The Sight Hound - A Complete Anthology of the Breeds (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781445527789)

The Sight Hound - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breeds from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breeds - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of each breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: My Dog And I by H. W. Huntington (1897), Dogs Of The World by Arthur Craven (1931), Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia by Walter Hutchinson (1935) and many others. The breeds included in this Volume are: The Afghan Hound, the Borzoi, Greyhounds, the Irish Wolfhound, the Saluki, the Scottish Deerhound and the Whippet.

Author: Various
ISBN-10: 1445527782
ISBN-13: 9781445527789
Publisher: Read Books
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2010
Pages: 970
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 2.31d