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The Bunch Book, For Dog Lovers Only
by James Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Cecil Aldin. A lovely example of this first edition of this charming work of fiction about a Welsh Sealyham Terrier, illustrated by Cecil Aldin. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and with further vignette illustrations throughout. These illustrations are the work of British artist Cecil Aldin, known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life, and most particularly for his illustrations of dogs.Author James Douglas's charming work in narrated by Butch, a Sealyham terrier, a rare Welsh breed of working dog. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip and to head of front and rear boards. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Significant losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with chipping to wrap heads and tails. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at back strip and head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 885F10
- Title
- The Bunch Book, For Dog Lovers Only
- Author
- James Douglas
- Illustrator
- Cecil Aldin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eyre and Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- dogs cecil aldin Sealyham Terrier cecil aldin
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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