Dogs Of China & Japan in Nature and Art. V. W. F. Collier. 1921. Rare Dog Book. First Edition.

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Description: Dogs of China & Japan in Nature and Art. By V. W. F. Collier. Illustrated. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921. First Edition. 4to., 207 pp., gilt-stamped paper over orange cloth, gilt illustration of a Pekingese on cover, gilt lettered spine, 9 color plates depicting various dogs in oriental art, and 90 b&w plates. Chapter titles are: Eastern Dogs in Early Times; Dog Lore and Superstition; Dog Breeding; Sporting and Guard Dogs; The Chinese Lion; Symbolism of the Buddhist and Lamaist Lion; Historical References to Dogs of Pekingese Type; Evolution of the Pekingese Type; Points of the Chinese Pekingese Type; The Chinese Pug; The 'Japanese' Dogs; The Chinese Lion Dog; Toy Dogs in Chinese Art. Extremities rubbed. Spine has tiny puncture. Covers with some soiling. Moderate foxing to endpapers and mild-to-moderate foxing to margins of most pages. Heavy offsetting to pp. 66-67. Some edges uncut. Securely bound. Rare dog book in VG condition.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: W0073
Condition: VG	Year: 1921
Country: USA
Height: 11.5 in. (29.21 cm)
Width: 9 in. (22.86 cm)
Title: Dogs of China & Japan in Nature and Art. By V. W. F. Collier.

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