xx, 298 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

A century of work for animals : the history of the R.S.P.C.A., 1824-1924 / by Edward G. Fairholme and Wellesley Pain ; foreword by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; introduction by Lord Lambourne ; Compassion, an ode, by Thomas Hardy.

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