Dalziel, Hugh — The Fox Terrier; its History, Points, Breeding, Rearing, Preparing for Exhibition, and Coursing (Monographs on British Dogs)

L. Upcott Gill London 92, [8], 19, [5]-ads, col frontis + 3 plain plates, 2 folding pedigree charts. . HB. Demy 8vo (218x140mm), orig. green cloth, gilt title to upper board and spine, black-stamped design to upper board, original patterned endpapers. Cloth rubbed with some wear to extremities. One gathering slightly sprug. Good.. First edition. Attractive chromolithographic frontispiece. Advertisements and publisher's catalogue dated 1888 at rear. Each volume in this <i>Monographs on British Dogs</i> series (published in the late 1880s) comprised an enlargement of the relevant section from Hugh Dalziel's work, <i>British Dogs, Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding, Management and Exhibition</i> (1879-1880)..