# 41440

BEILBY, Walter

The dog in Australasia

$850.00 AUD

Melbourne : George Robertson and Company, 1897. Octavo, gilt-illustrated maroon patterned cloth (light edge wear), expertly rebacked, endpapers replaced, pp. [xii, of xiv – advertisements – one leaf removed]; xvi; 475; (21 – advertisements), photographic plates, folding tables (one neatly detached), a couple of small stains and marginal edge tears, a couple of miscreases, one plate with tears expertly relined, a good copy.

The first Australian dog breeder’s manual. Scarce.

Ferguson 6885.