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JOHN AND ME & THE DICKERY DOG
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2134725
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue and gold mottled boards, light blue cloth spine. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded with a few marks. Wear and bumping to cover edges; a few chips. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and 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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BULL TERRIERS
Written by Robin Salyn.
Stock no. 2134300
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An Owner's Companion series. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1852231424. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE STAFFORDSHIRE TERROR
Written by Patricia Beatty.
Stock no. 2134298
Published by William Morrow & Company. 1st USA 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A gripping novel, set in present day California, involves a girl's love for her pet and the netherworld of fighting dogs for sport. Blue boards, black title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 0688222013. Pale foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has a few tiny edge-chips.

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WHITE MONARCH AND THE GAS-HOUSE PUP
Written by R.G. Kirk; M. Homan.
Stock no. 2134259
Published by The Dog Club Magazine. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1917, this is a later reprinted Limited edition to 500 copies. ISBN: 1871698006. SIGNED by editor. This is Copy No. 30. Wrapper has tiny split to top and a few grubby marks.

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JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD
Written by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick. Illustrated by E. Caldwell.
Stock no. 1320480
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. 474 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to cloth. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Endpapers browned. Page 35/6 has lower corner torn off (slight loss to margin illustrations only, not text). A few light foxspots to contents. A nice copy of the first issue of the first edition (first issue points present: dung beetle is shown to be pushing dung with front legs on pgs 65, 337 & 457 and horse is being dragged up a vertical cliff on pg 316).

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MRS ARMITAGE AND THE BIG WAVE
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1320430
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Mrs Armitage and Breakspear the dog go surfing! Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224046292. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. A tiny indentation to rear cover. Contents fine.

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PADDY THE PUPPY
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1319912
Published by World Distributors (manchester) Ltd. Circa 1971. Almost very good condition.

A Sunshine Picture Story Book. Thin format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072354588X. Covers creased and slightly grubby. Pale page browning and foxing.

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THE DOG WITHOUT A COLLAR
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1319907
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

A Sunshine Picture Story Book. Square format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations to text. 10 pages. Slight wear to spine and corners. Pale page browning.

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PATCH
Written by Helen Griffiths. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 1319691
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Patch was a white and black dog born in Mallorca, belonging to an English boy who had to return to England and leave Patch behind.... Blue boards, silver title to spine.118 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0091030404. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown, a few small spots to free-endpapers. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly rubbed at edges.

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