MDCA Book List

Following is a list of the many educational, informative, and beautiful books about decoys and related collectibles. Many are out of print but available through MDCA member dealers and online sources.

All books are hard cover and in print unless otherwise noted O/P= out of print from publisher H/C = hard cover S/C = soft cover

Aziz Decoys Celebration of Contemporary Decoys, 1994 Wildlife Art – World’s Champion Carvers, 1996

Bacyk Gun Powder Cans and Kegs, 1998 The Encyclopedia of Shotshell Boxes, 2000, H/C, S/C

Bakke & Hamm The Last of the Market Hunters, 1996

Barber, Joel Wildfowl Decoys, 1934, 1937, also Deluxe edition of 55 copies, Derrydale Press, 1934. A reprint of the 1934 Deluxe Edit, O/P. I/P is 1954 S/C edition

Barrett Lore and Legends of Long Point (Canada) 1977, 1979, 1990, O/P

Baron Commercial Fish Decoys, 2001

Be’lisle & St. Onge Decoys from Montreal Region, 1998

Belinko Robert G. Litzenberg, Portrait of a Decoy Carver, 1990, O/P

Berkey Chincoteague 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

Boggess Classic Hunting Collectibles: Identification & Price Guide, 2005. Has posters, calendars, pinbacks, shotshell boxes, catalogs.

Bosco Pascagoula Decoys, 2003

Bosworth & Hayes Whistling Wings, Whittled Ducks & Wetlands, 1996, S/C, O/P

Bowman Arkansas Duck Hunters Almanac, 1998, S/C, H/C

Bourne Auction Co. American Bird Decoys, William Mackey's auction catalogs, 1973, 1974, 5 vols, + S/C, O/P Decoys & Proven Methods for Using Them, 2000 The Rare Decoy Collection of George Ross Starr, Jr., MD, 1986, Auction Catalog, O/P

Brisco Waterfowl Decoys & the Men Who Made Them, From SW Ontario, 1986, O/P

Bublitz Artists in Wood. The Winona St. University Waterfowl Decoy Collection, 2005

Buckwalter Susquehanna River Decoys, 1978, O/P

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

Caldwell, Russell H. Reelfoot Lake, revised 1988 and 1989, O/P Reelfoot Lake Remembered, 2005

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 & Knight Connecticut Decoys, 1987

Christensen, Robert D. Duck Calls of Illinois, 1863 ‐ 1963, 1993

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

Cost The Gobbler’s Shop ‐ How to Make Turkey Calls, 1999, O/P The Last Hurray, 2002

Cost & Meo Cost Talks Turkey, 2000

Cowan & LaFountain Wild Fowler Decoys, 2004

Coykendall, Ralf, 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 & MacDowell 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 and Sharp Detroit Decoy Dynasty ‐ The Factory Decoys of Petersen, Dodge, and Mason

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 (edit) 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 (edit) Traditions in Wood, A History of Wildfowl Decoys in Canada, 1987, O/P

Fleming, James C. Jr. Custom Calls, Duck & Goose Calls from Today's Craftsmen, 1995

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

Fontenot Louisiana Duck Calls, 2004

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.

Harlan, Howard & Anderson, W. Crew Duck Calls ‐ an Enduring American Folk Art, 1988

Harlan, Howard Turkey Calls ‐ An Enduring American Folk Art, 1994

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

Holmes (edit) 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 n 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

Lacy 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

Lewis The Art of American Game Calls: Duck, Goose, Turkey and More, 2005

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.

Marks Neil Cost Magic with Wood, 2004

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

McGrath, Brian Duck Calls and Other Game Calls, 1988 O/P

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

Merkt & Lytle Shang, A Biography of Charles Wheeler, 1984, O/P

Michaan American Fish Decoy, 2004

Mickle Call Makers Past and Present, 1994, O/P Longbeards, Callmakers and Memories, 2005 The Rest of the Best, 1999

Miller & Hanson Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast, 1989, O/P

Miller Early American Waterfowling, 1700's ‐ 1930. 1986, O/P Duck Hunting on the Fox, 2002

Murphy Martha's Vinyard Decoys, 1978, O/P

Newell The Essential Guide to Stevens Decoys, Vol 1. 2004

Nistetter & Lux Predator Calls – The 1st 50 Years, 2002, also a Deluxe edition

O’Brien, Jr. & Carlson Masterworks of the Illinois River, 2005

Parmalee & Loomis Decoys and Decoy Carvers of Illinois, 1969, 1983, H/C, O/P, S/C

Petersen Folk Art Fish Decoys, 1996 Fish Decoy Makers Past and Present, 2001

Poling The Decoy, 2001

Reeve Peter M. Pringle Master Decoy Maker, 2002

Reiger Floaters and Stick‐Ups, 1986, O/P

Reiser III Chance: A Man of Great Talent, Strength, and Mystery, 2003

Richardson Chesapeake Bay Decoys, The Men Who Made and Used Them, 1971, 1973, O/P. Revised and reprinted 1991

Ridges Decoy Ducks, 1988, O/P

Robbins R. Madison Mitchell, 1988

Secor The Index of North American Decoy Carvers and Factories, 1994, S/C, O/P

Shaw Call to the Sky, The Decoy Collection of Dr. James McCleery, MD, 1992, H/C, O/P, S/C

Sorenson Decoy Collectors Guide, Vols 1, 2, 3, 1963‐1965, One H/C volume, O/P Decoy Collectors Guide, #4, 1966‐67, S/C, O/P Decoy Collectors Guide, #5, 1968, S/C, O/P Decoy Collectors Guide, #6, 1977, S/C, O/P

Stansbury Ira D. Hudson & Family chincoteague Carvers, 2002

Starr Decoys of the Atlantic Flyway, 1974, 1983, also a Deluxe edition.O/P For auction catalog of his collection, see "Bourne" listing.

Stewart The County Decoys: The Fine Old Decoys of Prince Edward County Ontario, 2004

Stewart & Lunman Decoys of the Thousand Islands, 1992

Strauss American Sporting Advertising, Volume 1, 1987, S/C, O/P American Sporting Advertising, Volume 2, O/P

Sullivan A Chronicle of Letters, Robert F. McGaw, Jr., 1985, S/C Waterfowling ‐ The Upper Chesapeake's Legacy, 1984 Waterfowling on the Chesapeake, 1819‐1936, 2003

Swanson & Hall The Decoy as Folk Sculpture, exhibit, Cranbrook, MI., 1987, S/C

Tonelli Top of the Line Fishing Collectibles, 1997 Top of the Line Hunting Collectibles, 1998 Fish and Fowl Decoy’s of the Great Lakes, 2002

Townsend Gunners Paradise: Wildfowling and Decoys on Long Island, Decoys at the Museums at Stony Brook, NY, 1979, S/C, O/P

Traff & Lindgren The Last of the Prairie Carvers, John Tax, 1970, S/C, O/P

Trayer North American Factory Decoys, 2003

Turpin, Tom Ducks, How to Call Them, 1931, reprint 1987 S/C Listing courtesy of The Hunting Rig, Dean and Shirley Dashner

Vinal Joseph W. Lincoln, 2002

Waingrow American Wildfowl Decoys, 1985, 1989, O/P

Walsh & Jackson Waterfowl Decoys of Michigan and Lake St. Clair Region, 1983,O/P

Ward Closed for Business, The Complete Collection of Steve Ward's Poetry, 1992, O/P

Warner & White The Decoy as Art, Waterfowl in a Wooden Soul, 1985, O/P, also a Deluxe edition.

Webster & Kehoe Decoys at Shelburne Museum, 1961, revised 1971, S/C, O/P

Webster Winchester Rarities, 2000 Duck/Goose/Turkey Call Books