Three dogs, sixteen stories, and a household at the centre of Edwardian London's political life.
Dog Stars - Three Luminaries in the Dog World, published in 1915, is a set of affectionate reminiscences of a collie, a fox terrier and a poodle - their courage, their comedy, their scrapes and their affections - written by Mrs T. P. O'Connor, the Texan-born wife of the Irish journalist and Member of Parliament, from inside the Anglo-Irish salon world of the day.
The first edition was illustrated with five full-page colour plates by Will Rannells, then among the leading canine illustrators in America, and bound with a collie's head stamped on the board. It is a period piece in the best sense: warm, gossipy, and unmistakably of its moment.
This edition features:
- Sixteen short chapters on three dogs the author knew intimately
- Illustrated by Will Rannells, a leading American canine illustrator of the day
- A glimpse of Edwardian London society from inside a famous political household
- First published in 1915, and long out of print