A Merlin for Me - Hardcover

A MERLIN FOR ME. By John Loft.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 224mm). Ppix,310. B/w illustrations by Andrew Haslen, Helen Macdonald, Peter Upton & the author. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in lightly used dust-wrapper. Signed by the author & with hand-written note from the author to the original purchaser laid in. The first book devoted to merlins and lark-hawking. "T.H. White wrote wonderful prose about the essence of falconry; such legendary hawkers as E. B. Michell and Ronald Stevens gave us insights into the birds. Now comes John Loft - poet, amateur zoologist, and living master of merlins, who can do both. There are delights, insights, wit and wisdom on every page." (Steven Bodio). Printed in small numbers, this first edition has become very hard to find. . Artikel-Nr. 62763

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