Notes Falconry by Mellor (11 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.

8°. Oln. Condition: Gut. Mit 1 Tafel und 6 Textabb. XII, 83 S. Reprint der (limitierten numerierten) Ausgabe Cambridge, Selbstverlag 1949. - Exemplar aus der Sammlung 'Bibliotheca Tiliana' (Jagdbibliothek Kurt Lindner). Aufgrund der EU-Verpackungsverordnung (PPWR) Versand nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands möglich. Kein Versand in EU-Länder !! Due to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), shipping is now only possible within Germany. No shipping to other EU countries!! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.…

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

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). (1949) 1971 Reich reprint. Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Ppxii,83. B/w photograph plate, line illustrations, bibliography. Maroon cloth, upper board titled in gilt, spine untitled. Slight use but a very good copy. Numbered copy (#46) from an edition limited to 500 copies. * A facsimile reprint of Mellor's scarce, privately printed, introduction to falconry. Chapters include:- History; Choice of hawk and preparations to be made for its reception; Flying at 'Hack' and training; Feeding and useful hints; Sport with peregrine and goshawk - a lure and a goal; Glossary of some falconry terms - English and French; A review of ailments and accidents to which trained hawks are subject and of suggestions for their treatment; On the identity of certain parasitic mites; Biographical notes on persons mentioned in early records, chapter I, and corrections of certain errors; Falconers' clubs and associations in 1948. * This edition was stated to have been limited to only 500 numbered copies, however, John Swift states "Five hundred copies were scheduled, but actually only 250 were printed and bound." (Bibliotheca Accipitraria II, 2010). .…

8vo. XII, 83 pp., final blank page. With one photographic plate and 6 numbered illustrations in the text. Contemporary full cloth. The first and only edition of this "extremely interesting little book" (Jameson) on falconry by the British entomologist and member of the British Falconer's Club, J. E. M. Mellor (1890-1984). Enriched "with many historical comments not to be found in other works" (Jameson), it includes information on all relevant aspects of falconry, such as training, feeding, ailments, and parasites, as well as a glossary of falconry terms. The plate shows a neo-Hittite bas-relief in the Louvre displaying a child standing on his mothers knees holding the leash of a falcon. The text illustrations exhibit a falcon block, hoods, bells, jesses and swivels, how to prepare a dead bird to be fed to hawks, a bow-perch for a goshawk, and instructions for fixing damaged feathers. - Occasional light foxing. A very good copy of this rare work never seen at auction. - Jameson, American Hawking 138. Chamerlat, La fauconnerie et l'art 251. OCLC 12438224. Not in Harting. …

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.