The Hundred and One Dalmations
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The Hundred and One Dalmations

Dodie Smith, 1956

Closed6 October 2022

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The Hundred and One Dalmations
Dodie Smith, 1956
SMITH, Dodie (1896-1990). The Hundred and One Dalmations. London: Heinemann, [1956].
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‌Presentation copy of the first edition, in a delightful pictorial morocco binding by Asprey. Inscribed and signed by the author: "Signed for Kathleen Wootton with kindest remembrances and all good wishes from Dodie Smith. Finchingfield, Essex, March 1957" on the front blank.
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‌Octavo. Full pictorial blue morocco stamped with gilt tools of paws on the spine and both covers, inlaid morocco portraits of Pongo, Misses Pongo and ten puppies on the front cover, pictorial endpapers preserved, original pictorial dust jacket folded and bound in at end (a little foxed/toned), spine gilt in compartments, stamp-signed by Asprey, all edges gilt; uniform quarter morocco case lined in velvet and also by Asprey.