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By: Dunn, J. Allan
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1926
Edition: Book Club Edition
Seller Id: R46520
Condition: Very Good
This is a factual story. A nice color illustrated hardcover with bumped spine ends showing color loss and fairly sharp tips. Grey cloth covered boards display well despite some very faint splotchyness on periphery and some rubbing at head of spine cloth. One tidy, 1967 gift presentation on fep, 195 pp text is untrimmed on the fore-edge, and is dyed a faint pink color at head of page block. Not exlib. Price-clipped color illustrated dust wrapper shows BORU scrapping with a bald eagle. BORU is a real dog, presented by a man who knows and loves dogs and who can make them live in the pages... View more info
By: Edalati, Rudy
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Three Rivers Press: 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller Id: 27062
ISBN: 0609804421
Condition: Fine
1st edition paperback, signed presentation copy, author signed: "To Duffy and his family. Enjoy! Rudy Edalati" on fep. Crisp uncreased paperback 208 pp. Canine cooking that will leave them begging for more. View more info
Price: $37.00
Publisher: NY, Howell Book House, Inc: 1974
Edition: Third Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller Id: 22025
ISBN: 0876055196
Condition: Near Fine
3rd printing hardcover signed by author, not to anyone in particular, just "Best Luck! Rachel Page Elliott". 95 pp text is crisp and unmarked. This book is especially aimed for the layman, with clear and easy-to-understand drawings. Study of this material will aid all in recognizing what is good and what is faulty action, and the application of what is learned should produce rewarding results for the conscientious dog breeder. View more info
By: Emanuel, Walter
Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, Wiliam Heinemann: 1950
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 27871
Condition: Near Fine
Reprint hardcover in fab condition. Smaller format measures 5" x 6.5". Lovely ecru boards with beige cloth spine and red titles with cute Aldin illustration on cover. Book is now in a flexible, removable plastic cover to protect. Bookplate on fep. 60 heavy cardstock pages sewn in binding. Spine cracked at one spot but all pages holding fine. Story of a dog's adventures hour by hour and his mischief and trouble making. View more info
By: Emanuel, Walter
Price: $47.00
Publisher: London, Wiliam Heinemann: 1904
Seller Id: 39001
Condition: Good +
1904 Large format, very early edition measures 11 inches tall x 8 1/2 inches wide. Boards soiled, corners rubbed with loss of paper at extremities, especially fore-edge of frt board. Spine of backstrip rubbed with chipped outer paper at head and foot showing sewn packets. 58 pp text tight with one short closed tear to fore edge of one page (doesn't affect the illustration, only in margin). Filled with cute Aldin illustrations. Still displays ok on the shelf. Rare large, early edition first published in 1902, with a new edition the following year. 1904 brought three new cheap editions of wh... View more info
By: Evans, Hubert
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1930
Seller Id: R46507
Condition: Fair
Solid reading copy hardcover in turquoise colored cloth covered boards with black titles. Heavy shelfwear at bottom of spine and board feet with cloth loss at spine edge, tips bumped and rubbed, Illustrated endpapers fore and aft, front end paper soiled. 252 pp text is tight and bright. Unclipped (and unpriced) dj in new mylar looks fab. It is a professional reproduction that displays very well from any side. A third volume in the author's Derry anthology, about an Airedale terrier that lived in the wild west. View more info
By: Evans, Hubert
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1929
Seller Id: R46508
Condition: Very Good
Gift quality hardcover in turquoise colored cloth covered boards with black titles on frt board and spine. Small 'ding' in foot of rear board, former owner's tasteful bookplate on illustrated frt pastedown. Tips and spine ends bumped but not rubbed through. 268 tight & bright pages without writing or tears. A delightful story of a pedigreed Airedale and Mac, his canine friend who was half Newfoundland and half husky. This tale recounts their adventures with their master, Ed Sibley as they live in the wilderness of the great untamed Northwest. View more info
By: Evans, Hubert
Price: $28.00
Publisher: NY, Grosset & Dunlap: 1928
Seller Id: R46509
Condition: Very Good
Beautiful copy in beige 'tweedy' paper covered boards with bumped tips and spine ends. Tidy gift dedication on fep, text tight and bright. Original, unclipped (and unpriced) color illustrated DJ in new mylar has a closed tear at foot of both panels, one at the upper fore-edge of rear panel and small chips at tips. 253 pp. Derry was a finely bred airedale belonging to Ed Sibley of Twin Forks in the wide open country of the Northwest. As a young dog he was rather inclined to disobedience and wildness, qualities that disappointed his master, who had hoped to make a companion of him in that rou... View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: WA, Storytellers, Inc: 1991
Seller Id: 45812
ISBN: 0962307262
Condition: Very Good
1st printing paperback has light color loss at tips and along spine edge. 1" bit of clear tape over foot of spine, 46 pp text clean, no names, or tears, and some wrinkles from thumbing. When a puppy is abandoned by its owners on a deserted country road, he wanders into the city in search of a new home. He is welcomed at an animal shelter, and soon a little girl finds him and adopts him. View more info
By: Ford, Marcia
Price: $27.00
Publisher: NY, Avalon Books: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 25984
Condition: Fair
First edition exlib hardcover in orange cloth boards show rubs at tips and along shelf edges. Text tight w/usual exlib marks. All 220 pages present, pocket pulled. Some writing (class of '76 - good book) on some pages not interfering with read. Solid first edition in VG dj with sunned spine and small chips at extremities. Mystery fiction story involving a Blonde Cocker Spaniel show dog, a dog groomer, dog breeder and a Dalmatian. View more info
By: Frankling, Eleanor; Introduction by Percy Roberts
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Arco Publishing Co.: 1961
Edition: First Revised Edition
Seller Id: 21311
Condition: Very Good +
Black hardcover boards with silver titles. Tips sharp, spine ends bumped, bit of light soil on foot of page block, and light foxing on endpps only. Price clipped dj in mylar has a 1.5 in closed tear at head of frt panel but still displays well with an adorable vintage photo of a Dalmatian puppy sitting in the cup of an old dime store scale on a kelly green background. 190 pg foundation work on the subject of dog breeding. A complete revision of the authors first printing plus a new and lengthy section added on simple genetics, the study of which is admittedly not easy, the author has explain... View more info
Price: $17.00
Publisher: NJ, T. F. H.: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 33001
Condition: Near Fine
Glossy, uncreased, crisp, unread first edition paperback. Small sticker pull on upper tips of cover, negligible sunning along cover edge near spine and tiny old ink price on tip of inside cover, else as new. 64 pp, well illust with b/w photos. Breeding, care, training, etc. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Riverfront Books/ Franklin Watts: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 30705
ISBN: 1560657537
Condition: Near Fine
Lovely 1st edition hardcover in glossy boards with negligible surface wear. 48 well illustrated pages discusses best breeds for search and rescue, training, a bit about the history, basic and advanced training. View more info
By: Gibbs, Margaret
Price: $7.00
Publisher: VA, Denlinger: 1982
Seller Id: 17870
ISBN: 0877140952
Condition: Very Good +
Lightly worn corners of illustrated hardcover boards. Library stamp on the title, and library pocket present on rep. This story tells of the beginning when a few determined men had $400.00 and a hatful of ideas. She tells of the many years of collaboration and frustration as a new, unique, project took shape, a project not defined by the written word. View more info
By: Graham, R. Portman L.D.S., R.C.S.(Eng.)
Price: $7.00
Publisher: London, Popular Dogs Publishing Co. LTD: 1954
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 15561
Condition: Very Good
1st edition hardcover in dj. Negligible shelf wear to red cloth boards, bit of white dj paper at foot of frt gutter. DJ shows bit of fading along bottom edge, closed tear at head of spine, rubbing at foot, now in protective mylar and displays well. 162 pp plus 2 pp of further canine offerings by the publisher in rear. Mating and whelping are the two most important phases of successful dog breeding. Elementary anatomy, alternative methods for effecting a mating, the mutual responsibilities of owners and the business side of stud work are all dealt with by the author. Dj shows a b/w photo of ... View more info
By: Halsall, Eric
Price: $12.00
Publisher: England, Patrick Stephens: 1982
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 26261
ISBN: 0850595657
Condition: Very Good +
1st edition hardcover in red paper covered boards showing fairly sharp tips and bumped spine ends. 224 pp text is clean and unmarked. Unclipped original dj is tatty at top edge, now in new mylar and displays OK. Profusely illustrated in b/w includes photos, herding diagrams and much more. View more info
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Howell Book House: 1991
Edition: Fifth Edition
Seller Id: 42343
ISBN: 0876050690
Condition: Near Fine
Tight bright glossy 5th edition hardcover with light bump/rub to frt board upper tip else fine. 244 pp crisp and unmarked. Includes bibliography. Well illust in b/w photos and vintage reproductions of art plates. A must have volume for any bulldog owner. View more info
Price: $48.00
Publisher: London, Country Life: 1930
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45837
Condition: Very Good
First edition hardcover in brown 'tweedy' cloth boards with black/gilt title box on frt panel and gilt title spine all legible. Boards are bumped and rubbed, spine ends a tad frayed but still displays well on the shelf. Spine cracked at page 33, former owner's tidy name on fep, all else is fine. 92 pp with 16 tissue-guarded full page b/w plates and the following chapters: Foreword, Shooting Pleasure, Choosing a Pup, You Yourself, (Very) Early Days, A Little Later On, Explosion, Later Still, Leaving School, All Sorts, 'First Find Your Hare' (or Grouse or Rabbit), Out in the World... View more info
By: Harmar, Hilary
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Foyles Handbooks: 1974
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller Id: MK46668
ISBN: 0707105293
Condition: Near Fine
Glossy pictorial boards have one bumped tip, text crisp and unmarked. CHAPTERS: THE REVEREND JOHN RUSSELL OF DEVON / HISTORY AND ORIGIN / CHARACTER AND TEMPERMENT / BREEDING AND THE VALUE OF PEDIGREE / THE STUD DOG / THE BROOD BITCH AND HER PUPPIES / CHOOSING, REARING AND TRAINING A PUPPY / COMMON AILMENTS. View more info
By: Hart, Ernest H.
Price: $17.00
Publisher: NJ, T. F. H.: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 32997
ISBN: 0876662955
Condition: Fine
Glossy, uncreased, crisp, unread 1st edition paperback. Only flaw is tiny old ink price on tip of inside cover, else as new. 64 pp, well illust with b/w photos. Breeding, care, training, etc. View more info
