TWINS by ALDIN, CECIL

London, Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, ca1910 1st. Tall hardback, approx 11.5 x 10 inches. Quarterbound with olive green cloth to spine and olive paper covered boards, with colour plate to front. Colour illustrated endpapers. In very good condition. Cover a little darkened, some handling marks; corners bumped and rubbed around edges nicks/chips to cloth on ends of spine. Glue repair to partial crack at bottom of front hinge. Some mild foxing to halftitle page, inscriptions to top corner dated 1936 & 1975. Some tanning and mild foxing spots to inside pages throughout. Plates all clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Unpaginated. 24 Full-page colour plates, each with accompanying page of text. Illustrated title page.

London: Henry Frowde, Hodder &Stoughton circa 1910. 24 color plates. Illustratedd cover of two dogs. Spine brown with some slight tears and edgewear on cover. Previous owners name on cover page. Significant foxing on coverr pages and some throughout. Archive tape repair to text page.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Published by Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Good condition with no wrapper. Large format. 24 gorgeous colour plates. The story of Snip and Snap, two spaniel puppies. Grey paperboards with colour onlay to front. Pictorial endpapers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Couple of splits to spine, which is also grubby, with a little fraying to top and tail. Some scuffs and surface paper damage to onlay to front cover. Damp marks to edges of rear covers, but only goes through a little to rear endpapers. Damp marks also to corners of front cover. Page browning, with the odd foxspot. Hinges are pulled in places, so that binding is starting to weaken, a few magic tape repairs. Illustrations are still wonderful!!

New York: Hodder & Stoughton. hardcover. very good(+). 24 color plates + illustrated title page, pictorial endpapers and illustration on the front cover. Large 4to, green cloth backed boards, tips and edges rubbed. New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [ca. 1910]. First American edition. Scarce. Very good (+).<br/><br/> The adventures of twin puppies.<br/><br/>

New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Very good plus.. First American edition of a timeless tale of double trouble: twin puppies escape the house and get into outdoor mischief. Beautifully illustrated in Aldin's lively style. 11.5'' x 10''. Original color pictorial boards with sympathetic modern rebacking. 24 full-page color illustrations and frontispiece, with puppy color pictorial endpapers. [104] pages. Corners and edges mildly rubbed. Else a clean copy.