This is not a Print-on-Demand or facsimile book. It was printed for Viking Press and published in 1957. It is a hardcover book with a dust jacket( missing dust jacket ) and also was printed as a Book Club Edition. the author Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was born in England in 1896. Pongo, the canine protagonist of The Hundred and One Dalmatians, was named after Smith's own pet Dalmatian, the first of nine. Smith supposedly got the idea for her novel when a friend remarked of her own dalmatians: "Those dogs would make a lovely fur coat!"
ASIN B0015HPBCO
Publisher Heinemann; First Edition (January 1, 1956)
Hardcover 150 pages
Item Weight 1 pounds
has a pen mark on front cover and handwriting on first inside page . normal ware and tare for the age of the book.
