Mexico: Agua Caliente Kennel Club, 1932. Stapled Binding.
Pencil name on front wrapper, pencil notes throughout.
Unpaginated. The Agua Caliente Racetrack (current name “Caliente Hipódromo“) is a greyhound racing and former horse racing track in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It opened in December 1929 at a cost of $2.5 million.[1].....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Adams, Lisa. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped and creased. Owner's stamp on front endpaper.
262 pp. "The author describes adventures with his cat, Polar Bear, including encounters with Cary Grant, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and other notables."
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New York: Michael Di Capua Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Sticker on jacket rear, jacket faintly foxed.
Unpaginated. "When the kind, old woman who made her dies, Nellie, a wooden cat marionette, must rely on the help of her friend, Big Tom.....
New York: MacMillan Company, 1933. Hard Cover.
No jacket, pencil name on front paste-down endpaper.
xi, 47 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Skeleton; External Features; Muscles of Thorax and Abdomen; Abdominal Viscera; Sympathetic Nervous System--Abdominal Portion; Portal System and Visceral Arteries; Digestive Tube; Urogenital System: Female Reproductive Organs, Male Reproductive Organs; The.....
N.J. Boy Scouts of America, 1952. Stapled Binding.
Light general wear.
72 pp. A Boy Scouts of American Merit Badge pamphlet on dog care. CONTENTS: Man's best friend; Selection, early care; General care; Proper feeding; Parts of the dog, and breeds; Accident and illness; Training, good manners; Laws, organizations; Opportunities.....
. Michael Brandow, 2019. Trade Paperback.
A fine copy.
197 pp. "Pounding the pavements of downtown Manhattan for twenty years and always on the move, a gnarly, scruffy-faced dog walker took time at the end of each day to keep a journal. Emptying his pockets of notes hastily scrawled on.....
New York: Bantam Books, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
268 pp. A massive nor'easter has hit northern Virginia, where Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen joins groundskeeping efforts at the National Beagle Club at Aldie as the date for its springtime Hounds for Heroes veterans' benefit approaches.....
New York: Viking, 2002. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Front jacket panel creased. Top page ridge very faintly foxed.
x, 227 pp. "Draws on research and lore to elucidate the mysteries of domestic feline behavior, presenting a scientifically based examination of cat genetics, brain chemistry, evolution, social and predatory behavior.....
New York: Amereon House, 1961. Burger, Carl. Hard Cover.
No jacket.
145 pp. Inspired the movie Homeward Bound. An inquisitive Labrador retriever, friendly bull terrier, and courageous Siamese cat set out through the Canadian wilderness to find their owner in this truly “incredible” adventure. Instinct tells them that the way.....
Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1994. 4th Printing. Large Softcover.
Fourth printing. A very nice copy.
96 pp. In 1994, WHY CATS PAINT took the art world and animal world by storm with its unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity. Those seminal books in feline aesthetics are now offered in new.....
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. Ingraham, Erick. Large Hardcover.
Sticker ghosting on jacket, jacket faintly foxed, pencil note on front jacket flap. Page ridges faintly foxed,
Unpaginated. "A sassy Siamese cat, stranded among snow-covered mountains, proves equal to the challenges of cross-country skiing when it becomes his only.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Dawson, Lucy. Large Hardcover.
1 inch chip from jacket spine head, ink gift note on half-title page, top corner of front endpaper clipped.
78 pp. Includes 16 illustrations in color and numerous black-and-white sketches. Lucy Dawson's friendly, sympathetic portraits of various dog breeds, with.....
New York: Sam'L Gabriel Sons & Company, 1941. Large Hardcover.
Includes box. Box in fair condition - one side strip missing, one side strip laid in. No publisher date (circa 1940s). Book in very good condition.
Unpaginated. A story about a little kitten with color illustrations.
Ramsey: Anubis Publishing, 2007. Soft Cover.
An exceptional copy.
First it was the Bloodhound, sensationalized in the dramatizations of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Then it was the Doberman, symbol of the Nazi menace. Today, it is the Pit bull that is vilified for the depravity of his masters. Today, police chase.....
New York: Howell Book House, 1969. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
Revised edition. Faint edge wear.
A collection of essays on the history and character of the doberman pinscher.
New York: Geo. E. Woodward. 1873. Hard Cover.
Spine faded, ink name on front endpaper.
vi, 663 pp. Three classic guides to the care of dogs as pets or as sporting companions, collected in one volume with new illustrations by Frank Forester. BAL 8158.
New York: Doubleday, 1993. First Edition. Small Hard Cover.
First edition. Sticker adhesive on rear panel of jacket, front jacket flap price-clipped.
A colorfully inventive, illustrated argument for the natural superiority of cats offers incontrovertible and wittily insightful evidence, including feline economy, engineering, and philosophy.
Santa Barabara: Fithian Press, 1998. Jacobsen, Carl W. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription: "Dear Liana--Hoping you grow up to love dogs like I have! Audrey Elliott, June 1998." A fine copy.
99 pp. "Here is a portfolio of portraits of dogs--pets who were more.....
Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Division, 1968. Small Hard Cover.
Boards creased, rear board soiled, board edges rubbed, ink name on half-title page.
248 pp. "Lassie is a fictional collie dog character and a stage name for several dog actors. The fictional character was created by Eric Knight in a short story.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1979. Abridged. Large Softcover.
Front wrapper creased.
95 pp. Abridged. A commonsense guide to raising a happy dog while keeping its owner happy too. Includes the following essential information: choosing the right breed to suit your personality; understanding the signals your puppy gives you; techniques.....
New York: Workman Publishing Co., 1976. Gorey, Edward. 3rd Printing. Large Softcover.
Third printing. Edward Gorey frontispiece. Half-inch tear along spine-base, top page ridge lightly bumped, faint stain along edge of first few pages and bottom page corners.
352 pp. Edward Gorey frontispiece. "Brings together articles on the cat in.....
New York: Abrams, 2010. 6th Printing. Large Hardcover.
Sixth printing. Jacket edges lightly bumped.
215 pp. Since the wolf first snuck into the caves of our ancestors to take warmth from the fire, dogs have been man's constant companion. Dogs, multi-award-winning photographer Tim Flach's stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed.....
New York: Popular Library, 1964. Movie Tie-In Edition. Mass Market Paperback.
Spine and bottom corner of front wrapper creased, ink stamp on blurb page, pages lightly toned.
222 pp. Movie tie-in edition, with Patrick McGoohan on front cover. Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God or Thomasina is a......
Missouri: Show-Me Publications, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by both authors and inscribed to Marine Corps Major Bob Squires, from whose collection it was purchased. Wrappers lightly rubbed.
108 pp. "Focuses on advanced tracking techniques and preparation for TDX title but also covers beginning training techniques."
N.J. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1964. Hart, Ernest H. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Spine panel torn along front joint, boards soiled, bookplate on front free endpaper.
viii, 246 pp. Over 30 line drawings; over 100 photographs. ...complete and comprehensive, embracing the whole field of shepherd training, care and breeding
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