THE LIFE, HISTORY & MAGIC OF THE DOG
by Fernand Mery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/n/a
- ISBN 10
- 0448021447
- ISBN 13
- 9780448021447
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is first English edition of The Life, History and Magic of the Dog, by the French veterinarian and animal rights activist Fernand Mery (1897-1984). It was published in France in 1969; in Britain and the US in 1970.
It is a comprehensive study of dogs through art, literature and history. It discusses their physiology, psychology, services to mankind, their role in society and their magical abilities and connection to humans.
235 pages loaded with photographs and illustrations. No dust jacket.
There is minor waving to the front endpapers and a bookplate which can be removed. Otherwise fine condition; this book has not been read.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1657
- Title
- THE LIFE, HISTORY & MAGIC OF THE DOG
- Author
- Fernand Mery
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0448021447
- ISBN 13
- 9780448021447
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 235
- Keywords
- dogs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories;
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