Author: LEMASTER, RICHARD
Title: Wildlife in Wood
Description: Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1978. Hardcover. ISBN: 0809273365. B & W and Color; 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 1; 244 pages; Oblong shaped hard cover is wheat colored with gold lettering on the spine. Boards have some bumping and rubbing. DJ is price clipped, has some bumps, rubbing, sunning and nicking; in a mylar cover. Laid in are catalog pages from a local hobby shop in Westland, Michigan. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with 400+ b/w photographs, drawings, and patterns, plus 9 color photographs. Chapter on duck behavior and psychology, chapter on duck anatomy. Author is a 30-year veteran of carving and high-quality model work, with a sharp eye for detail who, for this book, invented new techniques for photographing real ducks at extreme close range. This book is not aimed at the decoy carver (decoys do not have to have realistic detail) but will appeal to anyone, including decoy carvers, who wishes to carve, model or paint realistic ducks. Index. Oversized; 5#.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: 0809273365 Reference; Wood Carving; Wood Working; Craftsmanship; Hobbies; Animals in Art; Birds; Bird Breeds; Decoy; Sports/Athletics Animals Education Science Art Crafts/Needlework/Clothing/Costuming Reference