Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Dixon MacD. Merkt. Shang. Hillcrest Publications Inc., 1984.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed & inscribed by Dixon MacD. Merkt to the previous owner on the front free end page. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Minor tears & wear to edges & corners of dust jacket, otherwise very good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 197p. Pages are clean and unmarked. Author's gift inscription followed by gift inscription along first end paper. Brown cloth boards with brown paper wrap. Wraps have chipping at head and tail of spine along with surace and edge wear. Light soiling on front as well as scratches, wear and several closed tears along backside. Top edge is foxed. Corners are lightly bumped, though remain pointed and binding is secure. Overall a very good reading copy.
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt-stamped maroon cloth; 4to; 199pp; illustrated with both b/w & color photos, drawings, maps & facsimiles; color pictorial dust jacket."The first biography to document the life and work of the remarkable Charles E. "Shang" Wheeler (1872-1949), whose prize winning decoys set a standard of excellence equaled by few and surpassed by none." This copy in NF condition in like dust jacket. Inscribed by Merkt on the front free endpaper to Harold [Corbin] a noted Connecticut decoy collector.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardback bound in brown leather-covered boards with bright gilt title and decoration. Silk end pages, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Limited edition of 500 with this being #104. SIGNED by Merkt and Jim Rikhoff, president of Amwell Press, the publisher of the limited edition. Slip case with no defects to note. Clean, tight and unmarked interior. 197 pages, black and white photo illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Spanish Fork, UT: Hillcrest Publications / Amwell Press, National Sporting Fraternity Limited (NSFL), 1984. Number 78 of a limited edition of 550 copies for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited, signed by the author and the President of NSFL. Brown bonded leather/leatherette printed in gilt, burnt orange moire silk endleaves, top edge gilt, attached ribbon bookmark, with slipcase. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, slipcase also in fine condition. Includes publisher's promotional leaflet for this title laid in loosely at the front. Signed. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Fine in brick red buckram cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Boldly signed by the author on the fly title page. 199 pages including an index of illustrations, appendices, text and extensive black and white photographs by Richard M. Grave as well as a section of 15 pages of color photographs. With an introduction by Raymond E. Baldwin. Edited by Ruth Wolfe. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Fine in brick red buckram cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a minor rubbing mark at the upper fore corner of the front panel. Boldly signed by the author on the fly title page. 199 pages including an index of illustrations, appendices, text and extensive black and white photographs by Richard M. Grave as well as a section of 15 pages of color photographs. With an introduction by Raymond E. Baldwin. Edited by Ruth Wolfe. A handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION TO 500 COPIES (#98) FOR THE NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY LIMITED. The biography of the famous Connecticut decoy carver and fly tying expert. Profusely illustrated. Slipcase.
Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition of 550 numbered copies each signed by the author & publishers Jim Rickhoff; this being copy #363. Bound in full leather with raised hub spine, spine & cover titles and decorations in gilt, silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt. A most handsome production. Housed in the publishers board slipcase which has a minor wear mark at upper rear corner.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.