The Encyclopedia of Falconry

by Adrian Walker

Pp. xvi, 152; 79 color photographs and color paintings, some line-drawings. Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. This 95,000-word encyclopedia contains some 1500 terms and idioms related to or connected with falconry, with explanations, derivations and notes. This well-illustrated work brings together the in-house names for hawks, tools, methods and concepts employed in falconry. The result is a unique, often oblique look at the falconer's art over the past 500 years (modified from the front jacket flap blurb). No ownership marks and no signs of use.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999