THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING. By E.B. Michell. First edition.
Michell (Edward Blair). (1842-1926).
Edité par Methuen & Co. London. 1900
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1900). 1900 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220m). Ppxii,291. Plates by G.E. Lodge, and from photographs. Library binding, recased in plain red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library but clean copy, neatly recased in plain red cloth, a good copy. "The object of the author has been to describe as briefly as was consistent with clearness the birds now chiefly used in the chase, and the manner of training and flying them. His hope is that some of the sportsmen who read these pages many, in spite of the difficulties which they will have to encounter, resolve to give this old and honourable sport a trial." Chapters include: History and literature; The birds used in hawking; Furniture and fittings; Eyesses and hack hawks; Passage hawks; Training and entering; Rook hawking; Game hawking; Lark hawking; Gulls, heron, kite, duck, etc; The goshawk; The sparrow-hawk; Home life; Hawks in the field; Lost hawks; Accidents and maladies; Moulting; Virtue and vice; Anecdotes and adventures. . N° de réf. du vendeur 37534
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Titre : THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING. By E.B. ...
Éditeur : Methuen & Co. London. 1900
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THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING. By E.B. Michell. First edition.
Edité par
Methuen & Co. London. 1900, 1900
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Évaluation du vendeur 5 sur 5 étoiles
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1900). 1900 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppxii,291. Plates by G.E. Lodge, and from photographs. Binding A - Red cloth, spine titled & illustrated in gilt, upper board with hawk & quarry motif in gilt. Ex library, well-used, numerous faults, adhesive plastic film to cloth. A good working copy only. "The object of the author has been to describe as briefly as was consistent with clearness the birds now chiefly used in the chase, and the manner of training and flying them. His hope is that some of the sportsmen who read these pages many, in spite of the difficulties which they will have to encounter, resolve to give this old and honourable sport a trial." Chapters include: History and literature; The birds used in hawking; Furniture and fittings; Eyesses and hack hawks; Passage hawks; Training and entering; Rook hawking; Game hawking; Lark hawking; Gulls, heron, kite, duck, etc; The goshawk; The sparrow-hawk; Home life; Hawks in the field; Lost hawks; Accidents and maladies; Moulting; Virtue and vice; Anecdotes and adventures. . N° de réf. du vendeur 45476
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THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING. By E.B. Michell. First edition.
Edité par
Methuen & Co. London. 1900, 1900
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1900). 1900 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppxii,291 + 40pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Plates by G.E. Lodge, and from photographs. Binding A - Red cloth, spine titled & illustrated in gilt, upper board with hawk & quarry motif in gilt. Quite heavily foxed but externally a nice clean copy. Good-plus. "The object of the author has been to describe as briefly as was consistent with clearness the birds now chiefly used in the chase, and the manner of training and flying them. His hope is that some of the sportsmen who read these pages many, in spite of the difficulties which they will have to encounter, resolve to give this old and honourable sport a trial." Chapters include: History and literature; The birds used in hawking; Furniture and fittings; Eyesses and hack hawks; Passage hawks; Training and entering; Rook hawking; Game hawking; Lark hawking; Gulls, heron, kite, duck, etc; The goshawk; The sparrow-hawk; Home life; Hawks in the field; Lost hawks; Accidents and maladies; Moulting; Virtue and vice; Anecdotes and adventures. . N° de réf. du vendeur 13758
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THE ART AND PRACTICE OF HAWKING. By E.B. Michell. First edition.
Edité par
Methuen & Co. London. 1900, 1900
Ancien ou d'occasion
Couverture rigide
Edition originale
Vendeur : Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Royaume-Uni
Évaluation du vendeur 5 sur 5 étoiles
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1900). 1900 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 230mm). Ppxii,291. Plates by G.E. Lodge, and from photographs. Binding B - Red cloth, spine titled & illustrated in gilt, upper board with rule & hawk & quarry motif printed in black. Spine faded, cloth slightly rubbed else good-plus. Capt. R.E.B. Yates' copy with his ownership signature and 1946 Henry Sotheran receipt and compliments slip laid in. "The object of the author has been to describe as briefly as was consistent with clearness the birds now chiefly used in the chase, and the manner of training and flying them. His hope is that some of the sportsmen who read these pages many, in spite of the difficulties which they will have to encounter, resolve to give this old and honourable sport a trial." Chapters include: History and literature; The birds used in hawking; Furniture and fittings; Eyesses and hack hawks; Passage hawks; Training and entering; Rook hawking; Game hawking; Lark hawking; Gulls, heron, kite, duck, etc; The goshawk; The sparrow-hawk; Home life; Hawks in the field; Lost hawks; Accidents and maladies; Moulting; Virtue and vice; Anecdotes and adventures. . N° de réf. du vendeur 43347
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