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I Capture the Castle
by Smith, Dodie
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Dodie Smith and inscribed by her to George Landy on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. Landy was a veteran of the film industry and writer of the 1931 film Sidewalks of New York. He also worked as a literary agent, and was married to the American dancer and actress Kathrine McGuire.
Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth with navy stamping. Near Fine with fading to cloth at spine and edges, news clipping taped to rear pastedown. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with toning at the spine and edges, light soiling, light edge wear with shallow chipping. The British author's first novel, written in California and first published in the US. Signed copies of the first printing are very scarce.
Synopsis
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, and was published in 1948. Smith, who wrote the novel during a sojourn in America, was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. I Capture the Castle relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in a decaying English castle in the 1930s. The story is told by Cassandra Mortmain, a bright teenager, through her personal journal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140944478
- Title
- I Capture the Castle
- Author
- Smith, Dodie
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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