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FULL OF FUN
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2132546
Published by Scott & Sleeman. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, blue cloth spine. Front board shows cat at a writing desk with 3 kittens behind. Colour mounted frontis plate, two dogs playing at the sea-side. B/w illustrations throughout, many of cats! 87 pages. 10 x 8". Spine has faded to brown, with some other marks; appears to have been repaired to top and tail at some point. Heavy scuffing and surface paper damage to covers. Corners are bumped and very worn. Joint/hinge between title page and frontis is cracked, showing stitching and webbing. Foxing and browning to pages throughout.

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RAGS AND TUPPENCE
Written by Lewis Dutton. Illustrated by Edgar Norfield.
Stock no. 1318558
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Cloth spine and paper boards, red titles and vignette to front. Delightful colour plates & b/w text illustrations of terriers. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers are a bit grubby. Name plate to front endpaper. Foxing to page edges and some margins.

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DOGS
Written by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 2131937
Published by Penguin. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 56. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318012
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth with orange titles, illustration of 3 puppies to the front (one sitting on cushion). 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Life and adventures of a mongrel pup! Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to lower 2" of rear edge of spine. Some grubby marks to front cover. Name, date and a couple of initials in ink to front free-endpaper. Light damp stain to top of inner margins of front endpapers and to top corner of rear free-endpaper. Some light foxing and a few grubby fingermarks to contents.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1950
Written by Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2131249
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pictorial front board shows Bonzo eating grapes with parrot. Cloth spine. Packed full of stories and verses. Colour and two tone illustrations throughout. Spine is browned and spotted. Heavy scuffing and wear to covers. Damp marks to rear cover. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. Damp staining to some page margins. Foxing and browning. A reading copy.

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SAVING SINBAD!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2131152
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A doggy-eyed view of life in a busy Cornish fishing village. ISBN: 1842700081. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper, which has some light edge-creasing. A few small knocks to cover edges.

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PUFF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Katharine Macquoid. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan.
Stock no. 2131054
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1888. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and two colour decorations. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Margin tear, with small loss to edge of front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Margin marks.

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MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOUNDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130942
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1867. Almost very good condition.

From Their Earliest Records to The Present Day. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and small vignette to front cover. Dedicated to His Grace The Duke of Rutland. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and margin marks. Page edge creasing. Pencil annotations.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2130753
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. Wonderful! Bumping to corners. Spine is browned. Small tear in cloth near base of spine. Damp mark across top edge of rear cover. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and endpaper. Foxing throughout. Edge creasing to a couple of plates. One plate has been torn out, with jagged edge and taped back in with sticky tape.

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THE TALE OF THREE BAD PUPS
Written by Gladys Davidson.
Stock no. 2130451
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1957. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with pale blue title to spine and small vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Large easy-to-read text. Marks and wear to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1947
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2130432
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1947. Good condition.

Red pictorial boards showing Bonzo playing with a jack-in-the-box. Red cloth spine. Full colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine is faded with some faded writing. Chipping along cover edges. Corners are bumped. Frontis is MISSING. Foxing to prelims, last few pages and outer page edges and margins.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2130320
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Spine is faded and worn. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Frontis is MISSING! Foxing. Name in belongs to box and inscription in ink to same page. A few closed edge tears to lower margins (no loss). Page 13/14 detached at top gutter edge. A few marks to contents.

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