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THE POINTER AND HIS PREDECESSORS
Written by William Arkwright.
Stock no. 2124495
Published by Firth Productions. 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Republication of the second edition. An illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times. Red boards, gilt titles and border. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906924030. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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A BOX OF TRICKS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1815596
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Poor condition.

Invented and drawn by G.E. Studdy; Explained by George Jellicoe. Orange pictorial boards. Blue endpapers showing Bonzo Pup. Colour plates plus blue & white illustrations. VERY fragile. A reading copy only. Backstrip worn away and lower half of contents thus loose. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name and address in pencil to verso of same. Binding extremely fragile. Grubby marks to contents.

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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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DOGS OF EVERY DAY
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1317199
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"These verses specially written to accompany Mr. Aldin's drawings have appeared in the pages of "Punch" from time to time". Large format. Red cloth, dark titles. 12 monochrome plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Cream dustwrapper is slightly grubby and foxed and has a few small tears at edges.

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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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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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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406360
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth with dark titles to spine and front. 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. 80 pages. Wonderful! A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is lightly browned. Light foxing to covers. Rear joint cracked. One plate detached. Foxing throughout. Light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and bottom of spine sn top of both panels. Browning to spine and panels, Some marks to spine.

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