English Setters: Ancient and Modern: Their History in the Field and On the Bench and Their General Care. By Margaret Barnes. [signed] [first edition]

(Correct information: S/HAND / USED, HARDCOVER, 1982). 1982 1st edition. Large 4to (213 x 303mm). Pp415. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper. Signed author's presentation copy. * A history of the pedigree of the English setter using all the Kennel Club records from 1860 to 1975, with chapters on the earlier history. Universally regarded as the definitive history of the breed. Out-of-print and very hard to find. * This is an author's presentation copy with the following inscription on the first free end-paper "To Cost and Maureen, with all good wishes, Margaret, 1983". Loosely laid in is a printed and type-corrected sheet from the author giving instructions on the daily diet for an English setter. .