Dogs, Cats Pets from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

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… Read more about this item

[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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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,… Read more about this item