All my life with hunting birds.
London: Neville Spearman, 1982. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Hunting bird from a wild bird.
Lnodn: Pelham Books, 1968. Octavo, photographs, library stamp and biro, dustwrapper. 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, 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
Falcons and falconry.
London: Blandford Press, (1978. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The hawking of Japan: the history and development of Japanese falconry.
Tokyo: Lawton and Alfred Jennedy, (1976. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
H is for hawk.
Sydney: Vintage, 2014. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. In her youth, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief..... More
The art and practice of hawking.
Sydney: Holland Press, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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]
Sydney: 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
A bird in the hand: celebrated falconers of the past.
London: Debretts Peerage, 1980. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. 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
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