O for a Falconer's Voice: Memories of the Old Hawking Club
- Publisher : Crowood Press
- Illustrations : 8 col plates+ b/w illus
Description:
A modern history of British falconry, documenting the Old Hawking Club (1863-1926), the organisation largely responsible for maintaining the practice and traditions of game hawking in Britain at a time when the sport had dwindled to a small number of devotees. Drawing extensively on the diaries, correspondence and reminiscences of its members, Upton recreates the personalities, hawks and sporting life of the Club and records an important transitional period between Victorian falconry and the foundation of the British Falconers' Club in 1927.
The title of the book, 'O, for a falconer’s voice', alludes to Juliet’s falconry imagery in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Condition
Fine in d/w.
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