Flea Market Fidos: The Dish on Dog Junk and Canine Collectibles

Dog lovers and kitsch fans watch out: this goofy little giftbook-cum-photo album is stocked to the gills (or should we say whiskers?) with photographs of vintage pooch doorstops, salt-and-pepper shakers, paintings, books and toys. It's ""always junking season"" for Leiner and Moss, the former a freelance writer and publicist and the latter the author of Hello Kitty, Hello Everything, and they chronicle their flea market finds in chirpy, pun-laden and alliterative paragraphs. Think of items like ""puppy potholders, terrier textiles,"" ""woof woof wearables"" and ""Fido photographs""-and pronouncements along the lines of ""no bones about it."" For readers who can stomach the prose-or who just like the vibrant pictures-this book is a gold mine of secondhand canine treasures. The photo captions and bits of history (about Marguerite Kirmse, for example, an early 20th century illustrator) are more sedate, and a ""Go Fetch"" section at the end points readers to antique stores and flea markets around the country.