A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION, WITH REMINISCENCES, OF THE FOX TERRIER. By Rawdon B. Lee.

(1889) 2005 facsimile reprint. 8vo (144 x 222mm). Ppviii,149,ad. B/w plates by Arthur Wardle. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

This is a detailed account of the breed, as things stood at time of publication. The contents include history of the breed, numerous mentions of named dogs, ad vice on founding and running a kennel, the breed standards of the day, and the breeding and rearing of puppies. Chapter V covers: The Wire-haired Fox Terrier - Yorkshire and Evonshire strains, the Rev. John Russell's Terriers, crosses, the best dogs.