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The gyr is the largest, fastest and arguably the most beautiful falcon in the world. For centuries man has been driven to acquire live specimens from their Arctic territory for sport and even as currency. This is a study of the species, using drawings, sketches, paintings and photographs. The author examines the gyrfalcon's role in natural history, its place in literature and its long-established use in falconry.
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The gyr is the largest, fastest and arguably the most beautiful falcon in the world. For centuries man has been driven to acquire live specimens from their Arctic territory for sport and even as currency. This is a study of the species, using drawings, sketches, paintings and photographs. The author examines the gyrfalcon's role in natural history, its place in literature and its long-established use in falconry.
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GYRFALCON. By Emma Ford.
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John Murray. London. 1999, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0719555140
ISBN 13 : 9780719555145
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. Oblong folio (320 x 278mm). Pp191. Colour plates by Antony Rhodes, Andrew Ellis and others, colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt, silk marker. Slightly bumped else fine in slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper. A handsome celebration of the gyr, beautifully illustrated by two of Britain's most talented wildlife artists, as well as with reproductions of many older works by Wolf, Lodge, Thorburn and others. Chapters on gyrfalcons in American falconry and on captive breeding of gyrfalcons by Robert Berry, and on adaptation for survival in Arctic regions by Tom Cade. . N° de réf. du vendeur 9363
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GYRFALCON. By Emma Ford.
Edité par
John Murray. London. 1999, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0719555140
ISBN 13 : 9780719555145
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Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. Oblong folio (320 x 278mm). Pp191. Colour plates by Antony Rhodes, Andrew Ellis and others, colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt, silk marker. Fine new unread copy in dust-wrapper. A handsome celebration of the gyr, beautifully illustrated by two of Britain's most talented wildlife artists, as well as with reproductions of many older works by Wolf, Lodge, Thorburn and others. Chapters on gyrfalcons in American falconry and on captive breeding of gyrfalcons by Robert Berry, and on adaptation for survival in Arctic regions by Tom Cade. . N° de réf. du vendeur 3995
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Hardcover. Etat : new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. N° de réf. du vendeur 60E56_38_0719555140
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