5.5x8.5" hardcover. First edition by Simon & Schuster ©1953 Walt Disney Productions. Story by Ward Greene, the story that later became "Lady And The Tramp" was originally called "Happy Dan - The Cynical Dog" and was published in the mid-1940s in "Cosmopolitan." Book was released a full 2 years before the release of the classic Disney animated feature at Walt Disney's insistence so that audiences could be familiar with the story. Original dust jacket has illustration showing Lady and Tramp close to how they would appear in finished film. Dust jacket shows moderate wear with .25-1.5" tears at top and bottom of spine. 1" tear on back cover. VG. Book itself shows lt. aging/wear. Fine with Exc. pages. Scarce with dust jacket. From the Joel Cohen Collection.