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BOB-TAIL PUP
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Cynthia Harnett; Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1824200
Published by Collins. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A charming tale of a bob-tail pup, called Grey Lass, who is so earnest in her attempts to be a good sheep-dog that she collects the sheep when they are not wanted! Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations of Old English Sheepdogs. Reprint. Cloth spine faded. Boards slightly bowed. Light rubbing to board edges. A few minor foxspots present. Title page and first page of story detached (appear as if they were never bound in). Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a couple of closed tears and a small chip, a few minor foxspots, some blue pencil marks to rear panel.

THE TALE OF A DOG
Written by M.A. Hoyer.
Stock no. 1323553
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Blue cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges and light scuffing to rear cover. Light page browning.

MAX AND RUFUS
Written by Joan Drescher. Illustrated by Joan Drescher.
Stock no. 1323486
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A dog, Rufus, and his boy, Max, agree to change places for a while. Oblong format. Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0395324351. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Remains of a small white label to top corner of front panel (partial removal has caused very slight surface paper damage).

COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1824105
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to verso of front endpaper. Small bump to bottom edge of boards. Boards just slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

RAGS, M.D.
Written by Lewis Dutton. Illustrated by Edgar Norfield.
Stock no. 1323392
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1933. Good condition.

The charming story of two young dogs and their irrepressible spirits! B/w illustrations throughout with 2 delightful full page colour plates. Illustrated end papers. Peach boards with red title strip. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Spine bumped. Corners worn. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and ink spots to endpapers. Foxing to contents.

WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS
Written by Nancy Byrd Turner. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Stock no. 2140208
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some small splits. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small pieces of loss.

SAVING SINBAD!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2140074
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A doggy-eyed view of life in a busy Cornish fishing village. ISBN: 1842700081. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine.

KIM A SCOTTIE
Written by Barbara Muir. Illustrated by M. Joyce Davies.
Stock no. 2138755
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Some wear and slight scuffing to cover edges. A few marks to outer page edges, but contents are still nice and bright!

THE MAD DOG
Written by D. Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 2138752
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Randolph Caldecott Picture Book. Card wraps. Full page colour illustrations plus sepia illustration to text. Story in verse. Title page reads: An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog". Sad... Some marks and wear to covers. Some foxing and marks to outer page edges and some page margins.

TRAMP THE SHEEP DOG
Written by Don Lang. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 2138750
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story Parade Picture Book. Almost square format. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some bumping to spine and corners; wear and browning. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby margin marks. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss; browned/foxed.

STIPS UND FLIPS DAS BRUDERPAAR
Written by Graf Lowenstein; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2137476
Published by Artur Wolf. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour and blue and white illustrations. Marks and browning to covers. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout.

THE HOSPITAL DOG
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.
Stock no. 1322757
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It is up to Dot the Dalmatian to save the day when one of the patients needs help. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781509868315. Some slight creasing to spine of wrapper.