FALCONRY IN MEWS AND FIELD. By Emma Ford.

1982 1st edition. 4to (192 x 255mm). Pp192. Full page colour photographs, b/w photographs, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

A detailed and useful manual aimed at the beginner and intermediate falconer. Chapters include: The history of hawking; General husbandry; Equipment; Lure swinging; The hawk's larder; The choice of a hawk; The early stages; The kestrel; The buzzards; Sparrowhaks and goshawks; The falcons; The eagles; The unusual; Captive breeding; The transportaion of raptors; Lost hawks; Conservation and the law; Falconry worldwide.