THE DOG: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO 135 BREEDS.

1960 1st edition thus. 4to. Pp208. B/w photographs, b/w line drawings. Foreword by Stanley Dangerfield. Red boards.

This is an examination of 135 breeds, with discussion of general principles of dog management and training. Contents include; the puppy; training the young dog; the adult dog; health; the bitch - breeding and whelping; the Kennel Club Standards; sporting breeds - hounds; sporting breeds - gun dogs; sporting breeds - terriers; non-sporting breeds; toy breeds; some additional breeds; showing; the servant of man; animal welfare societies. "This edition is based on The Pan Book of Dogs." This is a quarto hardback, of better quality, and with far more gravitas, than its predecessor paperback, The Pan Book of Dogs.