Lyman Melvin (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

hardback. First edition, 1985. Non-fiction, LDS, Mormon missionary doctor 264 Fine. in a good dust wrapper that has some small tears on the edges. signed by the author.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Well-preserved copy with no markings. Crisp, clean with solid binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Good with some wear. 3rd Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Seventh Printing. Large thick and Heavy Vintage Hardcover, Stated Seventh Printing, 1994, North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks, 465 pages. Near Fine, in a Very Good+ DJ. Terra cotta textured cloth boards with gilt titles and emblem - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear and a small wrinkle at the bottom of the DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked with a very faint touch of age tanning to the edges. Binding tight. 45 chapters, glossary, Bibliography, Index and Advertisements. 23 full color illustrations and 29 Black and White illustrations. Printed on high quality and heavy stock. A very handsome copy in DJ.LOC SS-TS-01.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 313 pp, index, colour and b/w illustrations. Signed, inscribed and dated by Frank Beebe on front free endpaper. Boards are very grubby, lightly bumped corners, leatherette title strip at spine is lifting at all corners. Previous owner's rubber name-stamp front cover and ffep, previous seller's store sticker title page and back endpaper. Foredges a little thumb-soiling. beco.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). (1964) 2013 9th edition. Large 4to (230 x 298mm). Two large hardback volumes. Pp832. Many full-page colour and b/w plates, colour and b/w illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Blue boards, titled in gilt with gilt vignette. Dark blue slipcase. Two new and unread volumes in dust-wrappers presented together in one slip-case. Mint. The latest edition of the bible of American falconry, brought up to date with much new material, including new chapters on hunting with Red-tailed, Harris', and Ferruginous hawks, and Aplomado falcons, and chapters on hoods, hooding and hood patterns. Plus - a huge amount of information from the previous editions, mainly by Frank Beebe and Hal Webster, has been undated and revised. Other contributors include Michael McDermott, Tom Cade, Gary Brewer, Matthew Mullenix, Stuart Rossell, Kirk Hohenberger, Pete Widener, Rick Sharpe and James Enderson. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Limited Edition. Limited edition #375 of 2000. Errata sheet laid in. Ex library. DJ is glued to covers which have moderate wear to corners and edges. Library embossment on FFEP. Ink marks on all edges of textblock and both free endpapers. Circulation envelope on back free endpaper. Interior else clean and unmarked. DJ is in library mylar wraps with significant wear, including a shelving sticker. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 516 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eighth Printing. :: A modern scientific approach to the ancient subject of falconry and hawking written by two practicing falconers, with step-by-step approaches to technical problems including managing the health of raptors and breeding. :: An extensive reference work for all professional Wildlife Management Officials, Zoologists, Ornithologists, Biologists, and Amateur Bird Watchers. :: 48 full-page illustrations in color and many black & white etchings. :: Bound in publisher's chocolate brown leatherette, front board bears title, authors, and illustration of a hawk in bright gold. Title and authors lettered in gold down spine. Large, heavy volume. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 11/16 inches; 285 x 220 millimeters). 475 pages. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good+ in a Near Fine / Very Good+ jacket.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). (1964) 2000 reprint. Large 4to (220 x 287mm). Ppxiv,465. Many full-page colour plates, mono plates, illustrations, bibliography, colour pictorial end-papers, ads. Gilt falcon motif and titles to brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Not signed or numbered. The 2000 edition of the bible of North American falconry. Chapters include: Introduction to North American falconry; The falconer; Problems and legal aspects; The nature of predation; The birds of falconry; A few comparisons; Hawk furniture and housing; On obtaining a bird; Field equipment; Eyass or passenger; The status of the Peregrine Falcon, Tom Cade; Hoods and hooding Parts I & II, Gene Johnson; Lures and luring; The Peregrine Falcon, the unhackle; The Peregrine Falcon, the Arctic migrants; The Peregrine Falcon, game hawking; The Prairie Falcon; The Prairie Falcon, with Michael McDermott; The Cooper's hawk, with Michael McDermott; The Sharp-Shinned Hawk, with Michael McDermott; Training the accipiters - imprinting, Michael McDermott; The accipiters, game hawking, Michael McDermott; The passage goshawk, Ben G. Ohlander; The North American Merlin; The North American Kestrel Parts I & II, with Matthew Mullenix; Conditioning; Of wind and weather; Of moult and feather; Dr. Mike's foolproof imping, J. Michael Pearson; Shipping raptors; Pigeons; Diseases, ailments and injuries Parts I & II, Patrick Redig, Victoria Joseph; Humble beginnings, the story of NAFA; Transportation and field procedure; Flying passage prairies on sage grouse, Hubert Quade; Breeding falcons and hawks in captivity, James H. Enderson, Pete Widener Jr., Greg Thomas; Raising, training and hunting the Harris' hawk, Parts I & II, Neil Smith, Gene Johnson; The dogs of falconry, Hal Webster; English pointers and falconry dogs, Dale Guthormsen; The Sky Trial concept, Rick Sharp; The kite technique, Dale Guthormsen; The future of falconry. Foreword by Dr. Heinz Meng. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). (1964) 2000 reprint. Large 4to (220 x 287mm). Ppxiv,465. Many full-page colour plates, mono plates, illustrations, bibliography, foreward by Dr. Heinz Meng, colour pictorial end-papers, ads. Gilt falcon motif and titles to brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Unobtrusively bumped, top-edge slightly dusty else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Copy number 1686. Signed and numbered by Hal Webster. The latest edition of the bible of North American falconry. Chapters include: Introduction to North American falconry; The falconer; Problems and legal aspects; The nature of predation; The birds of falconry; A few comparisons; Hawk furniture and housing; On obtaining a bird; Field equipment; Eyass or passenger; The status of the Peregrine Falcon, Tom Cade; Hoods and hooding Parts I & II, Gene Johnson; Lures and luring; The Peregrine Falcon, the unhackle; The Peregrine Falcon, the Arctic migrants; The Peregrine Falcon, game hawking; The Prairie Falcon; The Prairie Falcon, with Michael McDermott; The Cooper's hawk, with Michael McDermott; The Sharp-Shinned Hawk, with Michael McDermott; Training the accipiters - imprinting, Michael McDermott; The accipiters, game hawking, Michael McDermott; The passage goshawk, Ben G. Ohlander; The North American Merlin; The North American Kestrel Parts I & II, with Matthew Mullenix; Conditioning; Of wind and weather; Of moult and feather; Dr. Mike's foolproof imping, J. Michael Pearson; Shipping raptors; Pigeons; Diseases, ailments and injuries Parts I & II, Patrick Redig, Victoria Joseph; Humble beginnings, the story of NAFA; Transportation and field procedure; Flying passage prairies on sage grouse, Hubert Quade; Breeding falcons and hawks in captivity, James H. Enderson, Pete Widener Jr., Greg Thomas; Raising, training and hunting the Harris' hawk, Parts I & II, Neil Smith, Gene Johnson; The dogs of falconry, Hal Webster; English pointers and falconry dogs, Dale Guthormsen; The Sky Trial concept, Rick Sharp; The kite technique, Dale Guthormsen; The future of falconry. .…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. some light wear. discoloration from age. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good: shows minimal shelving wear; a hint of dampstaining at the upper corner of the rear endpapers; fairly heavy foxing to the outside edges; the binding leans but remains secure; the text is clean. Clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club. NOT Ex-Library. 4to (11.3 x 8.8 x 1 inches). Edited by Abie Jean Burdette. Glossary of Falconer's terms. Bibliography. 12 beautiful full-page color plates; 21 black & white pen and ink drawings. Deep red crimson linen over boards with gilt falcon design at the front panel and gilt titles at the backstrip. First Edition (1964) ; Third Printing (1972). Hardcover: Lacks DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xii, 313 pages. …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1964) 1994 new edition. Large 4to (222 x 286mm). Ppxiv,465,ads. Many full-page colour plates, b/w plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Dark tan pitted cloth, gilt falcon's head motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken, slight use but a good numbered copy in poor dust-wrapper. "The only up-to-date treatise on falconry and hawking. Also additional chapters on the ecology of rare or little-known species of raptors only found in North America. Special chapters on breeding falcons and hawks in captivity, falconry dogs and ferrets." . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1964) 1994 new edition. Large 4to (222 x 286mm). Ppxiv,465,ads. Many full-page colour plates, b/w plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Dark tan pitted cloth, gilt falcon's head motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly shaken, slight use but good numbered copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Inscribed by Harold Webster: "To Mike Calvin, continued good luck and success in all of your falconry pursuits. Hal W.". "The only up-to-date treatise on falconry and hawking. Also additional chapters on the ecology of rare or little-known species of raptors only found in North America. Special chapters on breeding falcons and hawks in captivity, falconry dogs and ferrets." . …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. No Jacket. Very little wear to cover, corners, and edges. Top corners lightly bumped. Binding is tight, pages are unmarked and crisp. Book is printed upside down and backwards. There are two small dents on the bottom edges of the book. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. This is limited edition number 232 of 2000 made. It appears to have been signed by both authors on the limitation page. While it is possible to have been printed, there is slight indentation on the verso. The dust jacket is in poor state due to most of the spine being missing, however the front and rear covers remain whole and legible. The boards are a little rubbed and edge worn but strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a gift inscription under the front board but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. Securely bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). (1964) 1989 6th edition. Large 4to (222 x 287mm). Ppxii,386 + 13pp ads. Full-page colour plates, b/w plates, illustrations, pictorial front end-papers. Dark blue faux leather, upper board and spine titled in silver-gilt with silver-gilt falcon motif. Slight use & small owner's label but good-plus in dust-wrapper. Copy number 6-891 of an unstated limitation. "The only up-to-date treatise on falconry and hawking. Also additional chapters on the ecology of rare or little-known species of raptors only found in North America. Special chapter on breeding falcons and hawks in captivity". Contributors: Dr. James H. Enderson, Dr. Sterling Bunnell, Dr. Heinz Meng, Peter J. Asborno, Gene Johnson, Rod & Ellen Gehrlein, and Greg Thomas. This edition is numbered on the title-page though no limitation statement is given. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). (1964) 1985 reprint (The Silver Anniversary Edition). Large 4to (222 x 287mm). Ppxii,386 + 4pp ads. Full-page colour plates, b/w plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Dark blue faux leather, upper board and spine titled in silver-gilt with silver-gilt falcon motif. Boards just slightly bumped else very good in frayed and slightly faded dust-wrapper. Signed by the author "Good luck with your new Harris' Hawk, Hal." Numbered copy #1082. "The only up-to-date treatise on falconry and hawking. Also additional chapters on the ecology of rare or little-known species of raptors only found in North America. Special chapter on breeding falcons and hawks in captivity". Contributors: Dr. James H. Enderson, Dr. Sterling Bunnell, Dr. Heinz Meng, Peter J. Asborno, Gene Johnson, Rod & Ellen Gehrlein, and Greg Thomas. This 1985 printing is the Silver Anniversary Edition. An important printing, described by John Swift as ".the first major revision" to the book ".with four new and important chapters. [and] seven new contributors." This edition is numbered on the title-page though no limitation statement is given. We have seen many copies numbered over 1,000 and so assume that around 1,500 to 2,000 copies were printed. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). (1964) 1970 2nd printing. Large 4to (220 x 286mm). Ppxii,316 + 1pp ads. Many full-page colour plates, b/w plates, illustrations, bibliography. Cream linen, green and gilt falcon head design on black roundel to upper board, spine titled in green and gilt on black cloth. Slight browning and use, bookseller's label to end-paper but good copy in poor dust-wrapper. The bible of North American falconry. "No library on this continent has a really comprehensive modern work on falconry. [We] eventually came to the conclusion that right here was really the great single obstacle to public and official acceptance of falconry in North America today. The obstacle was ignorance, ignorance compounded by the fact that accurate information on the subject was so utterly lacking." The authors aimed to fill this gap with a comprehensive, practical, scientifically sound work which would match the classics of the field for solidity, scope, as well as the quality and quantity of its illustrations. Beebe and Webster not only succeeded in their aim, they regularly updated, revised and expanded this book which more than anything else, has formed the foundation of North American falconry. This 1970 second printing is a facsimile of the first edition. Swift states that 1,000 copies were printed. It has become quite scarce. .…