THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FALCONRY. By Allan Oswald. Formerly falconer to the Earl of Bradford at Weston Park, Shropshire and Viscount Massereene and Ferrard of Chilham Castle, Kent. Now resident falconer at Leighton Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire.

. 1982 1st edition. Hardback issue. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Ppviii,119,ad. B/w photographs and illustrations. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

. This is a useful introduction to falconry, from 2000 BC to the present, with much interesting historical background as well as practical content. The hardback issue has become quite hard to find. Allan Oswald was a falconer of note in his day, who contributed to the rise of the sport after a period of relative obscurity. This is a concise history of falconry from 2,000 BC to the present, with much practical advice for the falconer. Chapters include: The history of falconry; The falconer's birds; The falconer's furniture; Training; Care of sick and injured, conservation and the law; Falconidae.