Search Results: Dogs from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Los Angeles, California: Rohman Publications, (1982) First edition Quarto (11" x 8.5"), viii & 200 pages, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards in plastic comb binding.
Plastic comb partially broken (still secure), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, brief offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good.
"An important new book for both novice and veteran - for judge and dog fanciers of all breeds …" ~Excerpted from the rear cover.

Boston, London and New York: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1897. First edition. 8vo, vi, [2], & 330 pp, illustrations in text & full page. Publisher's maroon checked cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover. Binding moderately rubbed & soiled, brief fraying at spine extremities, corners bruised (one rubbed through), hinges started, text block cracked in a couple of places (still secure), gift inscription at ffep, text moderately toned, Good or so. Author John Sergeant Wise, son of Virginia Governor Henry Wise, served with the VMI Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market during the Civil War.As noted in the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Diomed "was a pioneering effort in what soon became a popular literary genre. Written as if in the voice of Wise's favorite hunting dog, it was extremely popular and featured many anecdotes of Wise's life, particularly his love of hunting birds and small game."

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, no date (ca. 1886). First editions. Octavos (8.75" x 5.75"), single sheets folded once vertically forming 4 pages each, illustrated. OCLC records narrow holdings for numbers 1. 3, & 4 only as of 4/7/2024
Moderately toned & soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good.
George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1868 & in 1889 founded the American Humane Education Society. Both organizations continue to this day.

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Volume xlvii, number 3, March, 1930. First edition. Publisher's stapled, pictorial paper wraps, folio (14.25" x 11"), 258 pages.
Moderate edge wear (particularly the lower corner, diminishing through page 25), some foxing & toning mostly affecting the covers, small mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good or better.
This voluminous issue features "White Birch," a stunning full page color illustration by Maxfield Parrish, & a contribution by Albert Payson Terhune entitled "The Scourge" which is illustrated by Robert L. Dickey. Terhune, of course, was the creator of the beloved Lad a Dog series,

No place [Geneva, New York ?], 1899 - 1909. Original photo album, black card stock with embossed "Photographs" on the upper cover, oblong small quarto (7" x 10.25"), containing 37 silver gelatin photographs mounted to 30 pages of thick black paper, many with manuscript annotations. The photos generally measure 3.25 inches by 5.5 inches & are usually mounted one to a page recto & verso.
Covers partially split at the spine (now repaired on the verso with archival tissue), modest edge wear, some photos a bit light, one photo with small loss at the lower left corner, three photos removed (by others), otherwise Very Good.
One photo depicts "Waldo Hutchins House." Research indicates Mr. Hutchins lived in Geneva, New York.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co,, 1926. First edition. 8vo, xvi, 195 pp., frontis & 11 plates. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover.
Brief wear (including slight fraying & a couple of nicks) at spine extremities & corners, spine gilt dull, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank page, moderately toned, offsetiing at last blank from news clipping, Good or better. An adventure story for boys featuring wonder dog Boru, an Irish Wolfhound, which was originally published serially in Boy's Life magazine. The author was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines of Street & Smith.

[Lewiston: Central Maine Fair Association, 1907]. Folio broadside measuring 19 inches by 8 inches printed recto only on thin paper, with photographic illustration of a Pit Bull in spiked collar. Text in three columns. Not found in OCLC as of 4/6/2024.
Old folds, slightly soiled & toned, offsetting on the verso, otherwise very good.
"The management of the Central Maine Fair Association announce a grand showing of Maine dogs to be made at their fourth annual exhibition September 10, 11 and 12 …"

Taunton, [England]: Barnicott and Pearce, The Wessex Press, 1920. First edition. 12mo, x & 50 pages plus 12 full page illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps. Covers browned & soiled, moderate edge wear including a corner crease & small losses, otherwise Good. "The present little work is meant to be helpful to visitors - particularly the footers - sho seek to be informed concerning this noble royal pastime. Unlike those more fortunate, who ride to hounds, they have fewer opportunities to understand the proceedings during the many phases of a stag-hunt, hence this humble attempt to help them..." 
Excerpted from the author's Foreword.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First American edition. 8vo, viii, [2], [1] - 166 pp., frontis in color & 12 b & w plates. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight wear at spine extremities & corners, brief rubbing, small booksellers' rubber-stamped mark at front pastedown, occasional finger smudges, otherwise Very Good in lightly soiled dust jacket with edge wear (including short tears & small losses at spine ends & fold extremities), with pink lettering at spine quite faded, certainly Good or better. A charming story of the good Captain & wonderful dog Bodger who, among other adventures, capture a family of lions using fly paper & eau-de-cologne

Amity, Oregon: Sand Lake Press, (1989.) First edition, first printing, this copy signed & dated in black marker on the title page by Worth Mathewson. 8vo (8.25" x 5.5"), [5] & 186 pages Publisher's gray cloth lettered & decorated in silver on the spine & upper cover
Lightly soiled, brief wear at spine extremities & corners, minor occasional foxing, otherwise Very Good.
Collects articles apparently originally published in Outing Magazine including contributions by Thomas G Farrell, Percy M Cushing, HS Canfield, Lyn Bogue Hunt, Frank E Kellogg, & others Two other volumes were published later
"Wildfowling Tales is a collection of some of the best accounts of our literary heritage Of course hunters of those past eras shot vastly too many ducks and geese A few were starting to understand this even as they wrote But aside from such overkill, these fellows were just like the duck hunters I know today We have always exulted in wild weather, incoming waterfowl, and strong-swimming dogs " ~Excerpted from the… Read More