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MR BUMSTEAD
BB, . Illustrated by BB, . Stock no. 382936
Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st ed . 1958. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed (mainly evident on verso), a little bit grubby, slightly worn to top of spine and also a little faded at edges. A nice copy of a scarce BB item.
Price: £180.00
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BILL SIGGERS HE WHACKED THE BLOODY LOT
Heal, Robert E.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 629621
1st ed . 1985. Slightly better than very good condition. Written by Robert Heal as told to him by Bill Siggers, lover of dogs, especially Great Danes. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 319 pages. Spine faded to yellow. Contents fine.
Price: £200.00
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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Blyton, Enid. Illustrated by Gee, Lucy. Stock no. 813620
George Newnes Ltd. 1st ed . 1943. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned with odd foxspot. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with slight loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Red title to wrapper spine is faded.
Price: £140.00
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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Blyton, Enid. Illustrated by Gee, Lucy. Stock no. 813628
George Newnes Ltd. 1st ed . 1943. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine.
Price: £160.00
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THE SHOOTER'S COMPANION
Johnson, T.B.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 813550
Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper. 1830. Good condition with no wrapper. A Description of Pointers and Setters, Etc. as Well as of Those Animals Which Constitute the Objects of Pursuit; of the Breeding of Pointers and Setters, the Diseases to Which They are Liable and the Modes of Cure. Training Dogs for the Gun; of Scent; and the Reason Why One Dog's Sense of Smell is Superior to Another's. The Fowling Piece Fully Considered Particularly as it Relates to the Use of Percussion Powder; of Percussion Powder and the Best Method of Making it; of Gunpowder; Shooting Illustrated; the Art of Shooting Flying or Running Simplified and Clearly Laid Down; of Wild Fowl and Fen Shooting, as Well as Every Information Connected With the Use of the Fowling Piece. 3rd Edition Improved and Very Consderably Enlarged. 16 b/w plates. Green cloth. vii + 336 pages + 12 page booklist. Book: name in ink to front endpaper, all plates present. Contents in general very good. Spine browned and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Boards marked.
Price: £170.00
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US
Aldin, Cecil. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Stock no. 811763
Humphrey Milford. 1st ed. 1922. Good condition in a good dustwrapper. Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Covers a little grubby. Joints pulled exposing webbing. First three pages starting to detach from top half. Front hinge also pulled. Contents nice and bright. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with some loss and has a few marks to rear.
Price: £380.00
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A DOZEN DOGS OR SO
Chalmers, Patrick R.. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Stock no. 811764
Eyre & Spottiswoode. 2nd. 1928. Nearly fine condition in a dustwrapper in good condition. Second edition 1928. 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. Contents lovely and bright. White pictorial wrapper is edge-chipped and a little grubby.
Price: £150.00
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RURAL SPORTS
Daniel, William B.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 811235
Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme. 1812. Very good condition with no wrapper. 3 volumes. Brown leather spines and corners. Marbled boards. Decorative title pages plus 66 b/w plates. Includes a large section on dogs, plus fox and stag hunting, hare coursing. Rabbit, martin, badger and otter hunting. Angling, game shooting and waterfowl etc. Book: all plates present. Title pages browned. Corners bumped and rubbed with some slight surface loss of leather.
Price: £370.00
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LURCHER AND LONG DOG TRAINING
Plummer, David Brian. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 810272
Robinson Publishing. 1st ed . 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. An indispensable guide. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Corners lightly bumped to book and wrapper else a fine copy.1854872389
Price: £90.00
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BRITISH FIELD SPORTS
Scott, William Henry. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 809858
Sherwood, Neely & Jones. 1st ed. 1818. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Cocking, Fishing Etc. With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; Also the Management of Fowling Pieces and All Other Sporting Implements. Full brown leather binding with raised bands, gilt title and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. 34 b/w plates. Book: all plates present. A handsome copy.
Price: £150.00
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GUN-DOGS
Chalmers, Patrick R.. Illustrated by Binks, R. Ward. Stock no. 627714
Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st ed. 1931. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Shooting with gun-dogs. Facts and fancies of Retrievers, Spaniels and Setters. Large format, beige cloth with gilt title to spine. 12 colour plates. x and 99 pages. Corners lightly rubbed. Front cover has faint damp mottling at edges. Front joint cracked. Inscription in ink to first blank page. All plates present. Some foxing throughout. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn at corners with loss.
Price: £95.00
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THE NORWICH TERRIER
Monckton, Sheila. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 627619
Circa. 1960. Very good condition. The history of the Norwich Terrier in the UK and America. Also includes 'Characteristic Stories of the Breed' - short stories of individual adventures. B/w photos of years gone by champions. Points standard included along with Oustanding Sires and Dams 1932 to 1950. Brown cardwraps with black title and brown vignette to front. Corners lightly worn. A lovely copy of a scarce title.
Price: £90.00
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THE BULL TERRIER AND ALL ABOUT IT
Hollander, V.C.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 627621
Watmoughs Limited. Circa. 1930. Very good condition. Orange pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Printed with authors initials as 'D.C.' with correction label to title page stating that the initials should be 'V.C.'. For the Bull Terrier enthusiast. Covers a little grubby. A few fingermarks to contents and handling creases to margins. A nice copy of a scarce title.
Price: £90.00
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THE BULLDOG A MONOGRAPH
Farman, Edgar. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 597711
The Stock Keeper Company Limited. 1901. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Second Edition. Large format. Three quarters white vellum, gilt titles, blue cloth with vignette to front. Yellow endpapers. Colour frontis plus b/w photos. 165 pages. Rebacked with vellum and new vellum corners. Joints repaired - nicely done. Cloth edges lightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light stains to margins of first few pages. Some pencil annotation to margins and a few margin marks. A nice copy of a scarce book.
Price: £295.00
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SHADOW THE SHEEP-DOG
Blyton, Enid. Illustrated by Gee, Lucy. Stock no. 597082
George Newnes Ltd. 1st ed. 1942. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A lovely story about a sheep-dog who grows up to be a little boy's best friend. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. 188 pages. 8 x 5.5". Light wear and bumping to a couple of corners and tail of spine. Light wrinkling to top of first few pages. This is a 1st edition Book, BUT in a 2ND edition 1943 wrapper (price of one of the books to rear wrapper flap had gone up in price from the 1st edition wrapper). Wrapper has a few light marks/foxing, with some slight edge-wear and a couple of minor chips.
Price: £180.00
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LASSIE COME-HOME
Knight, Eric. Illustrated by Kirmse, Marguerite. Stock no. 596707
Cassell & Company Limited. 1st ed . 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso.
Price: £90.00
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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Weedon, L.L. & Boyle, Mary E. & et al. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 379352
Ernest Nister. Circa. 1896. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.
Price: £90.00
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BONZO'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Studdy, G.E. & Jellicoe, George. Illustrated by Studdy, G.E.. Stock no. 379237
Thos. Allen. Circa. 1925. Almost very good condition. Small format (13 x 10.5cm). Pictiorial cardwraps. Full-page colour illustrations plus double-spread centre fold. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Slight rubbing and creasing to cover edges. Name in ink to half-title page. Some slight surface paper damage to first and last pages. Rear cover is a little grubby and staples are rusty. A nice copy of a scarce little Bonzo book.
Price: £90.00
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MICKEY MOUSE AND PLUTO
Disney, Walt. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 595450
Collins Clear Type Press. 1st ed . 1936. Slightly better than very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Easy-to-read large text. B/w illustrations throughout. Some light bumping to corners and top and tail of spine, with a little wear. Covers are very bright. A little light browning to endpapers and page edges, else near fine. Pictorial wrapper has a few edge-tears and chips, with a couple of little bits of loss - but still mostly bright.
Price: £340.00
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THE PIE AND THE PATTY-PAN
Potter, Beatrix. Illustrated by Potter, Beatrix. Stock no. 594580
Frederick Warne & Co. 1st ed. 1905. Very good condition with no wrapper. Larger format maroon paper-covered boards. Picture of Miss Ribby in a small circle on front cover. Mottled lilac endpapers (changed to pictures of the patty-pan in later editions). 52 pages. 7.25 x 5.5". First printing of the first edition. Spine repaired with very slight loss at top and tail. Corners worn. Slight fading to covers with a few very small marks. Name in ink to front pastedown. Light marks to contents but still a bright copy of the first edition.
Price: £350.00
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