The peregrine falcon: stories of the blue meanie.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Octavo, photographs, softcover Examines the decline and recovery of the Peregrine falcon in North America. Also available in hardcover, POA. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Octavo, photographs, softcover Examines the decline and recovery of the Peregrine falcon in North America. Also available in hardcover, POA. More
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, laminated boards. This is the first book dedicated solely to flights out of the hood. Based on his experiences managing the Northumberland Crow Falcons, Nick Fox has pulled together the theory and practice of classical falconry in modern times. For the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, WAS $40. What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with Falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of American society, consisting of obsessed..... More
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Octavo, black and white illustrations, laminated boards. Through falconry imagery the author takes the reader through a wide range of many poets and dramatists of the Late Mediaeval and Renaissance areas. The symbolism and many references on this sport in literature gives the reader a good..... More
Poole: Blandford Press, (1978. reprint). Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. The book's topics include species and quarry selection, working with hunting dogs, weather, weight management, catch and release, and speculation flights. Includes a 32 page full color insert. More
Great Malvern: St. Ann's Books, 1991. Octavo, Quarter calf, marbled boards. Edited, with an English translation by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasada Shastri. A facsimile reproduction taken from J. E. Harting's copy. More
Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. 120 colour photographs of rare and endangered falcons accompany the text. A chart describing species and their habitats is complemented by detailed line drawings, and an appendix lists birds of prey organizations that are actively promoting falcon conservation..... More
London: Debretts Peerage, 1980. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white illustrations. In the nineteenth century in Europe, falconry was carried out in a spectacular and vibrant way. And there was no more impressive activity than that taking place at the Dutch palace of the House of Orange-Nassau. It..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1952. first edition). Quarto, eight colour plates. Some foxing throughout, torn dustwrapper. More