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Chicago: Argonaut Inc. , Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. "These are the first known writings on falconry in the western world and are particularly valuable to those interested in natural history as well as the history of the sport and its revival." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Light tanning and foxing to edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket is price-clipped. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear. Small creases and tears on corners and spine ends. Light age spotting to interior of jacket. Slightly tanned on spine. Tiny chip on head edge of back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages .

(Hardcover, 1969). 1999 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 220mm). Pp120. Two-colour plates, b/w illustrations, bibliogrpahy, pictorial end-papers. Blind-stamped titles to puce, paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Presentation inscription to a previous owner but a good copy in chipped and worn dust-wrapper. Bookplate of falconry book collector, Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. A translation into English of three early works on falconry. 1. The Treatise on Falconry of King Dancus. 2. The Treatise on Falconry of Albertus Magnus. 3. A Fragment of an Anglo-Norman Treatise on Falconry. These are preceded by "A short bibliography of falconry," actually a selection from the author's own library. (Swift 321.01). Later reprinted, with additional material, in FALCONRY UNCOMMON. .