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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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406360
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth with dark titles to spine and front. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. 80 pages. Wonderful! A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is lightly browned. Light foxing to covers. Rear joint cracked. One plate detached. Foxing throughout. Light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and bottom of spine sn top of both panels. Browning to spine and panels, Some marks to spine.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316213
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

SIGNED/LTD edition of which 300 copies are for sale. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. White boards, gilt titles. Plates have captioned tissue-guards. 80 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by Aldin to limitation page. This is copy no. 46. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and slight grubbiness to covers. Evidence of removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing else contents clean.

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MRS. TICKLER'S CARAVAN A STORY FOR CHILDREN
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1506014
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1931. Slightly better than 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. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with a few marks. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Small tear and crease to bottom of first text page. Foxing to contents throughout but generally clean otherwise.

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EXMOOR - THE RIDING PLAYGROUND OF ENGLAND
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1405205
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth covers with dark titles and deer vignettes. Two-tone frontis plus 4 b/w plates, 2 fold out maps and small b/w repeated illustrations. 125 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to spine and board edges. Small bump to bottom of front and rear board. Tissue guard to frontis is creased. Both maps have small tears where they are stuck into the book. The first map is creased at the edges. One plate is detached. Foxing to some pages and the top margin of some plates otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and creased. Remains of a label to rear flap. Small patch of surface paper damage to front flap. Some foxing and marks to panels. Wrapper is grubby.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1315489
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Recased in original covers, joints professionally repaired and rear free-endpaper backed as some loss to edges. Some pages and plates slightly worn to edges where they were loose before repairs. Some creases to pages. Light browning mainly to margins of text pages, plates bright and clean. Inscription in ink and small newspaper clipping (about Peter the lost Budgerigar!) fixed with white tape to verso of front-endpaper. Musty odour to contents. Still a decent copy of a scarce title, now in sound binding.

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OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1314100
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine bumped. Some light foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and creased with some loss, patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1305264
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1919. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Buff boards with blue title and white vignette of Gyp (a young white Aberdeen terrier) to front cover. 15 colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Some browning/foxing to endpapers. Two leaves have small patches of damage to them. A couple of hinges are cracked. Some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, is edge chipped and rubbed and has a large closed tear to rear panel which has been repaired.

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