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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316482
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial green cloth. B/w text and full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover has white vertical stain. Foxing to contents. It is possible that the endpapers have been professionally replaced.

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POGO'S HOUSE
Written by Jo Norling; Ernest Norling.
Stock no. 1406416
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of Lumber. Cream pictorial cloth with green and brown titles and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 42 pages. 8 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. A little foxing mostly to page edges.

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BONZO'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by G.E. Studdy; George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1406355
Published by John Swain & Son Limited; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1925. Very good condition.

Small format (13 x 10.5cm). Pictiorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations plus double-spread centre fold. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Staples rusty. Rear cover a little grubby. Some light spotting to a couple of pages. Light margin marks to centre pages. Contents are otherwise very good. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CHOPS ADVENTURES IN THE AIR
Written by E.J. Barks. Illustrated by Dora Barks.
Stock no. 1506821
Published by Warrillows Ltd.. circa 1925. Good condition.

Chops the Pekingese didn't want to wear a muzzle so he left home. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover. Colour plates plus green and white illustrations. 23 pages. Text in rhyme. Spine bumped with small holes to top half, front edge browned. Covers grubby and marked, loss of surface along bottom edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Ink inscription to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked. A few fingermarks to contents. Light browning to margins of plates.

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THE SNOB
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406296
Published by Laurence and Bullen. 1st 1904. Slightly better than good condition.

Some episodes in a Mis-spent Youth. Green pictorial boards with typical Aldin full page illustrations. Rebacked spine is bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Joints cracked. Staples are rusty. Name to front pastedown. Crease to top corners of front endpaper. Light browning to pages. Some foxing and grubby marks.

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THE MISCHIEVOUS PUPPY
Written by Leslie Martin. Illustrated by Ethel L. Tanner.
Stock no. 1506417
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format 11 x 8.5", pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. 6 colour plates plus numerous brown and white drawings. Text in brown ink. A tale told from the puppy's perspective. A mischievous puppy gets in to all sorts of trouble! Spine bumped and worn. Corners worn, and outside edge of rear cover very worn and bumped. Some loss of paper cover from rear board, approx. 2 x 0.5", creasing alongside. Scratches to onlay. Covers a bit grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Diagram of door drawn in pencil to verso of frontis. Foxing throughout plus an odd mark.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1506337
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Scamp is a delightful little terrier dog. B/w illustrations. Cream boards with dark blue titles. 94 pages. Originally written under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Light bumping to corners. A little darkening to some cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a few chips and tears. Larger tear down rear edge of spine into rear panel. Very little loss. Wrapper is heavily foxed on both sides.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316213
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

SIGNED/LTD edition of which 300 copies are for sale. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. White boards, gilt titles. Plates have captioned tissue-guards. 80 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by Aldin to limitation page. This is copy no. 46. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and slight grubbiness to covers. Evidence of removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing else contents clean.

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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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