Aldin Collection (page 5)

Endpapers, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty
Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty, Their Adventures, told by May Byron. Showing the animals from the full series, namely

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Hotspur the Beagle, written by John Vickerman. Showing Hotspur as a newborn puppy, with his three siblings and their mother. Date: 1934

The Illustrated London News Christmas Number, 1929
A New Frock for a Cold Christmas. Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1929 featuring a lovely illustration by the famous animal and sporting artist

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Bobtail Puppy Book. Date: 1914

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, The Bobtail Puppy Book. Date: 1914

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The White Puppy Book. Snowball wonders how he will be able to write in his diary, when first of all he is so hungry, and then a kitten begins to distract him. Date: 1909

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The White Puppy Book. Date: 1909

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, The White Puppy Book. Date: 1909

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Puppy Tails. Thoughtful Bill the bloodhound tells a little white puppy that it is bad manners to eat too quickly, and then to sit on the empty plate. Date: 1912

Frontispiece design by Cecil Aldin, Puppy Tails. A hungry puppy suspects a sleeping puppy of having eaten his dinner. Date: 1912

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Puppy Tails, showing a white puppy about to fall into a pond. Date: 1912

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Puppy Tails, showing a white puppy about to fall into a pond. Date: 1912

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, fox terrier posing as model
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a fox terrier named Gyp, an accomplished model, seen here in different poses for her master to sketch. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cracker running with horse
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Cracker running in and out of the legs of Aldins horse. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses -- opening of Chapter I, with medieval pages pulling back a curtain to reveal an old building. Date: 1923

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Field Babies, showing Pippin the puppy and some of the baby animals he meets on his adventure: a squirrel, a magpie, a hedgehog, an owl, a lamb, rabbits and foxes

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses, showing the entrance to a half-timbered building. Date: 1923

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Old Manor Houses, showing a traveller walking along a country road, with a group of buildings on a distant hill. Date: 1923

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