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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; chipping along the edges; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used FIRST EDITION! Very rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color pictorial wrapper with red and black lettering. 24 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print FIRST EDITION! "I first became aware of the work of Cyril Billiot in September 1983. Sylvia and I were living in Shreveport at the time, and I was traveling through Lafayette on my way to visit a self-taught carver in the Jeanerette area. Stopping at the Louisiana Native Crafts Festival, part of the Festivals Acadiens, I saw a table cluttered with wonderful cypress carvings of unpainted crabs, crawfish, and alligators of varying sizes and shapes. While simple in design and devoid of detail, the carvings had a remarkable appeal. When I inquired about the carvings, someone pointed to a solitary figure sitting under the shade of a nearby tree who was identified as the maker. I introduced myself to this shy, modest man and told him that I had become an instant admirer of his work. On subsequent trips to South Louisiana, visits to Cyril Billiot's home became part of the itinerary. It was on one of those early visits that Mr. Billiot took me into his son's bedroom where small boat carvings were displayed. This was my first exposure to the work of Ivy Billiot. It was not until one or two years later, however, that I met Ivy, who has become an accomplished carver in his own right." ---- from the Preface.