Barber, Joel. Wild Fowl Decoys. The Derrydale Press, New York, 1934.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, No. 14 of 55 large paper copies, signed by the author. 5 color plates, one of them hand-colored, and 121 other illustrations. xix, [iii], 156 pp. 1 vols. 4to. "One of the most important books published by Connett." - Siegel Published in an edition of only 55 copies, this, in effect, was the Derrydale "De luxe" edition of Barber's book: the trade edition was published by Windward House. Siegel 85; Frazier B-5-a; Biscotti p. 24 Original red morocco gilt, t.e.g. Head of spine chipped and some minor loss at foot of spine. Custom red morocco backed folding box with cloth chemise 5 color plates, one of them hand-colored, and 121 other illustrations. xix, [iii], 156 pp. 1 vols. 4to First edition, No. 14 of 55 large paper copies, signed by the author.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

(Derrydale Press) Barber, Joel. Wild Fowl Decoys. The Derrydale Press, New York, 1934.

Price: US$7000.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES, signed by Barber, this being No. 22. 5 color plates, one of them handcolored, and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to. With Barber's Drawing for the Title Page. "One of the most important books published by Connett." -- Siegel This is the large paper edition of this work. The regular, trade, edition was published at the same time by Windward House, a sporting press started by Connett in 1933. Both editions used Barber's vignette on the the title page. From this drawing it appears that Connett liked the artist's Windward design and used in it the Derrydale edition: in the margin of the drawing Connett has pencilled "reduce 1/4 inch" and the drawing was photographically reduced to the smaller dimension for the large paper copies. A simplified version of the design was used on the Derrydale edition spine. One of the rarest and most desirable productions of the Derrydale Press, and, by virtue of the drawing, a unique copy. Siegel 85; Frazier B-5-a Original full red morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut; very slight chipping to top of spine, else a fine copy of a book seldom found approaching this condition. Half red morocco slipcase with Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover leather label, with chemise 5 color plates, one of them handcolored, and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to First Edition, ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES, signed by Barber, this being No. 22.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.