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THE RED PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819646
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Green/grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show the red puppy with white bow and red title to front. 12 colour plates. The adventures of a cheeky puppy! Boards edge-rubbed and worn at corners, a few marks. Front joint cracked but binding holding. Crossed out inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Light foxing and light marks to contents, illustrations bright.

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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1318012
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth with orange titles, illustration of 3 puppies to the front (one sitting on cushion). 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Life and adventures of a mongrel pup! Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to lower 2" of rear edge of spine. Some grubby marks to front cover. Name, date and a couple of initials in ink to front free-endpaper. Light damp stain to top of inner margins of front endpapers and to top corner of rear free-endpaper. Some light foxing and a few grubby fingermarks to contents.

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MY OWN NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 2130306
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother reading a book to her children. 4 plates. B/w illustrations. Slight bowing to covers. Darkening to spine. Wear to cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and marks throughout.

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THE PANSY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; William Blake; et al. Illustrated by Chloe Preston; Lilian A. Govey; et al.; Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129168
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Edited by Strang. Colour plates, b/w and two-tone illustrations. One corner of onlay to front cover has been torn off. Spine is faded with damp stains spreading to both boards. Bumping and wear to covers and corners. Some foxing throughout. Colour plates are still very good.

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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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LITTLE SONGS
Written by Tom Pierce Cowling. Illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey.
Stock no. 2126826
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A Book of Poems with Music for the Nursery. Large format. Orange/brown cloth, black/gilt decoration and titles, pictorial onlay to front cover of girl at piano. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 20 Songs and music. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening to spine and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning throughout.

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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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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 1506027
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top third of spine faded. Covers slightly grubby with some light scratches. Ink inscription to verso of frontis and belongs to box completed in frontis. Light browning and foxing to contents. Colouring to a few of the b/w illustrations.

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FIRST STEPS
Written by Mabel A. Marsh. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Angusine Macgregor; J.H. Hartley; Florence Hardy; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505974
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

A Picture Reading Book for Little Folks. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother in a chair reading this book to her little toddler, white border. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, heavy wear to corners and some wear to cover edges. Front joint split for half its length. One hinge badly cracked. Name erased from front pastedown and belongs to box. All lower page corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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LITTLE SONGS
Written by Tom Pierce Cowling. Illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey.
Stock no. 1505818
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Poems with Music for the Nursery. Large format 11.75 x 8.75". Cloth spine, black decoration and titles, pictorial onlay to front cover of girl at piano. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 20 Songs and music. Spine bumped and darkened. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby with darkening to some cover edges, rear cover has a lot of surface wear. One hinge cracked. Contents generally clean but with light foxing throughout.

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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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