RURAL AMATEUR. By Clifford Hornby.

1943 1st edition. Small 8vo (127 x 197mm). Pp192. Not illustrated. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Memoirs of the early years of the war with the thread of falconry running strongly through the narrative. Chapters include: First thread; Story of the falcons; The boy grows up; Cry of hounds; Lundy eyasses; The falconer goes to sea; Unrest; Village introduction; evening flight; Second year of village life (Spring); Summer, 1942; Third spring in thrush.