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The Field Press LTD, 1924. hardcover. good. Heavy foxing and some staining to edges.

The Field Press, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. 77 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed.

London: The Field Press Ltd.. Very Good+. [1922]. Second Edition. Hardcover. (dark green cloth with decorative gilt embossing on front cover; no dust jacket) [nice-looking book, despite a very faint dampstain on the front cover, with gilt lettering on spine and front cover bright and unrubbed, ditto the gilt illustration of a dog on the front cover; internally it's quite clean except for some offsetting to both endpapers and a previous owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written lightly in ink at the top of the front endpaper]. (B&W photographic plates) A compact little tome (just 78 pages), discussing the history, general management, ailments, breeding, etc. of this much-beloved breed of dog. From the Preface to the First Edition: "A long illness debarring me for some years from all social and literary pursuits, added to my great fondness for dogs, led me to undertake the scientific breeding of Chow-Chows, making a specialty of the blue variety" --… Read More

Field Press,, [1924]. 8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece and 21 plates, some light and generally inoffensive spotting (rather heavier on half-title), signature on front free endpaper verso; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, uncut, a firm copy of a scarce work. With advertisement endpapers, and 2pp of advertisments at rear. A classic study, first published in 1914. VERY SCARCE.