| Aflalo. (F.G.). Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and Hedley Peek. Editors. |
The Encyclopaedia of SPort. Lawrence and Bullen.
1897-8.
2 vols., quarto, original cloth, pp. x + 632 & viii + 655. The section of Falconry written by G.E.Lascelles ( pages 362-373), with plate by Archibald Thorburn 'Grouse Hawking'.
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£55.00 |
| Aubert De La Chesnaye Des Bois. |
Dictionnaire Universal d'Agriculture et de Jardinage de Fauconnerie, Chasse, Peche, Cuisine et Mange, en deux parts. Paris. Chez David.
1751.
Quarto, 2 vols., pp. [vi] + 730, ii + 238 + [11] + 467, with plates, nicely bound in nineteenth century full brown morocco by Wendling.
[2100]
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£850.00 |
| Badminton Library |
Coursing and Falconry. Coursing by Harding Cox. Falconry by Hon. G. Lascelles.
1892.
First Edition, original cloth, pp413,
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£55.00 |
| Baillie-Grohman. (William A.). |
Sport in Art: An Iconography of Sport Illustrationg the Field Sports of Europe and America. From the Fifteenth to the end of the Eighteenth Century. London. Ballantyne & Co.
[1919].
Second Edition, with 243 illustrations, some in colour, folio, modern half blue morocco, decorated in gilt, Falconry pictures by J.D.Ridinger, figures 178 to 187, pp. xxiii + 442.
[2101]
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£175.00 |
| Barber. (Major R.H.). |
A Supplementary Bibliography of Hawking. Being a catalogue of books published in England between 1891 and 1943, together with criticisms, to which is added a list of most important books published prior to that period. Westminster. W.Hay Fielding.
1943.
Limited to 1000 copies, wrappers, pp. 16.
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£5.00 |
| Belany. (James Cockburn). |
A Treatise on Falconry in Two Parts. Berwicj Upon Tweed. Privately Printed.
1841.
With frontispiece, modern half calf, pp. vii [5], 277 [1].
[2105]
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£450.00 |
| Berners. (Dame Juliana). |
The Book of St. Albans. Containing treatises on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour. Printed at St.Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486, reproduced in Facsimile, with an introduction by WIlliam Blades. Elliott Stock.
1881.
Quarto, original blind stamped imitation vellum,new endpapers, a facsimile of the earlier English printed which relates Falconry, 500 copies printed, pp. 32 + 88.
[2108]
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£175.00 |
| Berners. (Dame Juliana). |
The Book of St. Albans. Containing treatises on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour. Printed in 1486, reproduced in Facsimile, with an introduction by William Blades. Elliott Stock.
1881.
Quarto, original stamped parchment, front joint worn, pp. 32 + 88 Cat-88-480
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£150.00 |
| BERT (Edmund). |
Bert's Treatise of Hawks and Hawking. For the First Time Re-Printed from the Original of 1619.
1969.
A facsimie of the reprint by bernard Quaritch, 1891, Edition Limited to 500 copies, pp. 109.
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£45.00 |
| Blaine. (Delabere P.). |
An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports; or, Complete Account, Historical, Practical and Descriptive of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing ect. London. Longman, Brown, Green and Longman.
1852.
1 volume bound in 2, nicely bound in contemporary half green calf, soines decorated in gilt. Second Edition ( the best), revised by 'Harry Hieover', 'Ephemera' and others, illustrated with over 600 engravings on wood by H.Alkin, T.Landseer and ot...
[2111]
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£200.00 |
| Blaine. (Gilbert). |
Falconry. Phillip Allan.
1936.
With 8 plates and 14 text illustrations, 'The Standard Book on Modern Falconry',Barber, covers little soiled and worn, pp. 253. The Author who practised Falconry for 40 years, he managed the old Hawking Club after the Hon. Gerald Lascelles ret...
[2113]
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£65.00 |
| Blome. (Richard). |
Hawking or Faulconry.
1929.
Edition limited to 650 numbered copies, original boards, with fold out map and illustrations, pp. xxxii + 123
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£65.00 |
| BLOOM (Richard). |
[The Gentleman's Recreation] Hawking or Falconry. London. Cresser Press.
1929.
With folding plates, edition limited to 650 numbered copies, with worn dustjacket, pp. xxxii + 123.
[2115]
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£125.00 |
| Brander. (Michael). |
A Hunt Around the Highlands. On the Trail of Colonel Thornton. London. Stanfast Press.
1973.
With frontispiece, 12 illustrations, map, pp. 240.
[2116]
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£12.50 |
| Brown ( Leslie) |
British Birds of Prey
1976.
New Naturalist number 60, First Edition, pp400, good copy in dustjacket,
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£15.00 |
| BROWN. (Leslie). and Dean Amadon. |
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World.
1968.
2 volumes, 4to, enclosed in worn cloth box.
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£65.00 |
| Brown. (Leslie). and Dean Amadon |
Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World. London. COuntry Life Books.
1968.
Quarto, 2 vols., with 125 coloured plates by J.C.Harrison, Roger Peterion, in slipcase, pp. 945.
[2119]
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£65.00 |
| Cade. (Tom). James H.Enderson, Carl G.Thelander and Clayton M.White. Editors. |
Peregrine Falcon Populations; Their Management and Recovery. Boise. Idaho. The Peregrine Fund.
1988.
With 1 colour plate, maps and 68 photographic illustrations, pp. 1-xviii + 949. This work documents the World-Wide recovery of the Peregrine Falcon from the brink and extinction.
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£42.00 |
| Colquhoun. (John). |
The Moor and the Loch. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports. Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons.
1880.
2 vols., with frontispiece, original cloth nice set pp. xii + 500, pp. xv + 448. Chapter on hawking pp. 32-37.
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£65.00 |
| Cox (Harding0 and Gerald Lascelles |
Coursing and Falconry
1892.
First Edition, with 20 plates,original half blue morocco, spine little worn, pp. xv [1] + 439. The Falconry section comprises nearly half of the book and was written by G.W.Lascelles, with 7 plates by G.E.Lodge.
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£65.00 |
| |
Deutscher Falkenorden
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issues 4 1937, issues 2,3+4 1938. issue 1 1939. 5 parts in 1 volume, rebound in plain cloth. with many illustrations. pp64,48, 48, 58, 48.
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£75.00 |
| Ditchfield. (P.H.). |
Old English SPorts, Pastimes and Customs. London.
1891.
pp. xii + 132. The book is divided into monthly chapters, Falconry is discussed in September with an illustration of a Falconer.
[2137]
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£15.00 |
| Dryden. (Alice.). Editor. |
The Art of Hunting or; Three Hinting Mss. A revised edition of the Srt of Hunting by WIlliam Twici. The craft of Venery. A Translation of La Chasse dy Cerf. Printed by WIlliam Mark.
1908.
Quarto, one of a very few copies printed on large paper, full vellum, with 3 plates and 11 illustrations, with slipcase, pp. xii + 163. The Monograph is the most ancient of French Treatise on Hunting including some Falconry.
[2139]
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£250.00 |
| Dryden. (H.). Editor. |
The Art of Hunting by WIlliam Twici. Hunysman to King Edward the Second. (mss Phillips. No. 8336.). Daventry. Printed by Thomas Barrett.
1843.
With 11 plates, with preface, translation, notes and illustrations by H.Dryden, pp. 5 + 80 + [6]. Only 39 copies were printed, original cloth. Schwerdt ii 274.
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£495.00 |
| Ferrieres. (Henri de). |
Livre du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio, Nouvelle Edition, Conforme aux Manuscriti de la Bibliotheque Royale, ornce de gravvers faites d'apres les vignettes de les manuscrits fidelement reproduites avec une preface par Elzear Blaze. Paris.
1839.
Quarto, quarter modern calf, marbled boards, woodcut illustrations, pp. 20 + cl. Le Roy Modus discusses the various methods of Hunting and Hawking.
[2143]
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£295.00 |
| Fisher. (Major Charles Hawkins). |
Reminiscences of a Falconer. London. John C. Nimmo.
1901.
First Edition.
With 7 photogravure and 6 portraits, original cloth, decorated in gilt, new front endpaper pp. xiv + 188. The reminiscences of a Falconer in his later years, he recounts the Falconers he knew and the practice of the Sport at the turn of the Century ..
[2144]
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£125.00 |
| Fleming. (Arnold). |
Falconry and Falcons. The Sport of FLight. Yorkshire. EP Publishing.
1974.
Quarto, with 48 photographs, a facsimile reprint , with dustjacket, pp. xiv + 113.
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£40.00 |
| Ford ( Emma) |
Peregrine. With paintings by Antony Rhodes and photographs by Piers Cavendish.
1993.
Oblong 4to, pp160, fine copy in slipcase.
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£125.00 |
| Fox. (David). |
Garden of Eagles. The Life and Times of a Falconer. Wellingborough. Patrick Stevens.
1984.
With illustrations, dustjcaket, pp. 217.
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£10.00 |
| Freeman. (Rev. Gage Earle). and Captain Francis Henry Salvin. |
Falconry it claims, History and Practise. To which are added Remarks on Training the Otter and Cormorant. Chicheley. P.Minet.
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With dustjacket, pp. xvi + 352. A facsimile reprint of the 1859 edition.
[2151]
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£20.00 |
| Game Law |
The Game Law: or The Laws Relating to Game. Containing all the Laws and Statutes for perserving thereoff.... Printed by E. and R.Nutt and R.Gosling for W. Mears.
1735.
12mo, contemporary calf, pp. vi + 96 + [10] + [xviii] + 180.
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£325.00 |
| Glasier. (Phillip). |
As The Falcon Her Bells.
1963.
Nice copy in wrappers, with colour frontis., with plates and text illustrations, pp. 223
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£10.50 |
| Glasier (Phillip) |
A Hawk in the Hand.
1991.
pp188, good copy in dustjacket.
[10131]
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£10.00 |
| Grosjean. (Jaques). |
Le Hibou Grand-Duc. Presentation, Histoire, Distribution Geographic, Anatomie, Biologic, Physiologie, Role Economique, Elevage, Protection. Paris. Edition Leehevalier.
1976.
Quarto, with 19 illustrations, pp. x + 138.
[2161]
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£38.00 |
| Grossman. (Mary Louise). and John Hamlet. |
Birds of Prey of the World.
1965.
Folio, original cloth with dustjacket, jacket little torn and chipped, inumerable photographic illustrations, also text drawings and maps, pp. 496
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£35.00 |
| Hamilton. (Col. John Potter). |
Reminiscences of an old Sportsman. London. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts.
1860.
2 vols., in 1, With frontis., and 5 plates, original cloth, recased, cloth quite worn, pp. xii + 298 & vii + 308. The last four chapters in volume 2 pages 171-308 are devoted to Falconry.
[2163]
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£75.00 |
| Hare. (Charles E.). |
The Language of Sport. London. Country Life.
1939.
Some foxing, J.Fairfax-Blakeborough's copy, with 2 A.L.'s from C.E.Hare to him, pp. xvi + 192. Chapter VIII , pages 102-115 lists the old and modern terms used in Falconry.
[2166]
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£25.00 |
| Harris. (James T.). |
The Peregrine Falcon in Greenland. Observing and Endangered Species. Columbia. University of Missouri Press.
1979.
With dustjacket, with illustrations, pp. viii + 256.
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£10.00 |
| HARRISON. (J.C.). |
The Birds of Prey of the british Islands. Descriptive Text by David Evans.
1980.
Edition Limited to 275 signed copies. With 20 coloured plates by J.C.Harrison, folio, half brown morocco, good copy in slipcase.
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£325.00 |
| Harting. (James Edmund). |
Hints on the Management of Hawks. Second Edition to which is added Practical Falconry. London. Horace Cox.
1898.
With full page and 42 text illustrations, t.e.g.,original cloth, inner joints cracked , pp. viii + 268. Harting greatly expanded his first edition from 62 to 268 pages.
[2169]
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£195.00 |
| Heatherley. (Francis). |
The Peregrine Falcon at the Eyrie. London. COuntry Life.
1913.
Quarto, with 31 photographic illustrations, original cloth backed boards,
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£45.00 |
| Hollinshead. (Martin). |
Hawking Ground Quarry. A Treatise on Hawking.
1993.
Good copy in dustjacket, with colour plates and recipes to back of book, pp. 168
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£20.00 |
| ILLINGWORTH. (Frank). |
Falcons and Falconry. 1971.
1971.
Fourth Edition. With plates, good copy in dustjacket, pp. 126.
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£10.00 |
| Illingworth. (Frank). |
Falcons and Falconry. London. Blandford Press.
[1948].
First Edition. With photographic illustrations, dustjacket, pp. 111. The Author's autobiographical experiences with Falcons and Falconry.
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£20.00 |
| Illingworth. (Frank). |
Falcons and Falconry. London. Blandford Press.
1964.
With coloured frontis., by Rutland Green and photographic illustrations, with dustjacket, pp. 127. The greatly expanded reprint.
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£15.00 |
| La Hetraie. |
La Chasse. Venerie-Fauconnerie. Suivi de notices et d'un vocabulaire general des termes de la chasse du cert. Prefacr de Paul Vialar. Paris. Arts et Metiers Graphiques.
1945.
Quarto, original boards, pp. 213.
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£25.00 |
| Lacomb. (Fr). |
Encyclopedie Methodique. Dictionnaire de toutes les especes de chasse. Paris. Chez H.Aggase.
[1794-5].
Excerpts of the 'Encyclopaedie' published by Diderot, plain boards, pp. viii + 456. Schwerdt I 295.
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£150.00 |
| Lascelles. (Hon. Gerald W.). |
The Art of Falconry. London. Neville Spearman.
1971.
With dustjacket, 7 plates, pp. 172. A reprint of the Falconry section from 'Coursing and Falconry' 1892 edition.
[2190]
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£10.00 |
| Lodge. (George E.). |
Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist.
1946.
With 24 plates, 16 in colour, 4to, original cloth, pp. 96.
[8948]
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£65.00 |
| Longrigg. (Roger). |
The English Squire and his SPort. London. Michael Joseph.
1977.
With illustrations, with dustjacket, pp. 302. There are numerous Falconry illustrations along with a discussion of the history of Falconry.
[2192]
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£12.50 |
| MacIntyre. (Dugald). |
Memories of a Highland Gamekeeper. London. Seeley Services.
1954.
With 8 plates, pp. 189. Chapter IV is on 'The Ancient Sport of Falconry'.
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£10.00 |
| MACLAY . (Alfred). |
Rare XVII-XIX Century Books on Horsemanship. Falconry and Hunting. New York. Park-Bernett Galleries. january 10-11.
1956.
Wrappers, pp. 84. First MacLay Auction was in 1945, this sale includes the First Edition of bert's 'Approved Treatise of Hawks and hawking'.
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£25.00 |
| Macpherson. (H.B.). |
The Home-Life of a Golden Eagle. London. Witherby and Co.
ca 1910.
Second Edition, revised. Quarto, with 32 mounted photographic plates, original cloth pp. 45.
[2196]
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£15.00 |
| MacPherson. (Rev. Hugh Alexander). |
A History of Fowling. being an account of the many curious devices by which wild birds are or have been captured in different parts of the world. Edinburgh. David Douglas.
1897.
Quarto, with 174 illustrations, original cloth, spine little faded but a good copy, pp. vii-liv + 512. Chapter XVIII 'Sport with an Eagle Owl', Chapter XXI 'Hawk Catching'.
[2195]
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£135.00 |
| MEINERTZHAGEN . (Col.R.). |
Pirates and Predators. The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds. Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd.
1959.
Quarto, with 18 coloured plates, mainly after George Lodge, and 26 plain plates, in chipped, dustjacket, pp. ix + 230.
[2200]
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£75.00 |
| Meyburg. (B.-U.). and R.D.Chancellor. Editors. |
Raptors In The Modern World. Proceedings of the III World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls. EIlat, Israel, 22-27 March, 1987.
1987.
Nice copy in original wrappers, with illustrations, text drawings, maps, tables and figures, pp. 611
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£10.50 |
| Mullens. (W.H.). and H.Kirke Swann. |
A Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest Times to the end of 1912. Hitchin, Wheldon and Wesley.
1986.
A facsimile reprint of the edition of 1917.
[2207]
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£20.00 |
| Mullens. (W.H.). and H.Kirke Swann. |
A Bibliography of British Ornithology from the Earliest Times to the end of 1912, including biographical accounts of the Pricipal Writers and Bibliographies of their Published Works. London. Macmillan & Co.
1917.
Original cloth, good copy, pp. xx + 673. An important bibliographical work that includes bibliographied information about the Authors.
[2206]
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£125.00 |
| Murphy. (Robert). |
Varda. The FLight of a Falcon. Illustrated by Keith Shackleton.
1963.
Good copy in dustjacket, with frontis., with plates, pp. 151
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£10.50 |
| OELGART (Isaac J.). |
Falconry and hawking Treatises 1575-1975: Printed in the English Language. A checklist of Primary Sources with a List of Related Books of Interest to Falconers. Newburyport. New Mews Press.
1976.
Wrappers, pp. 36. Edition Limited to 400 Numbered Copies.
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£20.00 |
| Poynter. (F.N.L.). |
A Bibliography of Gervase Markham 1568?-1637. Oxford. Oxford Bibliographical Society.
1962.
With 4 plates, original cloth backed boards, pp. viii + 214. The Standard Bibliography. C-88-958
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£45.00 |
| Pye. (Henry James). |
The Sportsman's Dictionary. Containing Instructions for Various methods To Be Observed in Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Hawking, Breeding and Feeding ect.
1807.
Quarto, with 17 copper plates of traps, nets ect, full calf, recently rebacked.
[2214]
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£225.00 |
| RIPLEY . (S.Dillon). and Lynette L. Scribner. |
Ornithological Books in the Yale Universtiy Library. New York. Yale University Press.
1961.
With dustjacket, pp. [3] + 337. A valuable reference work, it contains a Falconry section on pages 321 to 333.
[2217]
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£25.00 |
| ROBINSON. (Gordon) |
The Sinews of Falconry. From Earliest Times Until Epoch of the 1950-65 Pesticide Crisis. Privately Printed. 2002.
2002.
Edition Limited to 200 copies, with 28 illustrations, some in colour, pp. 281. A very good new work.
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£30.00 |
| Salvin. (Francis Henry). and WIlliam Broderick. |
Falconry in the British Isles. Maidenhead. Thames Valley Press.
1971.
Quarto, with a new introduction by Phillip Glasier, with dustjacket and 24 coloured plates, pp. 147. A facsimile of the First Edition.
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£45.00 |
| SCHWERDT |(C.F.G.R.). |
Hunting, Hawking and Shooting. Illustrated in a Catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings by C.F.G.R.Schwerdt. Germany. Olms.
1985.
Large octavo, 4 volumes, with 382 plates, original cloth. A re-print of the Edition of 1928-1937. C/88/688
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£175.00 |
| Schwerdt. |(C.F.G.R.). |
Hunting, Hawking and Shooting. Illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings by C.F.G.R.Schwerdt. mansfield. Martino.
2001.
4 volumes in 2, issued without the plates.
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£110.00 |
| Smith. (A.Croxton). |
Hounds and Dogs; Their Care, Training and WOrking, for Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Hawking, Police Purposes.... Seeley Services.
1932.
Original quarter green morocco, pp. 320. One of only three known books that explain the training of dogs for use in Falconry.
[2228]
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£28.00 |
| Sparrow. (Walter Shaw). |
British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring. London. John Lane for Bodley Head.
1922.
Quarto, with 31 plates in colour and 26 in black and white, pp. xiii + 249. Limited Edition of 95 copies on handmade paper, with 2 extra plates , Bibliotheca Tiliana.
[2231]
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£235.00 |
| Stephens. (Wilson). |
The Guiness Guide to Field SPort. London. Guiness.
1978.
Quarto, with illustrations, dustjacket, pp. 233. With chapter on Falconry is entitled 'Falcon and Hawk: a Sport of Kings brought up to date'.
[2234]
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£10.00 |
| Stevens. (Ronald). |
Laggard. London. Faber and Faber.
1953.
With text illustrations, dustjacket, pp. 310.
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£20.00 |
| Stonehenge. |
British Rural SPorts; Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, with all Rural Games and Amusements. London. Frederick Warne and CO.
1867.
Eleventh Edition, pp. xx + 872.modern quarter calf, emblems in gilt,
[2238]
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£55.00 |
| The Journal of the British Falconer''s Club |
The Falconer. December. Volume IV. No. 6. 1966
1966.
Wrappers, with 8 plates, pp. 243 to 288
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£3.00 |
| The Journal of the British Falconer''s Club |
The Falconer. December. Volume V. No. 3. 1969
1969.
Wrappers, with 6 plates, pp. 124 to 188
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£3.00 |
| Tunnicliffe. (C.F.). |
The Composition Drawings. Tryon and Moorland Exhibition. 5 to 25 March. 1986.
1986.
With illustrations, wrappers, pp. 72. pp. 21-24, Birds of Prey.
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£10.00 |
| TUNNICLIFFE. (C.F.). |
The Peregrine Sketchbook.
1996.
With coloured plates, 4to, as new in dustjacket, pp. 79.
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£12.50 |
| Upton. (Roger). |
A Bird in the Hand: Celebrated Falconers of the Past. London. Debretts Peerage.
1980.
Quarto, with numerous illustrations, pp. 160.
[2252]
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£30.00 |
| Von Michaelis. (H.). |
Birds of the Gauntlet. London. Hutchinson.
1952.
Quarto, with 8 colour and 30 sepia illustrations, pp. 223. This is the first Author to write a book about Falconry in SOuth Africa.
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£25.00 |
| Walter. (Halmut). |
Eleonora's Falcon. Adaptations to Prey and Habitat in a Social Raptor. University of Chicago. Chicago.
1979.
With illustrations, with dustjacket, pp. xiii + 410.
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£20.00 |
| Watson. (A.E.T.). |
English Sport. London.
1903.
With 16 colour plates, original cloth, covers little marked, pp. viii + 361. The chapter on Falconry was written by Gerald Lascelles, pg 189-204.
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£25.00 |
| Watson. (J.N.P.). |
Victorian and Edwardian Field Sports from Old Photographs. London. Batsford.
1978.
Quarto, with dustjacket, pp. 120. Falconry on pages 60-69
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£10.50 |
| York. (Edward. Duke of).. |
The Master of the Game. Edited by William A. and Florence baillie-Grohman. London. Chatto and Windus.
1909.
With 24 illustrations, original cloth, little rubbed, pp. xxix + 302. This edition is intended as a working copy and not a representation of 1904 edition, the introduction was re-written.
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£55.00 |
| Zimmer. (John T.). |
Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library. New York.
1974.
2 volumes in 1, with plates. A reprint of the Edition of 1926.
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£35.00 |