Hints on the management of hawks.

8vo: 48-32 pp. (some spotting, i.a. on title).

Mod. green quarter cloth (without the orig. boards with printed paper label), marbl. paper on boards, flat spine titled in gilt. Good copy.

Rare first edition of this manual on practical falconry and the management of hawks. "The various steps to be taken in taming, training, feeding and flying hawks" (Harting). 8 b/w ill. in text. 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements at the end: "A catalogue of books relating to angling, boating, cricket, farming, gardening, hunting, shooting, tennis, travel, yachting, &c., useful for country gentlemen, travellers, etc.".
Ref. Harting 80. - Schwerdt I:233.
Joined: Lutz, K.G. - Die Raubvögel Deutschlands. Nebst einem Unhang über Vogelschutz. Stuttgart, E. Hänselmann, 1887. 8vo. Ill. publ. cloth. 1st ed. B/w. ill. in text and 16 full-page col. pl. showing 38 birds of prey. (2 vol.)