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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1504626
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Extracts from the diary of a Mongrelian named Gibus, so-called, says his master, because his face reminds him of his opera hat when it is shut up! Large format. Light brown pictorial cloth. Delightful and amusing colour plates plus a few b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. Small piece missing from edge of rear pastedown and light stain to top corner. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. A couple of corner tips creased. A few closed margin tears with no loss. Occasional fox spots and light margin marks but overall a decent copy with contents clean and bright.

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1404154
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. A little bumping to spine. Front board is a little bowed. Pale page edge browning and some foxing otherwise contents are clean. Wrapper is edge worn and a little chipped. Uneven fading to spine and both panels. Foxing to verso.

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PLAYFUL ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1314647
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 532. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. Featuring Bonzo the dog tucking into a rabbit pie (with a rabbit escaping!). 14 full-page colour illustrations, each with a small paragraph of text, 9 of the illustrations are featuring Bonzo. A scarce item. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MR PUP AND HIS ESCAPADE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1403363
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. Full page colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Staples a little rusty. Contents generally clean

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2115149
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1713071
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper edge-chipped and browned with 3" closed tear to bottom of front panel.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1951
Written by G.E. Studdy; Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1503215
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows Bonzo as a cowboy. Red cloth spine. Spine bumped, worn and marked. Wear to corners and cover edges. Lots of pin holes to front cover, ink marks and drawing to rear cover. Belongs to box completed in pen and crossed out, date above. Pencil drawings to rear endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Just one or two small marks to contents.

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PUSSYCATS AND BOW-WOWS
No author listed. Illustrated by Gilbert Haldane Dodd.
Stock no. 1313583
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1915. Good condition.

Untearable pages, mounted on cotton cloth. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations plus multi-colour text and text illustrations. Includes the rhyme "Three Little Kittens" and a story "The Dog's Party". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers replaced. Inscription in ink to title-page. Title-page and first text page separated at lower corner, some page creases and grubby marks to contents.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503114
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Small dark spots to top edge of front cover by corner and outside edge by lower corner. Some light browning to endpapers and prelims. Pen lines to lower corner of page 59, text not affected. Some light foxing to text block with small light stain to top edge. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a little loss at top of spine. Tears to side of spine have been repaired on verso with clear tape. Spine is faded, rear panel is browned. Some grubby marks.

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PUPPY TAILS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1313203
Published by John Swain & Son Limited; Brentano's. Very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth spine, grey pictorial boards. Colour plates. Pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers edge rubbed with wear to corners, slightly browned and grubby. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JACK
Written by Frances Brundage. Illustrated by Frances Brundage.
Stock no. 2114699
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Fair condition.

Large format (tall). Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers are foxed and grubby, with chips and tears to corners. Some creasing to covers. Contents are detached from covers. Small inscription in ink to first page. Grubby margin marks.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

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