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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2000 ). 2000 1st edition. Large 4to (212 x 302mm). Ppviii,128. Colour & b/w photographs & illustrations. Yellow boards, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. The author "asks whether the current standards are drifting too far away from the original concept of the breed [and compares] the present English type and the Irish which .is very much the old type of dog." Chapters include: Introducing the Staffordshire Bull Terrier; Early history; The illegal sports; Establishment of the Pegdigree for Staffordshires; The Standards explained; Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier; Irish Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club; Breeding; Health of the dog; Odds and ends. . Seller Inventory # 12434