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The New Bruce Burk Game Bird Carving
by Bruce Burk
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0832904392
- ISBN 13
- 9780832904394
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$34.64CA$24.25
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About This Item
Clinton, NJ: Winchester Press, 1988 Winchester Press, Clinton, NJ. 1988. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Edition/37th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($39.95); light bumping to top edge. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 383 pp 4to. This book is considered to be the definitive work on Game Bird Carving and is fondly referred to as the bird carver's "Bible". By adding 90 pages and more than 600 new photographs and drawings, this Third Edition is unquestionably the largest, most comprehensive and instructive book on bird carving available. Amateurs and professionals alike will find this magnificently illustrated, authoritative, and up-to-date volume is an indispensable aid to all aspects of realistic bird carving. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007047
- Title
- The New Bruce Burk Game Bird Carving
- Author
- Bruce Burk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0832904392
- ISBN 13
- 9780832904394
- Publisher
- Winchester Press
- Place of Publication
- Clinton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Bird Carving, Bruce Burk, decoys, art forms, wood carvers, bird carving, clay models, game bird carving, ducks, geese,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Animal Stories;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- New
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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