London: Printed for the Author, and sold by T.Trye, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn...:, 1753. First edition. Hardcover. [viii], (13-) 239; (iv), 172pp, followed by the 63-page index to both volumes. Contents in very clean, fresh order. 12mo, 17x10cms, in modern bindings of full tan calf, boards ruled in blind, spine with... More
London: printed for T.Boosey, 4, Old Broad Street, Royal Exchange:, 1810. Fourth edition, with very large additions. Hardcover. [iv] (two engraved title pages - see below) + iii + (4-)249 + [7] index +[4] adverts. The 'Dogs' section begins with an introduction at p.137. The attractive engraved title page to... More
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 568pp, with many illustrations. Contents clean and in very good order, with minor spotting or soiling to endpapers. Firm, in a contemporary binding of half calf with marbled boards: spine ruled and titled gilt, leather somewhat darkened, now with recent minor... More
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860. A New Edition, with illustrations. Hardcover. [iv], 132pp, with some text illustrations, plus the 8 plates. Contents clean. 16.5 x 10.5cms, in a new binding of fine old brown cloth, with the original leather spine label. A very nice copy. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 464, +24 adverts, with text illustrations, a number of guarded plates, and a tinted frontis (all called for). 1892 ownership name to half-title. Original maroon endpapers, gutters professionally repaired, with a small crested bookplate to front pastedown. Contents... More
London: [publisher not stated], 1892, 1892, 1893. Original issues, bound. Hardcover. 312, 336, 408pp. [Whatever paper covers the issues may have had have not been bound in.] Contents very fresh and clean. Ink marks to front endpaper and blank leaf of 1892: 2. Innumerable features and articles, and compendious information... More
Hertford, Herts: Gilbertson & Page, Ltd., 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901. Original issues, bound. Hardcover. 234pp and 284pp. Contents very clean. Neat vertical folds to some issues, presumably from their having been folded for delivery. A portrait of a gamekeeper adorns the front page of each issue. With many detailed and... More
Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel; also London: The Homoeopathic Publishing Co.; and: Epps, Thatcher & Co;, 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. 343pp, (i), [4] adverts. London publishers added to title page with a stamp and a pasted label, with a further small label to the edge of the pastedown. Contents very clean... More
London: Blackie and Son, [1922]. First and presumed only composite edition. Hardcover. [iv], 34 (of 36) + 4 leaves from a different edition bound in to complete the verses and illustrations to the final tale. The immensely characterful plates are all clean and bright. Some light soiling to margins, and... More
London: Benn, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very nice rebound set. Vol I: xviii, 408; Vol II: x, (409-) 864, both with many plates, including some in colour, but lacking the colour frontis to Vol I. Contents unmarked, with faint spotting to text pages. In new craftsman bindings of green buckram... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, October 1934. First reprint. Hardcover. 160pp, enhanced by 21 of Munnings' drawings (including the endpapers). Ownership name to half-title, and a few foxing spots to the prelims and the last couple of pages. Contents otherwise clean and fresh. In the original binding of smooth light blue... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1946, 1947, 1948. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets. Pages slightly toned but clean, some corners turned. 1945: 100pp, including the soiled printed blue card covers. 1946: 136pp, lacking the covers. 1947: 180pp, with a foldout plan: printed cover discoloured, and loose and frayed at... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1948, 1949, 1950. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with a folding plan of the site. 1948: 270pp, in slightly creased pale orange covers: pages slightly toned but clean, some corners turned. 1949: 343pp, in blue covers, and 1950: 357pp, in cream covers: both... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with over 300pp, a folding plan of the site, and an advertisement bookmark. Minor soiling to covers, and nick to spine of the 1959 book. [The 1956 programme, falling apart as the staples have... More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with c.250-300pp, and an advertisement bookmark. All were issued with a folding plan of the site, but that in the 1960 programme has been removed. Contents clean, light toning to covers. [Heavy Item]. More
Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with over 200pp and with an advertisement bookmark. Fresh, clean copies, with a little silverfish nibbling to the covers. [Heavy Item]. More
London: Stanley Paul, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 303pp, illustrated. Contents as new. In the original blue cloth-textured binding titled in silver, lower corners blunted, clean, bright and firm. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, as new but for small knock to bottom corners. More
Cumbria: Canine Behaviour Centre, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 36pp, illustrated. 21x14.5cms: a glossy stapled booklet with cream covers. Mint copy. Excellent advice, clear and insightful, an easy and engaging read. As a review on the cover says, 'This should be mandatory reading for every potential puppy purchaser - and every... More
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London: A.H. Baily and Co., 1886. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 364; [vi], 386; viii, 434: illustrated with a frontis to Vols I & III, and a foldout plate to Vol II. Contents clean, with foxing to prelims, final pages, and the foldout. Original yellow endpapers bright and intact. 21.5x14cms, in... More
