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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.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF DOGS
Written by Clifford L.B. Hubbard.
Stock no. 1331232
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 8 Describing 300 breeds and varieties with 148 illustrations. Dark green cloth, small format. Reprint of the second edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Some hinges pulled causing contents to be slightly loose - but still tightly bound. Light foxing/fingering to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby.

TIVERTON STAGHOUNDS
Written by Richard Lethbridge.
Stock no. 1330986
Published by Richard Leithbridge. 2nd 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Tiverton Staghounds. Second Edition. Cream cloth boards, brown titles and vignette to front cover. 308 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898546436. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Slightly grubby mark to spine edge of front cover, llight mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and lightly faded to spine.

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.

ITALIAN SPINONE
Written by Richard Beauchamp. Illustrated by Patricia Peters.
Stock no. 1330518
Published by Interpet Publishing. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. A Complete Canine Compendium. Full colour photos. Special Rare Breeds Edition. ISBN: 1903098963. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed with slight tear to top of spine. Contents clean.

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.

EVERY DAY AILMENTS AND ACCIDENTS OF THE DOG
Written by Frank Townend Barton.
Stock no. 1329733
Published by Our Dogs Publishing Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Limp soft-back, cloth covers. 157 pages plus index. Sixth edition. Covers are worn and a bit grubby, small mark to front cover. Some foxing to contents.

JUST DOGS
Written by K.F. Barker. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1829506
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1947. Very good condition.

Popular edition. Beautiful, gently humourous sketches in pen and pencil of all kinds of our doggy friends. Large format. Brown cloth, white titles. B/w drawings. 151 pages. Corners bumped. Boards a little grubby, spine lightly faded. Some discolouration to lower edge of boards. A few small knocks to top edge of boards. Heavy bump to top corner means the top corner of contents is lightly creased. Some scattered foxing and a few marks to contents.

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.

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.

ROMANY MURIEL AND DORIS
Written by G.K. Evens; RAQ. Illustrated by Reg Gammon.
Stock no. 1328959
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Romany by his dog. B/w illustrations, 8 b/w plates. Green cloth, black titles and vignette of Raq to front. vii and 172 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Foxing throughout, some heavy. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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.