The Setter - A Complete Anthology of the Breed

The Setter - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed 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 breed - The physical points temperaments and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the 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: The Dogs Of The British Islands by J. H. Walsh (1867) Dogs And All About Them by Robert Leighton (1910) The Dog In Sport by J. Wentworth Day (1938) and many others.