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
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Classical falconry: a treatise on rook and crow hawking.
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. 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
Understanding the bird of prey.
Blaine: Hancock House, (2014. reprint). Quarto, paperback, photographs, illustrations, line drawings. This book presents the most comprehensive gathering of data on birds of prey ever assembled. Nick Fox, a leading professional raptor biologist, breeder and falconer, has masterfully written the text in language that is easy to follow. The text..... More
Falcon fever: a falconer in the twenty-first century.
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
Falconry in literature: the symbolism of Falconry in English literature from Chaucer to Marvell.
Blaine: Hancock House, 2004. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. 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
The Goshawk.
London: T & A D Poyser, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, black and white diagrams. A large and spectacular bird of prey, the Goshawk lives in boreal forests throughout the Northern hemisphere. A powerful hunter of large birds and woodland mammals, it was persecuted for many years by game keepers..... More
Falcon.
London: Reaktion Books, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. The fastest animal alive, the falcon deserves attention not just for the combination of speed, power, beauty and ferocity that has made it an object of fascination for thousands of years, but for the..... More
Duck hawking and the art of falconry.
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
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Syainika Sastra: or, A book on hawking [facsimile]
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
Owned by an eagle.
London: Collins, 1976. Octavo, text illustrations. Minor wear to dustwrapper. More
Flight of the Falcon.
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
The Loo falconry: The Royal Loo Hawking Club, 1839-1855.
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
Birds of the gauntlet.
London: Hutchinson, 1952. first edition). Quarto, eight colour plates. Some foxing throughout, torn dustwrapper. More
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