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Under the Dog-Star.
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A very self-confident and talkative little dog, some kind of little white long-haired terrier, tells all about the events of his daily life, his household, and his animal friends. Clear, dark engravings of animals and scenery drawn from publisher's collection and varied artists.
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Under the Dog-Star: From the Dog-Latin of Jock for Boys and Girls.
/various illustrators.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates (1881); grey boards with red cloth spine, on both boards a paper has been pasted on the boards and wrapped abound, looking like a pasted on plate; on the top board, a full chromolitho in reds, blues, and gold with the hero, Jock, reading the newspaper to an audience of a cat, a rabbit, a frog, a rat, and a beetle; on the bottom a wintery horse and sleight scene, decorated and illustrated spine, numerous illustrations, 6.5x8.75"; 315 pp.
Juvenile
CONDITION: Very Good; no names, bright and beautiful paste-on board paper red cloth flecked, extrems worn through, cocked about 1/8", endpapers and edges very foxed with a spot which carries through to half title, but all other pages clean and flat.
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Control Number:
18921
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