Cockfighting and Game Fowl - Couverture rigide

Atkinson, Herbert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0904558231 ISBN 13 : 9780904558234

Editeur : Spur Publishers, 1977

Synopsis

[Atkinson, Herbert] Game Cock. Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl. From the Note-Books of Herbert Atkinson of Ewelme, together With the Life and Letters of John Harris the Cornish Cocker. Edited With an Introductory Memoir by Game Cock. Reprint of the 1938 Edition. Liss (Hampshire), Spur Publications, 1977. Large Octavo. VIII, 253 pages. Ten plates in colour and twelve in black and white from paintings and drawings by the author. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. One illustration cleanly detached (with some sellotape remains). Includes chapters on: The Origin of Game Fowl / Rearing Game Chicken / Some curious Traits of Game Cocks / Feeding and Fighting / Conditioning Cocks and Cock Feeders / Jungle Cock Fighting / Method of Breeding / Colour of Game Cocks and Showing / Game Fowl and Dorkings / Eggs / Table Fowl / The enemies of Poultry / Indian Game, Asil / Cock - Pits / Great Sportsmen of the Old School / Henry Cliquennois / Lord Derby / Recollections of Richard Stamp / New York Rules on Cocking / My Experieces of Spanish Game Fowls / Cock-Fighting at Bali / The Oxford Old English Game Club / A Defence of Cock-Fighting / Types of Cocks / Did Game Cocks Mount earlier in ancient times ? / Old English Game in 1931 / etc. etc.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Spur Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0904558231
• ISBN 13: 9780904558234
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible