OUR DUMB COMPANIONS; or, Conversations of a Father with His Children, About Dogs, Horses, Donkeys and Cats by Jackson, Thomas

S. W. Partridge, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Third Edition. 134 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages have moderate foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters and heavy to hinges, with exposed binding. Detached plate. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate water stains to boards. Remnants of plate to front board. Book has forward lean.

UK: Partridge No date, but 'new edition' stated, and award sticker for Forebridge Academy, Stafford to front pastedown is dated 1890 (attractive emblem for the same academy in gilt and black to rear cover); illustration in black green red and brown to front cover showing a dog with a can hanging from its mouth waiting outside a gate with the sign 'Milk and cream sold here' above it; brown cloth with some wear and rubbing, bevelled edges, spine is mottled with wear to top and bottom and dulled gilt lettering, dust and browning to edges, browning to endpapers, some cracking to hinges, strain to stitching but binding holds, internally predominantly good with engravings after Harrison Weir and Landseer.. Hardcover. Good.

S. W. Partridge. London. [1918]. S. W. Partridge. [1918] New edition. Original dark tan pictorial cloth gilt. Worn to head and tail of spine and corners. Illustrated with delightful engravings. Gift inscription dated 1918. Pages browned otherwise clean and sound.

London : Partridge, 1860. Second Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 134 pages. Subjects; Animals. Domestic animals.