A FALCON IN THE FIELD. A Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons by Mavrogordato, J. G - 1966

Wyoming: Western Sporting, 2005. Book. Illus. by Henry, D. M. and Lodge, G.E.. Fine. Hardcover. Revised. Sm 4to. 157pp. ; 19 colour plates and numerous sketches/illustrations. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, fine, no marks. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy of this scarce book..

London: Knightly Vernon Limited. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. This volume, by famed Falconer and Vice-President of the British Falconers Club, is a treatise on the training and flying of long-winged hawks, or falcons. The emphasis of this book is not so much on training as on actual flying at wild quarry in the field. Author's second book. Illustrated by D. M. Henry and G. E. Lodge. Illustrated with 12 beautiful full color plates including the frontispiece, all plates retain their tissue guards. Additional illustrations include line drawings and black and white plates of hoods. Illustrations clean and bright. Spine is slightly slanted. Minor edge wear. All corners very gently bumped. Top of spine bumped. Light wearing and age spotting along head edges of boards. Some age spotting and foxing to edges of pages. Text is clean. Dust jacket has normal edge and shelf wear. Small creases and tears on corners and spine ends. Upper half of… Read More

Knightly Vernon. Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Knightly Vernon in London in 1966. Dark yellow cloth covers with dark blue lettering on spine. Upper corners of covers are bumped some, with some wrinkling. Side edges of both covers have a small indentation near middle, and side edge of pages has slight foxing. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket is faded along spine, has some foxing and staining, and is in good condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 123 pages .