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A wonderful first impression of one of Roald Dahl's most popular novels, an eerie fantasy with illustrations by Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A dark fantasy children's novel by Roald Dahl, one of his most popular works. 'The Witches' follows a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a dangerous world, in which a society of children hating witches exist in every country, run by the formidable Grand High Witch. Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Blake is well beloved for his iconic illustrations of Dahl's novels, the two becoming synonymous. Former owner's inscription of Caroline Baker to half title. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to half title. A touch of sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with edgewear to back strip head and tail, and small loss to tail of front wrap at fold over flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, but clean. Near Fine.

A wonderful first impression of one of Roald Dahl's most popular novels, an eerie fantasy with illustrations by Quentin Blake. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A dark fantasy children's novel by Roald Dahl, one of his most popular works. 'The Witches' follows a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a dangerous world, in which a society of children hating witches exist in every country, run by the formidable Grand High Witch. Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Blake is well beloved for his iconic illustrations of Dahl's novels, the two becoming synonymous. Former owner's inscription of Caroline Baker to half title. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to half title. A touch of sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with edgewear to back strip head and tail, and small loss to tail of front wrap at fold over flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, but clean. Near Fine.

First edition of Dahl's Whitbread Award-winning children's novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Dahl's The Witches centers on the experiences of a young British boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. "Don't be fooled by those witches with their black hats, black cloaks and broomsticks, though, those are not REAL WITCHES. Real witches are exceedingly difficult to spot in the wild and dress in ordinary clothes, looking very much like ordinary people." Dahl's vital indicators for spotting a real witch include facts like they always wear gloves, they have no toes, are bald as boiled eggs and they have blue spit. "Dahl seems to have made an art form of the rediscovery that children tend to warm to the sorts of horror that make lesser mortals (adults) squirm with displeasure… He is undeniably special" (Connolly, 104).