The Book of the Racing Pigeon - Fact and Theory from Many Source Including the Author's Own Experience

The Book of the Racing Pigeon - Fact and Theory from Many Source Including the Author's Own Experience

Author: Carl Naether

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1447498178

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This early work on Pigeon Racing is an engrossing read for any pigeon racer of historian of the sport, but also contains a wealth of information and anecdote that is still pertinent and practical today. Recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of the pigeon fancier. Contents Include: The Homing Pigeon in the Long Ago - The Homer Becomes Standard Equipment for Post and War - Peacetime Pigeon Service in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Pigeons of World War I - Pigeons of World War II - The Racing Pigeon: Mixture of Many Feathers; The "Looks" of the Racing Pigeon; Pigeon Behaviour; Plumage and the Mold; General Care of Racing Homers; The Racing Loft; Breeding Methods; Training Young Birds; Racing Young Birds; Training Old Birds; Unusual Methods of Flying: Night and Two-way; The Homing Urge; Representative Racing-Pigeon Magazines: American and European; Important Books on Racing Pigeons; Racing-Pigeon Literature; and an Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.


Standard Catalog for High School Libraries

Standard Catalog for High School Libraries

Author: H.W. Wilson Company

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 1150

ISBN-13:

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The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.


Standard Catalog for High School Libraries

Standard Catalog for High School Libraries

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 1178

ISBN-13:

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The 1st ed. accompanied by a list of Library of Congress card numbers for books (except fiction, pamphlets, etc.) which are included in the 1st ed. and its supplement, 1926/29.


Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress

Published: 1951

Total Pages: 1300

ISBN-13:

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Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals


Book Review Digest

Book Review Digest

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Publisher:

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 1480

ISBN-13:

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Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.