Mackay Smith W E (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bending and bowing to boards and page block. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front baord, frontispiece, x + 76pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing, long heavy crease to rear cover- tidy internal archival tape repair, light to moderate foxing to flaps).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. By Mackay Smith. 1980, First Edition. Cook Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 7 x 10 (18mm x 25mm). Hardback in cloth boards with original Dust Jacket. P.p. 76 plus 5 foldouts at the rear. Illustrated throughout with many black and white photos. Along with Bar Sinister and McGuffin, this is one of the "must have" books for Bull Terrier enthusiasts. Detailing the progress of the breed from Ormandy Souperlative Bar Sinister (James) to Ch Souperlative Jackadandy of Ormandy (Jim). Boards are clean and sharp with no spine lean, silver titles to front board and spine. Contents are clean, crisp and unmarked throughout. Dust Jacket is quite worn, particularly to edges, wholly intact though and not price clipped. A rare and much sought after authority on the breed, particularly scarce with the original Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 77 pp., plus 5 foldouts. Illustrated throughout with black- and-white photos. Errata slip laid in. Stated first edition. SIGNED and DATED by author on title page. Minor shelf and handling wear. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards gently bumped/rubbed; two small crimps on front pastedown. Faint wear to text block fore-edge. Significant wear (including fading, chips, creases, rippling, and tears) to dust jacket (see photos); dust jacket is now enclosed in a (removable) protective mylar cover. Highly sought text for enthusiasts; rare with author signature. Signed by Author(s).