Breaking Training Dogs Being Concise by Pathfinder (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. London, UK: L. Upcott Gill. Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1909. . Hardcover. "BREAKING & TRAINING DOGS Being Concise Directions for the Proper Education of Dogs Both for the Field and for Companions" . 12mo., 360pp., Cover has some shelf wear and tubbing on edges and corners (see photos); Pages are clean and unmarked. . Black & White Plates (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Fifth Revised Edition. No date (c1926). x, 356 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, index. Prev owner's book plate by the upper corner of the front paste-down. The front flyleaf has been removed. The upper corner of the first page (ads for B&S's dog medicine and The Bazaar Kennel Library) has been torn away. Red cloth boards, quite heavily silverfished, soiled in places, gilt titles rubbed on both the front board and on the spine where they are also faded.The book covers Companionable and Field Retrievers; The Labrador, Pointers, Setters and Field Spaniels, Terriers in general, Trick dogs, Trail or drag-hounds, Bloodhounds, Defenders and watch-dogs, Sheep-dogs, stock-tenders, Water-dogs, Vermin-destroyers, Physical training: greyhounds; House and Outdoor manners. Size: 8vo.…

BROWN CLOTH. Condition: POOR. FIRST EDITION. UNDATED, ASSUMED FIRST EDITION 1875. 163 PAGES + PLUS 32 PAGES OF ADS. TEXT IS SEPARATED FROM COVER. FRONT AND BACK COVER AND SPINE ARE IN ONE PIECE. COVER IS OTHERWISE IN GOOD+ CONDITION. BRIGHT CLEAN SHARP GOLD GILT LETTERING AND ILLUSTRATION OF A POINTER ON FRONT COVER. TEXT HAS OWNER'S NAME AND DATE ON FRONT BLANK END PAGE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD+. Size: 12MO.…

In-16°, leg. in tutta tela edit. con tit. in oro al dorso e al piatto, pp. X-356. Testo in inglese. Con ill. in nerop intercalate nel testo, anche a tutta pagina. Leggermente allentato. Marginali tracce del tempo.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd edition. decorative blue cloth cover shows minor wear. pages lightly tanned with a bit of minor scattered foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lacks front free end paper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A first edition copy of this scarce work on training dogs for the field and to be companions. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front paste down, dated 1877. A late nineteenth-century guide to training retrievers, pointers, setters, spaniels, and terriers, either for field sports or as companions. This work was written by an author under the name of "Pathfinder", which is believed to be H. C. Dear. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library.Three pages of advertisements to the front and seven pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and rear board. Very light shelf wear to the extremities. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged. "I propose to jot down briefly in this and sundry following chapters such practical instructions in the education of retrievers, and other sporting dogs, as I have learnt in the best of all schools, even that kept by Dame Experience. A peck of her teaching is rightly esteemed as worth a sack of the article as supplied by Dame Theory, especially when one is brought face to face with a customer, be he man, horse, or dog." - Introduction. Undated. Our research suggests a printing date of 1885. [3]-260, 21 ads, [7 ads] pp. Index. Black and white photographic plates. No dust jacket, as issued. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to original embossed maroon cloth lettered in gilt. Slight spine lean. New front free endpaper. Prior owner details and moisture stain inside front board. A sound vintage example of this popular guide. ; 12mo.…