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product_id: 75399610
title: "Beachcombing for Japanese glass floats, Hardcover – 1967"
brand: "amos l wood"
price: "201 Lei"
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reviews_count: 7
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# Beachcombing for Japanese glass floats, Hardcover – 1967

**Brand:** amos l wood
**Price:** 201 Lei
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- **What is this?** Beachcombing for Japanese glass floats, Hardcover – 1967 by amos l wood
- **How much does it cost?** 201 Lei with free shipping
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## Description

panese glass fishing floats are popular collectors&apos; items. They were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their fishing nets, as well as longlines or droplines afloat. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy. These glass floats are no longer used by fishermen, but many of them are still afloat in the world&apos;s oceans, primarily the Pacific. They have become a popular collectors&apos; item for beachcombers and decorators. Replicas are now manufactured.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A reference to anyone wishing to collect floating sea glass - Japanese Fisherman Floats and the production of them.
*by T***N on March 12, 2016*

I guess this is one of the few books existing on Japanese glass fisherman floats. Written in 1967 by Amos L. (Lonzo) Wood, Jr. (b. Apr 1,1913-d. Mar 27,1989), a hobbyist beachcomber who corresponded with hundreds of other collectors to compile the wisdom in the book. A career aero-engineer for Boeing Seattle and alumni of Perdue and was married to Elaine Inez Fulton-Wood. He authored 2 other books, Beachcombing The Pacific, and Hiking Trails In The Pacific Northwest.  This book is Illustrated with black and white photos throughout the book , the book is full of knowledge, particularly a visit to a Japan factory where these floats where blown and the step-by-step process. You see photos of the entire amazing production. An illustrated reference section to trademarks and imprints make this book invaluable.  The book is on the smaller side, at 5 1/2 x 9 inches and 221 pages. The chapters of the book are 1. Pleasure Of Beachcombing (10 pages) 2. Kinds of Floats (24 pages) 3. Techniques Of Beachcombing (28 pages) 4. The Long Sea Journey (with small current and landing maps) (12 pages)  5. The Oregon Maelstrom (A whirlpool of extraordinary size) (8 pages) 6. How Glass Floats Are Manufactured  (worth the price of the book alone and perhaps the only document of it's kind) (24 pages) 7. Japanese Fisheries And Fishermen  (12 pages) 8. Tofino Interlude (Finding a cache of 14 floats in one day at the sea village of Tofino on the coast of Vancouver) (6 pages) 9. Where To Find Glass Floats (30 pages) 10. Floats As Decorations (18 pages)  11. Collectors and Collections (12 pages) sadly the black and white photos do no justice. 12. A Summing-Up (10 pages) 13. Trademarks and Imprints  (13 pages) 87 symbols are each briefly described and identified.  Had this book been in color and the maps more detailed - it would have been a 5 star.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Japanese Glass Floats
*by M***T on October 30, 2014*

I've had some of these glass floats for a very long time and didn't know until recently there was a book about them.  It is very informative; I'm learning a lot about the little treasures from this book.  I recommend it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beachcombing for japanese glass floats
*by R***T on October 13, 2012*

I lived on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands for several years and to save my sanity collected these balls as they washed up. Twenty years later I found this book and it has been very helpful in detailing everything about these mysterious balls of the sea. I suggest that anyone who is interested in these balls and their history get a copy of this book as it will answer most questions they might have regarding them.

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