Search Results: falconry in the british isles by salvin francis henry

West Sussex UK: Beech Publishing House, 1997. Re-issue of 2nd Edition. Hardcover. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. First published in 1855. Traces the history of falconry from early times, prior to its introduction into Britain in AD 860. Shows the nature of the birds, method employed, implements necessary to carry out the sport. 24 color illustrations,147 pages. ; 7 3/4 x 10

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Tabard Press Ltd, 1970. Large hardback in very good condition with very good plus dust jacket. Price on front end page.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Great Britain, 1872. Comprised of: 1) a disbound set of the first edition sheets which have been heavily-corrected throughout in manuscript by Salvin, with 9 additional pages of manuscript tipped in (i.e., 1-94, 101-105, 111-147 [without the title, table of contents and a portion of Chapter 8 lacking]), with a manuscript note in the upper margin of the first page: "Revise & Proof returned to Printers Nov. 25th 1872"; 2) a complete unbound set of proof sheets, being reset intermediate(?) sheets between the first and second editions, with a few minor manuscript pencil corrections, and with lithographed proofs of plates I-III and V-XXIV (12 hand colored presumably by Brodrick), and with plate IV from the first edition (Female Peregrine Adult) present an an original watercolor by Brodrick; 3) 3 sets of tall galleys of the 2-page Glossary of Terms from the first edition, each with manuscript corrections by Salvin for the second edition; and 4) folded 8vo sheet with three original watercolors attributed to… Read More