With chapters on noted Vineyard carvers such as Frank Adams, Keyes Chadwick, William Dugan, Robert Jackson, Hiram Crowell, James Look, Winthrop Norton, Alton Tuckerman, as well as many unknown decoy makers. Plus a chapter on shorebird carvers. The book is in near-fine condition with the slipcase showing some uneven sunning. The deluxe edition quickly sold out and is seldom offered for sale on the secondary market. From the estate of Donal O'Brien.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.