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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1983-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1983. Stated 1st American edition. Hardcover 8vo 202 pgs. B/w illustrations. Near very good in a good dust jacket. Bump and tear to top corner of front cover. Spine ends lightly bumped. Owner's ink gift inscription at top corner of half title pg. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn and has a slight waterstain at top edge of front panel. Price clipped. (Witches, Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

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.