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THE SNOB
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406296
Published by Laurence and Bullen. 1st 1904. Slightly better than good condition.

Some episodes in a Mis-spent Youth. Green pictorial boards with typical Aldin full page illustrations. Rebacked spine is bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Joints cracked. Staples are rusty. Name to front pastedown. Crease to top corners of front endpaper. Light browning to pages. Some foxing and grubby marks.

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THE MISCHIEVOUS PUPPY
Written by Leslie Martin. Illustrated by Ethel L. Tanner.
Stock no. 1506417
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format 11 x 8.5", pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. 6 colour plates plus numerous brown and white drawings. Text in brown ink. A tale told from the puppy's perspective. A mischievous puppy gets in to all sorts of trouble! Spine bumped and worn. Corners worn, and outside edge of rear cover very worn and bumped. Some loss of paper cover from rear board, approx. 2 x 0.5", creasing alongside. Scratches to onlay. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Diagram of door drawn in pencil to verso of frontis. Foxing throughout plus an odd mark.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1608824
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Originally issued under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Inscription to front endpaper. Top edges dusty. A little foxing. Wrapper is foxed and browned.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Mary Pollock; Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1506344
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Pictorial boards with 2/- net to front cover. B/w illustrations. Under 'Mary Pollock' - An Enid Blyton pen name. Backstrip is MISSING. Wear to corners and cover edges. A couple of small dents to cover edges. Vertical crease to front cover. Covers slightly scuffed, some browning to rear cover. Rear joint just starting to crack. Two names to front pastedown, one crossed out. Faint coloured writing to front endpaper, some surface paper damage caused when trying to erase. Top corner missing from page 119. Pages browned. Colouring to one illustration.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1506337
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scamp is a delightful little terrier dog. B/w illustrations. Cream boards with dark blue titles. 94 pages. Originally written under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Light bumping to corners. A little darkening to some cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a few chips and tears. Larger tear down rear edge of spine into rear panel. Very little loss. Wrapper is heavily foxed on both sides.

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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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A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1506026
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, dark brown titles. A selection of verses which have appeared in 'Punch', all of which are about dogs. Twelve colour plates plus frontis plus b/w illustrations. 47 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some darkening to edges. Some light browning, foxing is mainly to prelims and page edges. Just an odd mark to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper has one third of rear panel and half of rear flap missing, also loss from spine and bottom of front panel. Creasing and tears to edges, grubby some some darkening.

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OLDER PEOPLE AND PETS
Written by Jo-Ann Dono; Elizabeth Ormerod.
Stock no. 1208590
Published by Society For Companion Animal Studies. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

An insight into how companion animals improve health, provide social support and enhance the quality of life for older people in different settings, those living in the community as well as those in sheltered housing and residential care homes. Pictorial card wraps. A few colour photos. 206 pages. ISBN: 0954800117. A fine unused copy.

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MULTIPLE DOG HOUSEHOLDS
Written by Miriam Fields-Babineau.
Stock no. 1208584
Published by T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Nearly fine condition.

Advice for Pet Owners addressing the special needs and lifestyle issues that go hand in hand with having two or more dogs in the home. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 64 pages. ISBN: 0793830885. Small dent to lower edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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QUO VADIS CANIS? HAS THE REAL DOG HAD HIS DAY?
Written by Dieter Fleig.
Stock no. 1812038
Published by Ringpress Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Assessing the startling anti-dog legislation in Europe, particularly Germany, and describing all the positive influences that dogs have on our lives in general. Cardwraps. ISBN: 1860542352. Light page browning.

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WILD DISCOVERY GUIDE TO YOUR DOG
Written by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.
Stock no. 1208418
Published by Discovery Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Understanding and Caring for the Wolf Within. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 216 pages includes index. ISBN: 0297825712. Corners bumped else a fine copy. Wrapper is scuffed and slightly creased at edges.

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URBAN DOG
Written by Cis Frankel.
Stock no. 1208417
Published by Willow Bookscreek Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

The Ultimate Street Smarts Training Manua. Training and owning a dog in the city. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 236 pages includes index. ISBN: 1572233842. Inscription scribbled out on first page else a fine copy.

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