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SHADOW THE SHEEP-DOG
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by G.W. Backhouse.
Stock no. 1326780
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Seagull Library Edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Very pale page browning to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss at edges and a little more loss to top and tail of spine.

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MR. RODDIE DHU
Written by C.B. Poultney. Illustrated by C.B. Poultney.
Stock no. 1326299
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

More adventures of the famous black Scottie dog. 65 b/w text illustrations. Yellow boards, black titles and vignette to front. Spine bumped and slightly browned. Some slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock and to prelims.

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THE PUPPY THAT LOST ITS WAG
Written by Marjorie Sinclair. Illustrated by Marjorie Sinclair.
Stock no. 1326269
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine, pictorial front board. 32 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover slightly grubby. Foxing and light page browning to endpapers.

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BLOBBS AT THE STORES
Written by B. Parker. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1325863
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1927. Good condition.

Title to cover is 'Blobbs Day at the Stores'. Blobbs has the appearance of an English bulldog. Large format 12" x 10". Buff pictorial boards show Blobbs on weighing scales with his friend Sam. Colour & b/w illustrations. Blobbs and Sam get up to mischief at the sales. Covers are edge worn with chipping to spine. Covers slightly grubby. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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BUMBLE
Written by Magdalen Eldon. Illustrated by Magdalen Eldon.
Stock no. 1325846
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Bumble is a Pekingese dog who is half Chinese and half Scottish but has a Devonshire accent! The story of his adventures and the MacMouse family is enchanting. Black and white pictorial boards, cloth spine. Colour pictorial endpapers and beautiful colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Some foxing else contents clean.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1325735
Published by Country Life. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, purple pictorial boards, cloth spine. Delightful lithographed colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. Heavy foxing to endpapers, some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some slight loss.

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DOGMATIX AND THE MAGIC POTIONS
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1325610
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Aquila the Eagle is getting to be as fat as Obelix and his appetite menaces all creatures of the countryside - Dogmatix has an idea which may save them! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340335386. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to some pages.

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DOGMATIX AND THE UGLY LITTLE EAGLE
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1325609
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A cuckoo pushes an eaglet out of its nest, but luckily Dogmatix comes along to befriend little Chickadix... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340335378. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small sticker to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED
Written by Marion Ashmore. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323771
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1931. Good condition.

The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette of Scottie dog to front. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 97 pages. Corners are bumped. Covers are grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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LA RAMILLE MISTIGRI
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1323687
Published by Garnier Paris. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to every page. 24 pages, text in French. Staples rusty. Covers very slightly faded at edges with a few small marks to front. A couple of pages are lightly browned else contents clean.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1323638
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st PB 1992. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin edition. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. "Pet wanted for three kittens. Must be Clean, Honest and Loving. Apply... Orlando." Bill the black poodle proves to be more than a handful of trouble for the Orlando Family! Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0140543031. Crease to lower corner of front cover, slight wear to top corner. Contents fine.

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SAND-HOPPERS
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1824202
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Doggle (a mongrel) is the hero of the story. Cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Reprint. Cloth spine browned to top & tail. Corners of boards rubbed, some browning to board edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is worn and browned to spine, rear panel is grubby.

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