The Book of Show Dogs by Woodhouse, Barbara (edited and Compiled by) - 1959

Max Parrish & Co. Ltd., 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. First Edition. 434 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographs throughout. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Boards are subtly bowed. Faint mottling to front and rear boards. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears, chips and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Lightly tanned overall.

Max Parrish, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 434 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographs. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Loss to jacket's rear panel.

London: Max Parrish 1959 Comprehensive guide to the standards, stripping, trimming and handling of dogs for the show ring. Hb, 434pp with illustrations. Minor bumping to spine ends, slight sunning top edge. Dj has some chips and closed tears. A VG copy in G+ DJ.

London: Max Parrish, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this comprehensive reference guide to showing dogs of many different breeds, by the beloved Barbara Woodhouse. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Loosely inserted is an article about a Kennel Club report from the Sunday Times, dated 1964, and a photograph of the British Dalmation Club from the Times, dated 1965. A comprehensive guide to the official Kennel Club standards of the show ring, including the stripping, trimming and handling of dogs. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, this guide covers all 99 breeds, and 8 more breeds which were then starting to become popular. This work was edited and compiled by Barbara Woodhouse (1910-1988), a well-known dog trainer and popular television personality, best known for her 1980 television series 'Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way'. In publisher's… Read More