The Complete Dog Book
by American Kennel Club
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0876054629
- ISBN 13
- 9780876054628
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
768 pages with frontispiece, illustrations, tables, charts, photographs, glossary and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with gilt lettering spine and cover. Sixteenth edition.
For more than seventy-five years, The Complete Dog Book has been the premier reference on purebred dogs. Now in its twentieth edition, this treasured guide is an essential volume for every dog owner and owner-to-be.
Comprehensive and thoughtfully organized, The Complete Dog Book features all 153 breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club, the official breed standards, breed histories, and photographs. Also included are the twelve most recently recognized breeds: Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Black Russian Terrier, German Pinscher, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Havanese, Löwchen, Neapolitan Mastiff, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Parson Russell Terrier, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Spinone Italiano, and Toy Fox Terrier.
Condition: Corners bumped. Jacket with heavy edge wear, chips and tears, spine ends chipped, some soiling else very good in a good jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0369
- Title
- The Complete Dog Book
- Author
- American Kennel Club
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0876054629
- ISBN 13
- 9780876054628
- Publisher
- Howell Book House, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 768 pages with frontispiece, illustrations, tables, charts, photographs, glossary and index.
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Dogs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscelaneous;
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Gilt
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