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DOGS OF EVERY DAY
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129089
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

"These verses specially written to accompany Mr. Aldin's drawings have appeared in the pages of "Punch" from time to time". Large format. Red cloth, dark titles. 12 monochrome plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spine is browned. A few grubby and scuff marks to covers. A few pale foxspots. Illustrations are very good!

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MY DOG
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2128944
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Stories of a cute little bulldog. Translated by A. Teixera de Mattos. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. Bumping and wear along cover edges. Scuffing to onlay to front cover. Damp marks to covers and to some pages (mostly margins) internally. Piece of top of front endpaper has been cut out. Foxing. A few hinges are pulled, so that webbing/stitching can be seen. All plates present.

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MRS. TICKLER'S CARAVAN A STORY FOR CHILDREN
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2128641
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Mr. Tickler led a hard life - he was never allowed inside Mrs. Tickler's beautiful caravan because he snored all night and sneezed all day! Then he bought a Magic Handkerchief at the fair... Delightful pastel colour illustrations. Pictorial boards and endpapers. Blue cloth spine. 91 pages. Some light bumping and wear to corners. Small dent along bottom edge of front cover. Some fading to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE BULL TERRIER FORCE: A COLLECTION TO RECORD AND REMEMBER THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENDING OF WAR TIME HOSTILITIES
Written by George Jarrett; Rudyard Kipling; Brian Kenway; David Harris; et al. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1816780
Published by The Bull Terrier Club. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

Large oblong format. Grey pictorial cardwraps with red title to front. Foreword by George Jarrett, President BTC 1991-1994. Limited edition of 1,000. Short stories of Bull Terriers who accompanied their owners serving in governmental services and the welfare of the breed and the pleasure it brings to so many people. B/w photos and illustrations. 68 pages. ISBN: 187128502X. This is copy 158 of 1000 and included is the compliments slip with the copy number and tissue paper guard. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TWINS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127770
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Large format. 24 gorgeous colour plates. The story of Snip and Snap, two spaniel puppies. Grey paperboards with colour onlay to front. Pictorial endpapers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Couple of splits to spine, which is also grubby, with a little fraying to top and tail. Some scuffs and surface paper damage to onlay to front cover. Damp marks to edges of rear covers, but only goes through a little to rear endpapers. Damp marks also to corners of front cover. Page browning, with the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled in places, so that binding is starting to weaken, a few magic tape repairs. Illustrations are still wonderful!!

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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127769
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine, buff paper boards, black title and illustration of mongrel puppies behind bars to front. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Life and adventures of a mongrel pup! Spine has completely faded to brown and has splits and chips, with some loss and fraying to cloth. Chipping along cover edges. Bumping to corners. A little bowing to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning; odd foxspot. Contents are still generally very good.

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BUNNYBOROUGH
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127707
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Reissue of 1919 edition. Yellow cloth. Colour illustrations of Bunny Rabbits. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown and front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; other tears are repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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HUMPTY AND DUMPTY THEIR ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2127170
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Square buff boards, black titles; colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Part of the Cecil Aldin's Happy Family series. Colour illustrations. Damp stain to spine, spreading out to front cover. Browning and foxing to covers and pages.

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WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2125302
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Splash mark to front cover. Wear and bumping to spine and cover edges. Darkening and small mark to spine. Foxing to endpapers and some page margins. All plates present.

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THE PERVERSE WIDOW AND THE WIDOW
Written by Richard Steele; Washington Irving. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2124874
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Two short stories in one volume. 3 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown card plus b/w text illustrations. Small format. Brown boards with onlay to front. Some chipping/splits to spine. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. All 3 tipped-in colour plates are present.

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DOGS OF EVERY DAY
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1317199
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"These verses specially written to accompany Mr. Aldin's drawings have appeared in the pages of "Punch" from time to time". Large format. Red cloth, dark titles. 12 monochrome plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Cream dustwrapper is slightly grubby and foxed and has a few small tears at edges.

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THE BUNCH BOOK
Written by James Douglas. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1814680
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards with blue vignette. Superb doggy illustrations - colour frontis plate and many, many b/w text illustrations. Boards browned and unevenly faded. Small imperfection to cloth just above the vignette to front board. Front hinge pulled. A few grubby marks to contents.

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