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1920 Dog Breaking the Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy MethodLondon: 1920A smart reprint of this illustrated guide to training dogs for sports, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper.
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1900 A Thoroughbred MongrelLondon : 1900A first edition copy of this humorous dog tail with illustrations.
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1909 Pussy and Her WaysLondon: 1909A beautiful Cecil Aldin work on cats and their many adventures, illustrated colourfully in Aldin's signature style.
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1850 Dog BreakingLondon: 1850A scarce second edition of this book on dog training by Lieut. Col. W. N. Hutchinson.
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1960 BeaglingLondon : 1960A bright first edition copy of this work on Beagling, with illustrations.
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1923 Diseases of the DogLondon: 1923An educational guide to veterinary disease and treatment for dogs, with numerous illustrations throughout.
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1985 The Bulldog A MonographEngland: 1985The uncommon facsimile limited reprint edition of this book on English bulldogs with illustrations.
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1935 Just Among FriendsLondon: 1935The scarce second edition of this collection of beautiful sketches of dogs by Cecil Aldin.
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1929 MemoriesLondon: 1929A lovely short story about a family dog's life in memoriam with heart warming illustrations.
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c1896 The DogLondon: c1896A revised edition of a handbook on dogs health and maintenance with illustrations.
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1703 Markham's Master-PieceLondon: 1703A scarce early eighteenth-century work on husbandry and equestrian care by Gervase Markham, illustrated throughout.
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1891 Petland RevisitedLondon: 1891A very smart copy of the Reverend John George Wood's collection of anecdotes about pets, illustrated throughout and in a bright full calf prize binding.
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1937 Dogs Rough and SmoothLondon : 1937This is a charming collection of sketches and commentaries on various breeds of dog, created by a dog loving author.
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1881 The Aquarium; Its Inhabitants, Structure, and ManagementLondon : 1881A richly illustrated guide to the inhabitants, structure and management of the Aquarium.
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1896 Out-of-the-Way Pets and Other PapersLondon: [1896]A scarce collection of animal stories by Rev. Theodore Wood, with charming engravings in text.
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1818-23 A Compendium of the Veterinary ArtLondon: 1818-23All four volumes of James White's conclusive dictionary on the veterinary art, with many plates and colour plates throughout.
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1846 A Manual of Modern Farriery; Embracing the Cure of Diseases Incidental to Horses, CattleLondon: 1846An uncommon first edition copy of Thomas Brown's conclusive and fascinating manual detailing modern farriery in the Victorian era, complete with illustrations.
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c1845 The Farmers' Medical Dictionary, For the Diseases of AnimalsLondon: c1845A very scarce medical dictionary, laying out in detail the diseases common to farm animals, the second edition of this work.
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1905 Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and SwineLondon: 1905The very scarce first edition of Moussu and Dollar's detailed medical work on the diseases and care of animals, illustrated throughout.
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1954 Pekingese ScrapbookLondon: 1954A lovely copy of this first edition study of the history of Pekingese dog breed, with illustrations.
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Signed1948 With A Gun To The HillLondon: 1948A very smart, first edition copy of this memoir on hunting by Stephen Pilkington, fully illustrated and containing an inscription from the author.
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1911 Thoughts on Hunting, In a Series of Familiar LettersLondon: 1911A brightly illustrated edition of Sir Peter Beckford's letters on hunting, illustrated by George Denholm Armour.
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1870 Les ChatsParis: 1870A lovely edition du luxe of this unique and charming work by Champfleury, a series of illustrated essays on cats.
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1950 Getting to Know Your PonyLondon & Glasgow: 1950A superb copy of Lionel Edwards' charming volume on the care and love of ponies, illustrated by himself in colour.
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1931 Dog Show DaysLondon: 1931A very scarce volume with verses describing the events and breeds of dog at a dog show at Agricultural Hall in 1931.
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1892 Modern Practical Farriery, a Complete System of the Veterinary ArtLondon: 1892A concise work on the art of veterinary, an immense and incredibly useful work, illustrated beautiful with chromolithograph plates.
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1878 The Management and Diseases of the DogLondon: 1878A scarce first edition of this charming and thorough work detailing the treatments of diseases common in dogs, illustrated throughout.
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1617 Cavalarice, or, the English Horseman: Contayning all the Art of Horse-ManshipLondon: 1617The second edition of this immensely important work on Arabian horses, written by the man, Robert Markham, who brought the now common breed to England for the first time. Illustrated with in-text woodcuts throughout. A very important work.
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1858 Anecdotes of DogsLondon: 1858An entertaining collection of humorous anecdotes on dogs, collected here by Edward Jesse. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout.