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BADMINTON |
Coursing And Falconry
1892.
1st Edn,.
Longmans & Co.
xiii, 413 pages, Advert leaf, pages for the coursing section partly unopened, full page and text illus from drawings and photographs, some light spotting. SIGNEND and dated October 1924 on front end paper by Henry Williamson in blue ink with his Owl device. Publishers' pictorial brown cloth, the spine with a 3-inch 6 cm split to upper edge and to inner hinge, the spine faded, a good + copy. Hon Charles Lascelles wrote the falconry section. Henry Williamson a prolific nature writer wrote The Peregrine Saga in1923 a title much reprinted. Other than Williamsons signature there are a couple of pages with margin line in the blue ink, no other reference to or by him, one page has the lower outer corner removed just touching the text. Unusual that the pages of the falconry section have been opened but not the coursing.
[22926] |
£50.00 |
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BERT Edmund |
An Approved Treatise On Hawks And Hawking
1973.
facsimile rep of 1619 Edn,.
Thames Valley Press.
Trowbridge.
facsimile rep of 1619 Edn, 109 pages, illus, vg in dj. Includes an introduction by Philip Glasier. Swift 57.04
[18131] |
£30.00 |
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BLOME Richard |
Hawking And Falconry
c.1970.
rep of the 1929 Cresset Press Edn,.
Maidenhead.
XXXII,123 pages, folding frontis + other illus, vg in dj.
[6317] |
£28.50 |
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BLOME Richard |
Hawking Or Falconry
1929.
The Cresset Press.
XXXII 123 pages, TEG, pages uncut, large folding frontis plate + 4 full page plates and text illus, limited to 650 copies, light spotting to EP's, publishers 1/4 parchment over paper covered boards, dj present but loss to the top 4.5cm of spine, chipping to base, No 99 of limited edition of 650 copies. E.D.Cumming wrote the 32 page preface, the book is the hawking section from The Gentlemans Recreation of 1674. Swift 65.04
[18291] |
£100.00 |
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BLOME Richard |
Hawking Or Falconry
1929.
The Cresset Press.
XXXII 123 pages, TEG, pages uncut, large folding frontis plate + 4 full page plates and text illus, limited to 650 copies, publishers 1/4 parchment over paper covered boards, some marking to the boards.DJ present but loss to the top of spine, chipping to base of the spine and spine edge and corners also browning to the DJ , No 326 of limited edition of 650 copies. E.D. Cumming wrote the 32 page preface, the book is the hawking section from The Gentleman’s Recreation of 1674. Swift 65.04
[18805] |
£80.00 |
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BRITISH FALCONERS CLUB |
The Falconer 1937-1971
1995.
1st collected Edn,.
Adam Norrie.
1100+ pages, illus with black and white photographs, green cloth, titles in black with falcon vignette to upper board, vg+. A reprint of the Falconer's Magazine from 1937 to 1971.
[21988] |
£50.00 |
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BRITISH FALCONERS CLUB |
the Falconer 1937-1971
1995.
1st collected Edn,.
1100+ pages, illus with black and white photographs, green cloth, titles in black with falcon vignette to upper board, vg+. A reprint of the Falconer's Magazine from 1937 to 1971.
[13208] |
£60.00 |
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BROWN Leslie |
The African Fish Eagle
1980.
1st Edn,.
Purnell And Sons.
168 pages, colour illus, inscription on FEP, vg in chipped dj.
[13565] |
£18.00 |
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BROWN Leslie, AMADON Dean |
Eagle, Hawks And Falcons of the World
1968.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
2 Vols, 945 pages, 4to., numerous colour and black and white plates from paintings by J.C.Harrison, D.M.Henry, D.K.Eckelberry and others, ownership bookplate to front blank endpapers. A vg set in the original cloth with gilt eagle vignette to upper board, contained in a pictorial slipcase.
[21740] |
£50.00 |
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BURTON Richard F. |
Falconry In The Valley Of The Indus
1997.
3rd Edn,.
Goverment Of Sindh.
Karachi.
XXIV 83 pages, four colour plates by Joseph Wolf, a fine copy in similar dj. This edition has a new introduction by Christopher Ondaatje. A well produced reprint of the 1852 1st edition Swift 99.03
[18737] |
£40.00 |
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BURTON Richard F. |
Falconry In The Valley Of The Indus
1997.
3rd Edn,.
Goverment Of Sindh.
Karachi.
XXIV 83 pages, four colour plates by Joseph Wolf, a fine copy in similar dj. This edition has a new introduction by Christopher Ondaatje. A well produced reprint of the 1852 1st edition Swift 99.03
[18755] |
£40.00 |
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BURTON Richard F. |
Falconry In The Valley Of The Indus
1997.
3rd Edn,.
Goverment Of Sindh.
Karachi.
XXIV 83 pages, four colour plates by Joseph Wolf, a fine copy in similar dj. This edition has a new introduction by Christopher Ondaatje. A well produced reprint of the 1852 1st edition Swift 99.03
[18670] |
£40.00 |
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