1-6 were interleaved throughout with blank paper, on which the poet wrote out each of the thirteen poems in full, to face the printed text and were also bound in full dark green levant morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

Signed by Ted Hughes to the front endpaper. Limited edition (Crediton: Richard Gilbertson, 1967). A near fine example of the sequel to ‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’. fine with just a little pushing to spine ends in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge-wear in places and a couple of spots to upper panel. Much love as ever, Dodie”.Ĩvo, publisher’s original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial decorative endpapers.

Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as “Dora”. It’s also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle – I trust you’ll be able to use Bill’s line and say “The dog liked it”. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: ‘Dearest Cis, Here is “The Starlight Barking” as a tiny first night present. Dodie Smith’s married name, ‘Mrs Beesley’, Dodie Smith’s married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. The inscription refers to Smith’s play ‘Dear Octopus’, which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: ‘To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith “Dear Octopus”, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967’. Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone.

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Cruella de Vil is enough to frighten the spots off a Dalmatian puppy. Summary: This bumper Modern Classic edition includes the original Hundred and One Dalmatians and Dodie Smith's sequel, Starlight Barking. De Vil, Cruella (Fictitious character) - Juvenile fiction.Material type: Text Series: Modern classics (Egmont UK Limited) Publisher: London : Egmont, 2018 Copyright date: ©1956 Description: 482 pages : illustrations 20 cm Content type: The hundred and one dalmatians &, The starlight barking / Dodie Smith with illustrations by Alex T.

The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith