Author: Chipperfield, Joseph E & Ambler, C Gifford [illustrator]
Title: Boru - Dog Of The O'Malley
Description: Hutchinson & Co, 1962, 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. 160pp, b/w frontis, 6 b/w plates, dustjacket just a little foxed to the rear panel with a coffee? splash to the bottom L corner, dustjacket lightly rubbed along the edges, cloth a little rubbed, verso fo the frontis yellowed at rthe gutter, a nice near fine copy. SIGNED by the author with a dedication - For Eileen [ McGuiness ] with the very best of good wishes from the author Chris 4-12-1965. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ Canadian set story of a half wolf, half alsatian who is trained to be a fighting dog, only to be rescued by Sean O'Malley & retrained into a fine & devoted canine friend. The author wrote several books with a canine hero, and himself owned a German Shepard.

Keywords: fiction, childrens fiction, canine fiction, dogs, canada