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An Ancient Sport in the New World: A History of Falconry in the Americas (Patron's edition, limited to 200 numbered copies). - Hardcover
Synopsis
Pp. xvi, 504; 350+ contemporary illustrations and photographs (some in color). Publisher's polished one-quarter calf leather, lettered in gold-foil on the spine, over forest-green cloth lettered in embossed gold foil stamping on the front cover, French marbled endpapers, in forest green cloth-covered slipcase trimmed in leather, 4to (26 x 21 cm, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). Archives of Falconry, Volume V. This is the Deluxe Patron's edition, limited to 200 numbered copies, this being P-109. The Patron's edition was issued to subscribers only and was 'out of print' at the time of publication of the work. The survey begins with some speculations of pre-Columbian falconry and then describes and illustrates the history of the sport in the New World from Columbus' initial voyages to the end of the twentieth century. No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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- PublisherThe Archives of Falconry
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 096198399X
- ISBN 13 9780961983994
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages503
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