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THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133293
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Very good condition.

Extracts from the diary of a Mongrelian named Gibus, so-called, says his master, because his face reminds him of his opera hat when it is shut up! Large format. Light brown pictorial cloth. Delightful and amusing colour plates plus a few b/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133292
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus 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. Corners are a bit bumped. Grubby marks to covers. A few prelim pages are detached, but still present. Some foxing, including to outer page edges.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 2133290
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. 1" tear hole to top of spine; a little fraying to cloth. Chipping and bumping along cover edges and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and margin marks throughout. Front joint is partially cracked.

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MOUFFLOU
Written by Ouida. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133288
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial boards. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. The story of a poodle. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. All plates present.

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WHITE-EAR AND PETER
Written by Neils Heiberg. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133287
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Fox and a Fox-Terrier. Sixteen colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges red. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuffs and marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. A few margin marks. One plate is detached.

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MY DOG
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133286
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Stories of a cute little bulldog. Translated by A. Teixera de Mattos. Tan cloth, brown titles. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. A few knocks to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. A few hinges are a little pulled.

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SPOT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133285
Published by Houlston & Sons. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks, including red 'damp' mark to covers. Name in ink to verso of frontis. Front endpaper has a couple of tears with small chip of loss. Damp staining to some edges of page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819653
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Covers rubbed, creased, foxed and worn. Rubbing to top & tail of spine with very slight loss. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs to box. Inside covers and text block grubby. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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FARM YARD PUPPIES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819647
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1911. Good condition.

Chappie takes his friend Chips on a tour of the Farm Yard. Grey pictorial cloth with orange titles. Front cover shows the dogs and a sleeping pig. Colour & b/w illustrations. Pictorial boards faded and dampstained. New endpapers. Foxing throughout and grubby marks to content.s Chapter headers have been coloured in with paints which have imprinted on facing blank page.

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THE RED PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819646
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Green/grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show the red puppy with white bow and red title to front. 12 colour plates. The adventures of a cheeky puppy! Boards edge-rubbed and worn at corners, a few marks. Front joint cracked but binding holding. Crossed out inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Light foxing and light marks to contents, illustrations bright.

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JERRY THE STORY OF AN EXMOOR PONY
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819642
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. Black title to spine. B/w drawings. Two-tone frontispiece. Map to endpapers. Second Impression. Spine faded, covers lightly marked. Foxing to endpapers and a little to text block. First and last hinge cracked. Name in ink to top edge of first blank pate. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few light marks to contents.

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ENID BLYTON READERS 2
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1318986
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "Billy The Goat". Small splits to top and bottom of spine. Covers a little grubby and creased. Small patch of white correction fluid to top of verso of front cover. Child's large handwriting to title page. Book has possibly been restitched as thread in middle of book is blue. Closed tear to one page. A couple of grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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