Willie the Squowse [*SIGNED*]

London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. (corner-clipped, but printed price still present; possibly designed that way) [nice copy, very slightly bumped at the tips but no other significant wear; the jacket shows slight corner wear commensurate with the bumping to the book]. (pen & ink drawings) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "To Gwen & Arthur / Friends of Squice -- / with love / from / Ted Allan." "His father a squirrel, his mother a mouse, Willie ws wildly talented: humming 'Alouette' and dancing a jig was just the beginning of what he could do. But Pete, the theatrical agent, said he just wasn't *box office*, so Willie was forced to settle down to a simple life away from the footlights in a wall between two houses." (The inscribees were film director Arthur Hiller and his wife, Hiller and Allan being fellow Canadians.) Signed by Author .