TALES OF OLDEN GLORIES: A hunting miscellany from the ancient counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, North of the Sands. Compiled and edited by Neil Salisbury.

TALES OF OLDEN GLORIES: A hunting miscellany from the ancient counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, North of the Sands. Compiled and edited by Neil Salisbury.

EVERY MAN'S HAND. By David Harcombe.

EVERY MAN'S HAND. By David Harcombe.

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SIGHT HOUNDS, LONGDOGS and LURCHERS. By Brian Plummer.

1991 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Ppviii,370. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is Brian Plummer's famous and useful compendium of sight hound training and breeding, the emphasis as always being on the working dog. Chapters include: The sight hound breeds - the Afghan Hound, the Greyhound, the Whippet, the Scottish Deerhound, the Irish Wolfhound, the Saluki, the Borzoi; Rare breeds - the Pharaoh Hound, the Ibizan Hound, the Sloughi; Longdogs; Lurchers; Sight hounds, longdogs and lurchers - a summary; Choosing a puppy; Rearing a puppy; Rudimentary training; Breaking to livestock; Jumping; Quarry - the rabbit, the hare, the fox, deer; Lamping; Coursing; Ferreting; Exhibiting sight hounds; First aid. Lots of relevant history and literary background and lots of anecdotes from Plummer's own experience. Useful and readable.
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Book Code
58067
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Author Plummer (David Brian). (1936-2003).
Book Code 58067
ISBN 1854870963 / 1854870963.
Book Description Very good in slightly used and faded dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to previous owner on title-page.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1991
Publisher Robinson Publishing.
Place London.