PUBLICATIONS

THE BASSET HOUND
the following list is of publications
compiled by:
Rev. Patrick Kennedy

Novice Basset owners and even longtime Basset fanciers appreciate being able to learn more and share their knowledge of the development and history of our special canine friends.

The Basset Hound by Bobbye Land. Published 2006 by T.F.H. Publications. This book of 192 pages is economical and practical. An excellent book for the first time basset owner.

All Ears, the newsletter of Basset Hound Club of Canada, comes with your membership in our national club. It’s a very helpful and informative publication.

The Basset Hound Club of America also publishes a bi-monthly newsletter called Tally-Ho. It, too, comes with a club membership and is an excellent reference and education source.

A monthly Basset Hound magazine called The Bugler is available by contacting the publisher at 5972 Francis Ferry Road, McMinnville, TN 37110-4162.

A most comprehensive book is the New Complete Basset Hound by Mercedes Braun, published by Howell Books of New York. It was first printed in 1969 and is now in its fourth edition.

A more recent Basset book, entitled The New Basset Hound, is by Margaret S. Walton, the founder of the famed Lyn Mar Acres Bassets in the US. This is also published by Howell (1993).

BHCC member R. W. Frederiksen published a World History of the Basset Hound in 1987. This is an interesting study and is published privately. Mr. Frederiksen breed under the Ambrian prefix in the US.

Another invaluable source for pedigree study and for planning breedings is the BHC of America’s yearbooks. These feature a photograph of individual Bassets and their three-generation pedigrees.

The following books are largely out of print but can still be found at specialty stores or also check e bay and basset internet sites and canine used book stores. These books are individually and collectively a great source of old pedigree information as well as useful photos of many of the early dogs behind current breedings.

Pet Basset Hound was published in ‘56 by All Pets Books Inc. of Fond du Lac, Wisc. This book was written by Mrs. Travis Look, the owner of Looks Bassets, which you will find back a ways in American pedigrees.

Another old reference books comes to us from England. The Basset Hound Handbook by Douglas H. Appleton was published in 1960 in London by Nicholson & Wilson.

Know Your Basset Hound, from the ‘Know Your’ series, was published by The Pet Library in New York and is edited by Earl Schneider.

Another useful English publication, All About the Basset Hound, was published by Pelham Books in England in 1973. The author, Jeanne Rowett Johns is a long time Basset breeder and judge.

Another book that brings us back to one of the important founding kennels in the U.S. is How To Raise & Train a Basset Hound, by Arthur Liebers and Dorothy Hardy. This was published by Sterling Publishing of New York in 1959. Hardy was the owner of the famous Hubertus Kennel of Long Island, New York. Yet another English source brings us to The Basset Hound by E. Fitch Daglish, published by W. & G. Foyle Ltd. of London in 1964; it was in its third reprint by 1975.

Also from England and now in its fourth revised edition is The Basset Hound by George Johnston. Johnston was a judge and breeder under the Sykemoor prefix, and his book first appeared in 1968 from London’s Popular Dogs.

Understandably, I suppose, I’m always looking for a religious angle to my Basset endeavours and I found it, to my delight, in The Bishop’s Basset, by Jessie O’Connell Gibbs. This book, based on an actual event, was published in New York around 1970 by Essandess Spec. Editions. Look for it; I think you’ll enjoy it.

Another useful book on our breed is the T.F.H. publication of 1974, This Is The Basset Hound by Ernest H. Hart. Here you will find many photos of the Santana-Mandeville Bassets and the Slippey Hill Kennels, as well as many other items of interest.

If you like photos, and colour ones at that, see The Basset Hound by long-time American hound specialist judges Marcia A. Foy and Anna Katharine Nicholas. Published in 1985 by T.F.H. Publications, its photos of a number of important Bassets in the US are particularly helpful.

A small but useful volume entitled Basset Hounds was written by Diane McCarthy. Another T.F.H. Publication, it came on the market in 1990 and is still available.

Another English basset publication is Evelyn Elizabeth Lanyon entitled "Basset Hound". An excellent "how to" book.

Recommended too is Basset Hounds by Joe Stahlkuppe. I feel this is a really excellent and affordable reference on our breed.

A basset picture book for your collection is "Maggie’s Way" by owner of photographer Bill Stanton. Very much a work of love!

A French reference is Le Basset Hound published by Le Jour.

I recommend A "little" basset book - 3 3/4 inches X 3 inches, 80 pages, a little gem called Basset Hounds, full of good pictures of good specimens of the breed.

The ‘top of the line’ is The Official Book of the Basset Hound, approved by the Basset Hound Club of America and written by US breeder/judge Robert E. Booth. It’s pricey but may be available on e bay - if you want to "study" rather that "read about" the breed - this is the book for you.

The Basset Hound: an Owner’s Guide To A Happy Healthy Pet by a US breeder Barbara Wicklund.

Where would our breed be without "The Basset Hound - Owner’s Survival Guide" by Diane Morgan? A must read especially for the pet owner.

Great resource: The American Kennel Club’s Video on the Basset Hound and the Basset Hound Club of America’s Illustrated Standard.

Some children’s book on/with bassets: