Joel Barber

One of 55 large paper copies of Barber's volume that illuminates how to recognize the locality from which a decoy comes, the world of famous decoy makers, the scarcity of certain types of decoys, and more.

• Joel Barber (American).
• 5 color plates, one of them hand-colored, and 121 other illustrations.
• Contains Barber's original ink drawing for the title page laid in.
• New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934.
• xix, [iii], 156 pp. 1 vols. 
• 4to.
• No. 22 of 55 large-paper first edition copies.
• Original full red morocco gilt, t.e.g., others uncut.
• Half red morocco slipcase with Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover leather label, with chemise.

“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 it in the Derrydale edition: in the margin of the drawing, Connett has penciled "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.