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.

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.

AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406360
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth with dark titles to spine and front. 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. 80 pages. Wonderful! A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is lightly browned. Light foxing to covers. Rear joint cracked. One plate detached. Foxing throughout. Light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and bottom of spine sn top of both panels. Browning to spine and panels, Some marks to spine.

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.

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.

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.

THE ADVENTURES OF SCAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 1608824
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Originally issued under the pen name of Mary Pollock. Inscription to front endpaper. Top edges dusty. A little foxing. Wrapper is foxed and browned.

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.

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.

A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1506026
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, dark brown titles. A selection of verses which have appeared in 'Punch', all of which are about dogs. Twelve colour plates plus frontis plus b/w illustrations. 47 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some darkening to edges. Some light browning, foxing is mainly to prelims and page edges. Just an odd mark to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper has one third of rear panel and half of rear flap missing, also loss from spine and bottom of front panel. Creasing and tears to edges, grubby some some darkening.

OLDER PEOPLE AND PETS
Written by Jo-Ann Dono; Elizabeth Ormerod.
Stock no. 1208590
Published by Society For Companion Animal Studies. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

An insight into how companion animals improve health, provide social support and enhance the quality of life for older people in different settings, those living in the community as well as those in sheltered housing and residential care homes. Pictorial card wraps. A few colour photos. 206 pages. ISBN: 0954800117. A fine unused copy.

WILD DISCOVERY GUIDE TO YOUR DOG
Written by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.
Stock no. 1208418
Published by Discovery Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Understanding and Caring for the Wolf Within. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. 216 pages includes index. ISBN: 0297825712. Corners bumped else a fine copy. Wrapper is scuffed and slightly creased at edges.