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London: William Heinemann, 1949. First UK Edition, preceding all others. The author's first book, notoriously scarce in jacket, basis for the elegant 2003 British film. Smith would go on to write "The Story of the 101 Dalmations." Near Fine with a bright lavender topstain, in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Small owner name stamp and date of 1949, with a matching personal library entry stamp on the copyright page. Jacket shows no loss, with a couple of short closed tears at the heel, a lightly faded spine (backstrip same), and a tiny date stamp of 1949 on the spine panel. A very pleasing copy overall.

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.