The Thinking Dog's Man: With a Letter from John Steinbeck Explaining Why He Could Not Write an Introduction for This Book by Patrick, Ted - 1964

Random House, 1964. 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. McKie, Roy. (1st ptg.) Letter from John Steinbeck as foreword. Maroon cloth spine, blue boards both slightly browned and faded, embossed illustration of dog with paws on man's shoulders on front, gilt lettering very fine on spine, ink note on first front end paper, several tiny pin holes through early pages, 150 stiff, browned pages plus brief biographical note. DJ is heavy paper, price-clipped, color-illustration of sly dog and man dancing on front, b/w photo of Patrick and terrier on back. DJ has several tiny and small chips on all sides, browned as well. Fair DJ/Near Very Good book.

New York: Random House, 1964. Book. Illus. by Roy McKie, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Random House, 1964. Stated First edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Roy McKie, Illustrator. "First Printing" stated on copyright page. Clean blue-green boards with blind stamped illustration of a dog with his paws on a man's shoulders, clean unfaded maroon cloth spine. No bumping or wear. A hint of fading to boards. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean, with clean yellow top-stained page edges. Endpapers have very slight foxing; no names, writing or marks. Illustrations by Roy McKie. 150 pgs. Dustjacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, small pea-sized dhip at upper spine corner, several short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book about the mystique of the relationship between man and his dog..

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Random House. Collectible - Good/Good. 1964. First Printing. Hard Cover. (Q95) .

NY: Random House, 1964. VG/VG. Stated First Printing. Book square with good corners and unmarred boards with publisher's cartoon stamp on front. Textblock has a small pen mark to the side fore-edges. Light aging to pages. No writing or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($4.95). Mild soiling, shelf wear, and chip to top of spine. Illustrated with delightful line drawings by Roy McKie. 6.5" x 9.5", 150 pages. Protected in a new Brodart cover. Ted Patrick really loves Airedales!
Ted Patrick, an apt pupil of many wonderful dogs — mostly Airedales — wrote this manifesto as a piercing indictment of that embarrassing tribe of people who think they own a dog, giving new meaning to dog-man coexistence. Even the usual subjects, such as housebreaking, training, breeding, traveling, and showing are treated in an uncommon way, to the delight the reader whether or not he thinks he knows the answers. Introduction by John Steinbeck.

New York: Random House, 1964. Book. Illus. by McKie, Roy. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing stated. $4.95 price is present. Contains an eight page letter from John Steinbeck explaining why he could not write an introduction for this book. Illustrated by Roy McKie. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..