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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626881
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. 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 paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Contents detached from covers. Covers scuffed, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 2 b/w illustrations have some blue crayon colouring, a few pencil marks. Top & tail of sections worn else text block still tight.

THE ADVENTURES OF KLOGGY
No author listed. Illustrated by Steen.
Stock no. 607953
Published by P.M. (Productions) Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards showing little boy and his dog in front of windmill. Colour illustrations throughout. Contents and boards very good but contents detached.

LES ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES
Written by Gos. De Voogt.
Stock no. 987112
Published by Ernest Flammarion. Circa 1907. Good condition.

Large format. Pages: viii, 372. Contemporary plain paper boards (no titles). 13 colour plates, 730 b/w illustrations. Text in French. Contents very good. Boards browned at edges and slightly spotted.

THE BINGO BOOK
Written by Ken Harrow.
Stock no. 805190
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1951. Very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear board grubby with a couple of ink marks. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned.

PAWS AGAIN
Written by Maureen Melvin. Illustrated by Geoff Crook.
Stock no. 691368
Published by Chapmans. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Anthology of verse by Abigail a seven year old King Charles Spaniel. Delightful b/w illustrations. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1855925613. Wrapper just very slightly rubbed at top corners.

THE EMPEROR'S GRUCKLE HOUND
Written by Kathryn Cave. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 654642
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 1996. Fine condition.

A delightful dog story. B/w illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. Lower spine a little bumped.

ANGUS AND THE CAT
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 619188
Published by The Bodley Head. 1962. Very good condition.

Angus is an inquisitive Scottie dog who now has a cat living in his home - a cat who boxes Angus's ears and takes his food and sits in his sunshine... Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Corners bumped and rubbed. Small split to top of spine. Boards a little grubby. Some pages has creased corners.

ZELDA AND THE CORGIS
Written by Diana Avebury. Illustrated by Hugh Casson.
Stock no. 569072
Published by Piccadilly Press. 1st 1984. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The adventures of Zelda, the papillon and her 3 dog companions, who return the wrong corgi to Buckingham Palace. ISBN: 0946826080. Price-cut blue pictorial wrapper.

ZELDA AND THE CORGIS
Written by Diana Avebury. Illustrated by Hugh Casson.
Stock no. 571013
Published by Piccadilly Press. 1st 1984. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The adventures of Zelda, the papillon and her 3 dog companions, who return the wrong corgi to Buckingham Palace. ISBN: 0946826080. Small bump to top front corner. Blue pictorial wrapper has light crinkling to rear and is little grubby.

BONZO'S ANNUAL 1950
Written by Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 722661
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board shows Bonzo eating grapes with parrot. Cloth spine. Packed full of stories and verses. Colour and two tone illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Front cover edges a little grubby. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Some light fingering to page margins but contents generally clean.

JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 379298
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Spine slightly bumped. Light rubbing to cover edges. Some foxing and discolouration to front board and light scuffing to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint just starting to crack. Foxing to contents but plates beautifully bright and contents generally clean.

A LITTLE BOOK OF DOGS
Written by John Brown. Illustrated by Carton Moorepark.
Stock no. 717317
Published by T.N. Foulis. Very good condition.

With a preface by E.B.Simpson. Cloth spine, grey boards with gilt titles and vignette. 8 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards and mounted on pale green paper (each plate is 3.25 x 2.25"). 91 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine browned. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Front and rear joints just starting to crack.