FALCONRY. By Humphrey ap Evans.

FALCONRY. By Humphrey ap Evans.

HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HAWKS AND PRACTICAL FALCONRY. CHAPTERS HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. By James Edmund Harting. Thames Valley Press edition. (Swift 254.04)

HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HAWKS AND PRACTICAL FALCONRY. CHAPTERS HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. By James Edmund Harting. Thames Valley Press edition. (Swift 254.04)

LAGGARD.

(1953) 1975 2nd edition. 8vo (128 x 122mm). Pp310. B/w illustrations by Brian Allderidge. Falcon illustration to green cloth.

"Although this is not mentioned in the text, Mr. Stevens served in the Artillery in France, and was subsequently seconded to the Air Ministry where he organized a Falconry unit to intercept outgoing enemy carrier pigeons; later on, in peace time, he was dug out from his rural retreat to clear airfields of flocks of seagulls, plover and other large birds". A record of the author's life "in a wild and remote country district in England". Includes plenty of falconry and even a search for the Gyrfalcon on holiday in Iceland.
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Book Code
6124
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Author Stevens (Ronald) (1902-1994).
Book Code 6124
ISBN B000OU2XXS.
Book Description Cloth slightly marked else very good copy.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1975
Publisher Falconiforme Press.
Place Saskatchewan, Canada.