9780961111205 - Ralph C Morrill's Museum Quality Fish Taxidermy: a Guide to ; Molding with Plaster, Casting with Resin, Painting with an Airbrush by Billard, Ruth Sawyer (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.64.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984 ). 1984 1st edition. 4to (219 x 286mm). Ppxviii,257. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Stone cloth, black titles to upper board and spine. Print-out on fish mounting enclosed. Very good copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. The author "has taken the challenge of using polyester resin with plaster molds that have been taken from mucus-coated fish, and has succeeded in producing resin castings with crisp striations etching scales and fins. The reason he is able to obtain such clear definition in his molds and casts stems from his thorough understanding of plaster and his thoughtful study of the reactions of resin. The core of his knowledge on both subjects will be found in the sections titled General Observations on Plaster and General Observations on Resin. The information within these two sections should improve your results with plaster and resin immediately." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984 ). 1984 1st edition. 4to (219 x 286mm). Ppxviii,257. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Stone cloth, black titles to upper board and spine. Very good copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. The author "has taken the challenge of using polyester resin with plaster molds that have been taken from mucus-coated fish, and has succeeded in producing resin castings with crisp striations etching scales and fins. The reason he is able to obtain such clear definition in his molds and casts stems from his thorough understanding of plaster and his thoughtful study of the reactions of resin. The core of his knowledge on both subjects will be found in the sections titled General Observations on Plaster and General Observations on Resin. The information within these two sections should improve your results with plaster and resin immediately." .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Some short tears and edgewear to dustjacket. Ralph Morrill was a museum artist and the taxidermist responsible for the construction of the lifelike habitat groups at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Mr. Morrill came to the Peabody Museum in 1924, when the museum was first moving into its current Whitney Avenue location and its halls were empty. During the next 40 years as the museum's chief preparator in vertebrate zoology, Mr. Morrill had a hand in creating virtually every exhibit hall in the museum. He also trained several generations of museum exhibit preparators to carry on his tradition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "First printing 1984" stated. Near fine plus in near fine dust jacket ($32.75 (includes shipping and handling)). Book has trivial rust spotting to lower edges and two pinhead sized rust-colored spots along spine of rear cover. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and scuffing primarily to top 1/5 inch of spine, near fore-edge folds and extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. 257 pages plus color plates. LIght gray binding with black lettering on spine and front cover. Numerous B/W photos plus a few color plates following page 184. Spine slightly cocked. A few tears and wear to Dust Jacket at top of spine and top corner tips. Light wear to bottom corner tips of Jacket. Jacket covers rubbed a bit. Oversize book will need additional postage for International and/or Priority shipping. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condition: New. B Fishing: This copy is new in publishers shrink-wrap. Black spine, white title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. "Sixth Impression" stated. Very good hardback in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Book has very light, barely noticeable mottling to covers; offsetting to front and rear free endpapers; and pinhead-sized rust-colored spots to top edge. Dust jacket has several closed tears; rubbing and scuffing primarily to spine (affecting lettering) and fore-edge folds; and other minor signs of previous use and age.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. [18], 264 pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First printing. 4to. Light cloth. 11 1/4" x 8 7/8". 264 pages. Photos supplement of more than 108 B&W step-by-step procedure plates plus 7 full page color plates of finished specimens printed on slick paper. Clean and tight. Very good dust jacket has a tear. near Fine/Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Rowayton, Connecticut: BillArt Publications, 1984. Fine condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ has two short closed tears -- both less than 1 inch long and reinforced with clear tape on the blank side. This is NOT a library discard. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. With 108 b/w photos on glossy paper in the "Photo Supplement." Introduction by Lee Wulff. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($32.75). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Bound in the original light gray cloth, lettered in midnight black on the spine and front cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 257pp + 7 pages of color plates.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!