Imp and Biscuit: The Fortunes of Two Pugs. Dogs. LAST 2 PUGS VERY Cheap, the Notice in the Pet Shop Window Said, & Beneath it Sat the Puppies, One Ebony Black from Head to Tail, the Other Fawn with Black Ears & Muzzle. Thin Old Lady, Severe Miss Thorne Bo

VALERIE WORTH, Illustrated in B/W Pictures By Natalie Babbitt,. Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped.

ISBN 10: 070112606X / ISBN 13: 9780701126063

Published by Chatto & Windus London, 1981

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. Severe Miss Thorne bought one & a Plump old lady bought the other. Delightful Period Peace. HBDJ, 1981, Stated 1st Published in Great Britain on Copyright pg, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, NF+/VG+, AS-IS Interior Nice Tight Clean light wear Fox, 51 Pgs, Red Cloth Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr light wear. 5 1/4 X 8 in. DJ light rub, wear scuff Tiny Chips Extremities. Interior nice tight clean light wear fox. DJ Protected in Clear Mylar.

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• Title: Imp and Biscuit: The Fortunes of Two Pugs. Dogs. LAST 2 PUGS VERY Cheap, the Notice in the Pet Shop Window Said, & Beneath it Sat the Puppies, One Ebony Black from Head to Tail, the Other Fawn with Black Ears & Muzzle. Thin Old Lady, Severe Miss Thorne Bo
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus London
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 070112606X
• ISBN 13: 9780701126063
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

set in late Victorian or Edwardian times, in the separate households of two genteel old women who purchase pugs on the same day from a pet shop that is going out of business. Thin Miss Thorne, who buys the black pug Imp, wants a watchdog who will behave impeccably: it is her kindly housekeeper-cook Mrs. Hart who walks and pets the dog and buys it meat which Miss Thorne will not pay for. In contrast, plump Mrs. Downey delights in the playful antics of the fawn pug Biscuit, feeds it chocolates, and sends it for walks with congenial housemaid Jenny. The only thorn in Biscuit's side is Mrs. Downey's cook Mrs. Pinch, who becomes more and more ill-tempered over having to cook for a dog, and so finally leaves in a huff. But as kind fate and gentle author would have it, Mrs. Hart has just been fired for pampering Pug--and she can take the troublesome dog with her in lieu of wages. And so this ends well with Mrs. Downey, her new cook Mrs. Hart, and maid Jenny playing cards by the fire in blithe disregard of upstairs/downstairs decorum, while Pug and Biscuit curl contentedly at their feet. From the characters' names to the ornaments in their parlors, a delightfully turned-out period piece.