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THE PIGEON FANCIER'S

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A TRULY WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF 50 VINTAGE BOOKS ON ONE UNIQUE DVD, INCLUDING SOME REALLY RARE TITLES TEACHING YOU ALL YOU COULD EVER WANT TO KNOW ABOUT PIGEONS - PIGEON-FANCYING, PIGEON-RACING, DOVECOTES, AVIARIES, BREEDING & REARING SQUABS, FEEDING PIGEONS, HOMING & CARRIER PIGEONS & LOADS MORE. THE FULL LIST OF TITLES BELOW SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!

This superb compilation of 50 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally hundreds of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The full list of titles is as follows:

A new pigeon from Colombia by H. Conover (1921)

A treatise on the art of breeding and managing tame, domesticated, and fancy pigeons by J. Moore (1852)

American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs by E. Egglestone (1921)

Birds and the war by H. Gladstone (1919)

Experiments in genetics and evolution on the pigeon by J. Anderson (1921)

Fancy pigeons containing full directions for their breeding and management, with descriptions of every known variety, and all other information of interest or use to pigeon fanciers by J. Lyell (1881)

Food value of squabs (1918)

Guide to successful squab raising by M. Jones (1909)

Homing and related activities of birds by J. Watson (1915)

Homing With The Birds by G. Stratton (1919)

How to breed, rear & train the Macclesfield tippler and the high-flying tumbler pigeon by G. Smith (1886)

How to make money with squabs (1916)

How to raise squab for profit by F. Reilly (1904)

Line breeding for the pigeon fancier by E. Chapman (1909)

My foreign doves and pigeons by R. Alderson (1911)

Pigeon Book by C. A. Naether (1921)

Pigeon diseases with a chapter on feeding by E. Dietz (1919)

Pigeon raising by A. Macleod (1913)

Pigeon shooting by A. Money (1896)

Pigeons and all about them by C. House (1920)

Pigeons their structure, varieties, habits, and management by W. Tegetmeier (1868)

Poultry and pigeon show by Connecticut Fair Association (1909)

Profitable pigeon breeding; a practical manual explaining how to breed pigeons successfully,--whether as a hobby or as an exclusive business by F. Hazard (1922)

Profitable squab breeding by C. Dare (1914)

Published figures and plates of the extinct passenger pigeon by R. Schufeldt (1921)

Squab culture by C. Twombly (1905)

Squab culture by D. Wood (1916)

Squabs. Devoted to the practical side of squab raising by W. Merril (1905)

The American poultry and pigeon fanciers' and breeders' directory by E. Lord (1881)

The Belgian racing pigeon and its practical treatment by L. Vermeijen (1900's)

The dovecote and the aviary by E. Dixon (1800s)

The Feather's practical pigeon book by J. Long (1903)

The fertilization and early development of the pigeon's egg by E. Harper (1902)

The myology of the pigeon (columba livia), a study of the muscular system of the pigeon by C. Burk (1893)

The national standard squab book by E. Rice (1905)

The New & Complete Pigeon-Fancier by D. Girton (1908)

The only complete directory of the poultry, pigeon & pet stock breeders in the United States of America by F. Crocker (1891)

The oriental frill pigeon; with notes on breeding, management, exhibiting, feeding by F. Machin (1920)

The passenger pigeon by W. B. Merson (1907)

The passenger pigeon by W. Thompson (1922)

The passenger pigeon early historical records, 1534-1860

The passenger pigeon in Ontario by M. Mitchell (1921)

The passenger pigeon in Pennsylvania, its remarkable history, habits and extinction by J. French (1919)

The pigeon book by A. H. Osman (1910)

The pigeon standard by C. E. Twombly (1900)

The pleasures of a pigeon-fancier by J. Lucas (1886)

The practical pigeon keeper by L. Wright (1892)

The Robinson method of breeding squabs; a full account of the new methods and secrets of the most successful handler of pigeons in America by E. Rice (1901)

The working homer by J. Webber (1904)

The young angler, naturalist, and pigeon and rabbit fancier (1860)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in pigeon fancying, racing, breeding & rearing – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or audio CD player.

** Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the disc **

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