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SIMPLE READING STEPS: RAGS AND BONES
Written by Mary W. McClure. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1328064
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Step 17; reading primer. Blue cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 12 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Light foxing.

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ROVER: A COLLIE-COYOTE
Written by Harper Cory. Illustrated by W.N. Parker.
Stock no. 1328047
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Wild Life Ways series, supplementary readers for the Junior School. Green cloth covered cardwraps. 77 pages. B/w text illustrations. Foxing. Small mark to top margin of first few pages else contents clean.

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BLUE ROAN: A DOG TALE
Written by Irene Gass. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1328040
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1942. Very good condition.

Go Ahead Books series. Green cardwraps. 64 pages. B/w text illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, staples rusty. Foxing to textblock.

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THE ENGLISH WHIPPET
Written by E.G. Walsh; Mary Lowe.
Stock no. 1828273
Published by The Boydell Press. 2nd 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An authoritative and entertaining book tracing the story of the English Whippet from a point several centuries before its recognition by the Kennel Club in 1890, through the founding of the Whippet Club, the other breed clubs and the Whippet Coursing Club, and up to the present day. Coursing with whippets is covered in detail and there are separate chapters on the hunting whippet and the racing whippet. Also chapters on breeding and rearing. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851152716. SIGNED by Mary Lowe to title page (no dedication) and includes a signed letter from Mary Lowe. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn, corners bumped. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate to front edge of spine, and is a little scuffed.

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POOR CECCO
Written by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327890
Published by George H. Doran Company. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Tipped-in colour frontis plus 6 other colour plates. B/w chapter tailpieces. 2nd printing with 'B' to the colophon page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A nice, clean copy.

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TRAINING YOUR HUMAN
Written by Sammy Vallhund; Chris Tomaszewski; Cliff Tomaszewski. Illustrated by Matthew Land.
Stock no. 1327815
Published by Chris & Cliff Tomaszewski. 1st 2010. Fine condition.

Everything a dog needs to know about how to train your human! A well-trained human can provide dogs with the basics they need and can ensure they have a full social life, remain active and healthy into old age and have their every need responded to promptly! Beautiful full colour paintings illustrate the techniques discussed. A must for every dog who has charge of a human. Limited edition of 50 copies. Written by a Swedish Vallhund who has mastered the art of training humans and now wishes to pass on his expertise to other dogs. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps.

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PATCHIE THE SPANIEL
Written by Vitaly Bianki; Irina Zheleznova. Illustrated by A. Yakobson.
Stock no. 1327751
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House. Almost very good condition.

Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. Translated by Zheleznova. Covers are slightly edge rubbed, foxed and creased. Light finger creases to page margins. Name in ink to top edge of front cover.

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TRAINING YOUR HUMAN
Written by Sammy Vallhund; Chris Tomaszewski; Cliff Tomaszewski. Illustrated by Matthew Land.
Stock no. 1327738
Published by Chris & Cliff Tomaszewski. 1st 2010. Fine condition.

Everything a dog needs to know about how to train your human! A well-trained human can provide dogs with the basics they need and can ensure they have a full social life, remain active and healthy into old age and have their every need responded to promptly! Beautiful full colour paintings illustrate the techniques discussed. A must for every dog who has charge of a human. Limited edition of 50 copies. Written by a Swedish Vallhund who has mastered the art of training humans and now wishes to pass on his expertise to other dogs. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. New and unread.

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A BUNDLE OF RAGS IN A CYCLONE: THE IRISH WATER SPANIEL
Written by Nick Waters.
Stock no. 1827819
Published by Nick Waters. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A celebration of a unique and versatile dog - a breed now recognised at the very top levels of competition in the show ring, a working gundog; a sniffer dog; an obedience and agility dog, but, above all, a character and companion. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 095346590X. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to title page (slightly smudged). Corners lightly bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Pale marks to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly creased and lightly scuffed.

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SCAMP AND CAROLINE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Pierre Probst.
Stock no. 1327431
Published by Hackett's; Blackie. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Hackett's Little Gift Books. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Covers edge worn, some loss of surface paper covering to lower 2" of spine. Names in belongs to box. Some grubby marks to contents. Front joint cracked.

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DOG PAINTING: THE EUROPEAN BREEDS
Written by William Secord.
Stock no. 1327172
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An historical overview of the extraordinary range of dog painting created in Europe during the nineteenth century. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. 398 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1851492380. Spine and corners bumped else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and cresed, a couple of small tears at edges.

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KEESHONDS OF THE WORLD
Written by Margo Emerson.
Stock no. 1327041
Published by Beech Publishing House. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

All aspects of keeping, breeding and showing this likeable dog. Tracing the history and development of the breed and assesses its place in various countries throughout the world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1852592370. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. White dustwrapper has evidence of a label removed to rear panel, is slightly edge worn and has a few scratch marks to edge of rear panel.

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