dogs

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 46 pages, b&w frontis by Marguerite Kirmse. The final, charming & touching story of a resourceful little dog's adventures by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the canonical British author & journalist, published two years after his death. The story of a truffle-hunting dog and his many adventures. Dust jacket chipped, spine faded. clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, BC Ed., 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in black, 120 pages, B&w illustrations by Bice. A Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Paper tanning, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Schwartz & Wade, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, no dust jacket. 48 pages illustrated by the author in b&w and two colors. When Mini finds a small moppet of a dog, with fluffy ears, no collar, and wearing yellow booties, she understandably wants to take it home. Despite Mom's insistence that the dog probably already has a family, Mini gets attached and is awfully proud of her new pal, who can sing, sit, and give both paws. But when the pup runs off one day at the park, Mini comes to understand how someone else out there might be missing the little guy too.

Hardcover. Somerville MA, Candlewick Press , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color pictorial boards. At the moment, all Lola can talk about is dogs. She says she would like one more than anything you could think of. "More than a squirrel or an actual fox," she says. Sometimes she pretends to be a dog. And sometimes she pretends that her brother, Charlie, is a dog. The two of them love to talk about what sort of dog they would choose if Mom and Dad didn't always say, "ABSOLUTELY NO DOGS!" Dad says he'll take Lola to the pet store to choose a rabbit, but Lola insists that she only wants a dog, an extremely furry dog with a wiggly nose, a puffy tail, and nice ears. . . . Fans old and new will cotton to this humorous Charlie and Lola adventure sure to please any child who ever longed for the ideal pet. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped in black and white with a collie and her pup on the cover. 36 pages, 4 color plates by W.T. Smedley. Story told from a dog's perspective. Light fading to spine, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with a pastedown plate on front. illustrations by Morgan Dennis; foreword by Morris Frank. 65 pages; b&w plates and text illustrations throughout + 8 b&w photographic plates in rear. The story of a blind person and his "seeing eye" guide dog, written shortly after the first guide dog was brought to America from Switzerland. Spine label faded, mild soil to covers otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Frances Lincoln Limited, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 125 pages. In a delightful photo essay, acclaimed photographer Eamonn J. McCabe captures some of what makes the English village of Firle in East Sussex come alive. Big open skies, small boys holding a colorful caterpillar, cabbages and tea cosies, bonfires, bikers, dogs and wellies. This is a book for all those who cherish English country life.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 68 pages. Blue covers w/ light edge wear/soil. Previous owner's signature on title page. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Springfield, MA, Milton Bradley, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in gilt, 384 pages, b&w illustrations by John D. Whiting. Spine faded, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Co/Special Ed for Scott Foresman, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 32 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Judith Roth. Charming children's story of a boy named Henry and his large Irish Setter named Alfred. Complete with a 33 1/3 rpm record in rear pocket. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Crowell, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w Illustrations by Glo Coalson. Story about a lame boy who has learned from a neighboring Eskimo tribe to train sled dogs. An Athasbascan Indian tale.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, INSCRIBED BY FEIFFER on half title page. Illustrated in color.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Kalman's beautiful, exuberant tribute to her dogs. The artist illuminates our cherished companions as only she can. From the dogs lovingly illustrated in her acclaimed children's books to the real-life pets who inspire her still, Kalman's Beloved Dog is joyful, beautifully illustrated, and, as always, deeply philosophical. With humor and intelligence, Kalman gives voice to the dogs she adores, noting that they are constant reminders that life reveals the best of itself when we live fully in the moment and extent unconditional love. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham. Some faint areas of soiling on front cover. Pages are clean, unmarked.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, reprint, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, three-color art by author. Benjy, a small dog takes a surprise boat trip and meets an angry ship's cat. Clean. Book Club Edition, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Row Weekly Reader, BC Ed., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 30 pages illustrated in 3-colors by the author.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 134 pages, dust jacket illustration in color, b&w drawings by Victor Ambrus. Previous owner's inscription, dust jacket price-clipped otherwise clean, very good. The story of a farm family's Saint Bernard.

Hardcover. US, Flying Eye Books, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In this unheralded civil rights allegory composed in the heat of the early 60s (originally published in 1963), two little dogs frolic and dream of adventures beyond their wildest imaginations, from jungles of the Congo with towering ebony elephants to the whitewashed, frigid arctic where the icy white polar bears roam. Dahlov Ipcar once again pairs her timeless illustrations with fresh original verse that celebrates the unity, wonder, and beauty of the living, breathing natural world around us.

Hardcover. Templar, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Wonderfully quirky illustrations in color by the Australian artist. An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one's fears. When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might not be as frightening as everyone else thinks. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Viking Studio Books, 2nd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket in a slipcase. Clean, tight copy with only light fading to slipcase. Paper on top of slip case is starting to become unglued. Bright colorful pictures throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, nd, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 306 pages. B&w drawings throughout, not credited. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing, reprint, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket and pictorial covers. Light edge wear to covers. Illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Previous owner's name and bookplate in front.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & McClure, reprint, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth with illustrated label on front cover, 350 pages. An early printing of this dog classic. Name on blank prelim page, otherwise clean.