PRACTICAL FALCONRY; TO WHICH IS ADDED, HOW I BECAME A FALCONER. By Gage Earle Freeman, M.A. ("Peregrine" of "The Field"). 4th Hecht printing.

(1869) 1965 4th Hecht ptg. Ppx,89. B/w frontispiece and vignette illustrations by R.P. Grossenheider. Gilt titles to brown cloth.

An excellent early reference for the gentleman sportsman falconer, including some "trifling anecdotes". "This little book, written from personal experience of the author, has done much to keep alive the traditions of falconry and encourage its modern revival". Harting. Bibliotheca Accipitraria. 1891.