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A.S. Barnes and Company, New York, Published date: 1948. Hardcover, cloth; xiv, 204 pp; 24 cm. First edition (no later printings stated). Illustrated with black and white photographs and plates, including several full-page photographic plates and color plates; decorative head and tail pieces; illustrated chapter openings.
In good condition / NO dust jacket. Original salmon-pink cloth boards with brown stamped title and author lettering on front cover and spine; light to moderate overall toning and light soiling to cloth; light nicking to cloth at top and bottom of spine; light edge and corner wear with minor rubbing at spine ends. Spine is slightly cocked but binding is sound. Interior pages lightly toned with age; otherwise unmarked. A comprehensive mid-twentieth-century sporting and hunting manual devoted to bird dogs, written by Ray P. Holland (1884-1973). The work surveys the history, physical standards, field performance, and training of major pointing and retrieving breeds, combining personal field experience with breed standards and practical instruction. Issued as part of the Sportsman's Library series and illustrated with both action photography and instructional diagrams. Contents include: Foreword; English Setter; Irish Setter; Gordon Setter; Pointer; German Short-Haired Pointer; Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon; Brittany Spaniel; Springer Spaniel; Cocker Spaniel; Clumber Spaniel; Chesapeake Bay Dog; Labrador; American Brown Water Spaniel; Irish Water Spaniel; Golden Retriever; Flat-Coated Retriever; Curly-Coated Retriever; Hounds as Bird Dogs; Odd Breeds; Performance; Yard Training; Field Training; Do Dogs Think?; How to Buy a Dog; Town Dogs; Scent; Register Your Dog; Field Trials; Springer and Retriever Trials; Take Care of Your Dog.