Aldin, Cecil.

An Artist’s Models.

First Edition. London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1930. 28 x 19 cm. 80 pages. Illustrated. Original pale cloth with titles on front board and spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Tail edge deckle. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding a little stained. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise very clean. A nice copy.

Aldin, Cecil.

Dogs of Character.

Second Reprint. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930. 23 x 18 cm. vii, 116 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth with black titles on front board and spine. In original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket, edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional very mild foxing. Dust jacket shows some edgewear and minor loss to top of spine. Small closed tear to bottom of front cover and remnants of a small round price sticker (see images). A nice copy with the rare dust jacket.

Aldin, Cecil.

Sleeping Partners. A series of Episodes.

[First Edition]. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, Notd dated. 30 x 24 cm. Title page plus twenty unnumbered pages with a drawing per page on brown background (see images).Losely inserted Errata slip. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Boards partially faded (see image). Edges and end papers age darkened, otherwise clean.

Bryant, Arthur.

Jimmy, The Dog in my Life.

First Edition. London, Lutterworth Press, 1960. 20 x 14 cm. 48 pages with Illustrations by David Rook. Grey cloth spine, light grey paper covered boards, gilt lettering to front cover. In original illustrated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, some dust dulling to edges and end papers. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free end paper: ‘For Alan and Benita with Love from the author Christmas 1960’. Author’s signature on titel page. Internally clean and unmarked.

Ernest Thompson Seton.

Lives of the Hunted. Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupets & Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 Drawings.

Fifth Impression. London, David Nutt, 1906. 20 x 14 cm. 360 pages, illustrated throughout in B&W. Original green cloth. Gilt decorations and title on spine and front board. Good condition. Half title / Frontispiece missing? Spine faded. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper. Signature and drawing of a ‘paw-mark’ by author on front free end paper. A few pale stains internally, otherwise clean.

Garth, Christian.

A Place for Animals. A Plea for the Preservation of Wild Life.

Proof Copy and First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Lutterworth Press, 1958. 20 x 13 cm. Proof Copy: 249 pages / First Edition: 256 pages. Both volumes illustrated with B&W photographs. Losely inserted are a letter by the author, two letters by the publisher and a three page typed draft of the Foreword by Alanbrooke to be included in the final book. Paperback Proof Copy. First Edition in original black cloth with dust jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust dulled. Dust jacket edge worn with some knicks and several closed tears. Now in archival jacket.

Kipps, Clare / Huxley, Julian (Foreword).

Sold for a Farthing. Photographic Illustrations by Kenneth Gamm.

London, Frederick Muller, 1956. 72 pages. With B&W photographs. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. In original clipped dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Gift inscription on front free end paper: ‘For Alan and Benita from Anne and Arthur [Bryant] Christmas 1956’, followed by a quote by Coleridge. Athur Bryant published two books (The Turn of the Tide & Triumph in the West) based on the war diaries of Field Marshal Alanbrooke in the 1950s.

Morris, T.A.

The Irish Greyhound Stud Book. Established by the Irish Coursing Club. 1923. Volume VIII. (Section 2). Containing the Names, Colours, Ages and Pedigrees of Greyhounds registered Therein from 31st December 1929, to 1st June 1930. Compiled by T.A. Morris, Keeper of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book.

Clonmel, The Greyhound and Sporting Press, 1930. 21 x 14 cm. 967 pages. A few illustrations and ads. Original gree cloth with gilt decorations on front board and spine. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Otherwise complete and clean inside.

Morris, T.A.

The Irish Greyhound Stud Book. Established by the Irish Coursing Club, 1923. Containing the Names, Colours, Ages and Pedigrees of Greyhounds registered therein from 1st January, 1934, to 31st May, 1934.

Volume XII. (Section II). Clonmel, The Greyhound and Sporting Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. 1644 pages. Original olive green cloth with gilt title and gilt decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine creased. Front hinge open over ca. 5 cm. Binding sound. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Scott Burn, Robert.

Outlines of Modern Farming. Comprising Soils, Manures, and Crops; Framing Economy Stock – Cattle, Sheep, and Horses; the Dairy; Pigs; Poultry; Utilisation of Town Sewage; Irrigantion; Reclamation of Waste Land etc. etc.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, [1912]. 17 x 11 cm. vii, 227 / vii, 343 / 211 / iv, 211 / xx, 218 pages. Plus eight pages publishers list. Illustrated in B&W. Original quarter leather over cloth. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Edges red speckled. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some fraying to top end of spine. Front and rear hinge cracked, but binding holding. Internally clean. An impressive book.