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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 2124324
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Some remains of label, with surface paper damage to front endpaper. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some edge-creasing and nicks to corners; blue pen ink to corner of front flap, with date in ink.

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BERTIE AND THE BIG RED BALL
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1815530
Published by John Murray; Gallery Five. 1st 1982. Fine condition.

When Ruby takes Bertie for a quiet walk on the seafront little does she know what lies in store... Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0719539765.

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HAROLD AND THE DUCK
Written by Bruce Robinson. Illustrated by Sophie Windham.
Stock no. 1317178
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harold (the dogs) life changes when an egg hatches and a bossy and domineering duck is born.... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747576009. Spine and corners bumped, a few small dents to lower cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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KING THE STORY OF A SHEEP-DOG
Written by T.C. Hinkle. Illustrated by George Wright.
Stock no. 2123909
Published by Arrowsmith. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. 222 pages. B/w text illustrations. A few marks to covers. Page browning; foxing to outer page edges.

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THE BUNCH BOOK
Written by James Douglas. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1814680
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards with blue vignette. Superb doggy illustrations - colour frontis plate and many, many b/w text illustrations. Boards browned and unevenly faded. Small imperfection to cloth just above the vignette to front board. Front hinge pulled. A few grubby marks to contents.

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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1316804
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower corner of front cover. Some light marks to page margins and musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with small tears at corners. Small hole to lower corner of front panel. 10 of series 497 titles listed on rear flap.

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HURRY HOME CANDY
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1316693
Published by The Children's Book Club. circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Children's book club edition. Green boards with black titles to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, showing on white rear panel and is slightly worn to spine.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316414
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

LIMITED EDITION, limited to 250 copies. White calf spine with gilt title. Burgundy cloth covers with gilt title to front. 47 pages, top edge gilt but others untrimmed. 12 wonderful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. SIGNED by the author and artist, this is copy no. 132. Some staining to rear edge of spine and slight discolouration to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, especially to endpapers and page edges.

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POGO'S HOUSE
Written by Jo Norling; Ernest Norling.
Stock no. 1406416
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of Lumber. Cream pictorial cloth with green and brown titles and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. 8 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing mostly to page edges.

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BONZO'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by G.E. Studdy; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1406355
Published by John Swain & Son Limited; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1925. Very good condition.

Small format (13 x 10.5cm). Pictiorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations plus double-spread centre fold. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Staples rusty. Rear cover a little grubby. Some light spotting to a couple of pages. Light margin marks to centre pages. Contents are otherwise very good. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CHOPS ADVENTURES IN THE AIR
Written by E.J. Barks. Illustrated by Dora Barks.
Stock no. 1506821
Published by Warrillows Ltd.. circa 1925. Good condition.

Chops the Pekingese didn't want to wear a muzzle so he left home. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour plates plus green and white illustrations. 23 pages. Text in rhyme. Spine bumped with small holes to top half, front edge browned. Covers grubby and marked, loss of surface along bottom edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Ink inscription to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. A few fingermarks to contents. Light browning to margins of plates.

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