The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest Times (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Arkwright, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332568882 ISBN 13 : 9781332568888

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Pointer and his Pre-- decessors in its original form, a demand appears to have arisen for a cheaper, more portable edition, which shall be suitable for everyday use. To meet tlus demand the present volume has been designed, to synchronise if possible with a similar edition in French. It has been carefully revised throughout and a few additions have been made chiefly to the chapter on kennel management: otherwise it remains unaltered. The general arrangement is identical, with the exception that the descriptions of the illustrations, formerly in a separate chapter, have been distributed, so that each may be opposite the picture of which it treats; and the forty original plates have been reduced to twenty-two of the most apposite in order to make the book as compact as possible. After consideration, the chapter that deals with Shows and Working Trials has beoi left untouched because since 1901, 3ie year when it was written, there has been no appreciable change in the policy of the various canine Soaeties. One fresh subject alone seems to me to require con sideration. The late Mr. G. J. Cornish, in the course of a most thoughtful criticism of this book for Country Life, remarked, There is only one bed-rock subject whidi Mr. Arkwright does not discuss, and that is the history of the growth and transmission of the or habit of pointing. This omission not having been due to any cloudiness in my own mind as to the derivation of the phenomenon, I am now presenting my view of the subject without dunung for it any special originality.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332568882
• ISBN 13: 9781332568888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 408
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