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LASSIE COME-HOME
Written by Eric Knight. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse.
Stock no. 596707
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

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THE ADVENTURES OF GOOPY THE PERSONALITY PUP
Written by James Gilroy.
Stock no. 627095
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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CHIPPY 'I SQUEAK'
No author listed.
Stock no. 595499
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, shaped book with a picture of a puppy with a slipper in his mouth to front cover. Adventures of Chippy the puppy and Puff the kitten. Part of the 'Collins Squeaker Books' serie. Press the middle of the book and Chippy squeaks! Slim volume just ten pages. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy.

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THE DOG WHO WOULD GO DIGGING
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 595130
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

A Blyton Tulip Book. Yellow glazed pictorial boards, green spine with black title. Colour illustrations. Corners rubbed, small chip to top of spine. Small name in ink to front pastedown, small biro mark to title page. Contents clean.

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MR PUP AND HIS ESCAPADE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 594851
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. Full page colour and two-tone illustrations. Spine is split to top and tail. Staples are starting to rust. Grubby marks and some foxing to covers and internally. Still a cute little book!

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MR PUP AND HIS ESCAPADE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 594858
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. Full page colour and two-tone illustrations. Some wear and splitting to spine. Light creases to covers and a few to pages internally. Some small grubby marks.

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THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 594580
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Larger format maroon paper-covered boards. Picture of Miss Ribby in a small circle on front cover. Mottled lilac endpapers (changed to pictures of the patty-pan in later editions). 52 pages. 7.25 x 5.5". First printing of the first edition. Spine repaired with very slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn. Slight fading to covers with a few very small marks. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light marks to contents but still a bright copy of the first edition.

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A DAY WITH DOPEY
Written by Florence Royle. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 378691
Published by John Crowther. Circa 1943. Good condition.

Dopey was a lovely little pekingese puppy. Small format. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board. 6 colour illustrations. 44 pages. Covers edge worn and grubby. Name and date in crayon to front pastedown. Grubby fingermarks throughout contents. First text page has a large repaired tear (no loss).

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 738540
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped with a little wear. Covers slightly grubby and spotted. Name plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked at top (between pastedown and endpaper) and at base (between free-endpaper and half-title page). Foxing to prelims. Some light fingering to page margins. Contents generally clean.

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BARKIS
Written by Clare Turlay Newberry. Illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry.
Stock no. 738512
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Barkis is a gorgeous little brown puppy dog. Oblong format. Pale green pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. SPine and corners worn. Covers a bit grubby with previous owner's name in ink written to front board. Previous owner's name in ink (twice) to front endpaper. One picture has been coloured on (long green teeth added to picture of girl). Some fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean.

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ROUGH THE TERRIER: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
Written by Emily Brodie. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 738344
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 95 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some marking to covers. Name in ink to rear pastedown. 1 page corner tip creased. Fingering to contents but generally clean.

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