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No Place: No Publisher, 1977. Spiral Bound. Good. Assumed published by the Chicagoland Dalmatian Club in Chicago circa 1977. Stiff card covers, tri-folding, spiral bound. Approximately 400+ pages. Divided into three sections, each bound separately (and bound together as a whole), this work provides the standards for Dalmatians, including photos, as set by the AKC. Another section is devoted to the pedigree of various male Dalmatians, with the third section devoted to female Dalmatians. These sections also feature photos of the various dogs. In GOOD+ condition with minor to moderate soiling and scuffing to the covers and along the spiral binding in the interior. Minor edgewear. Interior clean and solid with minor darkening along the extremities.

New York: Geo. E. Woodward, 1873. Cloth. Good. Stated complete and revised edition. Compiled, abridged, edited and illustrated by Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert). Green cloth. A reissue of "The Sportsman's Vade Mecum" of 1856, containing material not in that work on dog breaking, although this is a later printing of the reissue (first published in 1857, this published in 1873). 663 pp. With a few illustrations. A detailed guide to the raising and training of dogs for hunting, as well as for their general care, with chapters on a few specific breeds. GOOD condition. General fading, some scuffing, minor discoloration and soiling. Extremities scuffed. Owner's signature on the first endpaper. Minor toning in the interior. BAL 8158.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Hard cover. No jacket. Illustrations by A.L. Ripley. 182 pages. A collection of hunting stories involving the various hunting dogs owned by the author, editor for Field and Stream magazine in the 1920's and 30's and active in many conservation groups. In GOOD condition with moderate darkening to the covers. Moderate foxing to the spine and rear cover. Minor soiling and scuffing. Small paint spot on the front cover fore edge. Extremities scuffed with fraying to the head of the spine. Interior clean and solid. Minor foxing to the fore edge, not affecting the text.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First edition, stated. Blue cloth. No jacket. 128 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed guide to training gun dogs to retrieve, focusing both on the trainer and the dog, including hand signals, etc. GOOD+ condition. Uneven fading to the covers, heavier to the spine. Minor soiling and edgewear. Gift inscription on the first endpaper.