Download or read book The Pointer - A Complete Anthology of the Breed written by Various and published by Vintage Dog Books. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pointer - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a comprehensive range of books, many of them now rare and much sought-after works, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. These books are treasure troves of information about the breed - The physical points, temperaments, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era and these are all reproduced to the highest quality. Books used include: The Illustrated Book Of The Dog by Vero Shaw (1879)., Dogs Of The World by Arthur Craven (1931), The Dog In Sport by J. Wentworth Day (1938) and many others.