{"product_id":"the-vintage-dog-scrapbook-the-french-bulldog-9781447428626","title":"The Vintage Dog Scrapbook - The French Bulldog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA keepsake miscellany for the dog-minded, set among vintage photographs of the bat-eared companion of the Paris salons.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vintage Dog Scrapbook\u003c\/em\u003e gathers essays, anecdotes, poems and literary excerpts on life with a dog - the comedy of it, the loyalty, the ache at the end - and prints them among photographs of the French Bulldog drawn from rare breed volumes in our library. The text is for dogs everywhere; the pictures are the breed's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe breed began, improbably, with the Nottingham lace-makers who bred a toy bulldog for company, and travelled to France with them when the mills mechanised. In Paris it became the pet of artists, writers and society women - the dog you see in these photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEssays, anecdotes, poems and literary excerpts on dogs and dog owning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVintage photographs of the breed, taken from rare volumes in our own library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for the canine-inclined, and for the devotee of one particular small companion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort pieces made for dipping into, at any hour of the evening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Various\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Dog Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447428626","brand":"Vintage Dog Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45470734188659,"sku":"9781447428626","price":45.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0251d484-d826-435b-b644-708b48035cc4.jpg?v=1789048511","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-vintage-dog-scrapbook-the-french-bulldog-9781447428626","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}