9780920158043 - Observations on Modern Falconry by Stevens, R. (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Falconiforme Press. Saskatoon, Canada. 1978 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1956) 1978 3rd edition. 8vo (144 x 221mm). Pp112. Not illustrated. Dark green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Slight stain to cloth and front end-paper, but a very good copy. "This book is strictly 'Utility', that i…s why most of the romantic falconry terms have been left out and falcons have been called hawks. Opinions have been stripped of the customery verbal wrappings that modesty demands, but for that perhaps I may be forgiven under the plea thatI have tried to keep strictly to business." A wide-ranging book covering all the practical neccessities as well as that invaluable teaching which comes only from experience. Of this third edition "Five hundred copies were printed, of these 126 were presold, numbered, and bound in green leather with gold lettering. The remainder were bound in green cloth with black lettering." (Doug Bush). This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. .
Language: English
Published by Falconiforme Press. Saskatoon, Canada. 1978 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 120.00
£ 10.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). (1956) 1978 3rd edition. 8vo (144 x 221mm). Pp112. Not illustrated. Dark green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Bookseller's label on front paste-down, slight staining to cloth else very good copy. "This book is stric…tly 'Utility', that is why most of the romantic falconry terms have been left out and falcons have been called hawks. Opinions have been stripped of the customery verbal wrappings that modesty demands, but for that perhaps I may be forgiven under the plea thatI have tried to keep strictly to business." A wide-ranging book covering all the practical neccessities as well as that invaluable teaching which comes only from experience. Of this third edition "Five hundred copies were printed, of these 126 were presold, numbered, and bound in green leather with gold lettering. The remainder were bound in green cloth with black lettering." (Doug Bush). This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. .
