Author: Leon Pray
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447498151
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This early work on taxidermy is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional taxidermist and also contains much information that is still useful today. Extensively illustrated with full page diagrams and drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Big Game Taxidermy - A Book To Stimulate Interest In The Art Of Taxidermy
Author: Leon Pray
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447498151
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This early work on taxidermy is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional taxidermist and also contains much information that is still useful today. Extensively illustrated with full page diagrams and drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447498151
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
This early work on taxidermy is a fascinating read for the amateur or professional taxidermist and also contains much information that is still useful today. Extensively illustrated with full page diagrams and drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Garden Magazine and Home Builder
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Country Life
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 764
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Garden & Home Builder
Author: William Tyler Miller
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Farm Journal and Country Gentleman
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Farm Journal
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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Still Life
Author: Melissa Milgrom
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547487053
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
After her curiosity is piqued by a safari gone awry, a journalist delves into the curious world of taxidermy and shares her findings. It’s easy to dismiss taxidermy as a kitschy or morbid sideline, the realm of trophy fish and jackalopes or an anachronistic throwback to the dusty diorama. Yet theirs is a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life. Into this subculture of passionate animal-lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose journey stretches from the anachronistic family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor, granddaughter of a surrealist artist, preserves the animals for Damien Hirst’s most disturbing artworks. She wanders through Mr. Potter’s Museum of Curiosities in the final days of its existence to watch dealers vie for preserved Victorian oddities, and visits the Smithsonian’s offsite lab, where taxidermists transform zoo skins into vivacious beasts. She tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and former Roy Orbison impersonator—the three-time World Taxidermy Champion—as he resurrects an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference; she even ultimately picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal. “Hilarious but respectful.” —Washington Post “Engrossing.” —New Yorker “[A] delightful debut . . . Milgrom has in Still Life opened up a whole world to readers.” —Chicago Tribune “Milgrom’s lively account will appeal to readers who enjoyed Mary Roach’s quirky science books.” —Library Journal
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547487053
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
After her curiosity is piqued by a safari gone awry, a journalist delves into the curious world of taxidermy and shares her findings. It’s easy to dismiss taxidermy as a kitschy or morbid sideline, the realm of trophy fish and jackalopes or an anachronistic throwback to the dusty diorama. Yet theirs is a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life. Into this subculture of passionate animal-lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose journey stretches from the anachronistic family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor, granddaughter of a surrealist artist, preserves the animals for Damien Hirst’s most disturbing artworks. She wanders through Mr. Potter’s Museum of Curiosities in the final days of its existence to watch dealers vie for preserved Victorian oddities, and visits the Smithsonian’s offsite lab, where taxidermists transform zoo skins into vivacious beasts. She tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and former Roy Orbison impersonator—the three-time World Taxidermy Champion—as he resurrects an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference; she even ultimately picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal. “Hilarious but respectful.” —Washington Post “Engrossing.” —New Yorker “[A] delightful debut . . . Milgrom has in Still Life opened up a whole world to readers.” —Chicago Tribune “Milgrom’s lively account will appeal to readers who enjoyed Mary Roach’s quirky science books.” —Library Journal
Christian Advocate
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Category : Davidson County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
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Category : Davidson County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
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Field and Stream
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Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
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Category : Fishing
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
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National Sportsman
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Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Languages : en
Pages : 262
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