The Dog Address Book has been lavishly illustrated with photographs taken from the best selling publication Dog Painting 1840-1940A Social History of the Dog in Art by William Secord, an acknowledged expert on the subject of dog painting and former director of The Dog Museum of America. Dogs are illustrated in many diffrent moods and environments, enliveningthe pages with the colourful character of dozens of breeds, each with its own attraction and purpose, whether for sport or for show, for domestic use or simply as an adored pet. Each illustration carries details of the breed, artist and date, and thebook is interspersed with pertinent and lively phrases and quotations tobringto life the world of dogs. A preface by William Secord puts the genre of dog painting into its true perspective.