The Illustrated Book of the Dog
Author:
SHAW, VERO
Title:
The Illustrated Book of the Dog
Subtitle:
With an Appendix on Canine Medicine and Surgery by W Gordon Stables
Publisher:
Cassell & Co 1890
Description:
Original binding, quarto, royal blue buckram boards with gilt & black lettering to spine & front board, gilt dog motif to spine & front board with black decorative rule, blind decorative rule to rear board, aeg, brown coated eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 664pp + 8pp catalogue, illus plus 28 chromolitho plates (all present), in original binding, VG- (heavy bruising & some fraying to spine extrems & edges, fraying to board edges, some staining to boards, light scratching to rear board, front hinge partially cracked with some damage to paper, spine loose, owner's name stamp to half-title page, some foxing)
Keywords:
Vero Shaw W Gordon Stables animals dogs dog breeds canine medicine surgery animal husbandry pets