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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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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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A SPORTING GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1711743
Published by Sands & Co.. 1st 1902. Fair condition.

Large oblong format. Green cloth spine. Green front board with white banner to left edge. A delightful selection of colour plates throughout contents. Binding weak with 3 plates and rear endpaper detached. Believed to be complete. Detached plates are also have some loss to margins and generally browned. Front endpaper creased. Front joint almost broken. Spine has some splitting and fraying to top and tail. Board edges worn.

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FORTY FINE LADIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1109160
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. White vellum spine, burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Large format. B/w and two tone illustrations. Top edge gilt. Verses to do with fox-hunting which have appeared in Punch previously . SIGNED by author and illustrator. This is copy no. 96. Vellum spine is grubby. Some foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are very nice!

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ZOO BABIES
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114158
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green boards with red titles and picture of a bear to front cover. Full page two and three colour illustrations. Spine is faded, with chipping. Bumping and wear to edges. A few marks to covers. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2113069
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Book has been rebacked, with original spine and endpapers laid down. Some scuffing to covers; with marks. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing and some grubby marks.

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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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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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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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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302906
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Six colour plates plust b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Spine slightly frayed at top and bottom. Corners just a little worn and edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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BERKSHIRE VALE
Written by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302874
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Poems about Berkshire. Very large format (15.5 x 11.25"). Cream cloth with gilt title to front cover. 42 pages. Lovely tinted illustrations. SIGNED by the author and the artist. Copy no. 188. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Cream covers are ever so slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Foxing throughout else contents clean.

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