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TRAMP THE SHEEP DOG
Written by Don Lang. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 2138750
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story Parade Picture Book. Almost square format. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some bumping to spine and corners; wear and browning. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss; browned/foxed.

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MELISANDE
Written by Margery Sharp. Illustrated by Roy McKie.
Stock no. 2138022
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Memoir of a remarkable operatic soprano (a dog!). B/w drawings. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is in pieces, with loss in places.

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STIPS UND FLIPS DAS BRUDERPAAR
Written by Graf Lowenstein; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2137476
Published by Artur Wolf. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour and blue and white illustrations. Marks and browning to covers. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout.

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THE HOSPITAL DOG
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.
Stock no. 1322757
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It is up to Dot the Dalmatian to save the day when one of the patients needs help. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781509868315. Some slight creasing to spine of wrapper.

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COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1322715
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to lower cover edges. Spine and spine edges slightly faded. Contents clean.

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TIME FOR BED, FRED!
Written by Yasmeen Ismail. Illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail.
Stock no. 1322366
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Fred (the dog) will do anything to advoid bedtime! A perfect picture book for reluctant bed-goers. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781408837009. Bump to top front edge of spine.

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JUNK, THE PUPPY
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 2135896
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paperboards showing puppy in dog kennel. B/w illustrations of cute little pup. Grubby marks to covers. Bumping and chipping to corners. Front joint is partially broken at top of pages; binding starting to become weak. Marks to outer page edges and page margins.

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DOG NELSON, A.B.
Written by Gordon Vice-Admiral Campbell. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 2135780
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1938. Good condition.

Cream boards with blue vignette to front. Red cloth spine. Colour frontis plate, contains many b/w text illustrations and colour plates throughout. 91 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Chipping/heavy bump to top edge of front cover. Staining and browning to covers and to pages throughout. Stains get larger to page near rear of book. A reading copy. Frontis is nearly detached.

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JOCK OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lucy Jackson. Illustrated by Jucy Tucker.
Stock no. 2135374
Published by Utl Printing. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Jock is an Irish Terrier. Large format. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952040727. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. A few grubby margin marks. Light foxing to outer page edges.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 2134713
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Heavy wear to corners, with some chipping; bumping. Scuff and other marks to covers, with uneven browning to rear cover. Foxing to outer page edges and paler throughout internal pages. Grubby marks to pages, but illustrations are still nice and bright.

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NO-SITCH: THE HOUND
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321144
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st USA 1936. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn and edges lightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Contents clean. Light musty smell to contents.

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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2134320
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, which is browned and also has some margin chips and tears. A few gatherings are pulled - with a few leaves starting to come loose next to spine - some are torn. One page has large tear, but does not obstruct text on either side.

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