Hubbard; Clifford L. B. — Working Dogs of the
World – As always with Clifford (Doggy)
Hubbard, this is a unique and personal study of
the inter-relationship between various groups
of working dogs, the largest being Pastoral Breeds,
also including descriptions and brief histories of several breeds which are still rare
to UK and American exhibitors — 1947 – Hardback – Out of Print – UK/English
publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, London
Hutchinson; Walter — Hutchinson’s Popular & Illustrated Dog Encyclopædia – Invaluable comprehensive illustrated work on the canine race, with entries arranged in alphabetical order. Originally published in part works, the ten page Collie feature, appearing in Part 10, is particularly extensive, and includes a number of photographs of Mr H. Robert’s Ashtead collies — 1934/35 – (now more usually found as a three volume bound set, although parts do surface occasionally) – Out of Print – Scarce – UK/English
publisher: Hutchinson & Co (Publishing) Ltd, UK
Lee; Rawdon — A History and Description of The Collie or Sheep Dog in His British Varieties – to give it its full title, was the first serious attempt to describe history and development of all early Sheep Dogs including Rough and Smooth Collies. The beautiful illustrations sympathetically engraved by O Butterworth are acknowledged as some of Arthur Wardle’s finest — 1890 – Hardback – Very Scarce (although long out of print several special editions have been published, the most recent by Peregrine Books, in association with Mr Clifford L. B. Hubbard, – 1990) – UK/English
publisher: Horace Cox, London
