Language: English
Published by Blackie & Son, London, 1945
Seller: Riverside Books and Prints, Cold Spring, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Blackie & Son Limited Glagow, 1943. First edition. Second impression. Condition: Very Good. Printed and bound for the author. vii + 72pp; 8 plates; 11 text illustrations; pedigree charts etc. Original cloth scuffed and slightly discoloured.Scarce. [a detailed account which considers : origin of the breed; modern history; main lines; 'families' of bitches; breed standards; pedigree; breeding problems; colour and colour inheritance; character and temperament; exhibiting; the future. In the foreword Rosslyn Bruce describes the present publication as a 'really monumental work which will be a canine classic for several generations'].
Language: English
Published by Blackie & Son, 1945
Seller: Riverside Books and Prints, Cold Spring, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Blackie & Son Limited Glagow, 1943. First edition. Second impression. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Fair with one half inch strip missinf from lower front of jacket. Printed and bound for the author. vii + 72pp; 8 plates; 11 text illustrations; pedigree charts etc. Original cloth scuffed and slightly discoloured. Inscribed by author: "S. A. Roebuck With compliments H. N. Beilby 16/ 12/45" Scarce. [a detailed account which considers : origin of the breed; modern history; main lines; 'families' of bitches; breed standards; pedigree; breeding problems; colour and colour inheritance; character and temperament; exhibiting; the future. In the foreword Rosslyn Bruce describes the present publication as a 'really monumental work which will be a canine classic for several generations'].
Published by printed and Bound for the Author By Blackie and Son , Limited, London & Glasgow, 1948
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
US$ 476.18
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second & Updated Edition. Hardback book. Updated from the 1943 edition. Brick red boards with black lettering on the spine and front. v[vi-ix] 98 pages. Illustrated with 13 plates with photographic examples, plus text figure drawings, and pedigree lines.5 X 7.5 inches. Cloth a bit rubbed with a little wear to corners and foredge. All complete, sound and in good order, Inside all clean and unmarked. Very good copy, no dustwrapper.