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1983-10-01. First U.S. Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x0.75x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.

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.

First US edition of Dahl's now-classic story of a young boy and his grandmother's dealings with a gathering of fearsome witches. Twice adapted into film, Dahl's titular antagonists have become fixtures in the canon of children's story villains. Distinct in their ability to pass as ordinary women, but bald, toeless, and clawed underneath their impeccable disguises, the Witches appear here in their first and arguably most memorable visual iteration: Blake's iconic illustrations. One of the BBC's "100 most influential novels" and, in this cataloguer's opinion, the author's best. 9.2'' x 6''. Original quarter blue cloth, light blue paper boards, stamped in yellow to front board, lettered in yellow and black to spine. In original unclipped ($10.95) color pictorial jacket. Black endpapers. vi, 202 pages. Jacket with slight curling and tiny closed tears at top edge, couple faint creases. Book with race soil to top edge, else crisp and tight.