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 SPORTING COLLECTIBLES
R. Stephen Irwin MD. (288 pages) SPC
Price $19.95 SB
A "must-have" book for collectors
of rare sporting items, from classic rifles and shotguns to books and posters. In all,
author/editor Irwin has included 14 different subjects, all illustrated with nearly 500
photos, many of them "one-of-a-kind," plus expert advice and historical
background by the country's leading collectors. This combination of illustrations and text
is unique among books of this kind. Here readers will find reproductions of every Federal
Duck Stamp issued since the series began in 1934 to the present. Other features include
chapters on duck decoys, duck calls, knives, shotshell boxes and powder horns. For the
fisherman, there are chapters on fish decoys, bait casting plugs, casting rods and
flyfishing.
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