From James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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One of 100 numbered copies, reproducing the original edition of 1886. This copy no. 8, for Mr. David Wagstaff. Illustrated with four plates and a map. 1 vols. 8vo. Connett's fine facsimile of the 1886 year book of the Westminster Kennel Club, established in Babylon, Long Island, in 1877. "An extremely rare and hard-to-get Derrydale" - Frazier David Wagstaff (1883-1951), Harvard class of 1905, was a noted sportsman and bibliophile. Siegel writes, "One of America's most prominent sporting book collectors, Mr. Wagstaff was a member of the Grolier Club, and Curator of Sporting Books at Yale University. He was a noted judge and authority on sporting dogs and a member of the Westminster Kennel Club and the Restigouche Salmon Club" (Siegel). He contributed an introduction to The English Springer Spaniel in America (1930) and a chapter to Connett's Upland Game Bird Shooting in America. An uncommon Derrydale with excellent provenance. Siegel 32; Frazier W-6-a Pale brown gilt-stamped cloth, decorative endpapers. Front hinge open at first leaf of text, else fine Illustrated with four plates and a map. 1 vols. 8vo One of 100 numbered copies, reproducing the original edition of 1886. This copy no. 8, for Mr. David Wagstaff. Seller Inventory # 243318
Bibliographic Details
Title: Westminster Kennel Club
Publisher: The Derrydale Press, New York
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Hardcover
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