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Our condolences go to Maini Stone and her family and friends. Steve inscribed and mailed all copies of his acclaimed book celebrating the Staffordshire Bull Terrier to North American customers personally, so we regret that North American Stafford fanciers who wish to purchase the book will experience longer delivery times as copies of his book will now be shipped from the UK for the forseable future. Thank-you for your patience and understanding. Nick Wheat |
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£15.00 (free UK P&P, Europe P&P = £5, Rest of World P&P = £10) BREEDERS: whole-litter orders:-
Additional Content: A free CD-ROM attached to this 256 page book contains more than 300 pages featuring hundreds of full-colour photographs from every nation around the globe where Staffords have become firmly established away from the Breed's UK heartland. Additional bonus material also appears within the disc's contents. Steve Stone imported Finland's first Stafford in April 1964 and was co-founder of the SBT Club of Finland. Returning to the USA in 1966, Steve founded the SBTC/USA and Registry 1967, beginning the drive for entry into the AKC. |
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Presenting a special collection of 6 postcards – archive photographs from John F. Gordon’s personal albums.
These pictures and many more like them may be found in ‘Celebrating Staffordshire Bull Terriers’ by Steve Stone.
Reproduced by kind permission of Joe LeBlanc. Only 500 sets of these 6" x 4" postcards have been produced £2 + 50p (UK P&P) Literary | Pets and Animals | Local History | Railway History |
It is with great sadness that we must notify visiors to this site that Steve Stone passed away peacefully at his Winter home in Hawaii on Wednesday 6th January 2010.
Celebrating Staffordshire Bull Terriers : ISBN 0-9552251-2-3
Although Steve Stone's name sits on the cover, authors from around the world lend this book and its accompanying CD-ROM not only length and breadth but substance. In alphabetical order, they include Les Aspin, Linda Barker, Candy Beauchamp, Malcolm Boam, Wlodek Cioc, Glenn Consadine, Karyn Dawes, Cheryl Ellicott, George Goddard, Abe Harkness, Jo Hemstock, Sarah Hemstock, Juanita Hobbs, Gerry Holmes, Julie King, Andrea Kitchen, Joe LeBlanc, Squibs Mercier,Terry Mueller, Jason Nicolai, Marlane Parra, Vic Pounds, Jean Richardson, Harry Rodeheaver,Alissa Romaine, Irma Rosenfield, Dr. Ellis Ruby,Sandra Smid, Colin Smith, Carolyn Stewart, Terry Stewart, George Urbanski, and Bob Whittall. This book also features original illustrations by Marion Field and a generous selection of photographs – most of which have never previously been published – from John F. Gordon's personal albums, courtesy of Joe LeBlanc. This book not only celebrates the proud history and sheer versatility of the Breed, every word on every page is devoted exclusively to the cause of the Stafford, including the problems encountered by Breed Rescue and the menace of Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) which mindless politicians seem intent on imposing on the dog-loving public in the face of overwhelming evidence of its ineffectiveness. Tired old generic material (puppy raising, diet, whelping, etc.) has been intentionally omitted. 
Contents: The True Nature of the Stafford (public Stafford, private Stafford) • Following the Ancestral Trail • A Stafford Renaissance (by Vic Pounds) • Veterans’ Views (Staffords come into their own) • The Stafford Athlete (More than just a pretty face!) • A Foremost All-Purpose Dog (You name it and Staffords can do it!) • Breed Standard Variations • Breeding Principles and Practices • Quo Vadis, Mrs. Stafford? (Pathways to the breed’s future) • Stafford Rescue (The high price of Breed popularity) • Birth of the BSL Blues • Seizing BSL by the Throat • Snips and Snails and Staffordshire Tales (Stafford anecdotes).
1) In Mr. Vic Pounds' 1949 photo, Mr. Bill Boylan's Brinstock Billstonian proves irresistible to the fairer sex.