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The Book Collection of Ryan WaldenRyan Walden was a falconer and educator. His travels included a 10 state area where he did demonstrations for sport shows and school programs with his Birds of Prey and other animals. He was also a carpenter and craftsman and made his own falconry gloves, hoods and equipment.
Proceeds from the sales of Ryan Walden's books go to benefit his wife Patricia Walden.
Please note that these books may be SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. See the Drop-Down menu for books that are currently available.
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A: (SOLD) THE BUZZARD by Colin R. Tubbs; David and Charles, London; 1974; 199 pages; black and white illustrations; black and white photograph plates; hardcover with dust jacket; 8.5 x 6; very good condition; $5.00
B: (SOLD) FALCONS RETURN (Restoring an Endangered Species) by John Kaufmann and Heinz Meng; William Morrow and Company, New York; 1975; 128 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white photographs; 9.5 x 6.75; good condition; $5.00
C: (SOLD) COURSING AND FALCONRY: THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES by Harding Cox and the Hon. Gerald Lascelles; Illustrations by John Charlton, R.H. Moore, Lancelot Speed, and G.E. Lodge; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1892; Standard Edition; black and white illustration and photograph plates throughout; other illustrations and photographs; hardbound in brown cloth in the standard trade binding for the Badminton Library series; 413 pages; list of other books in series on final pages; 7.5 x 5.5; good condition; some discoloring on pages; (PW) $95.00
D: (SOLD) HAWKS AND OWLS OF NORTH AMERICA (A Complete Guide to North American Birds of Prey) by Donald S. Heintzelman; Universe Books, New York; 1979; 197 pages; 8 color photograph plates; black and white photographs throughout; hardcover with dust jacket; 10 x 7; excellent condition; $5.00
E: A MONOGRAPH OF THE BIRDS OF PREY (ORDER ACCIPITRES) by H. Kirke Swann; Illustrations by H. Gronvold; Edited by Alexander Wetmore; includes 2 volumes of a 4 volume bound set: Volume 1 Part 2 (featuring Parts IV-VIII) and Volume 2 Part 2 (featuring Parts XIII-XVI); missing Parts I-III and Parts IX-XII; Wheldon & Wesley, LTD., London; 1925-1945; Volume 1 pages 197-487 and Volume 2 pages 257-538; hardcover; color illustration plates; photogravure plates; former library copy; limited to 412 copies; 12.5 x 10; good condition: $2000-$3000 for complete set, but this set is missing Volume 1 Part 1 and Volume 2 Part 1; (PW) $500.00
F: (SOLD) LIFE ON THE WING: ADVENTURES WITH BIRDS OF PREY by David T. Moran; signed by author numbered #120; Round Table Press, Boulder, Colorado; 1996; 251 pages; First Edition; Illustrations by G.D. Hayes, D.M. Reid-Henry, G.E. Lodge, P. Conway, R. Kline, D. Konkel, J. Konkel, J. McDonald, D.A. Shalders, J. Sherlock, M. Stouffer, and David Taylor Moran; black and white photographs and illustrations; 25 photograph and illustration color plates; hardcover with dust jacket; 8.5 x 11; excellent condition; (PW) $20.00
G: (SOLD) ALL THE BIRDS OF PREY (An American Conservancy Compact Guide by Jack L. Griggs; Paul Lehman: Ornithological Editor; Harper Perennial, New York; First Edition; 1999; color illustrations; paperback; 96 pages; 6 x 4; very good condition; $7.00
H: A HAWK FOR THE BUSH: A TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF THE SPARROW-HAWK AND OTHER SHORT-WINGED HAWKS by Jack Mavrogordato; Illustrations by G.E. Lodge; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York; New Revised Edition; 1974; American Version: 206 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; color illustration plates; 10 x 7.5; very good condition; (PW) $95.00
I: (SOLD) DESERT HAWKING II by Harry McElroy; signed by author; includes a handwritten note from the author to the previous book owner self-published; 1977; first edition; 188 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white photographs and illustrations; 11 x 8.5; good condition. This copy has been underlined throughout as the original owner read it. (PW) $195.00
J: (SOLD) BIRDS OF PREY by Gareth Parry and Rory Putman; Simon and Schuster New York; 1979; 120 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white illustrations; 35 color plates; 10.5 x 14; good condition; $5.00
K: (SOLD) BIRDS OF PREY A Grosset All-Color Guide; by Glenys and Derek Lloyd; Illustrations by Ken Lilly; Grosset & Dunlap Inc., New York; 1970; 159 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; 220 color illustrations; 8.25 x 5.75; fair condition; $5.00
L: (SOLD) NORTH AMERICAN FALCONRY & HUNTING HAWKS by Frank Lyman Beebe and Harold Melvin Webster; North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks, Denver Colorado; 1994; 7TH Edition; 465 pages; Book Numbered #1542; signed by Harold Webster hardcover with dust jacket; black and white photographs and illustrations; color illustration plates; 11 x 8.5; excellent condition; (PW) $35.00
M: (SOLD) FLIGHT OF THE FALCONby Michael Tennesen; Key Porter Books Limited, Toronto, Canada; 1992; 136 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; color photographs and illustrations; 11.5 x 9.5; excellent condition; $5.00
N: (SOLD) FALCONRY by Gilbert Blaine; Charles T Branford Company, Newton, Massachusetts; 1974 Edition; 253 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white illustrations; black and white photograph plates; 7.5 x 5; good condition; newer edition available at Western Sporting; $15.00
O: (SOLD) WONDERS OF THE HAWK WORLD by Sigmund A. Lavine; Dodd, Mead & Company, New York; 1972; illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams; hardcover with dust jacket; 9.25 x 6.75; good condition; $5.00
P: (SOLD) THE ART OF FALCONRY by The Hon Gerald Lascelles; Neville Spearman, London, 1971; hardcover with dust jacket; 163 pages; black and white illustrations; 7.5 x 5; good condition; $15.00
Q: (SOLD) BIRDS OF PREY Consulting Editor Dr. Ian Newton; Editorial Advisor Penny Olsen; Illustrations by Tony Pyrzakowski; Facts on File New York; 1990; 240 pages; color illustrations and photographs; hardcover with dust jacket; 9.75 x 12.5; very good condition; $10.00
R: (SOLD) A MANUAL OF FALCONRY by Michael Woodford; (with chapters on Rook Hawking and Game Hawking by J.G. Mavrogordato and Major S.E. Allen); foreword by Lord Portal of Hungerford; Adam & Charles Black, London; Second Edition; 1966; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white illustrations and photograph plates; 194 pages; 8.75 x 5.6; good condition; $15.00
S: (sold) BIRDS OF PREY by Michael Everett; Orbis Publishing Limited London; 1975; hardcover with dust jacket; color photograph prints; 128 pages; 9 x 12; fair condition; $10.00
T: (SOLD) BIRDS OF PREY (American Nature Guides) by Philip Burton; Illustrations by Trevor Boyer; Gallery Books, New York; 1991; 142 pages; color illustrations; ring binding; soft cover; 7.5 x 5; very good condition; $10.00
U: (SOLD) AUTUMN HAWK FLIGHTS: THE MIGRATIONS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICAby Donald S. Heintzelman; 1975; hardcover with dust jacket; Rutgers University Press; 399 pages; 88 photos; 48 maps; 60 tables; 40 charts/drawings/graphs; 2 appendixes; bibliography; index. $7.00
V: (SOLD) BEHIND THE SCENES(An Autobiography) by Jack Mavrogordato; Element Books Limited, The Old Brewery, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Great Britain; 1982; 185 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white photograph plates; 8.75 x 5.5; very good condition; $13.00
W: (SOLD) BRITISH BIRDS OF PREY by Leslie Brown; William Collins Sons & Co Ltd., London; 1976; 400 pages; hardcover with dust jacket; black and white photo plates; 8.5 x 6; excellent condition; $8.00
X: (SOLD) FALCONRY IN THE BRITISH ISLES by Francis Henry Salvin and William Brodrick; Field Sports Library; Beech Publishing House, West Sussex, England; 1997; 147 pages; 24 color plate illustrations; hardcover with dust jacket; 10 x 7.5; very good condition; $8.00
Y: (SOLD)EASTERN BIRDS OF PREY (A Guide to the Private Lives of Eastern Raptors) by Neal Clark; Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Maine; 1983; 174 pages; paperback; black and white photographs; 9 x 6; very good condition; $5.00
Z: (SOLD) NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREYS by Alexander Sprunt, Jr.; Foreward by Roger Tory Peterson; The National Audobon Society; Harper & Brothers, New York; 1955; First Edition; hardcover; 227 pages; 46 color plates; 9.5 x 6.25; good condition; $7.00