A MANUAL OF FALCONRY. By Michael Woodford. With chapters on rook hawking and game hawking by J.G. Mavrogordato, C.M.G. and Major S.E. Allen, M.C. and a foreword by Lord Portal of Hungerford. Second edition.

(1960) 1972 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppxvi,194. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt falcon motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt.

Includes chapters on rook-hawking and magpie-hawking by Jack Mavrogordato. Chapters include: Choice of hawk; Furniture and appliances; General considerations; Long-winged hawks or true falcons, kestrel and merlin; Long-winged hawks or true falcons, peregrine; Game hawking; Rook-hawking with peregrines and others; Short-winged hawks; A miscellany, health, transport, food, the moult, disease, accidents, lost hawks; Conclusion.