GUNDOGS: TRAINING AND FIELD TRIALS. By P.R.A. Moxon.

(1952) 1970's revised edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp254. B/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

This "...simple, sensible and straightforward approach to training rightly remains the standard by which every other gundog training manual is judged". A popular and well-thought of manual which has remained in print over many years, running to many editions. David Hudson. Chapters include: Choice and selection of a gundog puppy; Preliminary training I; Preliminary training II; Retrieving from water, jumping gates and fences; Advanced retriever training; Practical shooting work and picking-up; Advanced spaniel training; Pointer and setter training; Field trials; Housing, feeding and general management; Life in a training kennel; The scene today.