The Pekingese - A Complete Anthology of the Dog

Fourteen complete chapters on the lion dog of the Chinese court, from the kennel literature of 1904 to 1935.

The Pekingese - A Complete Anthology of the Dog is the fullest gathering in this series: Herbert Compton, James Watson, Robert Leighton, J. Sidney Turner, Lillian C. Raymond Mallock, Edward C. Ash, John A. Vlasto, A. Croxton Smith, Arthur Craven, Walter Hutchinson and Stanley West, each writing at the height of the breed's fashion. Vlasto's The New Popular Pekingese (1929) is here entire.

Bred in the imperial palaces and carried in the sleeves of court robes, the breed reached Britain when five dogs were taken from the Summer Palace in 1860 and the smallest was presented to Queen Victoria. Within two generations it was the most fiercely contested toy breed in the ring. These chapters give the points, the coat, the temperament, the celebrated winners and their pedigrees, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.

This edition features:

• Fourteen chapters from named works published between 1904 and 1935, dated and attributed
• John A. Vlasto's The New Popular Pekingese (1929) reprinted in full
• Points, coat and temperament, with the pedigrees of the great winners of the period
• The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout