New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 201pp, 1983. First American edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover in a very good dustjacket. No marks or tears.
ROYAL MAIL STAMPS: ROALD DAHL CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH; FANTASTIC MR FOX; MATILDA; THE TWITS; THE WITCHES
ROALD DAHL
ROYAL MAIL STAMPS: ROALD DAHL CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH; FANTASTIC MR FOX; MATILDA; THE TWITS; THE WITCHES
ROALD DAHL
Publisher: Royal Mail
Date published: 1993
Gorgeous set of six splendiferous stamps from the wonderful Quentin Blake, illustrating Mr Dahl's marvellous books. Contained in an attractive glazed illustrated informative presentation sleeve together with a sheet of five different BFG stamps. Delightful! Quite irresistible!!!
First edition first printing octavo hardback. 208 pages illustrations by Quentin Blake. Pages very slightly tanned which is usual otherwise Very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (slight nicks of three corners otherwise near very good) No inscriptions.
True first British printing with original clipped jacket. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small (approx. 1cm) tears, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a few small marks, pushing/bumping to corners, small loss to top surface to head of spine, the odd crease/rub to edges, a few small scratches, minor fading to spine and is in only good condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages have the odd small mark/minor foxing. Pages bit tanned. Large gift inscription and date in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
London, Jonathan Cape 1983.. 208pp. Large 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations. Gift inscription, otherwise a near fine copy.. First edition.
208pp. Large 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations. Gift inscription, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition.
The Witches By Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 1983, First Edition, first printing. Very good hardback with tatty jacket. Binding firm, some bumping, rubbing and minor marks to boards, no inscriptions, pages tanned with some foxing. Jacket is not price-clipped, it is foxed, rubbed, marked and chipped with some fading. Large brown repaired tear to back cover, tears and loss to edges.
First UK edition, first printing. Near Fine- hardback "Complimentary Copy" review copy stamp along right hand edge of text block, in a Very Good+ chipped and lightly edgeworn price-clipped dust jacket. A clean, cosmetically worn copy.
Jonathan Caoe, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback in Very Good condition with a like unclipped jacket. Turquoise cloth boards, barely bumped, 2018 pages, inside front cover and fep have been lightly coloured by a previous owner with an inscription to the latter partly blacked out, otherwise a clean copy in a tight and square binding. Jacket has light shelf wear to the edges with a little creasing to the head of the spine. A very presentable first edition of a modern classic. Free registered postage worldwide.
LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE. Ex-library book. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Clear plastic cover over DJ. DJ edges taped to pastedowns. NB: book has probably received mild water damage at some point, leaving moderate staining on the DJ. Residue of issuing form on front free endpaper. Damage to edges of pre-title pages, near central binding(no affect on text). Tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1983.
First edition hardback in Very Good condition with a like unclipped jacket. Turquoise cloth boards, barely bumped, 2018 pages, inside front cover and fep have been lightly coloured by a previous owner with an inscription to the latter partly blacked out, otherwise a clean copy in a tight and square binding. Jacket has light shelf wear to the edges with a little creasing to the head of the spine. A very presentable first edition of a modern classic. Free registered postage worldwide.
Ex-library book. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Clear plastic cover over DJ. DJ edges taped to pastedowns. NB: book has probably received mild water damage at some point, leaving moderate staining on the DJ. Residue of issuing form on front free endpaper. Damage to edges of pre-title pages, near central binding(no affect on text). Tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions
1st US edition, stated. Hardbound in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed monogram stamp to title page. Age toning to dust jacket edges. Small, closed tears to dust jacket edges, otherwise very good.
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