Golden Jubilee Edition

[Tarmons]

As a member of the Golden Jubilee Edition Editorial team, I am putting in a plug for this book which will be going to the Printers shortly.

National Council will not permit any more copies than 2500 of the soft cover and 125 of the Deluxe leather bound edition to be printed. As each member of a GSDC will receive a free soft cover copy of the Golden Jubilee Edition of the Condensed History of the Breed in Australia - all 864 pages of it in full colour-. there will not be too many spare copies left if you decide you would like to give a copy as a gift.

If you want to order the limited leather bound edition or an extra copy of the soft cover edition, you had better get your order in asap.

There will not be a second print run of this book ever.... when the additional copies are sold out- that's it. No more. So if you are thinking of getting a copy for a friend, put the order in now.

When people see this book, they will be amazed. It is magnificent. There are 81 pages of advertisements in full colour. For the first time the influence of the Dams has been acknowledged.... a very comprehensive article on the Dams that has been well-researched.

This book will be a key resource for lovers of the breed.... I doubt whether in our life time it will be revised and updated. This edition is definitely a one-off.

The dimensions are Portrait: 29.7 cm x 21 cm x 6cm...... so it is a substantial volume and well worth putting in an order for an extra copy or two. The finished book is much larger than Von Stephanitz's original tome on the breed ...and of course we have 1000's of colour photos in our book.

In the Herding segment we have colour photos of the first herding trial for GSDs ever held in Australia in the mid 1980's in NSW. It was judged by David O'Rourke. Each dog irrespective of class and level was given 10 minutes to pen 20 sheep. The photos are brilliant

The history of each State Club is in it.

The only segment that has not been included is the Community Service Dogs - Delta Dogs, Assistance Dogs,.Seeing-Eye GSD and those GSDs who were awarded the Nation's Highest honour for bravery .... the book had reached 864 pages and National Council were concerned about the size and the postage costs. I should point out that in the State listings mention has been made of the achievements of individual Delta and Assistance Dogs but due to the constraints of space, there is no specific section given over to the magnifcent work done by these dogs and the Hero GSDs whose bravery has been acknowledged by State and National awards.

The leather bound edition will become collectors items, as this is a once in a 50 year project to celebrate National Council’s 50th birthday.... and only 125 copies being printed....so spread the word.

If it assists you, James Rodger will accept payment in two equal payments in December and January, either by cheque, money order or credit card.

Order Forms can be downloaded from the GSDCA website www.gsdcouncilaustralia.org or if you have access to the GSDCA Quarterly Review April 2010 page 9