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GINGER'S ADVENTURES
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1831365
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1950. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 401. Pale blue boards with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Boards ligthly browned. Text block, endpapers and last page lightly browned. Contents clean.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Written by Peggy Miller.
Stock no. 1331052
Published by British Broadcasting Corporation. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. Adapted from the original T.V. series written and directed by Cecile Aubry. ISBN: 0563073985. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, damp stains and light foxing on verso and price-cut to front flap.

JOHN AND ME & THE DICKERY DOG
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1831111
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

A book of children's rhymes about a dog. Blue and gold mottled boards, light blue cloth spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. 143 pages. Spine & boards browned and stained. Top front edge of spine is frayed. Board edges are rubbed and worn. Text block browned. Small doodle in ink to front endpaper. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight. A few grubby marks to contents.

FOXIE THE SINGING DOG
Written by Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. Illustrated by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire.
Stock no. 1831083
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

One day Foxie's owner's pranks go too far when he lures his dog out onto the busy city streets with a tasty bone and loses her. Foxie is soon rescued by a roly-poly circus-animal trainer who spots her flair for singing and adds her to his act, alongside a piano-playing cat and a strutting rooster. Oblong format. Pictorial cloth boards. Library binding. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Boards faded. Corners lightly rubbed and worn. Contents clean. Despite the fading, this is a lovely book.

WISH ON PIG
Written by Barbara Ward. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1330419
Published by Collins. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Story about a dog called Nipper. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to textblock and top of textblock slightly grubby. Some light marks to front free-endpaper from pencil erasure. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little grubby to rear panel.

THE STORY OF FUZZY WUZZY AND WOOLLY WONDER
Written by Hester Wagstaff. Illustrated by Hester Wagstaff.
Stock no. 1329228
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Fuzzy Wuzzy and Woolly Wonder are two unique bob-tailed sheepdogs (having taught themselves to read). Oblong format. Beige cloth with red title and black vignette to front. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pencil writing to verso of front free-endpaper. Some large foxspots else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and edge rubbed, light damp stain on rear panel of wrapper and a few small edge tears.

GOOD DOG CAESAR
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1329075
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

A strip book, small oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 124 frames. Price printed on front cover is 1/3 net. Staples rusty staining red backstrip. Name inside front cover. Contents clean.

ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.

SPIDER DOG
Written by Primrose Cumming. Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1328891
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A litter of Sussex Spaniel puppies was destined to be drowned but rescued in the nick of time. Light brown/peach cloth with brown titles. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some pages. Some fingering to pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top of spine, Spine browned and some browning to panels. Large but light circular stain to front panel.

THE BEACH DOGS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328816
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling animal adventure story. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. ISBN: 0091736234. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

ANGUS LOST
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 1328722
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1933. Fair condition.

Angus is a Scottish Terrier. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Yellow pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Front joint is broken but stitches are holding it together. Some light foxing and a light musty smell to contents. Small mark to title-page.

LASS
Written by Roland Gebauer. Illustrated by Cheri Bladholm.
Stock no. 1328674
Published by Thomas Nelson Inc.. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A story for children based on the best-selling book "Lessons from a Sheepdog" by Phillip Keller. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0849914493. Old price-sticker (yellow) to front pastedown. Wrapper is faded to spine.