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JOSEPHINE, JOHN AND THE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1311079
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Miniature edition. Colour pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. 62 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby, booksellers ink stamp to lower edge of rear panel.

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PONGO THE TERRIBLE
Written by Denis Cleaver. Illustrated by G.W. Backhouse.
Stock no. 1501536
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Slightly better than good condition.

Pongo is a black poodle. Red boards, white title to spine and vignette to front board. Colour frontis plate, b/w and two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened and title has lost some of its colour. Covers grubby and discoloured in places. Front endpaper MISSING. Small area of surface paper damage to page 24 but text still readable. Grubby marks to title page and frontis and some marks to contents.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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BORN TO RUN
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501174
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007230575. Top of spine bumped. A few small white marks to cover edges. Top edge of text block is foxed. Contents clean. Wrapper is a little edge creased at top of spine.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: RAGS AND BONES
Written by Mary W. McClure. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1806821
Very good condition.

Step 17; reading primer. Blue cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 12 pages. Slight crease to lower corners else a nice, clean copy.

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THE DOG WHO WOULD GO DIGGING
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1306766
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

John & Mary Book No. 3. Yellow cloth spine with pictorial covers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of light marks to rear cover. Slight foxing else contents clean.

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THE DOGS OF WAR
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105958
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine, red title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine darkened. Rear board stained. Same area of damage to cloth on front cover. Pencil name to front endpaper, a few foxspots and fingermarks but otherwise contents very good.

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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1305264
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1919. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Buff boards with blue title and white vignette of Gyp (a young white Aberdeen terrier) to front cover. 15 colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Some browning/foxing to endpapers. Two leaves have small patches of damage to them. A couple of hinges are cracked. Some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, is edge chipped and rubbed and has a large closed tear to rear panel which has been repaired.

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BONZO
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1305095
Published by Hachette. Very good condition.

Red spine, yellow pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations to each page with text (in French) besides them. 16pages. Slight wear to spine and corners. Top edge of rear cover is grubby. Contents lightly browned otherwise clean. Top corners are very slightly creased.

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BONZO VA A LA CHASSE
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1305094
Published by Hachette. Good condition.

Red spine, yellow pictorial boards. An average of 6 colour illustrations to each page with text (in French) besides them. 16pages. Covers are edge worn with loss of surface paper to spine. Covers grubby. Remains of white label to front cover. Contents are fingered and a little grubby generally.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 1304620
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Staples are rusty and top two are detached from front cover and all three are detached from rear cover, however, the joints have not broken and the binding is still tight. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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