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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927; third printing of 1918 second illustrated edition; viii, 69pp., four color plates and 24 black and white plates with Maud Earl's illustrations. Liquid damage apparent on jacket, rear board, and upper corner of most interior pages. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of green cloth boards, color plate and stamped black titling remain bold; damp-spotting and some minor puckering to cloth on rear board; illustrations and text remain clean, not touched by the rather faint liquid staining. Dust jacket is in two pieces, split along spine; light toning, dust smudging in addition to water stain, a few chips and closed tears at edges as well; jacket wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Illustrated, reprint ed. Hardback large quarto, no jacket (missing, as common), good condition, papered boards, black drawings, illustrated endpapers, four colour plates (including frontispiece, all with tissue guards), endpapers lightly toned & little foxed, pages lightly toned, top edge tinted, spine minimally faded, top spine lightly chipped, tiny bookshop sticker, owner's written name & date. 71 pp. The wonderful story by English novelist John Galsworthy about his favourite black cocker spaniel Chris. The beautiful life-like illustrations make this a suitable book for adults and older children. At times it seems that the spaniel is telling the story himself. A delightful book for any dog lover. Galsworthy won the Nobel prize in Literature, and is best known for the trilogy The Forsythe Saga. (Illustrated edition originally published, 1914. This copy is the 1930 reprint. Owner's written name & date: Henry Douglas French Angas, 1930. Bookshop sticker: John McGrath, Adelaide.). …