In the sidebar to this blog, I've loaded up links to a number of old books which are now available, online, as either PDFs, flip books or text. In most case, the link will take you to examples of all three versions.
Book are arranged, rather roughly by type, and chronologically within type. If a book is out of chronological order, it means that the print version is a later print version of an earlier text.
- Dogs & Field Sports:
4The Dog and the Sportsman (1845)
4The Sportsman's Directory (1845)
4The Amateur Poacher (1881)
4Studies in the Art of Rat-catching (1896)
4The Confessions of a Poacher (1890)
4The Sporting Dog (1904)
4Hunting Dogs (1909) - General Dog:
4The Illustrated Book of the Dog (1881)
4A History and Description of the Modern Dogs (1877)
4British Dogs; Their Varieties, History, Characteristics (1879) - Terriers:
4The Out-of-door Life of the Rev. John Russell (1883)
4The Dandie Dinmont Terrier: Its History (1885)
4The Scottish Terrier and the Irish Terrier (1894)
4A History and Description of the Fox Terrier (1895) - Fox Hunting:
4Thoughts Upon Hare and Fox Hunting (1796)
4Observations on Fox-hunting (1826)
4Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-hunting (1847)
4Hunting by the Duke of Beaufort (1885)
4Hunting by Lord Frederick North (1900)
4Fifty Years' Fox-hunting with the Grafton (1900)
4Fox Hunting in the Shires (1903)
4With Hound and Terrier in the Field (1904)
4Hunting the Fox (1921)
4Hunting in Many Countries (1922) - Wildlife:
4The Badger; a Monograph (1898)
4Wild life at the Land's End (1904)
4Fact Against Fiction (1874)
4Creatures of the Night (1905)
4Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist (1861) - Veterinary and Breeding:
4A Treatise on Canine Madness (1760)
4Canine Pathology (1824)
4The Dog, in Health and Disease (by Walsh, 1859)
4The Encyclopedia of the Kennel (1913 print)
4The Dogs of Great Britain and America (1914 print)
4The Horse and Dog As They Should Be (1882)
4The American Book of the Dog (1891)
4The Dog in Health and in Disease (by Mills, 1895)
4The New Book of the Dog (1907)
4The Gentleman's Dog (1909) - Dog Training:
4Dog Breaking (1865)
4Practical Dog Training or Training vs. Breaking (1882) - Story:
4ABC of Fox Hunting (1870)
4The Autobiography of an English Gamekeeper (1892)
4Among the Night People (1902)
4Hoof Beats from Virginia & Other Lands (1912)
4Jock of the Bushveld (1922) - General Animal Health and Breeding:
4Inbreeding and Outbreeding (1919)
4Heredity in Relation to Evolution and Animal Breeding (1911)
4Animal Breeding (1901) - Kennel Club Stud Books
4The Kennel Club Calendar and Stud Book (UK, 1884 )
4The American Kennel Club Stud Book (1889) - Falconry & Hawking & Pigeons:
4The Boke of Saint Albans (1420?)
4Bert's Treatise of Hawks and Hawking (1619)
4Observations Upon Hawking (1826)
4Coursing and Falconry (1899)
4Falconry: Its Claims, History, and Practice
4Pigeons (1845)
4Pigeons and All About Them (1898)
4Fancy Pigeons: Breeding and Management (1887)
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14 comments:
You totally, totally rock. That is all.
[counting the minutes until work is over and I can run home and check out these links - lunch "hour" just ended, drat]
Ahhhh. A productivity sink...
ummm... has anyone mentioned you rock?
;O)
Nice work, Patrick. Incredible collection of works... I can't wait to delve into the details.
Excellent! Thanks for posting these-- many good resources there.
That you rock thing ... totally true.
Oh dear - swooning is highly under rated.
What they said about you rocking, etc. - yup.
Two more for the collection
Dogs of all nations (1915)
http://www.archive.org/details/dogsofallnations00masorich
Dog shows and doggy people (1902)
http://www.archive.org/details/dogshowsdoggypeo00lanerich
Oh, these are amazing. Thanks so much for the links!
Well played mate, some really good time wastin' here
SBW
"Rock of ages cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee".
This is an outstanding source of historic information. In an age where country traditions are under threat from all angles, it is wonderful to have access to all this. Keep it up Patrick. This site is well on its way to becoming my favourite library.
J.Cape Town
Thanks Patrick! The Coursing and Falconry title is as close as I'll come to owning an original...
Great stuff!
The Hutchinson book (Dog Breaking) is one of my favorites and an old standard with some of my early mentors. Don't let the politically incorrect title fool you, he is tougher on the handler then he is on the dog :-)
Thanks Patrick
I chuckled when I read this description of the Bedlington Terrier in a book from 1913. Nowadays the breed is considered one of the most complex and time-consuming to groom to 'show standards'. How times have changed!
This also was an interesting comment by the book author. It's more true nowadays then it was back then!
Patrick,
One that belongs on the list is
http://www.archive.org/details/artpracticeofhaw00mich
Great old book that Matt encouraged me to read.
Gregg
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