Dogs

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Hardcover, blue cloth covers, soiled with fading to spine and gilt on cover. 327 pages. Despite grubby exterior, interior is clean, tight binding. Stated First Edition. No dust jacket.

Softcover. Needham Heights MA, Old Trusty Dog Food, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages. A promotional booklet issued by a dog food company. The highlight of the book are the many b&w cartoons by Beck. Funny, well done in the style of H.T. Webster. Light chipping to paper spine, otherwise clean. Uncommon.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1949, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Golden Story Book, #9, 128 pages illustrated in color by Aurelius Battaglia. This Golden Story book tells four The Penny Puppy, Hook-and-ladder Pepper, Jill's Jack and The Friendless Puppy. Penny Puppy is a story about a little homeless puppy and how he comes to find his home. Hook-and-ladder Pepper is about a Dalmatian that belongs to Firehouse #3 and his duties and adventures there. Jill's Jack tells about how Jill came to be Jack's girl and The Friendless Puppy tells how he found a friend. Clean copy,

New York, Random House, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. Two-color illustrations by Catherine Barnes. Dust jacket has edgewear, missing small chunk on rear spine edge.Tom Jordan's idea for having a flea circus goes kaput when Bimbo, the family's flea-ridden dog, runs away.

Hardcover. Boston, W.A. Wilde Company, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt titles, 299 pages, color frontis by Harold Cue. Spine gilt faded, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Chicago, Judy Publishing, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket, 158 pages, many b&w illustrations. A complete presentation with illustrations of the origin, development, breeding, showing, training including field work and field trials, kenneling, care and feeding of this breed of dog, with 22 charts of pedigrees of leading sires. Shelf wear, clean.

Softcover. self-published, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 335 pages, b&w illustrations. Brenda Negri begins by discussing the ancestral uses of guardian dogs to protect flocks and herds since earliest times, setting forth descriptions of how the dogs are used on open range situations as they accompany their masters' herds through the mountains and valleys of their native lands. She debunks the original theory that these dogs should not be socialized by human contact. Instead she gives evidence not only that these dogs respond to socialization with their human owners and families, but they require it for a healthy mind and psychological development. In fact, she shows the reader that these dogs historically were never alone with herds but have always been equal partners with the shepherd in protecting the flocks.

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom page block. Tight copy with minimal wear to edges. Light rubbing to top edge. Light marking and sticker residue on rear dust jacket.

Hardcover. Lyons and Burford, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket., 97 pages. B&w photos of the famous photographer's German shepherd.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with black lettering. Black & white illustrations by Berta and Elmer Hader. 128 pages. Parts of dust jacket pasted to front & rear end papers. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. The adventures of a cocker spaniel puppy and his family.

New York, Morrow, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 236 pages. Previous owner's sticker on inside of front end paper. Cover has light edgewear.

Hardcover. New York , Row, Peterson and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 96 pages. Illustrations by John Holmgren. Dust jacket faded, front edge starting to fray. Some foxing on end papers, pages clean. Price sticker inside dust jacket. Adventures of Peter and Penny and their Newfoundland dog on Nantucket Island.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket illustrated, B&W drawings by Diana Thorne. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A sweet story about the death of a beloved pet, this is bibliotherapy at its best. Daisy, a dog, and Arthur, a boy, are inseparable until the day the canine lies down in her basket never to rise again. Although she arrives in a lovely doggy nirvana, Daisy can't fully enjoy her newfound paradise because she is able to look down on her former home and see her family grieving. On the advice of fellow dogs in heaven, she sends the child dreams that both reassure him about her benign fate and encourage him to move forward by acquiring a new puppy. Clark's simple text and characteristically child-friendly illustrations make this book useful for sharing with even the youngest children.

Softcover. NY, Artists and Writers Guild, 1st US, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, color pictorial paper wrappers. 6 full-page three-color illustrations and several b&w illustrations by Aldin. Light worn at edges, some light wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy without dust jacket as issued. First US edition. A charming story of a young girl and her dog, a little black Scotch Terrier puppy named Smut, as they go about their lives, encountering other dogs, policemen, and even horses. Cecil Aldin was a British artist best known for his paintings and sketches of animals and rural life, all of which is magnificently captured in this delightful tale. Small worm hole to fore-edge, paper tanning, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Gorgeous color collages by the artist on every page. In this exuberant new picture book, Lois Ehlert takes us on a trip to the farmers market with a group of friendly, furry, and (mostly) well-behaved pups. And when the shopping's done, the gang heads to the dog park for some serious playing.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Candlewick Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on title page.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 64 pages, in a lightly worn dust jacket with mild soil, price-clipped. Illustrated in b&w by Abby Giventer. Jenny enjoys a magical adventure with her poodle who, she discovers, can talk.

NY, Grosset & Dunlap , 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Berthold. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Illustrated end papers. Edgewear and chipping to covers. Tears at the bottom and top of spine.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Nicole Rubel. Amelia adopts a stray bull terrier who barks a lot but earns her family's gratitude by solving a mystery. Dust jacket shows light wear, clean copy.