."A Comprehensive and indispensible guide"
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing. Seller Inventory # 9999-99991777956
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings. Seller Inventory # 9999-9998412941
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_475533724
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002169526
Quantity: 3 available
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Seller Inventory # rev4811644786
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Couple small holes to jacket and cloth at top of front board, ironically from what looks like a cat bite. Seller Inventory # 088986
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Shelfwear to edges. Scratches/marks to dustjacket & creases/small scuffs to edges. Tanning/scratches to textblock edges & small brown mark to side edge. Small nick/creases to side edge of p.31-40. Small marks at edge of p.34/35. Text very good. Seller Inventory # 032585-16a
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Orange boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 205 x 135 mm approx. 136 pp 8 pp of glossy b/w photos and 2 line digs. in text as called for. First Published in 1969 and based on H W Carlton's classic workSpaniels: Their Breaking for Sport and Field Trials the copy offered is a reprint from 1978.See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- hint of dust spotting to top edge of book block, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- negligible shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover £3.95 , no notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted. Seller Inventory # 131644
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). (1969) 1975 reprint. 8vo (133 x 204mm). Pp136. B/w photographs. Orange-brown cloth. Slight browning to end-papers and edges, book-seller's label / owner's inscription to fep. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "A comprehensive and indispensible guide to training any animal, from a working gundog to a family pet". This is a revision of H.W.Carlton's Spaniels: Their Breaking for Sport and Field Trials (1915) and has gone into many reprints and new editions over decades. A minor classic in its field. Contents include: Part One, Psychology: Psychology before trianing; Spaniels for sport; The perfect spaniel; Basic requirements - standing rabbits, stamina and perserverance, steadiness, retrieving, comments. Part Two, Handtraining, early puppyhood lessons - humanization, retrieving, dropping to command and hand, dropping to fur and feather, waiting for orders before retrieving, other methods of teaching retrieving, dropping to shot, answering to whistle and 'back'. Part Three, Subsequent Training: A natural retriever is a gem beyond price; Hunting - in cover, in the open, check-cord, dropping, chasing, hunting down-wind, hunting within gunshot, missing ground, in hedgerows; Hunting with the gun. Part Four, Mixed Bag, the trained spaniel at work: Retrieving from water; Wildfowling and flighting with spaniels; Lending a hand; Jumping; Spaniels as beaters. Appenices are: Breeding and early care of puppies; Exercising spaniels. . Seller Inventory # 24237
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 63T49_82_0571087728