A HAWK FOR THE BUSH: A TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF THE SPARROW-HAWK AND OTHER SHORT-WINGED HAWKS. By Jack Mavrogordato. First edition.
# 1960 1st edition. 4to (187 x 254mm). Ppxvi,144. Colour and b/w plates, illustrations by G.E. Lodge. Buff cloth, spine title and raptor motif in green.
# "The author's advice is based on more than 30 years' personal experience, embracing not only sparrow-hawks and other short-wings, but practically every falcon or hawk used in falconry, from gyr-falcon and saker to merlin and shikra."
# "The author's advice is based on more than 30 years' personal experience, embracing not only sparrow-hawks and other short-wings, but practically every falcon or hawk used in falconry, from gyr-falcon and saker to merlin and shikra."
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58023
| Author | Mavrogordato (Jack). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 58023 |
| ISBN | B0014U3U70. |
| Book Description | Ink-mark to end-paper, slight use but a very good copy in an exceptionally clean complete dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author "To Umberto from the author, Jack Mavrogordato, March 1976." Bookplate of falconry book collector Count Umberto Caproni di Tal |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1960 |
| Publisher | H.F. and G. Witherby. |
| Place | London. |