------------hard cover, a Near Fine copy, in a Near Fine dust jacket, looks close to new, a nice copy, gift inscription on front blank endpaper, signed by McNicoll, ---"As if bathtub floods, chewed homework, and accidents on the floor weren't enough! Being saddled with so much responsibility for bringing up Beauty only adds insult to injury. With a flapjack tongue and oversized feet, this is the ugliest puppy Elizabeth has ever seen. It will be easy to resist loving her. And since Beauty is only staying until she can be trained as a guide dog, there is no room for love in this relationship..."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo