Freeman Dalton (23 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2009). (1869) 2021 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (165 x 244mm). Pp106. B/w photographs, marbled end-papers. Maroon boards, spine and upper titled in gilt, marbled card sleeve. Standard edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Fine new numbered hardback in card sleeve. 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.) Chapters include: Practical Falconer: Preliminaries; The Peregrine Falcon (hack); Castings, hooding, flown to the lure, 'waiting on', use and abuse of pigeons; Partridge and grouse hawking, with some comments on 'carrying' markers, wood pigeons etc; Haggards with game, chickens and eyasses, heron hawking, magpie hawking, pewits, wild ducks, house pigeons; Other flight, the jerfalcon, merlins, the goshawk, the sparrowhawk, the bath, imping, the brail, moult, diseases, haggards, lost hawks, live pigeons; Conclusion. How I Became A Falconer: First experiences with kestrels, sparrowhawks, merlins, early notes on flying the merlin, my old enthusiasm; Sport, hawks frightening game from the land, permission to fly at grouse, black cloud; Storm cloud, the Princess, Islay, nearly blinded, an appeal to the generosity of sportsmen; Some trifling anecdotes; Chapter Five is chiefly on the goshawk. .

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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2021). (1869) 2021 1st edition thus - "de luxe issue." Large 8vo (165 x 244mm). Pp106. B/w photographs, marbled end-papers. Maroon boards, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Slip-case and marbled card sleeve. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine new hardback in matching maroon slip-case and marbled card sleeve. One of 150 copies, signed & numbered by the editor. This "de luxe" edition has a slip-case & a facsimile photograph of Freeman laid in. 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.) Chapters include: Practical Falconer: Preliminaries; The Peregrine Falcon (hack); Castings, hooding, flown to the lure, 'waiting on', use and abuse of pigeons; Partridge and grouse hawking, with some comments on 'carrying' markers, wood pigeons etc; Haggards with game, chickens and eyasses, heron hawking, magpie hawking, pewits, wild ducks, house pigeons; Other flight, the jerfalcon, merlins, the goshawk, the sparrowhawk, the bath, imping, the brail, moult, diseases, haggards, lost hawks, live pigeons; Conclusion. How I Became A Falconer: First experiences with kestrels, sparrowhawks, merlins, early notes on flying the merlin, my old enthusiasm; Sport, hawks frightening game from the land, permission to fly at grouse, black cloud; Storm cloud, the Princess, Islay, nearly blinded, an appeal to the generosity of sportsmen; Some trifling anecdotes; Chapter Five is chiefly on the goshawk. .

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Holloway, W.H.; Wright, Frank; Soper, George; Prater, Ernest; Robinson, T.H.; Webb, Arch.; Shepherd, J.A. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Beyond the Law - Part I of the First True Account of the Exploits of the World's Most Noted Outlaws, by Emmett Dalton, the only survivor of the "Dalton Gang" - article with photos and great cover illustration; Wonders of the Teleferica - an interesting account of the remarkable aerial lines/cableways used by the Italians to transport men, guns, and provisions in the high Alps - article with many photos; The Youngest Soldier in the French Army - photo of 11-year-old Charles Meux of the French Army; Tales of the Service - Part I - A Night in a Vat; A Woman's Journey Across Africa - Part II - Eva J. Jordan, F.R.G.S. travelled with her husband for four-thousand miles through the great Equatorial Forest of Central Africa, becoming the first woman to penetrate this area - article with photos; A Night of Terror - an associate of Izaak Walton sinks into quicksand while fishing; Buried in a Snowdrift - a mining engineer is caught in an avalanche in the Andes; "Hooshta!" - the Tragedy of an Australian camel race - a stirring story from the West Australian goldfields; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part I - Fanny and William Workman describe their Himalayan mountaineering exploits - article with map and great photos; Thrice Through the Jaws of Death - Sergeant J. Harte of the Inland Water Transport relates hair-breadth escapes at sea and on land; How We Built the Bridge - War story related by a corporal of the canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps; Crossing the Canal - A despatch orderly attempts to cross the Suez Canal at night; Some Adventures of a Newspaper Woman - Marie Harrison provides a graphic and thrilling account of her startling adventures in search of 'copy'; The Railway Conquest of the Bay - a photo-illustrated account of the building of the Hudson Bay Railway; A Happy Family - humorous account of the antics of a number of strange pets belonging to a party of colonials in Singapore; A Modern Grace Darling - Miss Ella Trout rescues a sailor from a torpedoed ship off the coast of Devon - article with nice photos of Miss Trout; Photo of a group of Solomon Islands head-hunters reading The Wide World Magazine; Interesting four-page illustrated stock offering by Guaranteed Tractors, Inc., Edmund G. Soward, President; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 4-88, 9-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.

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