| Summary: | Includes 8 woodcuts. First sentence: "No animal is so much the companion of man as the dog." Includes publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. In printed wrapper. Judging by dated imprints in the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), Rufus Merrill published as an individual in Concord between 1843 and 1854, and briefly in 1860. Copies in hand typographically identical to an issue bearing imprint date of 1850. Variant issues noted: another issue has title page stating "Part III. Stories about dogs," with no imprint statement. Text and illustrations otherwise identical. Includes poetry. On half-title page: Part III. Stories about dogs Cover title The dog -- Esquimaux dogs -- Hare Indian dog -- Anecdotes of dogs. Mode of access: Internet. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Buff pictorial wrappers; "Part III" --t.p. Adelphi Book Shop, Victoria, B.C. June/67. $5.00. Given to McGill 2001.
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