Notes Falconry by Mellor J E M (8 results)

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, G. xii+83pp, 1 b/w plate, 4 text figs, index, Ex Public School Library with two bookplates & one ink stamp, accession number to the spine, corners bumped & a little worn, a fair copy. Uncommon collection of essays on various aspects of Falconry, including - a guide for beginners on chosing a hawk, training it & sport with a trained bird - a glossary of English & French falconry terms - treatments for common hawk injuries & ailments - bibliography etc. 175 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited copy 216 of 500. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Glazed Dark Green Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. xii, 83pp illustrated with a black & white frontispiece and other drawings in the text, pages clean and crisp, spotting to endpapers, glazed dark green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches. Falconry.

pp.xii, 83 with one b/w. photo. & text figs. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block and ends o/w a fine hardback. Comes with an approving, period, newspaper review of 'Notes on Falconry'. Mellor, a praticising falconer, had flown a variety of hawks in India and produced this work of advice on flying and training hawks. A practical treatise in which he recommends the learner to start with a Kestrel. It considers dealing with ailments and accidents to hawks and their treatment. Concludes with a glossary, bibliography and full index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Numbered Edition. Limited to 500 copies, this is #104; pages mildly toning, small bookstore address label inside rear cover; 83 pages.

Condition: Good. No jacket. Marks/scratches to cover & wear to edges, some board exposed. Foxing to textblock edges/endpapers. Inscription at front & pen over text on copyright page. Tanning/some marks to pages, small tears to edges & some stains to corners. Text good.

1st Edn,. XII 83 pages, printed for the author in Cambridge, text illus, heavy foxing to EP + 1 full page plates, publishers green cloth, Mellor a praticising falconer had flown a variety of hawks in India, produced this short work of advice on flying and training hawks. Swift 397-01, scarce.

1st Edn, XII 83 pages, printed for the author in Cambridge, text illus, heavy foxing to EPs, publishers green cloth, Mellor a praticising falconer had flown a variety of hawks in India, produced this short work of advice on flying and training hawks. Swift 397-01, scarce.