DOGS from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

[Aberystwyth, Wales]: [Self-published], 1968. Booklet. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 58p. with text on recto only) Signed by Hubbard on title page, which serves as the cover. Catalog of an exhibition held at Luton Central Library, May-June 1968, of 350 dog books from Hubbard's collection. Hubbard was an expert on antiquarian dog books with a collection comprising thousands of… Read more about this item

St. Louis: Ralston Purina Co., Dog Care Division, 1961. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided leaflet, folded into 5 panels. Distributed by the County of Los Angeles, Pound Department with information about behavior and care of dogs. Black and green illustrations. (Folded - 8-1/4"x4"; unfolded - 8-1/4"x20")

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Hardcover. Very good/Fair +. 182p. Jacket ragged with holes on flap folds and chips and tears to edges. Originally published by John C. Winston. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 79p. 1st printing. Includes further reading. B&w photographs. (6-1/4"x8-7/8")

Jefferson, South Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2021. Softcover. Very good. x, 221p. Autobiography of a dog lover. B&w photographs. (8-7/8"x6")

New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1940. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Good/good. Kirmse, Marguerite. [56p.] Cover edges scraped, jacket scraped on front with hole and edges chipped and torn. B&w and color illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse. (9-3/8"x7-1/2")

Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Unpaginated (approx. 30p.) 1st printing. A Peregrine Smith book. Bradbury's preface touchingly recounts an incident when he was a child, and then with the poem shows dogs' contentment with life. Color illustrations by Louise Reinoehl. (7-1/4"x5-7/8")

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. Pictorial hardcover. Very good/very good. 40p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Cover corners bumped and bottom edges dented, bottom edge of jacket discolored. From WorldCat: "Rover dreams he is the master and that his owner is his four-footed, barking, lovable, troublesome pet." Brown text & illustrations. Illustrations by Eric Gurney. (10-1/4"x8-3/8")

Weingarten: Kunstverlag Weingarten, 1989. Softcover. Very good. 112p. Cover edges lightly scraped. Includes bibliography. Catalog to accompany an exhibition of "selected items from the collection Uwe Scheid shown in the Photomuseum of the Munich Stadtmuseum from November - December 1989" with additional exhibitions in Berlin and Zurich in 1990. Text in English and German. B&w photographs. (11"x8-1/4")

New York: The Dog Museum of America, 1982. Stapled wraps. Good. Unpaginated (approx. 36p.) Foxing to inside of rubbed wraps with creased to spine and corners worn. Collection of b&w drawings that can be colored, published to accompany the Color Me Dog exhibition held at The Dog Museum of America, December 14,1982 to February 4, 1983. (11"x8-1/2")

New York: Hyperion, 1994. 1st Edition, Stated. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Unpaginated (approx. 60p.) 1st printing. Jacket corners lightly worn. B&w and color photographs. (11"x8-1/2")

New York: Macmillan Co., 1922. First Edition. Cloth hardcover with paper label on front. Very Good. xiv, 258p. Pages facing photo plates have brown spots, plate facing p. 58 is loose from binding. [Jones; 2538] B&w illustrations and 24 leaves of b&w photo plates & frontispiece. (9-1/2"x6")

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1940. (1st Edition). Cloth. Good +/good. Flagg, James Montgomery. [63p.] Bookstore label on front endpaper, cover corners bumped, jacket moisture stained and a black spot and sticker shadow on front with 2 - 2" tears on top and bottom edge with smaller tears to edges. "Here is a deliciously amusing vignette about a… Read more about this item

New York: Century Co., 1927. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Bull, Charles Livingston. [x], 220p. Bookstore label and penciled notes on front pastedown, brown spots along hinge on first few pages, cover corners bumped with white spots on front. "An Alaskan dog story." 3 b&w plates and frontispiece by Charles Livingston Bull. (7-5/8"x5-1/4")

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1928. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Ouillarde; Graphics by. 107p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Cover corners worn. Mike, the stuffed dog, relates his adventures with his master, Dicky D, and other stuffed animals. B&w illustrations by Ouillarde. (8-1/4"x5-1/2")

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1951. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 71p. Book plate on front endpaper, cover corners and edges scraped, jacket has large chips to edges. (8"x5-1/2")

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1940. (1st Edition). Cloth. Good +/good. Flagg, James Montgomery. [63p.] A few pages dog-eared, jacket has chips and tears to edges. "Here is a deliciously amusing vignette about a wire-haired terrier nicknamed Rookie." Alan E. was so proud to own this book, he wrote his name and address on endpapers and half title… Read more about this item

Saul, Gloucestershire: The Standfast Press, 1973. Cloth. Good +/good. Unpaginated (approx. 88p.) Back cover dented on top and bottom, jacket corners worn with small tears and scrapes to edges. B&w illustrations. (12-3/8"x8-3/4")

San Francisco: Pisani Press, 1966. (1st Edition). Pictorial Hardcover. Very Good/good. Moore, Dick. Unpaginated (approx. 57p.) Gift message on title page, price clipped jacket has chips and tears to edges. Brown illustrations by Dick Moore. (5-3/4"x5-1/2")

New York: Reynal & Co., 1965. Cloth. Good +/good. Ustinov, Peter. [xvi], 114p. Cover corners bumped and worn, page edges have brown spots, sunned jacket has 2 -1" tears at top edge with smaller tears and chips to edges. Bete Noir, a black miniature poodle, chronicles this breed's contributions to world history. [Jones; 2252] B&w illustrations and plates… Read more about this item