Falconry in the British Isles
by Salvin, Francis Henry & Brodrick, William
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Maidenhead: Thames Valley Press, Reprint 1973. Facsimile of edition first published in 1855, near fine dark green boards with gold lettering to spine, 11.25 x 7.5 inches approx. , top front right corner very slightly bumped, near fine pictorial coloured dust jacket, a hint of creasing to top of spine, price clipped, beige endpapers, no inscriptions, top edge gilt, vii, 147 pages, two frontispieces, 20 further superb colour plates. The first edition of this book was claimed by Harting in his Bibliotheca Accipitraria as "the best modern book in English on the art and practice of falconry". .
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- Title
- Falconry in the British Isles
- Author
- Salvin, Francis Henry & Brodrick, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maidenhead: Thames Valley Press, Reprint 1973
- Keywords
- Falconry, Birds Of Prey, Ornithology, Sport
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