Complete Lurcher by Plummer David (12 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1979) 1998 1st thus. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly marked dust-wrapper. Brian Plummer describes "the many confusing types of lurcher, explains their origins and how to acquire, train, breed and enter them into competition". A comprehensive and well-regarded work on lurchers, punctuated with accounts of the author's own experiences. Chapters include: Lurchers; Obtaining a lurcher; A new puppy settles in; Lead and recall training; Teaching a puppy to sit, lie and stay; Teaching a puppy to retrieve; Teaching a lurcher to jump; Stock-breaking; Entering the lurcher and the longdog; Lamping; The lurcher by day; The ferreter's lurcher; The single-handed hare courser; Lurcher shows; Other lurcher events; Catching foxes with lurchers; The pursuit of deer with longdogs and lurchers; Breeding lurchers; In health and sickness; The lurcher and the law. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1979/1998) later reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. The New Complete Lurcher was first published in 1979 as The Complete Lurcher: A Manual. Brian Plummer describes "the many confusing types of lurcher, explains their origins and how to acquire, train, breed and enter them into competition". A comprehensive and well-regarded work on lurchers, punctuated with accounts of the author's own experiences. Chapters include: Lurchers; Obtaining a lurcher; A new puppy settles in; Lead and recall training; Teaching a puppy to sit, lie and stay; Teaching a puppy to retrieve; Teaching a lurcher to jump; Stock-breaking; Entering the lurcher and the longdog; Lamping; The lurcher by day; The ferreter's lurcher; The single-handed hare courser; Lurcher shows; Other lurcher events; Catching foxes with lurchers; The pursuit of deer with longdogs and lurchers; Breeding lurchers; In health and sickness; The lurcher and the law. .

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1ST PRINTING of new edition. Lovely copy of great book. Clean, unfoxed, no inscriptions. DJ unclipped , having a tiny amount of rubbing to right-hand corners. Detailed explanations of how to look after and train lurcher pups and how to breed them, with hints on the best crosses (each variety of which being originally intended for a different hunting purpose.).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The New Complete Lurcher covers all you could possibly need to know about this increasingly popular type of dog that many find hard to define. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1998). (1979/1998) 2003 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. The New Complete Lurcher was first published in 1979 as The Complete Lurcher: A Manual. Brian Plummer describes "the many confusing types of lurcher, explains their origins and how to acquire, train, breed and enter them into competition". A comprehensive and well-regarded work on lurchers, punctuated with accounts of the author's own experiences. Chapters include: Lurchers; Obtaining a lurcher; A new puppy settles in; Lead and recall training; Teaching a puppy to sit, lie and stay; Teaching a puppy to retrieve; Teaching a lurcher to jump; Stock-breaking; Entering the lurcher and the longdog; Lamping; The lurcher by day; The ferreter's lurcher; The single-handed hare courser; Lurcher shows; Other lurcher events; Catching foxes with lurchers; The pursuit of deer with longdogs and lurchers; Breeding lurchers; In health and sickness; The lurcher and the law. .

Softcover. Condition: Good. Martin Knowelden (illustrator). Standard paperback binding, illustrated in black & white. Size: Octavo. 183 pages. Illustrator: Martin Knowelden. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Hunting; Dogs; Animals & Birds. ISBN: 190648631X. ISBN/EAN: 9781906486310. Inventory No: 92554.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Type: Book.

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.11.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 238mm). Pp182. B/w photographs, illustrations by Martin Knowelden. Brown boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Top edge dusty, slightly browned, slight use to boards but a good copy in rather used and frayed dust-wrapper. This is Brian Plummer's statement of what the old-fashioned working lurcher was and ought to be, as well as how to go about obtaining something of the sort for yourself. Chapters include: The legendary Norfolk lurcher; The modern lurcher; The greyhound; The sight hound crosses - the deerhound, salukis, Irish wolfhounds, borzois, whippets/greyhounds, pharaoh hounds and Ibizan hounds; The pastoral breed crosses - border collies, bearded collies, rough collies, Old English sheepdog, Alsatian; The terrier crosses - Bedlington, bull terriers, Kerry blues and Irish terriers, Airedales; Sundry other crosses - foxhounds and beagles, retrievers, whippet lurchers; The arts of training and entering - basic training, retrieving, jumping, entering to quarry; Lamping and net work; The quarry itself - the rabbit, ferreting for rabbits, the hare, the fox, red deer, fallow deer, roe deer; The breeding of lurchers - first-cross mating, lurcher to greyhound matings the problems, lurcher x lurcher matings, the mating process, care of the bitch in pregnancy, whelping and the care of the litter; Disease - lethal infections, distemper, hard pad, hepatitis or Rhubarth's disease, leprospiral jaundice, carnicola fever - minor common ailments, mange, eczema, wounds, ear canker, worms. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 238mm). Pp182. B/w photographs, illustrations by Martin Knowelden. Brown boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Corners unobtrusively bumped, slight foxing, but good-plus in dust-wrapper. This is Brian Plummer's statement of what the old-fashioned working lurcher was and ought to be, as well as how to go about obtaining something of the sort for yourself. Chapters include: The legendary Norfolk lurcher; The modern lurcher; The greyhound; The sight hound crosses - the deerhound, salukis, Irish wolfhounds, borzois, whippets/greyhounds, pharaoh hounds and Ibizan hounds; The pastoral breed crosses - border collies, bearded collies, rough collies, Old English sheepdog, Alsatian; The terrier crosses - Bedlington, bull terriers, Kerry blues and Irish terriers, Airedales; Sundry other crosses - foxhounds and beagles, retrievers, whippet lurchers; The arts of training and entering - basic training, retrieving, jumping, entering to quarry; Lamping and net work; The quarry itself - the rabbit, ferreting for rabbits, the hare, the fox, red deer, fallow deer, roe deer; The breeding of lurchers - first-cross mating, lurcher to greyhound matings the problems, lurcher x lurcher matings, the mating process, care of the bitch in pregnancy, whelping and the care of the litter; Disease - lethal infections, distemper, hard pad, hepatitis or Rhubarth's disease, leprospiral jaundice, carnicola fever - minor common ailments, mange, eczema, wounds, ear canker, worms. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2008). (1979) 2008 Tideline print-on-demand edition. 8vo paperback (147 x 206mm). Pp182. B/w photographs, illustrations by Martin Knowelden. Very good paperback. This is Brian Plummer's statement of what the old-fashioned working lurcher was and ought to be, as well as how to go about obtaining something of the sort for yourself. Chapters include: The legendary Norfolk lurcher; The modern lurcher; The greyhound; The sight hound crosses - the deerhound, salukis, Irish wolfhounds, borzois, whippets / greyhounds, pharaoh hounds and Ibizan hounds; The pastoral breed crosses - border collies, bearded collies, rough collies, Old English sheepdog, Alsatian; The terrier crosses - Bedlington, bull terriers, Kerry blues and Irish terriers, Airedales; Sundry other crosses - foxhounds and beagles, retrievers, whippet lurchers; The arts of training and entering - basic training, retrieving, jumping, entering to quarry; Lamping and net work; The quarry itself - the rabbit, ferreting for rabbits, the hare, the fox, red deer, fallow deer, roe deer; The breeding of lurchers - first-cross mating, lurcher to greyhound matings the problems, lurcher x lurcher matings, the mating process, care of the bitch in pregnancy, whelping and the care of the litter; Disease - lethal infections, distemper, hard pad, hepatitis or Rhubarth's disease, leprospiral jaundice, carnicola fever - minor common ailments, mange, eczma, wounds, ear canker, worms. .