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PLAYFUL PUPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506051
Slightly better than good condition.

Tall slim format, 12 x 4.75". Stiff card wraps, pictorial front cover shows begging dog, cut-out face, dog on page behind blinks eyes when book opened. Dog in dressing gown on rear cover. Red, black and white illustrations with text in rhyme. Spine worn at ends, some creasing to covers. Colour page behind front cover has 2" split to spine edge at bottom, ink inscription to verso. Staples rusty. Light browning and an odd mark to text pages.

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JUNK, THE PUPPY
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1315705
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial paperboards showing puppy in dog kennel. B/w illustrations of cute little pup. Spine bumped, faint pink title written to spine. Covers slightly grubby and corners worn. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Some light foxing and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper.

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JACK AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Noel Hope. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 1208273
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Or, Cat And Dog Life. Dark blue embossed cloth, gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages plus Salvation Army booklist to rear. Spine bumped with small tears at top. Corners bumped. Rear cover slightly marked. Salvation Army prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page margins.

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THE PODGY-PUPPY
Written by Clara G. Dennis. Illustrated by Alan Wright; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1405017
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

A story for children. Small format. Cream pictorial paper boards show podgy-puppy sitting in the middle of an almost empty dinner plate! Red pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations and colour plates. Printed on one side of the page only - one page of text facing one colour plate. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Corners bumped and rubbed. Front board browned and a little scratched and rubbed. Rear board has a line of browning and is also grubby. Line browning to endpapers. Couple of hinges are cracked. Some foxing and grubby marks. One plate has brown mark at bottom margin which also affects the bottom of the plate.

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CATS AND DOGS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Cecil Aldin; Rosa C. Petherick; G.W. Goss; et al..
Stock no. 1315538
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows two children, two cats and two dogs. Colour & b/w illustrations including double page spreads in colour by Aldin, and two b/w pages by Rackham. Spine has slight loss at top and 2" loss at base. Corners are worn, covers slightly edge rubbed. Foxspots and fingermarks to contents. Old tape marks to inner margins of frontis and title-page and old tape repairs to last page. Prize plate to verso of title-page (which is the belongs to page). Some margin tears.

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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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MR PUP AND HIS ESCAPADE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1404886
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. Full page colour and two-tone illustrations. Early edition - pre 1919. Staples rusty. Covers a little grubby. Corners a little worn. Contents clean.

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TIMMY AND HIS FRIENDS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 1505156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Green cloth spine. Cream paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations of Timmy and his puppy friends. Warne's Cosy Corner series. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers browned, grubby and rubbed in places. A few hinges cracked. Some grubby fingermarks to prelims. Light foxing to contents but otherwise generally clean.

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THE CAPTAIN'S DOG
Written by Louis Enault. Illustrated by Riou.
Stock no. 1315052
Published by W. Swann Sonnenschein & Allen. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Attractive grey cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Bevelled edges. 135 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Name in blue ink to front pastedown, name and date in black ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to page edges and prelims and a few light fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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KILLER DOG
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1504971
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Hawkes and their sheep farming neighbours are suffering from an unknown 'killer dog' that is attacking their flocks. Suspicion centres on two dogs. Each dog is fiercely defended by its owners. Eventually, after a long night of vigil on Romney Marsh, they discover the secret of the unknown attacker, who always strikes at dawn... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Fading to ends of spine. A couple of tiny light spots to rear cover. Ink name and date to front endpaper. Tiny ink stamp '27' to rear pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss from top of spine. Tears to base of spine, small triangle detached but held in place by clear tape on verso. Spine ever so slightly faded.

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AUNT LOUISA'S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mrs. L. Valentine.
Stock no. 1314901
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with black title to spine, gilt title (Animal Stories For Children) to front cover and vignette of boy on a donkey. 94 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Not sure if the book had free-endpapers, if it did then they have been removed. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks and some foxspots to contents.

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PUPPY TAILS
Written by Richard Waylett. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1314820
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good condition.

The Playtime Picture Books No. 4. Puppy dog verses. Small format (13 x 11cm). 10 full page colour illustrations by Aldin plus green/white illustrations to text. Red cloth spine, grey paper boards with red title to front and white puppy dog about to land in water. Covers are grubby with slight surface paper damage to the A of 'Tails' on front cover. Front joint is cracked causing front free-endpaper to be almost detached. Small tear to edge of title-page. Foxing throughout and a few pages affected by a small brown mark at edges (includes margins of two plates - although actual pictures unaffected). Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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