labrador retriever history the people revisited di wolters richard (5 risultati)

Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Radom, Todd (jacket design); Abbett, Robert (front and rear jacket art); A (illustratore). 2nd Edition. Fine condition dark blue linen oversized (folio, over 12 inches tall) boards with gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Color Illustrations; List of Black-and-White Illustrations; Author's Notes; Foreword by Gene Hill, Robinwood Farm, June 1981; Epilogue; Index of Books, Journals and Manuscripts; and Index. Also includes over 300 illustrations, including 34 in full color, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white drawings, maps, and color frontispiece painting. Signed and inscribed by the author with thin black Sharpie on the half title page. A repaired 1/2 inch closed tear at the lower front right jacket tip and some light crinkling at the rear upper right jacket edge. All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square. (see photographs). Expanded and Updated Second Edition, First Printing. "This book is the story of the Labrador Retriever, the most popular sporting dog in the world today, and the many interesting men and women who have contributed to its development as a hardy working dog. In the icy waters off Newfoundland the Lab would jump out of the fisherman's dory to recover fish that thrashed off the hook. In Great Britain he became the favorite retriever of grouse and pheasants for noble English and Scottish families who saved the dog from extinction. Here you will discover how the first Labs came to the United States, and why they were not widely popular her until their remarkable skill in field-trial competition changed their American history, making them the favorite waterfowl and upland bird retrievers they are today. In this updated new edition of Richard A. Wolters' definitive book, we discover how excessive breeding of Labs for the show ring and pet market threatened to destroy their hunting instincts. This has happened to other popular retriever breeds as well. For the Labrador, however, this danger has been much reduced by the establishment of the North American Hunting Retriever Association with its new concept of field tests in which dogs are tested to meet standards of proficiency under actual hunting conditions. In researching this book Richard Wolters has done a remarkable piece of historical detective work. He traveled over 20,000 miles in the United States, Newfoundland, England, and Scotland. Many months were spent in searching though old manuscrip[ts and papers in university libraries. In a remote area of Newfoundland, Wolters discovered the last two surviving Newfoundland water dogs, progenitors of the Lab. Wolters' work has opened up much information never before published and has corrected many prevalent misconceptions. One outstanding feature of this volume is its collection of over 300 rare illustrations. They include 33 color reproductions of paintings of Labrador Retrievers by leading sporting artists, as well as a color photograph of a water dog by Wolters. The first edition of this book, published in 1981, was named by the Dog Writers Association of America as Best DOg Book of the Year." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Signed by Author(s).