In great condition! It's been on our bookshelf for years and has aged with grace.
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, a few small tears and toning. Seller Inventory # 9999-9990166421
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1970) 1973 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp185. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good. Tear to slightly tanned dust-wrapper. Frequently recommended by my customers as a straightforward and very useful guide to training labrador retrievers to the gun. "The amateur who undertakes the training of a dog must be an enthusiast. .This is a book written by an amateur for amateurs, although I hope my professional friends may get a little quiet amusement out of it. It is written while the difficulties of training are fresh in my mind - the professional has often forgotten the difficulties that troubled him in the early days. It sometimes wanders from the strict path of training - but after all this is how training should go - and I have tried to introduce a little humour. Whether I have written about a serious subject in a light manner or a light subject in a serious manner, I leave to the reader to decide." A detailed and wholly realistic book. Chapters include: Know your dog; On scent and scenting; On choosing a puppy, its housing and management; The first year; The training ground, the rabbit pen; On crime and punishment and the correction of faults; Handling; Training; Obstacles and how you hope to surmount them; Advanced handling; Advanced training; The errors of an amateur; The first and second seasons; On judges and judging; Of guns, stewards and professional trainers; Working tests and field trials; The final bounce. Appendices include: Excerpts from Registration and Field Trial Rules; Rules for Retriever Trials; Excerpts from the Standard Recommendations of the Retriever Advisory Committee. . Seller Inventory # 10954
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Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. James Croft; Arthur Robinson (illustrator). Second Edition. Dust-jacket is lightly rubbed on the corners. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Illustrator: James Croft; Arthur Robinson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0091189705. ISBN/EAN: 9780091189709. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57222011089. All our books are sent by tracked mail. Seller Inventory # 57222011089
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). (1970) 1973 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp185. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. Frequently recommended by my customers as a straightforward and very useful guide to training labrador retrievers to the gun. "The amateur who undertakes the training of a dog must be an enthusiast. .This is a book written by an amateur for amateurs, although I hope my professional friends may get a little quiet amusement out of it. It is written while the difficulties of training are fresh in my mind - the professional has often forgotten the difficulties that troubled him in the early days. It sometimes wanders from the strict path of training - but after all this is how training should go - and I have tried to introduce a little humour. Whether I have written about a serious subject in a light manner or a light subject in a serious manner, I leave to the reader to decide." A detailed and wholly realistic book. Chapters include: Know your dog; On scent and scenting; On choosing a puppy, its housing and management; The first year; The training ground, the rabbit pen; On crime and punishment and the correction of faults; Handling; Training; Obstacles and how you hope to surmount them; Advanced handling; Advanced training; The errors of an amateur; The first and second seasons; On judges and judging; Of guns, stewards and professional trainers; Working tests and field trials; The final bounce. Appendices include: Excerpts from Registration and Field Trial Rules; Rules for Retriever Trials; Excerpts from the Standard Recommendations of the Retriever Advisory Committee. . Seller Inventory # 21369
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). (1970) 1976 3rd edition. 8vo (140 x 216mm). Pp187. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used price-clipped dust-wrapper. Frequently recommended by my customers as a straightforward and very useful guide to training labrador retrievers to the gun. "The amateur who undertakes the training of a dog must be an enthusiast. .This is a book written by an amateur for amateurs, although I hope my professional friends may get a little quiet amusement out of it. It is written while the difficulties of training are fresh in my mind - the professional has often forgotten the difficulties that troubled him in the early days. It sometimes wanders from the strict path of training - but after all this is how training should go - and I have tried to introduce a little humour. Whether I have written about a serious subject in a light manner or a light subject in a serious manner, I leave to the reader to decide." A detailed and wholly realistic book. Chapters include: Know your dog; On scent and scenting; On choosing a puppy, its housing and management; The first year; The training ground, the rabbit pen; On crime and punishment and the correction of faults; Handling; Training; Obstacles and how you hope to surmount them; Advanced handling; Advanced training; The errors of an amateur; The first and second seasons; On judges and judging; Of guns, stewards and professional trainers; Working tests and field trials; The final bounce. Appendices include: Excerpts from Registration and Field Trial Rules; Rules for Retriever Trials; Excerpts from the Standard Recommendations of the Retriever Advisory Committee. . Seller Inventory # 17651
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). (1970) 1976 3rd edition. 8vo (140 x 216mm). Pp187. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Frequently recommended by my customers as a straightforward and very useful guide to training labrador retrievers to the gun. "The amateur who undertakes the training of a dog must be an enthusiast. .This is a book written by an amateur for amateurs, although I hope my professional friends may get a little quiet amusement out of it. It is written while the difficulties of training are fresh in my mind - the professional has often forgotten the difficulties that troubled him in the early days. It sometimes wanders from the strict path of training - but after all this is how training should go - and I have tried to introduce a little humour. Whether I have written about a serious subject in a light manner or a light subject in a serious manner, I leave to the reader to decide." A detailed and wholly realistic book. Chapters include: Know your dog; On scent and scenting; On choosing a puppy, its housing and management; The first year; The training ground, the rabbit pen; On crime and punishment and the correction of faults; Handling; Training; Obstacles and how you hope to surmount them; Advanced handling; Advanced training; The errors of an amateur; The first and second seasons; On judges and judging; Of guns, stewards and professional trainers; Working tests and field trials; The final bounce. Appendices include: Excerpts from Registration and Field Trial Rules; Rules for Retriever Trials; Excerpts from the Standard Recommendations of the Retriever Advisory Committee. . Seller Inventory # 18130
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Seller: BBB-Internetbuchantiquariat, Bremen, Germany
Gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. 3rd edition. 187 Seiten Zustand: sehr gut, Original-Schutzumschlag; a8247 9780091189709 Wenn das Buch einen Schutzumschlag hat, ist das ausdrücklich erwähnt. Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mwst. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 430. Seller Inventory # 168357
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