Resources

Decoy Books

Krogie Andresen
Gunnin’ Birds – Decoys of the Back Black Bay, Virginia, Currituck Sound, Dare County in North Carolina, 2008

Krogie Andresen and Jack Dudley
Mitchell Fulcher – Master Decoy Carver

Joel Barber
Wildfowl Decoys, 1934, 1937, 1954

Berkey
Chincoteaque Carvers and Their Decoys, 1981, O/P Decoy & Wildlife Art Trivia, 1989, + S/C , O/P
Pioneer Decoy Carvers, Ward Bros., also Deluxe edit, signed by Lem Ward. 1977, O/P

Bosco
Pascagoula Decoys, 2003

Bosworth and Hayes
Whistling Wings, Whittled Ducks & Wetlands, 1996, S/C, O/P Brisco
Waterfowl Decoys & the Men Who Made Them, From SW Ontario, 1986, O/P

Buckwalter
Susquehanna River Decoys, 1978, O/P

Burke
Barnegat Bay Decoys & Gunning Clubs, 1985, S/C

Carter
George Boyd, the Shorebird Decoy, an American Folk Art, 1978, + S/C, O/P

Casson
Decoy Collecting Primer, 1978, O/P

Cheever
Mason Decoys, 1974, O/P L. T. Ward & Bros., Wildfowl Counterfeiters, 1970, O/P

Cheramie
Louisiana Lures and Legends, 1997, O/P

Chitwood and Knight
Connecticut Decoys, 1987

Colio
American Decoys from 1865 to 1920, 1972, S/C, O/P

Connett
Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater, 1947 & later edits,O/P
Duck Decoys, How to Make Them, How to Paint them, How to Rig Them, 1953, O/P
Wildfowling in the Mississippi Flyway, 1949, Deluxe edit, 1984,both O/P

Conoley
Waterfowl Heritage, North Carolina, Decoys and Gunning Lore, 1983, O/P

Cowan and Lafountain
Wild Fowler Decoys, 2004

Coykendall, Ralph, Sr.
Duck Decoys and How to Rig Them, 1955, O/P. Also revised edit by Ralf, Jr., 1983

Cullity
The Songless Aviary, The World of A. E. Crowell and Son, 1992, S/C, O/P

Crandell
Decoys: St. Clair to the St. Lawrence, 1989, O/P

Delph
Factory Decoys of Mason, Stevens, Dodge, Peterson, 1980, also Deluxe edit
Firearms and Tackle Memorabilia, 1991, O/P
New England Decoys, 1981, O/P

Dewhurst & McDowell
Down River & Thumb Area, Michigan Waterfowling, the Folk Arts of Nate Quillen & Otto Misch, 1981, + S/C
Rainbows in the Sky, The Folk Art of Mich. in the Twentieth Century, 1978, S/C

Dodge & Sharp
Detroit Decoy Dynasty – The Factory Decoys of Petersen, Dodge, and Mason

Doherty
Classic New Jersey Decoys, 2011

Dudley
Cateret Waterfowl Heritage,North Carolina, 1993
Mattamuskeet & Ocracoke Waterfowl Heritage, North Carolina, 1995, O/P
Wings: North Carolina Waterfowling Traditions, 2001

Earnest
The Art of the Decoy: American Bird Carvings, 1981, revised, S/C
Folk Art in America, 1984

Engers
Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys, 1990

Fay
Life at Moscow Bay, 2001

Fleckenstein
American Factory Decoys, 1981, O/P
Decoys of the Mid-Atlantic Region, 1979, S/C, also Deluxe edit. 1981 S/C, I/P
New Jersey Decoys, 1983
Shore Bird Decoys, 1980, also Deluxe edit, O/P
Southern Decoys of Virginia and the Carolinas, 1983

Fleming
Traditions in Wood, A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada, 1987, O/P

Frank
Louisiana Duck Decoys, 1975, S/C, O/P. 1978, O/P
Wetland Heritage – The Louisiana Duck Decoy, 1984

Freidlich
Classic Waterfowl Postcards, 1989

Gard & McGrath
The Ward Brothers Decoys, A Collector’s Guide, 1989, O/P

Gard & Shaw
The McCleary Auction, 2001

Gates
Ontario Decoys, #I, 1982, S/C, O/P
Ontario Decoys, #II, 1991, H/C & S/C

Goldberger & Haid
Mason Decoys, A Pictorial Guide, 1993. Revised 2003

Gosner
Working Decoys of the Jersey Coast, 1985, O/P

Guyette
Decoys of Maritime Canada, 1983

Hagen
Upper Chesapeake Bay Decoys and Their Makers, 1990

Haid
Decoys of the Mississippi Flyway, 1981, O/P, Also Deluxe edit.

Harrell
Decoys of Lake Champlain, 1986
Decoys: North America’s 100 Greatest, 2000

Holmes
R.A. Knuth, Wisc. – Mich., Decoy Carver, 1982 – 1980. 1980, S/C, O/P

Huster & Knight
Floating Sculpture & the Decoys of Delaware River, 1982, also a Deluxe. Edition., O/P

Huxford
The Collectors Guide to Decoys, Book # I, 1989, S/C, O/P
The Collectors Guide to Decoys, Book # II, 1992, S/C, O/P

Jackson
Benj J. Schmidt, A Michigan Decoy Carver, 1884 – 1968.
1970, O/P, S/C

Johnsgard
The Bird Decoy, An American Art Form, 1976, O/P

Johnson
Canvas Decoys of North America, 1994, S/C

Johnson & Coppedge
Gun Clubs & Decoys of Back Bay and Currituck Sound, 1991, O/P, S/C in print

Kangas
Collectors Guide to Decoys, 1992, S/C, O/P
Decoys, 1991, O/P
Decoys: A North American Survey, 1983, O/P

Kimball
The Fish Decoy, Vol. I, 1986, O/P
The Fish Decoy, Vol. II, 1987, O/P
The Fish Decoy, Vol. III, 1993, O/P

Kirk
Hook, Line & Spear, The Ice Fishing History of Lake Sincoe, 2001

Koch
Decoys of the Winnebago Lakes (Wisc.) 1988, O/P
Whispering Wings & Wooden Blocks, 1997, O/P
Decoys of the Winnebago Lakes – Revised with new pictures, 2000
All Duck Hunters are Crazy, 2000

Lacey
The Wooden Bird (Illinois), 1989, S/C, O/P
Perdew, An Illinois River Tradition, 1993, Regular and Deluxe Edition

Lawson & Linton
The Story of Lem Ward, 1984

Levinson & Headley
Shorebirds: The Decoys, the Birds, the Hunters, 1991

Luckey
Collecting Antique Bird Decoys, An Identification & Value Guide, 1983, O/P. Revised and updated 1992, S/C, I/P. Revised 2003

Mackey
American Bird Decoys, 1965 – 1985, O/P For auction catalogs of his collection see “Bourne” listing.

Mattsson & Sullivan
Captured in Wood, Decoys at the Havre De Grace Decoy Museum, 1996 S/C

McKinney
Decoys of the Susquehanna Flats & Their Makers, 1978, S/C, O/P. Revised 1990