A BIRD IN THE HAND: CELEBRATED FALCONERS OF THE PAST. By Roger Upton.
1980 1st edition. 4to (248 x 275mm). Pp160. Colour plates and b/w photographs, pictorial end-papers. Blind-stamped pictorial green boards, spine titled in gilt.
Chapters on Colonel Thornton, Edward Newcombe and The Loo Club, The Old Hawking Club, T.J.Mann, W.H.St Quintin, Major Fisher, Major Radcliffe, Gilbert Blaine, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, the professional falconers, and famous hawks.
Chapters on Colonel Thornton, Edward Newcombe and The Loo Club, The Old Hawking Club, T.J.Mann, W.H.St Quintin, Major Fisher, Major Radcliffe, Gilbert Blaine, Viscount Portal of Hungerford, the professional falconers, and famous hawks.
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Book Code
8143
| Author | Upton (Roger). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 8143 |
| ISBN | 0905649346 / 0905649346. |
| Book Description | Very good in chipped and worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate of falconry book collector, Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. Inscribed "To Umberto Caproni. As a token of thanks from the Dannady family. John Dannady.". |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1980 |
| Publisher | Debrett's Peerage. |
| Place | London. |