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Falconry
by Emma Ford
Emma Ford has been flying hawks since she was eight. In 1982 she and her husband established the British school of Falconry, which now has branches in Scotland and Vermont, USA. She is a member of the Scottish Hawk Board, the government advisory panel on captive hawks. She has written five other books on falconry, as well as a humorous autobiography and Countrywoman, based on a television series in which she was the subject of one programme.
The Art Of Falconry, By Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen
by Casey a ; Fyfe, F Marjorie Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen; Wood
Art Of Falconry
by Frederick Second Of Hohenstaufen; Translator-Casey a Wood; Translator-F Marjorie Fyfe
The Art Of Falconry Being the De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus Of Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen
by Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen
Two Treatises On Falconry Said Gah-I-Shaukati an Urdu Treatise On Falconry In the East and Baz-Nama-Yi Nasiri
by Sahabzadah Yar Muhammad Khan
Bert's Treatise Of Hawks and Hawking For the First Time Reprinted From He Original Of 1619
by Bert and J E Harting
Falconry Books & Ephemera
Peregrine Falcon Populations Their Biology and Decline
by Hickey, Joseph J. (editor)
Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. This book is the result of a 1965 international conference sponsored by the University of Wisconsin on the collapse of the peregrine falcon population on two continents. Once the prized favorite of medieval falconers, the peregrine wild population was catastrophically declining by the early 1960s. The collapse also hit eagles and other raptors, probably caused by DDT. No...
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$35.00
Falconry and Hawking
by Glasier, Phillip
UK: Charles t Branford, 1989. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd edition 2nd printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The author gives complete details of all the birds most commonly used in the sport. Every technique is explained with step-by-step instructions and illustrated by over 170 photographs and disgrams. There is light marking to the blue cloth covered boards and two of the corners are bumped, the dust jacket is faded on the front panel and it is also priced-clipped. A good reading copy..
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$31.67
A Falcon in the Field A Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons
by Mavrogordato, J. G
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...
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$375.00
The Art and Sport of Falconry
by Kotsiopoulos, George
Chicago: Argonaut Inc. , Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. "These are the first known writings on falconry in the western world and are particularly valuable to those interested in natural history as well as the history of the sport and its revival." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Light tanning and foxing to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket is price-clipped. DJ has normal...
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$125.00
History Today Companion to British History
by Gardiner, Juliet
Collins & Brown. First UK edition-6th printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Fine/Near fine.Collins and Brown,1995.First UK edition-6th printing(7 9 8 6).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the spine) in fine condition,with Dj(a couple of small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover) in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w maps.The book is new with two small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages.843pp including List of maps.Price un-clipped.Heavy...
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$41.30
The Falcons of the World
by Cade, Tom J.; Paintings by R. David Digby
Comstock / Cornell University Press, 1982. Book. Fine-. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Oversize hardcover with dustjacket : fine minus / very good plus. Book: narrow strip of slight fading to bottom edge of binding; front corners are very very slightly bumped; otherwise like new. Jacket in new mylar protector; jacket has scratches on front--not very noticeable; slight scuffing to back; very slight wear to head of spine; clean and bright. 192 pages; 40 full-page...
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$30.00
A Manual of Falconry. 1981
by Woodford, Michael H
London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. VG: in very good condition with dust jacket in a clear protective wrapper. 1981. Third Edition Reprint. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xvi, 194pp. 8 b/w plates. .
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$23.56
LIST OF BIRDS OF PREY 1898 - 1923 with Notes on Their longevity Zoological Service No. 37
by Major S. S. Flower
Cairo: Ministry of Public Works , Egypt, 1923. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 46 pages. Covers very good, top corner trimmed. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this scarce reference..
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$31.67
Training Birds of Prey
by Parry-Jones, Jemima
Newton Abbot: David & Charles. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 2001. Reprint. Illustrated laminated card cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 160pp. .
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$15.96
A Treatise upon Falconry in two parts
by Belany, James Cockburn
Berwick-upon-Tweed: Printed for the author. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover rubbed and marked. Edge-wear. Inner hinge cracking. Lower edge-tear to frontispiece at inner margin. Sporadic foxing and marking. Pencil marking to preface. Teg. Marbled endpapers. 1841. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xi, 277pp, 6pp. Engraved frontispiece. .
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$684.07
FALCONRY AND HAWKING (Revised Third Edition).
by Glasier, Phillip
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, (1998). First US edition. Hardcover. Minor spotting to top edge, else fine in fine jacket. Quarto, original black cloth, 352 pp., illustrations in color and black and white, jacket. The bible of modern hawking and falconry. Originally published in the UK, this first US edition reprints the revised third UK edition.
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$35.00
Falconry The Essential Guide
by Wright, Steve
Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press. 2012. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour photographs and B/w drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 157 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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$19.86
Hawking or Faulconry
by Blome, Richard
London: The Cresset Press, 1929 xxxii, 123 pp with large folding chart of the breeds of hawk bound in before text. A limited edition reissue of Richard Blome's treatice on hawking published in 1686. Hand numbered 546 of an edition of 650 printed on handmade stock, top edges gilt. A loose illustration, possibly a copy of the original title page, is laid in. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, larked charge is uintact but has a dogear. Tan vellum boards with cream calf spine, gold-stamped titles to...
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$195.00
Falconry & Hawking
by Phillip Glasier
The 4,000-year-old sport of falconry, once the pastime of royalty and aristocracy, is still thriving with clubs throughout the UK and the US. Phillip Glasier's book is a classic text on the subject and considered the definitive guide for falconers. It covers all aspects of falconry from its history and development to training, housing, tools, equipment and skills. There are chapters on: Handling the new arrival - Condition - Manning and early training - Flying free and getting fit - Flying falcons out of...
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$45.00
An Approved Treatise on Hawks and Hawking
by Bert, Edmund
London: Quaritch. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Fep clipped. 1973. Facsimile Reprint. Black hardback leather cover. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 109pp. .
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$53.21
The Complete Works of Mavrogordato A Treatise on the Training of the Sparrowhawk and other Short-winged Hawks
by Jack G. Mavrogordato
Ranchester, Wyoming. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Very clean, like new copy. ; . Hardcover; Western Sporting; 2005; Revised American Edition. 1888357193 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 247 p. .
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$60.00
Ehon Taka Kagami (The Mirror of Hawks)
by Kawanabe, Kyosai
Gloucestershire, UK: The Falconry Center. Very Good. 1951. 1st Thus. Softcover. Reprint of the original Japanese picture book that was first published about 1840. This reprint was done for The Falconry Center in Gloucestershire, UK and printed in 1951. The reprint contains reproductions of all the original artwork and Japanese "sub-titles". Art in black and white. This book runs through the whole gamut of falconry in Japan, but is concerned only with Goshawks, not with any of the Falcons....
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$350.00
FALCONRY
by Gerald Lascelles
London: Read Books Ltd., 2013. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. 30 pages. soft covers near fine, no creases or marks. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A near fine copy..
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$16.47
Field Studies of the Falconiformes of British Columbia Vultures, Hawks, Falcons, Eagles
by Beebe, Frank L
Victoria: British Columbia Provincial Museum. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. From the Foreword, "This book is the result of Frank Beebe's interest in the birds of prey that encompasses 50 years." Ships same or next business day. Small sticker on first blank page. First blank page is coming loose from spine. Slight slant to spine. Moderate edge and shelf wear. Small creases on corners, tiny bumps on spine ends. Age spotting and yellowing to covers. Light soiling, tanning,...
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$125.00
Falconry in the British Isles
by Salvin, Francis Henry & Brodrick, William
Maidenhead: Thames Valley Press, Reprint 1973. Facsimile of edition first published in 1855, near fine dark green boards with gold lettering to spine, 11.25 x 7.5 inches approx. , top front right corner very slightly bumped, near fine pictorial coloured dust jacket, a hint of creasing to top of spine, price clipped, beige endpapers, no inscriptions, top edge gilt, vii, 147 pages, two frontispieces, 20 further superb colour plates. The first edition of this book was claimed by Harting in his...
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$38.00
A Falcon in the Field: a Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons
by Mavrogordato, J. G
London: Knightly Vernon Ltd., 1966 122 pp with 12 color plates, plus 12 B&W plates with patterns for falcon hood designs, and 3 line drawings of falcon furniture and traps. A first edition of 'Falcons in the Field: a Treatise on the Training and Flying of Falcons Being a Companion Volume to A Hawk for the Bush. Bound in yellow cloth and in original dust jacket Contains twelve tissue-guarded plates Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Boards are clean and undamaged. DJ is bright and whole with...
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$495.00
