DOG TRAINING BY AMATEURS: A HANDBOOK OF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL SPORTSMEN. By R. Sharpe.

1924 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 203mm). Ppxii,137. B/w photographs. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black.

The first edition Sharpe's well-known manual on gundog training which ran to several editions in its day. This is still widely recognised as one of the best and most valuable gundog training books ever written. Chapters include: The first lesson - obedience; Teaching to drop at a distance; First lesson in retrieving; Exceptions among dogs, and sundry hints; Finding promiscuously hidden dummies; First lesson with the spring thrower; The report of the gun, and further lessons in steadiness; Introduction to fur and teaching to point; Teaching to get through a fence; Teaching to jump fences and gates, together with seasonable hints; Teaching to find game and follow a runner; Teaching to follow a laid line; Teaching to retrieve from or across water; Teaching spaniels to hunt their game; The first shooting expedition; Mainly about spaniels.