The Complete Pitbull or Staffordshire Terrier by Denlinger, Milo G - 1948

Washington, D.C.: Denlinger's, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. (4),1-80pp., 1-128pp. illustrated with photographs and drawings, bound in green silk like cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, one bumped corner, previous owner's name, K-9 Country Club stamp and tape residue to endsheets. A very scarce and important work locating only six copies via OCLC. There is an obvious discrepancy found in the book's pagination from 128pp. to 213pp. that has been neglected by previous catalogers. The book has been divided into two sections with separate paginations but the table of contents makes no note of this. The table of contents list the various titled chapters numbered from pages 1-216 when in fact they are consecutively paginated from 1-80pp. consisting of chapters pertaining to the history, bloodlines and what to look for in choosing your dog. Then the pagination is renumbered from pages 1-128 which consist of general training, care and diseases of the dog. Once the additional (4) pages of front matter is added, total page count would be 212. If the blank endpapers are considered, then pagination would be at the 216pp. as noted in the contents which does not match the listed chapters. A scarce and worthwhile book.