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MELISANDE
Written by Margery Sharp. Illustrated by Roy McKie.
Stock no. 2138022
Published by Collins. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Memoir of a remarkable operatic soprano (a dog!). B/w drawings. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is in pieces, with loss in places.

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THE BULL TERRIER FORCE: A COLLECTION TO RECORD AND REMEMBER THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENDING OF WAR TIME HOSTILITIES
Written by George Jarrett; Rudyard Kipling; Brian Kenway; David Harris; et al. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1816780
Published by The Bull Terrier Club. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

Large oblong format. Grey pictorial cardwraps with red title to front. Foreword by George Jarrett, President BTC 1991-1994. Limited edition of 1,000. Short stories of Bull Terriers who accompanied their owners serving in governmental services and the welfare of the breed and the pleasure it brings to so many people. B/w photos and illustrations. 68 pages. ISBN: 187128502X. This is copy 158 of 1000 and included is the compliments slip with the copy number and tissue paper guard. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1506026
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

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. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some darkening to edges. Some light browning, foxing is mainly to prelims and page edges. Just an odd mark to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper has one third of rear panel and half of rear flap missing, also loss from spine and bottom of front panel. Creasing and tears to edges, grubby some some darkening.

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EVER YOUR AFFECTIONATE FLORRIE
Written by Susan Paine. Illustrated by Gill Evans.
Stock no. 2108146
Published by Turret Books. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Letters From A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel To Her Two Mistresses. Green covers with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952114607.

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DOG STORIES FROM PUNCH
Written by A.E. Beercroft; L.R. Brightwell; E.V. Lucas; A.A. Milne; et al. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 1302820
Published by Clement Ingleby. 1st 1926. Good condition.

Grey cloth spine with gilt title, marble-effect boards. B/w text illustrations. 94 pages, edges untrimmed. Spine bumped nad rubbed, corners worn. Damp stains to covers also affecting the endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled/cracked.

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SLEEPING PARTNERS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1801153
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

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.

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DIANA THORNE'S DOG-BASKET
Written by Diana Thorne; Albert Payson Terhune. Illustrated by Diana Thorne.
Stock no. 1801103
Published by William Edwin Rudge. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

A Series of Etchings (18 in total) with an Introductory Note on The Mind of the Dog by Terhune. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front, spine untitled. B/w illustrations. Lower edge of boards slightly mottled by damp. Corners lightly worn. A few minor foxspots and light page edge browning else a very presentable copy.

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PIPPY
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Moffatt.
Stock no. 813759
Published by Gryphon Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

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. ISBN: 0908131100. 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.

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FRED BASSET NO. 23
Written by Graham. Illustrated by Graham.
Stock no. 598921
Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd.. Very good condition.

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.)

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LASSIE COME-HOME
Written by Eric Knight. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse.
Stock no. 596707
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

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.

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THE PUPS I BOUGHT
Written by R. Welldon Finn.
Stock no. 596713
Published by Country Life. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, dark brown titles. Covers a little marked. Inscription in ink to front endpapers. A few foxspots and margin marks.

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MR. SPINKS AND HIS HOUNDS
Written by F.M. Lutyens. Illustrated by F.M. Lutyens; C. Lutyens.
Stock no. 578611
Published by Vinton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. A hunting story. Covers marked. Corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good.

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