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Small 4to. Original brown cloth; gilt titles on spine and upper board and with a color paste-on to the upper board. The New York edition, with 'Scribners' at the base of the spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout with tinted illustrations by Aldin. Light wear to extremities and light rubbing to the boards, bookplate of former owner, else a very good copy with lovely illustrations. The artist remembers the amusing antics of his dogs, and gives useful tips on how to acquire and train a dog.
Dogs of Character
Aldin, Cecil
London and New York: Eyer & Spottiswoode Limited; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.
Price: $175.00
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Large thin 4to. Original cloth spine, paper over boards with illustrated paste-on of Merry and Bright, the two dogs who are the subject of this book. Twenty-four full page, color illustrations on stiff paper of the doings of Merry and Bright. Cloth and boards worn at edges, light soil, inner hinges neatly mended, half-title lightly foxed, else a very good copy and quite scarce. An unexpected New York publisher's imprint; printed by Thomas Forman and Sons in Nottingham. With a contemporary bookplate showing a girl and her book.
Merry and Bright
Aldin, Cecil
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, (early 20th c.).
Price: $500.00
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Large 4to. (10 by 12 inches). 92pp. Light brown cloth spine, printed title. Cream-colored paper over boards. The upper board has the titles in dark brown and an illustration of 'Flush' by the illustrator. Illustrated with 17 etchings by Diana Thorne, of which seven are full page. A beautiful, fine, bright copy with only the slightest wear. With scarce dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is clipped; it has some light staining and lacks a small 1/2-inch piece at lower margin, with a couple of tiny tears, else is in very good condition. Charming stories of dogs; endearing illustrations. Neat birthday inscription on front free endpaper.
Real Tales of Real Dogs
Terhune, Albert Payson
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, (1935).
Price: $150.00
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