The History of The Irish Wolfdog. Dublin. Sealy Seyers and Walker, 1897. First Edition. Original green cloth boards, title & image in gilt to upper cover & spine. Gift inscription to half-title; a nice bright copy.

Illustrated with a frontispiece & nine plates at rear.

The rare first edition & one of the early monographs on this noble breed.

The contents include: Early History of the Irish Greyhound – The Wolf Hunting Greyhound – The Nineteenth Century Claimant – Descent of the Modern Wolfdog – Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Ireland, etc.