Dogs-(Fiction) catalogue
Date produced 10 Mar 2011

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The condition of a book is classified as follows: Mint; Fine; Very Good; Good; Poor A book in 'Mint' condition is 'as new', while one described as 'Poor' is a working copy only. p/b is a paperback; c/w is a cardwrap book; p/w is paper wraps. Unless otherwise stated books are hardback.

813759 Ill. by Moffatt, Frank 50.00 GB pounds
PIPPY 1st ed 1978 VG/Good A Day in the Life of the Artist's Dog. The true story told in ten words and sixty pictures of a day in the life of the artist's dog. A hilarious sequence of drawings which renders words superfluous. Pippy will appeal to all ages. Pink pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Light discolouring to edge of boards. Remains of a large bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean. Pink pictorial wrapper is faded at spine edges, has a few large closed tears, slight loss to top of spine and spine is foxed. Published by: Gryphon Books
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626306 Ill. by Kirmse, Persis 40.00 GB pounds
SHAKESPEARE WITH THE PETS 1st ed 1935 VG/None A Book of Drawings in b/w with quotes from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. viii and 55 pages. A few foxspots and margin marks throughout. Published by: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
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629752 Aldin, Cecil Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 10.00 GB pounds
MAC 1997 Nr F/None Mac is a West Highland Terrier, a 'braw and canny Scot'. Written in Scots dialect. Small format. Colour illustrations. Published by: Past Times
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580259 Aldin, Cecil Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 225.00 GB pounds
SLEEPING PARTNERS 2nd 1930 VG+/Poor Sleeping Partners A Series of Episodes. A series of plates by Aldin featuring what appear to be a Irish Wolfhound and a terrier. Large format. Blue boards, light blue titles. 2nd impression. Book: book plate to front endpaper. Only the front of wrapper remains (foxed), in protective cover. Published by: Eyre & Spottiswoode
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626668 Aldin, Cecil Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 350.00 GB pounds
SLEEPING PARTNERS 1st ed 1929 VG+/Good Sleeping Partners A Series of Episodes. A series of plates by Aldin featuring what appear to be a Irish Wolfhound and a terrier. Large format. Blue boards, light blue titles. Corners bumped. Endpapers a little grubby/foxed. Contents beautifully bright and clean. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss. Published by: Eyre & Spottiswoode
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581053 Ashmore, Marion Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 18.00 GB pounds
LOST STOLEN OR STRAYED 1934 VG+/None The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Green cloth. Address label to front endpaper. Published by: Eyre & Spottiswoode
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813654 Boswell, James & Bennett, Richard 8.00 GB pounds
CAT MEETS DOG 1st ed 1951 VG/VG- In this book, some of the best animal photographers in the world use their cameras in a delicate exploration of the human situation. They prove, beyond a hair of doubt, that cats are such women that even when they are wrong they are right; and that these stunned and incredulous males, the dogs, waste most of their barks on deaf ears. Square format. Light blue boards with red title to front. B/w photos with captions. Spine is lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pale foxing to prelims and endpapers. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is worn at corner with a little loss. A charming little read! Published by: Hulton Press Ltd
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811764 Chalmers, Patrick R. Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 150.00 GB pounds
A DOZEN DOGS OR SO 2nd 1928 Nr F/G+ Second edition 1928. 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. Contents lovely and bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-chipped and a little grubby. Published by: Eyre & Spottiswoode
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620612 De La Roche, Mazo Ill. by Dennis, Morgan 24.00 GB pounds
PORTRAIT OF A DOG 1st ed 1930 VG-/None Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 6 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations in text. 167 pages. Edges rubbed. A few pale marks at top of spine. Pale foxspots throughout. Published by: Macmillan & Co Ltd
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572886 Fenner, Phyllis R. Ill. by Lee, Manning De V. 4.50 GB pounds
DOGS, DOGS, DOGS 1st ed 1956 VG/None Stories of Challengers and Champions, Heroes and Hunters, Warriors and Workers selected by Fenner. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, 224 pages. Spine fading, 2" split to base of spine with a small loss of surface paper at same corner. Small nick to front base edge of spine. Few small marks to front cover. Contents fine. Published by: Chatto & Windus
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596713 Finn, R. Welldon 12.00 GB pounds
THE PUPS I BOUGHT 1st ed 1933 VG-/None Beige cloth, dark brown titles. Covers a little marked. Inscription in ink to front endpapers. A few foxspots and margin marks. Published by: Country Life
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626542 Fleuron, Svend Ill. by Aldin, Cecil 14.00 GB pounds
FLAX POLICE DOG 1st ed thus 1940 VG/None The Country Library series. 'There was dog and not wolf in Flax, He loved human beings, but there must be something genuine abou them-and they must love him. Then he would serve them with the whole of his great dog-heart.' Flax is an Alsation dog. Green cloth, yellow title to spine. 10 full-page b/w illustrations. All plates present. Messy name in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots mainly to prelims else contents nice and clean. Published by: Eyre & Spottiswoode
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598927 Graham Ill. by Graham, 10.00 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 14 G Good/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Uneven fading to covers. Some creasing also and grubby marks/stains. A little foxing to a few pages internally. Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598922 Graham Ill. by Graham, 6.00 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 17 nd VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! A little fading along couple of cover edges, with light creasing. Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598921 Graham Ill. by Graham, 9.00 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 23 nd VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Wear and some edge-creasing to covers. Foxing to book (mostly to covers and first and last few pages.) Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598925 Graham Ill. by Graham, 9.00 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 23 nd VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Uneven fading to covers. Some creasing also to covers. Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598920 Graham Ill. by Graham, 6.50 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 35 c 1983 VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Some wear and light creasing to covers. Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598926 Graham Ill. by Graham, 6.50 GB pounds
FRED BASSET NO. 35 nd VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. A Daily Mail Publication. B/w cartoon strips of the popular dog! Light wear to cover edges. Published by: Associated Newspapers Ltd
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598923 Graham Ill. by Graham, 9.00 GB pounds
FRED BASSET No. 8 nd VG/C/w Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Cartoons of the hound that's almost human! Creasing and wear to covers. Small patches of surface paper lifting to top edge of front cover, which partially erases an old written ink price. Published by: Associated Newspapers
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627626 Hull, Alexander 12.00 GB pounds
SHEP OF THE PAINTED HILLS 1931 VG/None A story of Shep, the Airedale, Collie cross, from Portland, Oregon. Grey cloth, red/brown titles and vignette to front. Spine lightly browned. Light foxing to endpapers. Published by: Chapman & Hall
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626692 Johns, Rowland Ill. by Jay, Florence 15.00 GB pounds
PUPPIES 2nd 1931 VG/None 18 stories about dogs & puppies. This is the cheaper edition. Red cloth, black title to spine & vignette to front. Colour frontis plus 24 b/w illustrations tipped in. A few fingermarks else contents clean. Published by: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
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626562 King, Louise W. 10.00 GB pounds
A PEKINGESE KEEPSAKE 1979 1979 VG+/C/w McFidget's Almanac for 1978 and The Flight of the Jumble-Bean. McFidget is a Pekingese dog. McFidget's Almanac originally appeared in 'Pekingese News'. Also includes brief but hauntingly evocative pictorial essay 'The Flight of the Jumble-Bean'. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Covers unevenly faded to edges. Inscription in ink to inside of front cover. Contents fine. Published by: Lapin Enterprises
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596709 Knight, Eric Ill. by Kirmse, Marguerite 6.00 GB pounds
LASSIE COME HOME c 1987 Nr F/VG+ Eric Knight's great dog story. Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household, is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her - she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Neat inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. Light page edge-browning else contents clean. Light fading to blue pictorial dustwrapper and a couple of small marks. Published by: The Leisure Circle
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596707 Knight, Eric Ill. by Kirmse, Marguerite 90.00 GB pounds
LASSIE COME-HOME 1st ed 1941 VG/Good Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso. Published by: Cassell & Company Limited
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567236 Kriegel, Volker Ill. by Kriegel, Volker 12.00 GB pounds
THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS 1st ed 1988 VG/VG Translated from the German & introduced by Julian Barnes: 'The human race is distinctly fortunate that dogs have not yet learned how to blush'. Humourous b/w cartoons depicting the dog. Small format, yellow boards with gilt title to spine. Just a few small marks to contents. Price-cut pictorial wrapper a little grubby. Published by: Bloomsbury
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572469 Lindsay, Joyce & Lindsay, Maurice 8.50 GB pounds
THE SCOTTISH DOG 1st ed 1989 Nr F/C/w An anthology of dogs. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Published by: Aberdeen University Press
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624644 Lindsay, Joyce & Lindsay, Maurice 8.00 GB pounds
THE SCOTTISH DOG 1st ed 1989 Nr F/C/w An anthology of dogs. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Published by: Aberdeen University Press
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578611 Lutyens, F.M. Ill. by Lutyens, F.M. & Lutyens, C. 28.00 GB pounds
MR. SPINKS AND HIS HOUNDS 1st ed 1896 VG-/None Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. A hunting story. Covers marked. Corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good. Published by: Vinton & Co. Ltd.
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577477 Morley, Charles Ill. by Wain, Louis & Carrington, J. Yates 480.00 GB pounds
PETER A CAT O' ONE TAIL AND TEUFEL THE TERRIER 1st VG-/None Two books bound in one. Peter is the story of Louis Wain's own cat with b/w illustrations. Teufel is Carrington's dog and is illustrated in b/w by Carrington. Pages: 88 (Peter) + 90 (Teufel). Blue cloth. Gilt title on spine is 'Peter - Teufel'. Peter is 1st edition 1892. Teufel is 4th edition 1891. Covers unevenly faded. Corners bumped and worn. One inch split to top of spine. Small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few margin marks and scattered foxing. Contents generally clean. A decent copy of this scarce early Wain, rare with additional title. Published by: Pall Mall Gazette
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625891 Necker, Claire 9.00 GB pounds
CATS AND DOGS 1969 Nr F/VG Articles, poems, stories, proverbs, and illustrations selected in order to display the range of human thought on the suject of Fidos and Tabbys everywhere. Burgundy cloth, silver title to spine. Small amount of label remains to front pastedown. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-rubbed and lightly browned. Published by: A.S. Barnes and Company
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598257 Tickner, John Ill. by Tickner, John 5.00 GB pounds
TICKNER'S DOG HOUSE 1st ed 1968 VG/VG- An invaluable guide to all those whose lives are mixed up with dogs of all kinds, from those who are still working as Hounds and Gundogs and Sheepdogs down to dogs which were originally invented to do some work but have been clever enough to become pets and avoid living in any sort of Dog House. Humorous. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to title page. Name in ink to front endpaper. Edges rubbed. Orange pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and grubby. Published by: Putnam & Co. Ltd.
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626741 Woodhouse, Barbara 5.00 GB pounds
JUNO DAUGHTER OF JYNTEE 1st Good/Good The story of a Great Dane from the point of view of the dog. B/w photos. Blue cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper. Tape marks to endpapers. Contents loose. A few margin marks to contents. One caption & photo has surface paper damage from opposite page. Pictorial wrapper is stuck to book by label to front flap, is edge-worn and torn with slight loss. A reading copy of a scarce title. Published by: Barbara Woodhouse
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