Gilbert Blaine - Falconry - 1936

A very RARE and beautiful book on "Falconry" (The Sportsman's Library, volume XV) written by Gilbert Blaine and published in 1936.
A classic of falconry describing the training and care of hawks, by the renowned falconer Blaine, drawing on more than 40 years of experience in the field. Blaine, a longtime member of the Old Hawking Club, "was one of those legendary figures who seems to come along in falconry every so often, raising the standards of the sport as well as pushing the envelope of what can be accomplished" (Gallagher). His useful handbook provides an introduction to the sport, and includes a glossary of falconry terms as well as a short bibliography on the subject, mentioning an English edition of the famous Persian falconry treatise "Baz-Nama-Yi Nasiri". - The plates show a greenland falcon, a falcon eyass, a passage falcon, a falcon pluming a grouse, two eyass tiercels, a goshawk, and a team of passage hawks weathering. The smaller illustrations in the text display falconer's equipment, the beaks of falcons and hawks, and the technique of repairing damaged feathers. -
Book in very good condition for age, externally light wear around edges and corners, shelfwear. Inside light stains but overall clean and complete. Lacking ffe??? Light pencil signs on margins-very few. Library numbers on spine??? Endpapers spotted.
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