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Illustrated by Ruth Steed from sketches by the author. Early reprint. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full light brown morocco, the spine lettered in gilt with decorative centre tools, hand-marbled endleaves, gilt edges.

I Capture the Castle is a novel by Dodie Smith, written in the form of the journals of 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. She chronicles her eccentric family's life in their dilapidated English castle and her own coming-of-age experiences.