James Hinks Master Craftsman by Kevin Kane.

Collectors EditionA4 hardback - a copy unique to you - personalised with dedications or photographs of you and your dogs.

Sketch of Hinks Old PussThis book is historically significant being the first publication on the breed to incorporate Melville's sketch of Hinks Old Puss drawn in 1862. ALSO Melville's sketch of Hinks Bulldog, which caused such a stir among the fancy in 1862.

Issue between Tupper and HinksRawden Lee wrote from memory - the issue of contention between Hinks and Tupper was about Bulldogs not Bull Terriers as Lee claimed - the evidence is given uniquely in this book. Not bred to the BusinessThe first contemporary reference to Hinks strain as not bred for dog fighting contrary to claims many years later.

Hinks takes the chairCopy of the advertisement in which James Hinks took the chair as a judge at a dog show. Copies of the show catalogue evidence of Puss's pedigreeThis is the first publication ever to show the pages from the show catalogue's which gave the pedigree of Hinks Old Puss.

Unique details of Hinks life and timesThis book is the first ever to provide details of James Hinks, his family and the Birmingham in which he lived.Did you know that James Hinks was born in Mullingar in Ireland? This book provides the reasons , with evidence, why the Hinks family lived in such a remote location within the British Is.James Hinks originally a Brass Founder turned to livestock breeding, because the former occupation was dangerous.Details on James Hinks' father and his wife and her family.

Family photographsPhotographs of Hinks family never published in any publication before.

Unique details on every show attended by HinksThis book provides detail about the earliest dog shows, which are very revealing and will be of interest to all dog owners, not just Bull Terrier enthusiasts.

The first call for a critique and breed standardOccurred after first few shows.Criticisms of early judgesFrom earliest times the exhibitors were unhappy with the decisions made by judges - copies of letters of complaint.