PEREGRINE, BY EMMA FORD, PAINTINGS BY ANTONY RHODES PHOTO BY PIERS CAVENDISH

Fourth Estate. London. 1993 1st edition. Oblong folio. Colour plates & illustrations by Antony Rhodes, colour photographs, bibliography, pictorial end-papers. Fine in marked and faded slip-case This is Emma Ford's wide ranging account of the peregrine falcon, with many paintings paintings by Antony Rhodes, and photography by Piers Cavendish. Chapters include; foreword by Professor Tom Cade; the peregrine across the world; the peregrine in art and literature; the peregrine at the eyrie; the peregrine hunting; the peregrine and man; the captive breeding of peregrines; the history of the peregrine in falconry; the peregrine in contemporary falconry; the future for the peregrine. An appendix lists peregrine subspecies.