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We love our vintage chow books! I will be scanning example pages as well as the covers from every book we have in our extensive collection and listing them each, on a post of their own which can be found in the left column. I have multiples of a few of the books and will state if I have one available for sale on its page
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1896 Book- An American Dog Abroad and the Foreign Dogs he Met – by Frank Pope Humphrey

My trail of research on the Princess of Wales and her chows, lead me to this charming book written in 1896 from the point of view of a traveling pug dog named “Tony”. The dog tells of his travels with his master to visit the dogs and pets of Royalty throughout England and beyond. […]

BOOK- 1965- The early history of the English Chow by E.A. Burrows- for Chow of the Year Show

CLICK HERE TO READ THE 32 PAGE BOOKLET I HAVE ASSEMBLED IN PDF FORMAT This is indeed a treasure !!!!! Published in 1965, this 32 page booklet was created specifically for the first CHOW OF THE YEAR show in England, by long time breeder E. A. Burrows (PENHOW smooth chows) . The author who was well […]

1914 – WHYM CHOW:FLAME OF LOVE – Rare book of chow poetry by Michael Fields. Only 27 were published

This book is one I would give anything to have in my own collection but with only 27 copies of the book produced, it would be an elusive find indeed! Thanks to my husband’s book finding skills, he discovered a copy of WHYMCHOW: FLAME OF LOVE online at the University of British Columbia, for all […]