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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1949
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1312287
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1949. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial paperboards, front cover shows Bonzo with peashooter. 124 pages. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn, light spot to rear cover. Inscription in blue biro to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, pages 52 and 53 lightly marked some fingermarks to page margins but generally clean.

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THE SNOB
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1312270
Published by Laurence and Bullen. 1904. Fair condition.

Some episodes in a Mis-spent Youth. Green pictorial boards with typical Aldin full page illustrations. Covers are edge worn, scuffed with 8 d tape marks across the spine/covers (see photos). Spine covering is chipped with loss. 8 old tape marks across the joints of the books which have browned and affect the prelims and last few pages. There is also sticky fabric reinforcing the joints. Staples are rusty. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Contents are foxed, grubby and lightly browned. Not as bad as it sounds! Still a decent copy.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1952
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1402349
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo holding onto a firework rocket, with the moon smiling in the background. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges are rubbed. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. Name in ink to front endpaper. Name & numbers in pencil to front pastedown. Partially erased doodle to rear endpaper. Few light marks otherwise contents are clean.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1311844
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 and corners bumped. A few foxspots and a light stain to edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed with minimal loss and is a little grubby on rear panel.

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GETTING TO KNOW DOGS
Written by Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1402327
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

All the necessary information and guidance for the boy or girl who is bent on acquiring the best friend and comrade a human can have outside his own kind. Beige cloth, green titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little faded at edges. Top edges are a little foxed. Inscription to front endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with several tears. Small piece missing from spine which is browned. Panels are grubby. Couple of tape repairs to verso plus a couple of white labels at spine, one which covers the missing piece.

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THE PODGY-PUPPY BOOK
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1207965
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

A story for children. Brown cloth spine, pictorial front board shows Podgy Puppy with a chewed slipper! B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Free endpapers lightly browned.

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ROCKY GOES RACING
Written by K. Hatchwell. Illustrated by Raffray.
Stock no. 1311291
Published by Litor Publishers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Tots' Tale Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed with 2" split to spine. Staples pulled inside covers causing contents to be nearly detached from covers. Pale page browning.

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JOSEPHINE, JOHN AND THE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1311079
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Miniature edition. Colour pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. 62 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby, booksellers ink stamp to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE FIELD SPANIEL SOCIETY YEAR BOOK 2009
No author listed.
Stock no. 1807656
2009. Nearly fine condition.

Spiral bound grey cardwraps. Colour photos. 82 pages.

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REPRODUCTIVE CLINICAL PROBLEMS IN THE DOG
Written by D. Edward Jones; Joan O. Joshua.
Stock no. 1807655
Published by Wright. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

A Veterinary Practitioner Handbook. Blue/green cardwraps. 198 pages. ISBN: 0723606382. Covers unevenly faded/sunned. Inscription & date in ink to half-title page (Peggy Graysen). Foxing to prelims and text block else contents clean.

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