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

(1952) 1971 8th revised reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp244. B/w frontispiece, b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt, gilt dog motif to upper board.

This "...simple, sensible and straightforward approach to training rightly remains the standard by which every other gundog training manual is judged" (David Hudson). A popular and well-thought of manual which has remained in print over many years, running to many editions. 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.