The Marshall/Compton Standard of Perfection for the Australian Pit Fowl together with an interim standard for the American Claret and a note on Grade Clarets (illustrated) a Marshall sketch of an Australian Pit Cock reprinted from The King of Fowls by Mark Marshall de Compton, A.J.; Marshall, Mark; Berman, Ralph - no date (1962)

Armidale: The Federal Society of Gamefanciers, no date (1962). paperback. Fair-Good. 8vo. b&w illustrations Scarce item; includes the text of the Marshall/Compton standard for Australian Pit Fowl (weight, comb, beak, eyes, legs, shanks and feet, etc), as first published in King of Fowls (1934), plus additional material on the American Claret; the body of the publication is an essay 'What is Wrong with the Standard for Australian Pit Fowl' by Ralph Berman; also includes a note on (Australian) Varieties - Queensland, New England, Central Coast, etc; 6 b&w photo illustrations of various Australian pit cocks; stapled wraps; in general a little tired, with creases and toning to pages throughout, staples rusted (top staple only holding), indentation (creases/closed tears) to edges of some pages, mild central crease throughout; wraps edgeworn and rubbed, with closed tears, loss to front at edge, loss to lower 3 inches of spine; former owner's name top front.