The Starlight Barking. More about The Hundred and One Dalmatians. London: Heinemann, 1967. First UK Edition. Pp, 156. Blue cloth boards in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket & endpapers. Jacket light;y toned, price-clipped, but overall a nice bright copy.

Signed Presentation Inscription from the Author “To Valerie White, from Dodie Smith. “Dear Octopus“, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967“

A charming association copy inscribed to the actor Valerie White in celebration of her performance in the revival of Smith‘s play Dear Octopus at the Haymarket Theatre London, 1967.

The sequel to the popular ‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’ in which Lord Sirius the dogstar, offers to free dogs everywhere from their human masters. What will the dogs decide?Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone.