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Some light tanning which appears to be prevalent to this title. Light foxing to the closed page edges and very faint foxing to the prelims. The jacket is price clipped and has very minor shelf wear.

Hardcover with DJ. Dark blue cloth spine with yellow and black lettering. Blue paper over boards with yellow mouse on front cover. Edges of cover are slightly bumped, and binding is tight. No date on title page. Copyright page is dated 1983; stated first American edition. 201 pages. Black and white illustrations by Quentin Blake. Pages are clean, with no marks or writing. Overall very good condition. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. DJ rubbed with some edge wear and closed tears, not price-clipped, interior clean, binding tight, First American Edition.

A Near Fine Book in a Near Fine Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($10.95). Book is lightly shelf worn and sunned to extremities. Text block remains bright and fresh. Binding is tight and square. Text is unmarked. Blake designed dust jacket remains colorful and vibrant, showing only light shelf wear and trace sunning to extremities. A lovely copy. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], [2], 3-201pp. [202]. "One Child a Week is Fifty-Two a Year, Squish Them and Squiqqle Them and Make Them Disappear. - That is the Motto of All Witches." . Publisher's Seafoam Boards Backed with Blue Cloth, Yellow and Black Detailing

First edition, first impression. Very Good: tight and square binding in clean green cloth; light rubbing to the corners and pushing to the spine tips; bright gilt; tanning and foxing to the edge of the page block; the occasional isolated spot or minor mark internally, else crisp and clean pages; free from previous owner names or inscriptions. The unclipped dustwrapper (£6.50 net stated) is likewise Very Good: bright and attractive with light rubbing and wrinkling to the head of the spine and top corners; a small area of loss to the top-edge of the front panel; a little sunning to the spine; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. ROALD DAHL SPECIALISTS

208 pages. First edition. Impression to front panel of jacket from when a former owner used the book as a support for note paper - only visible when the book is tilted at a certain angle under bright light. Jacket not price clipped; now in a removable archival sleeve. Former owner's signature to top of first leaf; else unmarked, with no foxing. 9.5 x 6.4 inches.

1st Edition 1991. Limited Edition of 500 copies this being number 164. The Commemorative Edition, published on what would have been the Author's 75th Birthday. It was released a year after his death. Bound in half leather and decorative paper covered boards. Matching card slipcase. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. A very good quality gift production. Book and slip case are fine and very bright. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

London: Folio Society, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. All books are 1st Printings. Unaltered text. Brand new copies in slipcase.

1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket, not priced, so from the earliest pressing of the jackets, smidgen of spotting on top block and on top rear flap, else a lovely copy of the first impression of one of the author's most famous books, winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award for Best Children's Novel. With the cut signature of Quentin Blake loosely inserted.

1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket, not priced, so from the earliest pressing of the jackets, smidgen of spotting on top block and on top rear flap, else a lovely copy of the first impression of one of the author's most famous books, winner of the 1983 Whitbread Award for Best Children's Novel. With the cut signature of Quentin Blake loosely inserted.