My Dog Rover and Other Animal Stories

HB. Undated, 1880 to 1910 from the illus as man is wearing a frock-coat and the dress of the children, incl. boy in sailor suit looks very late Victorian. Pictorial (three kids and dog to clean fnt, plain back) paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstripe. Book has rubbing to edges and corners; fnt bottom corner is bumped. 24 pages.There are small light stains and light soiling throughout. B&w picture of Sheep on fep. Ex-owner's name at top of title-page. Sellotpae in gutter of pages 1&2 . Various poems & stories: "The Canary that was Lost" (story with two B&w pic.); "The Elephant and the Tailor"(story and colour plate); "Hippo on the Ice" poem with half-page b&w Louis Wain illus.; "Bruin and the Bees" poem with half-page Louis Wain b&w illus.; "Mrs Snowball (story with colour photo by C Reid); "The Baby and the Tiger" (story and "unsigned" b&w plate); "My Dog Rover" (story and b&w illus.); "The Hungry Wolves" (story and "unsigned" b&w plate); "Two Polar Bears" (story and "unsigned" coloured plate, and one b&w photo illus.; "The bad little Bunny" (story and one b&w photo illus. and a b&w illus by M Irwin); "Jacko and his Brethren" (story and small b&w illus. by R.Lillie and unsigned coloured plate); "Nine in a Nest" (story and b&w photo illus.); "Birds and their Nests" text and an illus of different birds). B&w illus., by Scott Rankin, of cat with a Jack-in-the-Box on bep Book tight and clean.