Dogs and Their Management

xii, 306pp, with black and white illustrations. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine (cloth a little rubbed and faded at corners and spine ends). Gift inscription on strip tanned front free endpaper; a few pages have short corner creases. In its original dust jacket, bumped at edges, chipped on folds, crumbling with minor loss at spine tips, light shelf wear visible on verso. 8vo. A new edition, largely re-written, of a standard work on dogs and their management, with a focus on the prevention of illness and disease, and covering feeding, care of teeth, housing and hygiene, dog psychology, sight, hearing and scent, breeding, first aid etc.